War Factories – Season 2, Episode 5: Mitsubishi Zero – The Kamikaze Plane | History Documentary
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Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in the Second World War – the Mitsubishi Zero, but their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a kamikaze plane.
This is the story of war production – of how Allied industry won the war by massively out-producing the Axis powers. Forget the big-name generals and battle tactics. This was a war of the factories.
Giant firms like General Motors and Ford mass-produced tanks, planes and guns, while firms like Peugeot, in occupied Europe, were sabotaging their own factory-lines to undermine the Nazis. This series will also explore how German companies were crippled by Nazi State planning and will change the way you think about World War Two, and much else besides. For it also helps explains why post-war history turned out as it did.
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I can’t stand these tea-bag professors who speak as though they were there.
Thx for uploading
I think I watch this episode many times before for the last year
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The demise of Zero was not due to limited production, but the loss of big carriers and experienced pilots.
Well done! Quite accurate retelling of the history of Japanese manufacturing before and during WWII without fluff.
I just wish history would get things right. The Japanese didn't surrender because America dropped the bombs they surrendered because they were scared of the Russians who had invaded Manchuria and were not going to stop until they had Hiro Hito hanging from a rope
I had heard that the zero was developed and scrapped by Howard Hughes. He scrapped the plane and Japan had bought the scrap and found most of the plane, made some tweaks and that became the zero.
Like no.216 👍😀
I love the fact the zero had zero pilot protection.
Made in Japan. Speaks volumes. Nothing's changed.
I also want to know why Japanese can't mass produce
I want to know about Italian industries
Great series definitely up there along with many greats! Thanks for sharing!
Great cast of historians!
Awesome work!
You guys are also amongs the greats!
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I like how they say you only win because of factories, then say they lost because the pilots weren’t experienced. Just say it’s a combination of both. The machines don’t matter if there’s no one there to use them
The Atomic bomb. Made in America. Tested on Japan.
The zero wasn't faster than the wildcat?
The Kamikaze concept made perfect sense to young Japanese men still living in 1945, and if the tables were turned and America was in the same situation as Japan was, American airman probably would have done the exact same thing.
The Japanese airmen of 1945 knew how even after undergoing normal training, the experienced pilots before them were getting slaughtered in their now-inferior Zeros. Instead, they had to deal with fuel not being available to properly train them with, but even if it was, they knew that they probably would be shot down anyway by a better-trained American aviator piloting a superior aircraft. So when you know you're not going to come back from the battle, logically it made a whole lot more sense to die targeting an aircraft carrier rather than just a single aircraft.
It's unfortunate that the post-war Japanese people turned on those Kamikazes who survived, considering them as insane nutcases. They weren't. Their logical thinking was actually flawless.
Very good history program! Look forward to seeing the next.
Japanese/German: Quality
The Allies: Quantity
Historians: The Japanese aimed for quality with their Navy, so did the Germans on World War 2
An interesting program …. Laying out the importance of production of equipment and experienced pilots/operators, and the machinery and people to build this war type equipment….This was & is so true… Hopefully, much of the production will remain to have a high priority for peaceful type of use, vs. offensive war type efforts…
Well ur theory that the side that can produce more, always wins has two glaring discrepancies, Korea and Vietnam
Check your facts….the AVG didn't see combat prior to Peal Harbor. Per the Official AVG website: FIRST COMBAT
The Third A.V.G. squadron moved to Rangoon on December 12, 1941, to join the R.A.F. in the defense of Rangoon. The First and Second squadrons flew from Toungoo to Kunming on the afternoon of the 18th. The first combat for the A.V.G. occurred over southern Yunnan Province on December 20, 1941.
Alexandra Churchill is just great. 🙂