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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:06,080 โ™ช 2 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,976 At 7:56 on the morning of December 7th, 1941, 3 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,440 Japanese aircraft swooped down over Hawaii. 4 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,976 Their target: The US Pacific Fleet at anchor 5 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,760 in its base at Pearl Harbour 6 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,480 Five U.S. ships were hit immediately. 7 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,440 A few minutes later, more Japanese aircraft joined in. 8 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,696 By 8:35, two U.S. battleships were sinking, 9 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,200 two had capsized, and two were badly damaged. 10 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,736 A seventh battleship, the Nevada, 11 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,896 slipped her moorings and was heading out to sea 12 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,040 when she too was caught and forced to beach. 13 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,056 Simultaneously, Japanese Zero fighters strafed U.S. aircraft 14 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,080 lined up on the island's airstrips. 15 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,080 They also shot up nearby army barracks. 16 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,536 By the end of the attack 17 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,120 dozens of U.S. warships had been sunk or damaged. 18 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,360 One hundred and eighty eight aircraft were also destroyed. 19 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,616 The next day, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt 20 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,016 declared war on Japan. 21 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,120 Since the unprovoked 22 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,440 and dastardly attack by Japan 23 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,200 on Sunday, December 7, 1941, 24 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,200 a state of war 25 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,976 has existed between the United States 26 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,776 and the Japanese empire. 27 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:28,760 The stage was set. 28 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,616 Could Japan knock out the United States with a swift blow 29 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,840 before the huge might of America ground it down? 30 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,920 It would become one of the great conflicts of World War II. 31 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,240 Japan's first steps towards war had come in August 1940. 32 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,056 Capitalizing on France's defeat in Europe, 33 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,656 it seized control of air bases in the north 34 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,200 of the French colony of Indo-China. 35 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,920 It was looking for a quick and easy expansion of its Empire. 36 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,896 A year later it issued an ultimatum demanding the use 37 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,280 of all French air bases throughout Indo-China. 38 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,216 When the French hesitated, the Japanese invaded 39 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,920 and seized control of the entire colony. 40 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,320 Japan felt the consequences almost immediately. 41 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,896 The United States froze its overseas financial assets 42 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,760 effectively robbing the country of its ability to buy oil. 43 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,016 Japan faced a choice. 44 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,176 Climb down and lose face, 45 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,360 or seize more territory and up the stakes. 46 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,016 For a new Japanese government, 47 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,816 under the aggressive General Hideki Tojo, 48 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,680 there was no question about which course to take. 49 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,456 Japanese Army and Navy commanders were told to prepare 50 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,256 for a swift war to occupy all the Far Eastern territories 51 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:31,376 controlled by Britain, France, the Netherlands 52 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,040 and the United States. 53 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,856 The country was expecting a swift victory. 54 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,680 โ™ช 55 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,576 Japan saw the Americans, in particular, 56 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,096 as a nation of pleasure lovers with no stomach 57 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,000 for a lengthy war and heavy casualties. 58 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,696 The Japanese military calculated that if they could destroy 59 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,376 the U.S. Pacific fleet, 60 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,160 the U.S. would quickly sue for peace. 61 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,120 It was now that they decided to attack Pearl Harbour 62 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,576 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, 63 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,616 commander of the Japanese combined fleet, 64 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:16,960 was put in charge. 65 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,496 He had ten battleships, ten aircraft carriers, 66 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,440 and the world's most advanced naval aircraft. 67 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,296 Against him, the U.S. Pacific Fleet 68 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,640 had eight World War I vintage battleships and two carriers. 69 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,280 Yamamoto planned the attack with great care. 70 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,976 He would hit the U.S. fleet in Pearl Harbour on a Sunday, 71 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,296 since, according to intelligence reports, 72 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,960 it usually spent the weekends in port. 73 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,536 In total radio silence, 74 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,736 the Japanese strike force gathered in Tankan Bay 75 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,880 in the northerly Kurile Islands. 76 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,760 The fleet set sail on November 26, 1941. 77 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,616 Meanwhile, as a decoy, 78 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,496 Japanese negotiators arrived in Washington 79 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,640 to discuss a possible Japanese withdrawal from China. 