How Allied Submarines Crippled Japan in WW2

It was all intentional, the supposedly "defective" torpedoes.
Here's a thought experiment:
Let's get the design and pictures of the supposedly "defective" torpedoes, and do a deep-dive on exactly what they were, what the "defect" was, and how quickly and easily the "defective" torpedoes could have been re-engineered and made effective. Some kind of "field expedient" modification or repair, that might have been done even while the submarine was underway, at sea, and at war.
Let's see the book that's been published that delves deep into the actual mechanical and technical characteristics of the Mark IV torpedoes, and how a focused US Navy, intent on winning the war, and preserving the lives of it's submariners, and it's submarines, might have been able to quickly, easily and cheaply modified the "defective" torpedoes into effective and functional torpedoes.

My guess is that none of that information exists, and that it was intentionally destroyed in order to cover-up their crimes of intentional sabotage, and treason during time of war.

Disagree? Let's see the schematics of the defective torpedoes that details exactly how and why they did not work.

I find it difficult to believe that Bletchley Park provided much in the way of data to influence the war in the Pacific. Surely that would have been down to the US' own radio interception and cryptographers?

I would love a video on US Naval aviation in the war in Pacific and how big an impact it had on dogfighting and seeking Japanese ships to close air support. 💙🙏

Yamamoto, the commander of the Japanese navy, attended Harvard. It's crazy to think of him living in Massachusetts, going to school, but he did. Look it up.

I'm surprised sinking a merchant ship isn't some kind of war crime

It’s pronounced aluminum not aluminum

excelente informe de los poco qUe conzco sobre los submarino de estados unidos y japon en el pacifico..felicitacióesE desde argentina...ENRIQUE AMARANTE, COLECCIONISTA DE 2 WW especialmente ACORAZADO GRAF SPEE Y U BOAT U 530 Y U 977 AUTO DE LA NOVELA el ultimo secreto de eva braun, y autor del libro submarinos alemanes...y el empleo de sus armas... con data desconocida..

Japan having no oil was going to be hard pressed too fend off an invasion if the U.S. decided to go that rout.

The difference between a Japanese soldier and an American soldier is that essentially all Japanese soldiers had no fear of dying for his nation; American soldiers did. The Japanese were also better trained and had better equipment at the outset of the war. In this case, they never would have used unreliable torpedoes as the US Navy did. The only reason we defeated the Japanese was because we had much greater resources. In Europe, had Hitler not attacked the Soviets, D-Day would never have been attempted as the shores Normandy would have been better protected. Hitler destroyed Germany, some say purposely with all his stupid military blundering. I have often entertained the idea that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Pearl Harbor also was in cahoots with America. Had he not attacked Pearl Harbor, America would never have entered the war. Why did he attack then? His famous quote, "I fear I have only awoken a sleeping giant" implies he knew Japan would eventually be defeated. Then why not just defend the gains Japan made in South East Asia and leave America alone? Finally, he was taught by a US missionary in his youth and spent 2 years at Harvard and was a naval attache. Could he have been subverted during his time in America? We'll never know.

This could be the next big expansion to UBOAT... A Pacific theater campaign.

Who’s better tho American COs or German COs

Generals and Admirals are always prepared to fight the previous war.

Thoroughly enjoyable video. Very well done!

My father-in-law told me that he flew in an A-20 medium bomber. The USAAF used skip bombing against Japanese merchant ships.

Ain't no "oonter-zee botes" in these U.S. Navy, boy. We calls em Submarines. Get it right.

Great Britain had allies in the Battle of the Atlantic. Who were Japan's allies in the submarine war in the Pacific?

I want a video that does not show the defective torpedos.

The stupid idea of the twenties and thirties that war should be outlawed seem ridiculous today. It’s result was to reduce American and other countries defenses. In 1940, America had the 17th largest military, behind some third world countries. Sometimes what seems to be a great idea lacks credibility. Laws and regulations do not control the actions of countries over which America has no control. TODAY, THERE IS A NOTION THAT THE WORLD SHOULD BECOME ONE “NATION” WITHOUT BORDERS. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIORS OF ROGUE NATIONS OR MAJOR COMPETITORS? I think not! America needs a strong defense to let others know we will not be manipulated! Politicians often see military as a waste of money, mostly because they desire to make themselves “ look good to voters” by spending on nonessential programs. All spending by the government needs to be monitored by officials but we must have a security sense to ensure citizen’s have their chance at the “ American Dream”.

