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They Filmed the War in Color: The Pacific War – Saipan Clip (6 views)
Jul-27-2007 By ZohaibJi / Posted in: World War Videos Add comments
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This documentary includes rare color footage of the US Marines in action in the Pacific during World War II. For years the world has watched films of World War II in black and white. Now for the first time, follow alongside those who experienced the war first hand in this remarkable and moving portrait revealing never-before-seen footage shot in full color. On December 7, 1941, Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in the United States being thrust full force into World War II …
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July 30th, 2007 at 10:41 am
hard to imagine there are all human beings in those planes
August 1st, 2007 at 1:29 am
1:43 CUTTTTTTTTTTTTT
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
actually, its england, scotland and wales
August 4th, 2007 at 12:59 am
wow.. that last landing was insane…
August 5th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
the way they land on carrier ….wow
August 7th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
My point from the very beggining was that the Chinese were not a major player in the Second World War. I don’t see how this applies to that in any way. If you don’t have anything relevent to my original argument, don’t waste my time.
August 10th, 2007 at 10:30 am
“but those reinforcements were there to fight the Russians, not the Chinese”
Some reinforcments if they are moving away from Soviet borders to Indo-China and Southeast Asia.
They were there in the first place because they went to war with the Soviets before they went to war with China. They stayed put until it was clear the Soviets would not move into Manchuria and flank them.
August 11th, 2007 at 1:21 am
“The Soviet Union was still Russia”
Ukraine?
Byelorussia?
Estonia?
Latvia?
Lithuania?
The Union of Socialist Republics its even in the name. Its a treaty of unified republics not just a mere Political entity.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:32 am
but those reinforcements were there to fight the Russians, not the Chinese. My point from the beginning was that China was not a big contributor towards the war and was not the main factor in it’s defeat.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:26 am
The Soviet Union was still Russia, they’re not different entities. The Russian Federation and the Soviet Union are differnt political entities, but they are still reffered to as “Russia”. Great Britan and the United Kingdom are differnt entities but they are still both “England”. Don’t throw a fit for no big deal.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:24 am
–calling it the USSR–
*calling it Russia.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:27 am
One of the key differences between China and the Soviet Union (yet again you make the mistake of calling it the USSR) war the fact China was at a state of division and was far less industrial then the USSR. But it still kept th bulk of Japans warmachine in China.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Only the fo5rces in Manchuria were diverted because it there was an unlikely threat from the Soviet forces mid-war. Most reinforcments went to Indo-China and south-east asia not the Pacific.
August 19th, 2007 at 8:34 am
China was of little importance to the overall Allied victory. In 1944, when Japan was being pushed into a corner, it was still winning spectacular victories in China. Changsha finally fell after GHQ put serious effort into taking the city, and in Operation Ichi-Go, Japan cut through China and linked up with it’s forces in Indochina as well as taking the entire Chinese coast. Russia, on the other hand, was pushing into German territory at this time. China was not like Russia in any way.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:02 am
At the start of the war, most of Japan’s military strength was in China. It was figured that the Navy would force the US to make peace, but after Midway, it was evident that would not happen and Japanese units were sent to reinforce the Pacific. Japan stopped offensives into China mostly because it would take too much effort to guard these areas, not because the Chinese were a serious threat. Nearly all Chinese victories were Defensive ones, and failed to decisivly exploit these few wins.
August 21st, 2007 at 2:04 am
What are you talking about Germany and Russia (it was actually the Soviet Union not Russia soley) China was fighting Japan and the bulk of Japans military was in China. China did score victories against Japan and managed to prevent the Japanese from expanding into China. The fact they did not capitulate was the greatest victory otherwise there would have been no allied victory in the Pacific.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 am
The main difference between Russia and China was that Russia actually bore the brunt of the fighting and scored several decisive victories against Germany, while China sat back and took credit after the Americans and the British did all the fighting. The Chinese were more like the French in that sense, riding on the coattails of others and then claiming you fought as hard as anyone else.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Midway was supposed to end the war, so I guess you could say that they believed that they could subdue the US. If the US lost Midway, it’s Navy would have ceased to exist, Midway and Pearl would be gone, which would allow Japan to do reconnisance and even bomb the US West Coast with the new H8K’s, and isolate Austrailia, the main US forward base in the Pacific. If you were the President, I’m sure you would have gotten the best ceasfire deal possible if Japan had won at Midway.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
The Japanese didn’t wanted to invade the USA. They just defended themselves against a blockade of goods and raw materials carried out by the USA.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Well as you said the Pearl Harbor raid was supposed to buy time to take over southeast asia, plus the US pacific Carrier fleet was supposed to be at dock also.
Japan lost the momment it won the Russo-Japanese war, which sparked a superior belief mentality in all its military, especially its navy.
August 28th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Yes, Japanese resources were already overtaxed before December 1941, namely in China. The involvement of the USA in the Pacific was inevitable, but I wonder if Pearl Harbor was the right choice at the right time. What if Japan had launched their attack upon the Western holdings in Southeast Asia first and baited the US Navy over ? We’ll never know what the outcome may have been, but it wouldn’t have been stacked in the US Navy’s favor at that time.
August 29th, 2007 at 8:00 am
The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to buy time while Japan secured new holdings in Southeast Asia. As you probably know , Yamamoto declared that he would run wild in the Pacific for six months , after which he could offer no gurantees. He was prophetic , as Midway took place in June 1942.
August 29th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Im not talking about the navy soley, im talking about the bulk of Japans resources, manpower and airpower. Credit goes to the Chinese and Soviet threat in Manchuria.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:47 am
i have often wondered what was going thru’ the minds of the japanese when they attacked at pearl harbour ? surely they did not believe that they could subdue or even invade USA?
August 31st, 2007 at 7:49 am
What sizeable collection of countries contributed to the defeat of the Japanese Navy? It was mostly a US Navy vs Imperial Japanese Navy conflict in the Pacific, since Europe was embroiled in its own Atlantic naval battles.
The US submarine force, which was left intact at Pearl Harbor , was responsible for sinking over half of Japan’s merchant fleet and roughly a quarter of the Japanese Navy. Japan did not begin seriously countering the US submarine threat until it was too late.