80 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,720 The Japanese fleet refuelled after several days at sea. 81 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,040 Three days later it was off Hawaii. 82 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,936 The Americans were still blissfully unaware 83 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,656 that anything was wrong. 84 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,896 At 6 AM on December 7th, after a final briefing, 85 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,000 the first wave of Japanese aircraft took off. 86 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,976 As the Japanese aircraft dived into the attack, 87 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,936 U.S. personnel were still just stirring 88 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,760 on a fine Sunday morning. 89 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,600 It was all over in less than two and a quarter hours. 90 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,680 Yamamoto's plan had worked like a dream. 91 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,400 Or had it? 92 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,376 There was only one problem. 93 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,336 The U.S. fleets' two aircraft carriers had not been 94 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,280 in Pearl Harbour at the time and had escaped the attack. 95 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,976 Yamamoto's main aim of crippling the U.S. Pacific fleet 96 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,040 had only partially succeeded. 97 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,920 U.S. naval air power in the region was still intact. 98 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,760 But in the United States there was shock and disbelief. 99 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,920 It quickly turned into a mood of fury and determination. 100 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:17,400 Angry mobs attacked the Japanese embassy. 101 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,080 Japan had disturbed the sleeping giant. 102 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,536 The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, spoke for many. 103 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:31,440 The Japs started this war. We are going to finish it. 104 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,616 Yet, before the U.S. 105 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,096 could mobilize its full strength, 106 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,320 the Japanese were to inflict more 107 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,000 humiliating defeats on the Western Allies. 108 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,416 In December of 1941, 109 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,136 as America was licking its wounds after Pearl Harbour, 110 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,296 Japan launched a series of attacks on 111 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,456 western colonies in South East Asia. 112 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,296 It thought it had knocked out America. 113 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,200 Now it moved against Britain and its colonies. 114 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,216 The first to be hit was Malaya, 115 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,216 where a Japanese force came ashore 116 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,000 in the north-east of the country. 117 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,016 The plan was that it should make its way south, 118 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,400 down the east coast. 119 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:43,856 The invasion force was met by a contingent 120 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,680 of British Indian troops. 121 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,880 But after a day of fighting they were brushed aside. 122 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,736 Meanwhile, further north in Thailand, 123 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,640 a second Japanese landing was unopposed. 124 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,416 Thirty thousand Japanese troops were soon making their way 125 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,600 down the western coast of Malaya. 126 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,456 The target of the two groups: Singapore. 127 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,376 The centre of British military 128 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,800 and political rule in the Far East. 129 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,616 Britain had turned the island into what it believed 130 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,680 was an impregnable fortress. 131 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,520 But all the guns pointed south, out to sea. 132 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,360 The Japanese were approaching by land from the north. 133 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,256 Yet, British military commanders remained remarkably untroubled. 134 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,416 They didn't rate the Japanese as fighting men, 135 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,536 and believed the Malay jungle was, 136 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:03,760 anyway, virtually impassable. 137 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,696 But the Japanese had other ideas. 138 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,400 To soften up Singapore they attacked the city from the air. 139 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,256 Britain sent the new battleship, Prince of Wales, 140 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,736 and a battle cruiser, Repulse, 141 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,320 to attack Japanese troop convoys. 142 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,880 They were met by Japanese bombers. 143 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,800 Both warships were sunk in less than two hours. 144 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,680 Almost 1,000 of their crew were lost. 145 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:04,680 It was the greatest British naval disaster of World War II. 146 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,776 In an era of aircraft and aircraft carriers 147 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,576 it was now clear the battleship, 148 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,056 for years the mainstay of the British navy, 149 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,520 had had its day. 150 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,576 Back on land the Japanese continued to head south 151 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,040 towards Singapore. 152 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,216 On January 11th, 1942, Kuala Lumpur was captured. 153 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,080 The British forces fell back and withdrew to Singapore. 154 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,176 There were now about 100,000 British soldiers to defend it. 155 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,360 They faced a force of only 30,000 Japanese. 156 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,016 Even without their big guns, 157 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,760 the British should have been able to hold out. 158 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,536 The Japanese launched an assault in early February. 