I salute those men on both sides who fought in the war. I just think that all wars are monuments to the stupididty of all men who desinged and instigated the wars. Those men are the International Bankers who made money off peoples lives and finfinaces all sides of the war. They are the ones who should be brought to book.
A Glorious Way to Die is a book by Russell Spurr printed in the early 80's. It is an excellent account of the sinking of the Yamato with a lot of narrative from Japanese sailors who were on the ship. It is a great book and I suggest it for anyone interested in this battle.
As huge as the Yamato was, I've always liked the Iowa class better. Sure I'm an American and that has something to do with it but the Iowas were faster, more maneuverable, and had much better fire control systems (radar guided, way ahead of the times) for their 16 inch guns. Plus the Navy just kept bringing them back...Korea, Vietnam, The Cold War 600 ship plan, and finally they went ass kicking in Desert Storm when they were nearly 50 years old
That battleship that sunk off of Samar wasn't Yamato. It was her sister ship Musashi, and the whole thing about the powder magazine going up, that happened to Yamato, only that was off Okinawa.
The greatest ever warship......why can't we get modern warship the size and power of Yamato but with tech from the 21st century..... a 260m+ Zumwalt class with 18in guns :)
The embodiment of futility. Without fire-control systems to match the mighty guns of the Yamato were pretty much useless. If I'm not mistaking neither Yamato's or Musashi's 18" guns ever scored a hit against an enemy ship.
@r8wing They sunk a light american cruiser during one battle, that was yamato, i am not sure of mushashi, besides they both killed hundreds of enemies during their shelling of ground based batteries. Also, while yamato's fire control systems were not the best on the planet were up to snuff against most things back then, we are talking about behmouths that focused on armor plate and firepower rather then speed, which is just the otherside of the field today.
I beg to disagree, a warship's top speed has not increased significantly since the 1920's. 35 knots was the standard speed of a destroyer, then and now. Only then the emphasis was put on a ship's "muscles", and now, with the advent of computers and electronics, on her "brains".
@r8wing This is not a destroyer, it is a battleship, and those beasts have always focused on punch. Regardless my point stands, while it was not the greatest warship ever created, i do believe it was a rather fine flagship. Also! I do believe the accounts of these shows and allied reports to sway in favor of aliied propganda, Just like how they denied the german nuclear silica v-2 rockets which every one knows about yet they denied for years. no one ever wants to know how close we came to losing
@akatsukifanboy102 We weren't THAT close to losing the war. It's like WWI, the German's had to fight multiple fronts. And it had to fight countries that had more resources. Also, the V-2 rockets wasn't nuclear, if it was then Britain would've been wasted to a parking lot, which didn't happen. However, The Nazi's were planning to make something like an atom bomb, but failed to do so in time.
@Brigade35 I never said nuclear tipped, i said nuclear silicon, as in radioactive silcon tipped rockets. And mainly you are right, those were v-3s usally but they existed, the allies found them. and while they would not create a large mushroom cloud like a atomic missile, they would still kill anything within miles of impact due to the swath of lethal radiation. It was a much more sucessful version of their atomic bomb projects which were stalling, and this required less material to make even.
@yamahaU3 You go ahead and try hitting a aircraft going over one hundred miles per hour. Also, experience dive bomber pilots know where to attack so that they would only face limit AA resistance.
@lewkev they couldnt compete w/ the U.S. military. and they finally realized it. so they did the classic Japanese kamikaze attack of desperation. theyde run outta options
@n8bolton yeah but it doesnt make any sense why they would send the greatest battleship ever built on a pointless suicide mission. Yes, they were desperate at this point but still..........
@ussmissouri63 in the minds of the Japanese, it would have been dishonorable for the Yamato to just sit idly in port while the Allies attacked their soil. Besides, even if it just sat in port, it would have probably been sunk or crippled in an airstrike anyhow, so might as well have it go down in a blaze of glory instead of at dock.