About 750 German uboats were sunk in ww2, for an average success rate of 7 merchant ships per uboat. American submarines averaged 20 or more merchant ships sunk for each submarine lost, almost 3 times the U-boat rate.

I believe much of WW2 history as fake narratives, cause and effect is more believable to me than fluke chance, as we say, follow the $$, follow the gain of power. Franklin Roosevelt knew how to create a strong enemy, how to get public support for global war, how to insure histories biggest mass murderer Joseph Stalin would win histories biggest war WW2, and the rest was totally predictable..ie..the Chinese Communist revolution

During WW1 the Japanese Navy mostly served as escorts for allied merchant shipping in the Indio-Pacific area. They saw this as an INFERIOR duty compared to the actions of the allied navies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas. The WW1 junior offices of the IJN became the senior officers of WW2 and this, initially at least, affected their attitude to anti submarine escort duties.
In the Atlantic the allies were reading the radio messages sent to the German submarines. In the Pacific the allies were reading the radio messages sent to all the ships of Japan.

Thank you for these videos they show the real strategy of war and it’s not always about grand battle but inch by inch mile by mile
My father in law was a marine in the Philippians and he told me that

Ah yes, the U-Boat Submarines. Are there other submarines as well? I'm curious.

Great documentary on an aspect of the Pacific war that is underreported.

To the Americas a couple years to even realize their torpedoes basically didn't work, that's my magically the U.S. subs became effective in WW2 after fixing the torpedoes......

Please dont use the phrase 'British Navy', it is called The Royal Navy.
By 1945 the Japanese had hardly any ships over 500gt. You cant move enough cargo to keep a country alive, let alone run a war, with such small vessels.

Part of the reason for the success of US submarines was the nature of Japan's internal divisions where all the commanders all wanted to be part of big strategic offensives and the different branches didn't necessarily get along or trust each other and often tried to shift mundane defensive tasks onto others. The result was most supply escorts were second rate ships and/or boats that happened to be going the same way.

The Monty problem: endless resources = success. Poor planning = I didn't have enough resources.

There are two types of ship in the Navy: submarines, and targets.

Great info, well presented. Thanks for the video!

The simple fact of the Battle of the Atlantic: the Allies could only lose by persistent incompetence. As long as American shipyards could produce ships essentially at will, the Germans couldn't win. Sir John Keegan said there were actually only two months where sinkings exceeded American production of new vessels ( The Price of Admiralty ?)

Now, if Hitler had not wasted an astonishing amount of resources on stuff like pocket battleships and V2 rockets, perhaps the Germans could have built enough U-boats to make a difference. But I doubt it. They had the problem the Japanese had - their industrial base simply couldn't outproduce ours. Once that productive might was allied with Soviet industry, it was a war the Germans couldn't win.

Funny how the fact that Germany was demonized for unrestricted submarine warfare but after Pearl Harbor, nary a word is said.

Didn’t know that Bletchley Park and Ultra had anything to do with Station Hypo and Magic. Help me out.

Sorry, but it was the americans that broke the Japanese codes, based in Hawaii!

It's amazing that Japan didn't learn from the British, another maritime empire.
Britian needed to import raw materials.
Britian nearly lost, if not for the lend-lease.
Unfortunately Japan didn't have anything similar to lend-lease.

Thank you. Such an important part of the war effort in the Pacific. We all need to know more about this and your video helps!

Imagine what would have happened had the bureau of ordinance hadn't been completely incompetent.

Remember, the wonderful accurate usa torpedoes that were totally useless early in the war. Bounce off the hull and sink. Pathetic.

I am amazed at how throughout the 1930s both the American and British admiralty stood firm against any change in naval strategy. They both wanted to fight the wars they fought in the 1800s even though The Great War showed how much of a folly that was.
Good ost. Thank you.

Japan had lots of excellent grade coal. Interesting that the Germans didn't share the coal-to-av-gas technology they had....

Fascinating stuff. Thanks!

AI upscaling should be used on all WW-2 source videos, before they deteriorate completely. Perhaps a subscriber knows how and has the time to do it for you..

Part of the problem was our crappy torpedoes
My Dad … GM on The USS Ross told me about torpedoes that struck Japanese ships and failed to explode

Leave it to liberals to be stupid enough to take so long to replace the mark 14 torpedoes