Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Told from the American Perspective (1/2)
(Animated Battle Map) If you came just for the carrier battle, it starts at the 21-minute mark. Link to a bonus clip that's at the end of Part 2. • Combat Footage of the Battle of the Easter... 00:00 Introduction 1:06 Covering Cactus 6:11 American Intelligence 9:41 August 20 to the 22 14:28 August 23 21:33 August 24 Morning 27:12 The Dilemma 34:28 Air Raid on Cactus 37:16 Ryujo’s Demise 40:27 TF-61 Attacked! 47:56 Evening Actions 51:06 August 25 Tanaka’s Misery 53:04 Total Losses 54:19 Fletcher’s Legacy 58:04 Outro Corrections: at 36:32 I misspelled zuikaku. at 45:50 I said 5 wildcats but displayed 6 Wildcats. I accidently added one. It should have been 5. I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciation for my work feel free to donate. » paypal -https://www.paypal.me/montemayorytcha... Artwork done by Mateusz Dąbrowski. Check out his fantastic artwork on his Artstation profile : https://www.artstation.com/kwad_rat Help with research: Michał A Piegzik Help with script: Daniel N. Music: Filmstro "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Satiate Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Map terrain data obtained by Maptiler. "© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap contributors" The images of Marines on Guadalcanal were from the USMC Archives on Flickr. https://flickr.com/photos/60868061@N0... https://www.flickr.com/photos/6086806... https://www.flickr.com/photos/6086806... Sources: Cox, Jeffrey (2019). Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal -Solomons Campaign of World War II ... August-October 1942. Osprey. Dull, P.S. (1978) A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Evans, D. C., & Peattie, M. R. (2012). Kaigun: Strategy, tactics, and technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. Naval Institute Press. Frank, R.B. (1990) Guadalcanal. Penguin Books. Hammel, E. M. (2009). Carrier clash: The invasion of guadalcanal and the battle of the eastern solomons, August 1942. Pacifica Military History. Hornfischer, J. D. (2011). Neptune's inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. Bantam Books. Lundstrom, J.B. (2013) Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jeck Fletcher at Coral Sea, midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Lundstrom, J. B. (2005). The first team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942. Naval Institute Press. Prados, J. (1995) Combined fleet decoded: The secret history of american intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II. Random House. Prados, J. (2013) Islands of destiny: The solomons campaign and the eclipse of the rising sun. New York: NAL Caliber. Stille, M. (2015) Guadalcanal: 1942-43 ; America's first victory on the road to Tokyo. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Stille, M. (2012) Santa Cruz 1942: Carrier Duel in the South Pacific. Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Stille, M. (2013) The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Stille, M. (2007) USN carriers vs IJN Carriers: The pacific, 1942. Oxford: Osprey.
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