This week the Battle of Iwo Jima begins and American forces raise the Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi. Elsewhere, the Allies fight the stiff Japanese defences in Manila. The Red Army continues fighting through East Prussia and Pomerania as Stalin plans the next stage of the advance on the Reich. There are Allied advances in Western Europe and Italy too.
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0:01 Intro
0:54 Recap
1:16 Iwo Jima Begins
6:32 The war in the Philippines
7:56 The Battle of Manila
11:12 Fighting in Burma
12:14 Operation Grenade
13:46 Operation Encore
14:38 Soviet plans for new offensives
21:28 Moscow Commission Meets
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Wait Egypt wasn't already at war with the Axis !? But Axis troops crossed their border several time. What was their status then ? Neutral battleground ?
“By some unmistakable point — the autumn of 1942 at the latest — they should have understood that they'd been wrong and that their prospects for long-term victory were inexorably zeroing out. They still had the economic and military strength to sustain their armies in the field indefinitely, no matter how grim the strategic situation became, but by any rational calculation of the odds, they should have begun hinting through backwater diplomatic channels that they were willing to negotiate a cease-fire. Neither Germany nor Japan ever did so. Not until the last days of the war did either government even begin to consider the possibility of a negotiated settlement — not until they had absolutely nothing left to negotiate with….So while their colleagues fell into daydreams of imminent victory, the few remaining rational men of the Axis bureaucracy grew just as convinced that surrender to the Allies on any terms was tantamount to suicide. As far as they were concerned, every additional day the war lasted — no matter how pointless, no matter how phantasmal the hope of victory, no matter how desperate and horrible the conditions on the battlefield — was another day of judgment successfully deferred.
This is the dreadful logic that comes to control a lot of wars. (The American Civil War is another example.) The losers prolong their agony as much as possible, because they're convinced the alternative is worse. Meanwhile the winners, who might earlier have accepted a compromise peace, become so maddened by the refusal of their enemies to stop fighting that they see no reason to settle for anything less than absolute victory. In this sense the later course of World War II was typical: it kept on escalating, no matter what the strategic situation was, and it grew progressively more violent and uncontrollable long after the outcome was a foregone conclusion. The difference was that no other war had ever had such deep reserves of violence to draw upon.
…the Allies at last acknowledged that, despite the decisive battles of the previous summer, the Axis was never going to surrender. That was when the Allies changed their strategy. They set out to make an Axis surrender irrelevant. From that winter into the next spring the civilians of Germany and Japan were helpless before a new Allied campaign of systematic aerial bombardment.”
[from “Losing the War” by Lee Sandlin]
These videos make me feel I was there witnessing events.
At 16:53, did the 93rd cease to exist or was that just a map error?
Brilliant!!!!
Hello, will we get a video on the ongoing pocket battle? It'd be interesting to talk about them, currently reading J-C mermet special aero journal number on the 26, it has an article centered around the color schemes, the variants, the units operating it and help debunk the idea of hitler delaying it since messerschmitt already had schnellbomber variants in store before presenting the plane to hitler
Losing Chernyakhovsky and Vatutin to enemy combat in the last few months are pretty significant loses. The Soviets certainly have a massive pool of capable high level officers by now, but those are pretty devastating.
Guys, it’s worth joining Time Ghost just to see this one “informal discussion”. It amazingly insightful and a great watch. Just sayin
from the 23:00 min…it sounds more and more like ukraine!!!
It's hard trying to see this battle only in the light of tactics and numbers, I saw its reenactment in Band of Brothers and it was BRUTAL, the soldiers fighting there really had to keep their hearts on their hand
Could you make a video about the Senussi order that was in Libya during World War II and if you could start the explanation a little before the war until the independence of Libya, in addition explain what the position of the Senussi order is towards the Jews?
Not gonna lie, this is by far the most well documented World War 2 channel on youtube. They put a lot of effort into this just for the audience and I had to give them that one.
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which each week we are getting closer to a ukraine week by week sadly no it is already 104 weeks long and it will be another 104
14:53 does Vasilevsky keep all of the medals for the Red Army on his chest?
it would be incredibly interesting to hear the whole story behind the pasha assassination, i bet it's really wild
Well told. Thanks.
Another great episode, wonder what the next week will bring! Oh, and many have mentioned it in the comments already, but if you haven't, considering checking out Clint Eastwood's film, Letters from Iwo Jima. It follows the preparations and the battle of Iwo Jima purely from the Japanese perspective. It is also a generally good movie, good acting, picture, soundtrack, etc.