159 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,280 It was supported by more air strikes. 160 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,600 The British defence was soon reduced to chaos. 161 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,360 Civilian casualties began to escalate. 162 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,376 Four days later the Japanese had pushed 163 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,240 through the last of the British defensive lines. 164 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,376 The commander, General Arthur Percival, 165 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,640 surrendered with over 90,000 men. 166 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,896 Never in the history of the British Army 167 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,936 had a commander in charge of such a large force 168 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,736 had to surrender, and to an enemy general 169 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,800 whose force was outnumbered more than three to one. 170 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,576 Britain's 200-year-old power and prestige in the Far East 171 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,480 had been wiped out in just 10 weeks. 172 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,080 But it wasn't the only disaster. 173 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,216 Elsewhere in Southeast Asia 174 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,240 the Japanese forces were equally triumphant. 175 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,216 The British garrison in Hong Kong fought for two weeks 176 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,680 before succumbing to a Japanese invasion. 177 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,400 In the Philippines, America fared no better. 178 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,776 Here, a preemptive bombing raid 179 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,376 caught large numbers of U.S. aircraft 180 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,760 neatly lined up at Clark Field. 181 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,720 Most were destroyed. 182 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,416 Two days later, with U.S. air power virtually non-existent, 183 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,640 Japanese troops began to land. 184 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,160 The local Philippine troops melted away. 185 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,256 The Japanese advanced rapidly. 186 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,280 Ten days later Manila was captured. 187 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,456 The U.S. soldiers were forced to withdraw 188 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,040 to the Bataan Peninsula. 189 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:33,016 Here they hoped to hold out 190 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,160 until a relief force could be sent. 191 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,120 It never came. 192 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,736 On April 3rd, 1942, 193 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,696 Japanese troops launched a major assault on U.S. positions. 194 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:00,000 After four days of heavy fighting they broke through. 195 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,000 The Americans surrendered two days later. 196 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:18,480 That left just one British colony in the region: Burma. 197 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,456 In early 1942, Japanese forces pushed 198 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,160 into the south of the country. 199 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:33,160 The British defences had been utterly neglected. 200 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,600 There were only some 15,000 men defending the country. 201 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,400 They were no match for the Japanese. 202 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,320 The Allied troops mounted a brief but doomed resistance. 203 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,976 Less than two months after invading Burma, 204 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,136 the Japanese had seized the capital, Rangoon. 205 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,896 Eight weeks later the British had been pushed 206 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,760 entirely out of the country. 207 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,656 In just under six months the Japanese had seized control 208 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,656 of the whole eastern rim of the Pacific. 209 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,680 Their Oriental Blitzkrieg had been swift and crushing. 210 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,176 Yet, already, there were warning signs 211 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,320 that they were not as powerful as they appeared. 212 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,816 On April 18th, 1942, four months after Pearl Harbour, 213 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,320 America struck back at the Japanese. 214 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,256 U.S. bombers, flying low over Tokyo, 215 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,760 dropped bombs on the city close to the Emperor's Palace. 216 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,640 Others struck Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya. 217 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,056 The raid, authorized by President Roosevelt himself, 218 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,000 was daring in the extreme. 219 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,896 The B-25 Mitchell bombers had not been designed 220 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,320 to be launched from aircraft carriers. 221 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,976 They barely managed to lumber off the deck 222 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,256 of the U.S.S. Hornet, which had brought them 223 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,320 to within 700 miles of the Japanese capital. 224 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,480 But that didn't diminish their effectiveness in the air. 225 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:12,880 In Japan the raids caused profound shock. 226 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,976 After their runaway successes of the past four months, 227 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,880 they had never expected an attack on their homeland. 228 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,896 Japan's military planners now decided to 229 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,800 extend the country's defences 230 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,216 If they could seize additional strategic outposts 231 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,176 in the Pacific, they could attack and destroy 232 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,160 Allied Forces before they even come close to the homeland. 233 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,176 Japan already controlled much of the Chinese coast, 234 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,720 Southeast Asia and the Philippines. 235 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,640 They had also seized the Dutch East Indies. 