@Tebok73509 Yes, that is true because the Japanese of WW2 were mostly fatalists and they believed in destiny. they did this because the emperor ordered them to. Seiichi Ito, commander of the Ten Go force didnt want to do it because he believed it would be futile, which of course, turned out to be true. Also, if it weren't sunk it would've made an awesome museum. Just imagine being in the largest battleship in history..........woulda been nice to have seen it in person.
@ussmissouri63 Its unfortunate that the Allies scuttled all the the surviving Japanese warships. I think the only Japanese warship from WW2 afloat is a mineweeper.
@Tebok73509 Yeah i know.........the only Japanese capital ship i know of that's still afloat is the Mikasa which is a Pre-Dreadnought from WW1. All the other Major capital ships were scuttled or sunk in the Bikini and Baker Atoll bomb tests.
I salute those men on both sides who fought in the war. I just think that all wars are monuments to the stupididty of all men who desinged and instigated the wars. Those men are the International Bankers who made money off peoples lives and finfinaces all sides of the war. They are the ones who should be brought to book.
bernhard226 2 weeks ago
Buy battlestations pacific and Bring glory to the japanese empire and Change the Course of history
Shakulu97 1 month ago
my granpa help sink the yamato he was a torpedo bomber he hates to remember that day
TheForever2290 1 month ago
A Glorious Way to Die is a book by Russell Spurr printed in the early 80's. It is an excellent account of the sinking of the Yamato with a lot of narrative from Japanese sailors who were on the ship. It is a great book and I suggest it for anyone interested in this battle.
TheChuck624 3 months ago
As huge as the Yamato was, I've always liked the Iowa class better. Sure I'm an American and that has something to do with it but the Iowas were faster, more maneuverable, and had much better fire control systems (radar guided, way ahead of the times) for their 16 inch guns. Plus the Navy just kept bringing them back...Korea, Vietnam, The Cold War 600 ship plan, and finally they went ass kicking in Desert Storm when they were nearly 50 years old
americaHUMVEES 4 months ago
4:07 BAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG
lagnese5 5 months ago
That battleship that sunk off of Samar wasn't Yamato. It was her sister ship Musashi, and the whole thing about the powder magazine going up, that happened to Yamato, only that was off Okinawa.
acepilot1997 5 months ago
R.I.P to all the crew of the Battleship,Yamato,Bismarck,arizona and the battlecruiser H.M.S Hood !
666crazytrain1 5 months ago 3
The greatest ever warship......why can't we get modern warship the size and power of Yamato but with tech from the 21st century..... a 260m+ Zumwalt class with 18in guns :)
rwalex1212 6 months ago
2500 men and officer.. i guess its true pride always goes before the fall.. in this case sinking
SamirSuja 7 months ago
I hate watching this episode of Dogfights. What a beautiful piece of machine laid to waste. RIP to her sailors - May you forever man your battleship.
macfahad 8 months ago 11
it was a great ship, just used incorrectly
equals3forum 11 months ago 11
This has been flagged as spam show
thanks for sharing :)
skyfall7777 1 year ago
wow i bet the captian on the USS Jonson would be 50X better than the Japan captian that commaned it
warbird300 1 year ago
The Yamato was a true instrument of death and destruction but it was not invincible
it could be destroyed just like any other warship
Metaltyler86 1 year ago
3:34 LOOK AT IT BURN!
dogfight001 1 year ago
The embodiment of futility. Without fire-control systems to match the mighty guns of the Yamato were pretty much useless. If I'm not mistaking neither Yamato's or Musashi's 18" guns ever scored a hit against an enemy ship.
r8wing 1 year ago
@r8wing They sunk a light american cruiser during one battle, that was yamato, i am not sure of mushashi, besides they both killed hundreds of enemies during their shelling of ground based batteries. Also, while yamato's fire control systems were not the best on the planet were up to snuff against most things back then, we are talking about behmouths that focused on armor plate and firepower rather then speed, which is just the otherside of the field today.
akatsukifanboy102 1 year ago
@akatsukifanboy102
I beg to disagree, a warship's top speed has not increased significantly since the 1920's. 35 knots was the standard speed of a destroyer, then and now. Only then the emphasis was put on a ship's "muscles", and now, with the advent of computers and electronics, on her "brains".
