Battle of the Philippine Sea - The Largest Carrier Battle Ever (1/2) - Animated

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The Battle of the Philippine Sea would become the largest carrier battle ever. With the Grumman F-6F Hellcat now the dominant fighter in the skies of the Pacific, the Japanese Zeros will face a pummeling, destroying the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier operations again. The one sided air battle will become known as The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.

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[TheOperationsRoom]

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[souptonuts]

Imagine being so unconcerned with your enemy's primary attack you just F off and find something else to do. What a boss.

[anewman]

Wow, hats off to Warrant Officer Komatsu (8:26) - diving his plane into the water to pick off a torpedo is both brave and amazing.

[SuprAtheAceofSpades]

That damage control decision on the Taihou was astonishingly devastating. I knew the Albacore was ultimately responsible but didn't know the specifics until now.

[tobiasGRY]

I had absolutely no idea that Filipino guerrillas were involved in this level of critical espionage before the Battle, and I've been a mostly naval history buff for years.

Bravo Philippines, half this victory belongs to you.

Edit: Got a good chuckle out of the idea of the bomber pilots getting bored of waiting and just wandering off to pound the island. Kinda like the British destroyers at Cape Matapan casually loitering around a wrecked Italian-cruiser, *'poking it with a stick'* and deciding whether or not to board it and take it as a prize like in the good ole' days.

[maryambintghassani]

"I know we've been planning this attack for months, carriers are prime targets, and we rely completely on surprise, but let's just orbit and ponder the situation for ten minutes, gentlemen." - Japanese air boss.

[KimBedin]

The sheer amount of planes you have animated... Bravo, sir!

[ares]

"They attack the airfield to pass some time" That tickeled me

[luckydog]

This former USN submariner appreciates your highlighting the significant contributions of US Navy Submarines to this decisive victory.

[arashimiyazawa]

Just because people get confused about this from time to time: A turkey shoot does not involve shooting turkeys. It's a competition where you shoot at stationary targets for points. The winner gets a turkey as a prize. So the guy was saying it was like target shooting. Actually shooting turkeys can be pretty tricky, from what I hear ;)

[monteharrison]

The submarine USS Cavalla, which sunk the carrier Shōkaku, is on permanent display at Seawolf Park at Galveston, Texas. You can even go inside and roam around.

[mnguy]

Imagine being the guy who decides to launch an attack on the enemy's airfield _and winning, _ with the entire reason behind it simply being "'cuz I was bored"

[pi]

"They got bored so they bombed guam" I love this.

[johnclarencemercado]

The incident with the Filipino guerillas is called by local historians as "The Koga Incident". This small, but important chapter in this battle is worthy of a documentary.

Two planes carrying Japanese officials crashed because of a typhoon off Cebu islands. Filipino guerillas quickly canoed thru the wreckage and picked up a case. They also captured a survivor, a high ranking Japanese officer. Upon reaching home, the guerillas quickly hide into the mountains and notified their American guerilla commander about the incident. They copied all the documents and forwarderd it to MacArthur's HQ in Australia, which also housed the Allied Intelligence Bureau (there was no OSS in the south Pacific area). The capture of the Japanese official reached the ocupying Japanese and threatened to massacre a village. A standoff ensued until a negotiation was reached. The case and the Japanese must be returned. A surreal situation occured later, unarmed Filipino guerillas and Japanese soldiers exchanging cigarettes. A prisoner exchange. The papers reached Australia and the rest is history.

[ramal]

The fact that Albacore did not survived the war and later was sunk by a mine in November 1944 off Hokkaido, the wreck of the sub was found in 2022 by group of Japanese researchers.

USS Albacore (SS-218) On Eternal Patrol

[miranda]

15:52 "the bastards have finally drawn blood, shoot them down!" the disrespect, dear God😅

[connerfarr]

That pilot that rammed the torpedo. Absolute hero.

[rewmeister]

the research that must go into these videos is astounding and to tie it all off with these animations is just perfect. thank you operations room team!

[tbrown]

"Frustrated and bored, some squadron leaders decide to attack the Japanese airfields on Guam to pass the time"

As one does, of course

[pigpig]

I can't imagine the elation a submarine commander must have when they get an aircraft carrier in their sights. Such an incredibly rare opportunity