Have a pic of the 2 guys putting up the first flag – the other raising a larger flag was all staged only for the national news
Here's radio and newspaper reporter Walter Winchell's radio report on 25 February 1945, giving other background news on war happenings in Japan.
https://youtu.be/WkIYL4mCz2w?feature=shared
As this war exits its final winter, both sides will engaged in their final battles for spring 1945. In the Mediterranean-European Theater of Operations, on the Western Front, Allied forces are facing harsh resistance not only against the Germans but as well as the terrain. They shall continue until the reach the Rhine River and by spring, they will no doubt push into Germany. In Italy, after months of very little action, the Allies are prepping themselves for their spring offensive into the Po Valley. On the Eastern Front, after fierce fighting in Hungary, the Soviets must fight yet again, this time against heavy German counterattacks. But once spring commences, the Soviets will undoubtedly push in Austria. While directly North, the Soviets will clear out their flanks and set the stage for their final attack against Germany, Berlin. In the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations, the Allies are reinvigorating their attacks. In Burma, the British are facing dogged Japanese resistance but they shall cross the mighty Irrawaddy and push deep into Burma by spring. In the Philippines, the Americans are slowly but surely clearing out the Japanese from Manila. And by spring, they will expand their operations to all of the occupied Filipino islands the Japanese still hold. On Iwo Jima, the Americans will have to fight inch by inch to clear out the determine Japanese foes. And by spring, the Japanese will be on their last stand on the small volcanic island. And lastly, it was forgotten and often overshadow, but the Chinese will and shall launch their awaited spring attack. All is set by all of the major warring powers. To their final battles in the spring of 1945. Godspeed.
Video of Iwo Jima: https://youtu.be/g9rMTlJNcIQ?si=Ia9KD3I87bE9qWfo
Video of the Rhineland Campaign: https://youtu.be/vdaKwnkXttc?si=BGpGLbc59w6DZyr_
We all know what we want after the WWII series come to end:
The 100 years war – week by week!
13:45 Operation Encore
Thank you.
Wait, Egypt was invaded in 40 and didnt declare war?
I wonder if MacArthur visited his old penthouse, and what he said or thought when he saw what happened to it.
compare anfibious assaults offf the war…. americam and sovietcs in japs defended islands
USN to USMC looking at Iwo Jima, "Come on, in and out, twenty minute invasion."
General Kuribayashi, "Welcome to Hell."
(Cue cut to thirty six days later with sobbing marines and frustrated screaming from the USN)
Ooohhh! Your pronounciation of "Manila" is improving! It's so refreshing to hear.
Another sidenote is the bombardment of Pforzheim on Februari 23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Pforzheim_in_World_War_II#:~:text=During%20the%20latter%20stages%20of,evening%20of%20February%2023%2C%201945.
My father was "heavily engaged" with the 11th Airborne Division, attacking up from the South, through the Japanese Genko Line and into the Southern portions of Manila, It was a terrible slog, and the Japanese even dropped paratroopers on the US paratroopers around Tagaytay Ridge (it didn't go well for the attackers) It was the men of the 11th who rescued the internees in Los Banos. (Yet you didn't mention that 'Band of Brothers' at all. Disappointing,)
Don't try to tell Russia that generals don't die. With as many as they've lost already in going on 3 years LOL
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I have a picture of my dads history teacher who was a veteran of the battle of Iwo Jima. Co. 1 3rd Bn. 9th Marines, February 1945 Guam his company is pictured with probably two hundred men. Maybe 150 im not sure can't count them all with the quality of the picture. Then there is a photo on the bottom of the picture. 14 men remain and Kermit Davis (my dad's history teacher) is one of those standing. He was a very good and wise man. He was not afraid to talk about his experiences to help teach the younger generations of what he went through. His wisdom made a big impact on my life that's for sure.
The fight at the Paco Railroad Station at Manila was so heavy that two Americans is awarded the Medal of Honor just to capture the building, with one being awarded posthumously.
That building still exists today and I actually pass by it last week and got goosebumps just thinking what transpired there in 1945.
So little of Manila remained after this battle, but at least the remaining old buildings have only 95% been demolished.
Yesterday's banzai charges became today's kamikaze attacks.
My great uncle was one of those marines that landed on Iwo. I actually have a picture of him holding a japanese flag that he captured from a pillbox that he had just cleared with hand grenades.
One time, I'd like to here all four phones start ringing at once! Lol
What did the 1st Cav use for transportation on Luzon? Surely not horses … or helicopters.
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