236 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,616 Now they decided to strike south 237 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,000 and attack Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 238 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,216 And east to take the Island of Midway 239 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,680 in the middle of the Pacific. 240 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,616 It would mean the homeland was surrounded by 241 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,760 a string of fortified positions. 242 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,016 Yet, even as Japan was planning its move, 243 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,496 its operations were severely compromised, 244 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,160 though it only realized this after the war. 245 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,896 The United States had broken its military 246 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,720 and diplomatic codes. 247 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,456 By spring 1942, 248 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,576 the U.S. Navy's code-breaking team in Hawaii 249 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,096 was reading enough messages 250 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:57,456 to give it a remarkably accurate insight 251 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,200 into Japan's intentions. 252 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:04,576 So it was 253 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,536 that the U.S. commander-in-chief in the region, 254 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,856 Admiral Chester Nimitz, learnt the details and timing 255 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,056 of Japan's planned invasions of the Solomon Islands 256 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,840 and Papua New Guinea. 257 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,920 If successful they would cut off Australia from her allies. 258 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,296 A Japanese bombing raid on Darwin 259 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,760 had already caused widespread fear of an invasion. 260 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,856 In early May, 1942, the Japanese plan 261 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,080 to widen its defensive perimeter was launched. 262 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,240 They seized the Solomon Islands. 263 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,976 Two days later, the Japanese carrier force 264 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,376 entered the Coral Sea in preparation 265 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,280 for the main assault on Papua New Guinea. 266 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,640 But this time the Americans had anticipated them. 267 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,616 Admiral Nimitz had ordered two U.S. aircraft carriers 268 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,600 and a number of smaller warships into the area. 269 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:39,480 For two days the rival fleets searched for each other. 270 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,776 Then on May the 7th U.S. aircraft 271 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,640 located and sank the Japanese carrier Shoho. 272 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,400 The battle of the Coral Sea was underway. 273 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,816 Early the following day, the Japanese responded, 274 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,160 unleashing a hail of torpedoes and bombs. 275 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,336 To begin with the U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown 276 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:42,040 managed to avoid the Japanese torpedoes. 277 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,056 But then she took a bomb 278 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,000 which penetrated four decks before exploding. 279 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,320 Thirty seven men were killed. 280 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,376 The larger and less manoeuvrable carrier, Lexington, 281 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,600 was also hit by several bombs as well as two torpedoes. 282 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,160 She developed a heavy list to port. 283 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,896 The Americans returned fire, 284 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,520 attacking the Japanese carrier Shokaku. 285 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,296 The first U.S. raid was blunted by Japanese Zero fighters 286 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,056 which forced the U.S. Douglas Devastator bombers 287 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,520 to drop their torpedoes too far out. 288 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,640 All the torpedoes missed. 289 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,720 But a second wave of U.S. dive bombers struck home. 290 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,776 The Shokaku's deck was so badly damaged 291 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,200 she could no longer be used by aircraft. 292 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,896 After two days of fighting 293 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,880 the two forces finally disengaged. 294 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,176 That evening, the Lexington, still afloat, 295 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,240 suddenly erupted in a huge explosion. 296 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,176 There had been an undetected leak of aviation fuel 297 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,800 that had caught fire. 298 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:11,616 Amazingly all but 215 of the nearly 3,000 men 299 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,800 on board were rescued. 300 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,136 Later that evening an American torpedo 301 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,000 scuttled the burning hulk. 302 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,280 The Battle of the Coral Sea was, on paper, a draw. 303 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,616 Each side had lost one carrier 304 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,720 and had another severely damaged. 305 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:49,360 Strategically, however, it was a major U.S. success. 306 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,576 It had prevented the Japanese from seizing more territory, 307 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,000 and it had stopped them from isolating Australia. 308 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,016 The Battle of the Coral Sea 309 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,000 marked a new era in naval tactics. 310 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,176 It was the first major sea battle in which 311 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,496 the opposing ships 312 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,720 were completely out of visual contact. 313 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:27,480 It was fought, instead, by aircraft flying from carriers. 314 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,496 It would soon become clear which side had adapted 315 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,520 to the new form of naval conflict more successfully. 