(2/10) Battlefield II Guadalcanal Ep.9 World War II

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

World War II Subscribe to Excellent World War II Videos. Updated Weekly In the six months between August 1942 and February 1943, the United States and its Pacific Allies fought a brutally hard air-sea-land campaign against the Japanese for possession of the previously-obscure island of Guadalcanal. The Allies’ first major offensive action of the Pacific War, the contest began as a risky enterprise since Japan still maintained a significant naval superiority in the Pacific ocean. Nevertheless, the US First Marine Division landed on 7 August 1942 to seize a nearly-complete airfield at Guadalcanal’s Lunga Point and an anchorage at nearby Tulagi, bounding a picturesque body of water that would soon be named “Iron Bottom Sound”. Action ashore went well, and Japan’s initial aerial response was costly and unproductive. However, only two days after the landings, the US and Australian navies were handed a serious defeat in the Battle of Savo Island. A lengthy struggle followed, with its focus the Lunga Point airfield, renamed Henderson Field. Though regularly bombed and shelled by the enemy, Henderson Field’s planes were still able to fly, ensuring that Japanese efforts to build and maintain ground forces on Guadalcanal were prohibitively expensive. Ashore, there was hard fighting in a miserable climate, with US Marines and Soldiers, aided by local people and a few colonial authorities, demonstrating the fatal weaknesses of Japanese ground combat doctrine when confronted by …

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25 Responses to (2/10) Battlefield II Guadalcanal Ep.9 World War II

  1. TheSanityInspector says:
    September 23, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    Hey poster, YouTube now allows 10 limits on video clips. Why not re-upload this fine doco in one piece?

  2. Felipe Vaiano says:
    September 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    I cant find episode 1/10

  3. PhilipDK5800 says:
    September 23, 2012 at 7:24 pm

    I remember seing this series on Discovery Channel when I was 9-10 years old. It was so amazing to sit in underwear under the blanket, in the sofa. And watching this series in the morning.

    I love the soundtrack to the series, and how it’s just plain facts and strategy maps! :)

  4. TheSanityInspector says:
    September 23, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    With YouTube’s extended clip limits, you could re-upload this doco in one piece now!

  5. BubbaLee2 says:
    September 23, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    awesome vid–liked

  6. liljgoneman says:
    September 23, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    Why not? They made 1 of Pearl Harbor…. :)

  7. Micah Seymour says:
    September 23, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    Savo Island is one of the few battles where the US was comprehensively beaten. The forces engaged were similar, but the Japanese simply had better tactics, leadership, and preparation for the battle.

  8. Len Kagamine Chan says:
    September 23, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Where is M4 sherman…it was Tiger tank for the Japs…

  9. andrelebaron says:
    September 24, 2012 at 12:14 am

    wow the Japs sure handed it to the US at Savo Island. I guess they won’t make a movie out of that one.

  10. TheRapper10000 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 1:03 am

    Thier airforce was chewed up after the major naval battles around Guadalcanal. 

  11. TheRapper10000 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 2:02 am

    Thier airforce was chewed up after the major naval battles around Guadalcanal. 

  12. aziqbal says:
    September 24, 2012 at 2:49 am

    one thing i dont understand is why the Japanese didnt provide air cover for thier 11 transports on the night of 14 Nov 1942 when they were reinforcing thier forces on the island:? almost all of them were sunk and hardly any resupply made it to the island??? where was Japanese air support?

  13. cowpow16 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 2:58 am

    I love the names of the Japanese commanders they are just great awesome series thanks for the upload :)
    

  14. soldier7799 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 3:33 am

    Just brilliant series.

  15. 1Fietsband says:
    September 24, 2012 at 3:52 am

    Why do you have to experiment with these awful soundtracks in these absolutely magnificent documenturies.?

  16. Dengar12000 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 4:34 am

    The F4F Wildcat was a good aircraft, but didn’t compare well against the Japanese “Zero”. The Zeke was more maneuverable, and had a heavier armament, with 2 20mm Cannon. The top speed of the aircraft was also rather similar.
    It wasn’t until the Corsair, and the later Hellcat came around that the U.S. was able to have a superior fighter. It’s not so much the Wildcat was underestimated, but the Zero was much better than most people think.

  17. BLyons40 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 5:33 am

    Didnt the introduction of the P-39 late in the battle help to remedy some of the problems of the earlier P-400s ?

  18. Brera011 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 6:11 am

    Great doc! Reccomended for all who are in to the new “The Pacific” series and want to know more of the backgrounds

  19. MauserK43 says:
    September 24, 2012 at 6:15 am

    P-400 had only a 20mm main gun firing through the prop hub

  20. justnotcricket says:
    September 24, 2012 at 6:40 am

    yes it is, but they didnt say it was anything else. only that SOME of these vehicles type had the howitzer.

    but nice try son, and was their fault for being vague with the illustrations & descripitions :-)

  21. Dennis Doty says:
    September 24, 2012 at 7:40 am

    I love you tech guys who can spot mistakes and bring some life to these comments.
    Well done, troopers!

  22. madisonrepublicano says:
    September 24, 2012 at 7:42 am

    I love this documentaries, thank you very much for up load. But 08:00 is aLVT(A)-1, turret with 37 mm Gun.

  23. HoustonGD says:
    September 24, 2012 at 8:11 am

    The F4F-3 did

  24. 32silvercoins says:
    September 24, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Oh okay, I thought the early models had 4 .50 guns.
    Thanks for the correction sir.

  25. HoustonGD says:
    September 24, 2012 at 9:06 am

    The F4F4 had 6 .50 machine guns.