r8wing 1 year ago
@r8wing This is not a destroyer, it is a battleship, and those beasts have always focused on punch. Regardless my point stands, while it was not the greatest warship ever created, i do believe it was a rather fine flagship. Also! I do believe the accounts of these shows and allied reports to sway in favor of aliied propganda, Just like how they denied the german nuclear silica v-2 rockets which every one knows about yet they denied for years. no one ever wants to know how close we came to losing
akatsukifanboy102 1 year ago
@akatsukifanboy102 We weren't THAT close to losing the war. It's like WWI, the German's had to fight multiple fronts. And it had to fight countries that had more resources. Also, the V-2 rockets wasn't nuclear, if it was then Britain would've been wasted to a parking lot, which didn't happen. However, The Nazi's were planning to make something like an atom bomb, but failed to do so in time.
Brigade35 10 months ago
@Brigade35 I never said nuclear tipped, i said nuclear silicon, as in radioactive silcon tipped rockets. And mainly you are right, those were v-3s usally but they existed, the allies found them. and while they would not create a large mushroom cloud like a atomic missile, they would still kill anything within miles of impact due to the swath of lethal radiation. It was a much more sucessful version of their atomic bomb projects which were stalling, and this required less material to make even.
akatsukifanboy102 10 months ago
Can the gunners of Yamato be any worse? They fired like 1000 shots and none hit him! wtf!
yamahaU3 1 year ago
@yamahaU3
It takes three or more people to work together on a 25mm AA gun.
One who stands next to the turrent with a short pole in his hand to guide the very direction where the planes are coming from.
In one of two seats of the AA gun the person on the right side has to rotate the gun left or right.
In the other seat on the left side has to raise or lower to the turrent at a certain angle and is also the one who fires the gun.
While two or three more have to change the magazines.
tsuyoshi15 1 year ago
@yamahaU3 You go ahead and try hitting a aircraft going over one hundred miles per hour. Also, experience dive bomber pilots know where to attack so that they would only face limit AA resistance.
Normacly 1 month ago
(salute)
SkullKing11841 1 year ago
never understood why the japanese would send the Yamato and the rest of the center force on a suicide run....
lewkev 1 year ago
@lewkev they couldnt compete w/ the U.S. military. and they finally realized it. so they did the classic Japanese kamikaze attack of desperation. theyde run outta options
n8bolton 1 year ago
@n8bolton yeah but it doesnt make any sense why they would send the greatest battleship ever built on a pointless suicide mission. Yes, they were desperate at this point but still..........
ussmissouri63 1 year ago
@ussmissouri63 in the minds of the Japanese, it would have been dishonorable for the Yamato to just sit idly in port while the Allies attacked their soil. Besides, even if it just sat in port, it would have probably been sunk or crippled in an airstrike anyhow, so might as well have it go down in a blaze of glory instead of at dock.
Tebok73509 1 year ago
@Tebok73509 Yes, that is true because the Japanese of WW2 were mostly fatalists and they believed in destiny. they did this because the emperor ordered them to. Seiichi Ito, commander of the Ten Go force didnt want to do it because he believed it would be futile, which of course, turned out to be true. Also, if it weren't sunk it would've made an awesome museum. Just imagine being in the largest battleship in history..........woulda been nice to have seen it in person.
ussmissouri63 1 year ago
@ussmissouri63 Its unfortunate that the Allies scuttled all the the surviving Japanese warships. I think the only Japanese warship from WW2 afloat is a mineweeper.
Tebok73509 1 year ago
@Tebok73509 Yeah i know.........the only Japanese capital ship i know of that's still afloat is the Mikasa which is a Pre-Dreadnought from WW1. All the other Major capital ships were scuttled or sunk in the Bikini and Baker Atoll bomb tests.
ussmissouri63 1 year ago
wow...
JESSIEEDSELL21 2 years ago
R.I.P. Legends!
boibisyo16 2 years ago 2