316 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,536 By the late spring of 1942 317 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,600 Japan and America were deadlocked. 318 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,376 Japan needed a quick victory if it was not to be ground down 319 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,040 by the huge resources of the United States. 320 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,280 In mid-May it began its next move. 321 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,960 U.S. code breakers reported Japanese plans for a new attack. 322 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,960 It would be on "Target AF", somewhere in the mid-Pacific. 323 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,896 The problem, for the Americans, 324 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,680 was that they had no idea where "Target AF" was. 325 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,840 Could it be a reference to Midway Island near Hawaii? 326 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,896 An ideal jumping off point for another attack 327 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,280 on the American fleet in Pearl Harbour 328 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,096 The code breaking team suggested a way to find out. 329 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,776 The U.S. air base on Midway 330 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,656 was instructed to send an un-coded message 331 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,440 reporting problems with the island's water system. 332 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,536 Almost immediately the code breakers intercepted 333 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,576 a Japanese signal that "Target AF" 334 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,720 was having water supply problems. 335 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,296 Admiral Chester Nimitz now knew 336 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,880 exactly where the enemy would strike. 337 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,080 The Japanese plan was typically complex. 338 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,656 A diversionary attack on the Aleutian islands 339 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:37,016 in the North Pacific would draw away part of the U.S. fleet, 340 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,400 while Midway was seized by an occupation force. 341 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,536 The Americans would be obliged to hurriedly 342 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,000 commit their carrier force to retaking the island. 343 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,296 There they would be annihilated 344 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,736 by a huge Japanese naval presence 345 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,640 including four large aircraft carriers. 346 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,096 It was the second Japanese attempt 347 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,440 to wipe out the U.S. Navy in the Pacific within a year. 348 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,896 Forewarned, the American carriers left port 349 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,176 and moved to a position 350 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,080 where they could ambush the Japanese. 351 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,696 On June 3, 1942, 352 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,656 Japanese forces launched the expected attack 353 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,360 on the Aleutian Islands. 354 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,160 Nimitz didn't respond. 355 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,736 Then, early the next morning, 356 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,976 the main Japanese carrier force 357 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,856 launched a first air strike on Midway Island 358 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,640 to soften up its defences 359 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,440 U.S. war planes from the island intercepted them. 360 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,016 Most were outdated Brewster Buffaloes 361 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,536 and were easily shot down by the more agile 362 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,480 Japanese Zero fighters. 363 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,176 But the Japanese attack had been blunted. 364 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,920 Midway's defences had not been broken. 365 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,936 The Japanese commander, Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, 366 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,720 faced a difficult decision. 367 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,856 He'd kept some of his aircraft in reserve, 368 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,416 loaded with munitions designed specifically 369 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,136 for attacking ships, 370 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,680 just in case the U.S. fleet was spotted. 371 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,376 Should he now order this reserve to be stripped 372 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,496 of its torpedoes and armour-piercing bombs, 373 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,496 and reloaded with high explosive and fragmentation bombs 374 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,720 for a second strike on Midway? 375 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,176 It would leave him ill-equipped to take on the U.S. Navy, 376 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,120 but he calculated it was a risk worth taking. 377 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,056 Then, just as the reloading was under way, 378 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,400 he received unwelcome news. 379 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,296 A U.S. Naval force had been spotted. 380 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,696 Was this the U.S. carrier force, 381 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,120 or a smaller, less significant, fleet of ships? 382 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,976 Nagumo was in a dilemma. 383 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,816 Should he continue with the second strike on Midway, 384 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,376 or should he, once again, re-equip his bombers 385 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,560 to take on the U.S. vessels? 386 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,496 Nagumo decided to gamble. 387 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,760 He would push ahead with the second strike on Midway. 388 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,016 His hope was that when the bombers returned 389 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,856 there would still be time to rearm them 390 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,800 to take on the U.S. ships. 391 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:20,976 Even as he weighed the odds, 392 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,240 the Japanese carriers were attacked by U.S. bombers. 393 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,616 Every available Japanese Zero fighter was scrambled 394 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,640 before the U.S. bombers were repelled. 395 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,816 Then came another report from reconnaissance planes. 396 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,840 The U.S. force did indeed contain aircraft carriers. 397 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,480 Nagumo was, once again, on the spot. 398 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,936 His aircraft were half way through reloading, 399 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,480 but the U.S. carriers were a much more important target. 400 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,176 He took a second gamble. 401 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,976 He decided to change their weapons yet again 402 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,976 to attack the U.S. force. 403 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,880 But while he did so, his ships would be sitting ducks. 404 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,736 Almost immediately they came under attack 405 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,016 from low-flying U.S. torpedo bombers. 406 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,016 But they were old and slow 407 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,360 and attacked without fighter support. 408 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,336 As they approached the Japanese fleet 409 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,200 they were rapidly shot down. 410 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,776 For a brief period it looked as though 411 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,080 Nagumo's gamble had paid off. 412 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,136 Then, just as his bombers had been reloaded 413 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,096 and were ready to take on the U.S. carriers, 414 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,560 disaster struck. 415 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:17,416 U.S. dive bombers, approaching unseen at high altitude, 416 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,520 hurtled down on his ships. 417 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,400 The Japanese were caught completely by surprise. 418 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,576 Nagumo had gambled once too often 419 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,360 and was now at the mercy of American air power. 420 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,496 Within five minutes 421 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,936 the U.S. dive bombers had reduced three 422 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:46,200 of Japan's largest aircraft carriers to flaming wrecks. 423 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,880 All would later sink. 424 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,656 A fourth carrier, the Hiryu, 425 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,096 had been masked by a rain storm, 426 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,880 and that afternoon mounted a desperate counterattack. 427 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,776 The U.S. carrier Yorktown was severely damaged. 428 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,120 It was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine several days later. 429 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,640 But the Japanese fight back was short-lived. 430 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,736 Late in the afternoon that day 431 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,240 the Hiryu was also hit and turned into a blazing pyre. 432 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,576 In a matter of hours 433 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,320 Japan's mastery of the sea had been destroyed. 434 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,080 The attack on Midway Island had achieved nothing. 435 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:10,800 But it had cost Japan its finest carriers and 332 aircraft. 436 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,000 Well over 2,000 sailors had also died. 437 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,080 America now ruled the waves in the Pacific. 438 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,696 Yet, Japan was still undefeated on land 439 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,520 and a powerful, threatening force in the air. 440 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,416 In the coming months it would try to 441 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,280 maximize these advantages. 442 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,696 By summer 1942, 443 00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:59,976 Japanese plans to build a defensive ring 444 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,816 of occupied territories around their homeland 445 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,040 had still not been completed. 446 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,736 Heavy losses at sea had frustrated their attempts 447 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,560 to grab Papua New Guinea and islands in the central Pacific. 448 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,016 Japanese planners now came up with a new plan. 449 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,520 If they couldn't do it by sea, they'd do it by land. 450 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,656 On July 21st, a division-sized force 451 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,976 of experienced jungle troops 452 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,240 landed on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. 453 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,336 They immediately struck west 454 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,760 to capture Port Moresby, the capital. 455 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,440 Progress was swift at first. 456 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,656 The small Australian defence force 457 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,560 was completely outnumbered. 458 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,256 Within weeks the Japanese had captured the main pass 459 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,360 over the Owen Stanley Mountains. 460 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,256 They then halted to await reinforcements 461 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,120 before the final push on Port Moresby. 462 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,800 The Australians also mustered new forces. 463 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,296 When the Japanese moved off again 464 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,560 they now met much stiffer resistance. 465 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,456 For the first time, Japanese troops were up against men 466 00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,400 who matched them for training, experience and morale. 467 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,616 The Australians stood their ground, 468 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,496 and the Japanese were temporarily 469 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:06,960 brought to a standstill. 470 00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:21,520 But conditions in the jungle were appalling. 471 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,280 There was constant tropical rain. 472 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,520 Malaria was rife. 473 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,840 The Australians were eventually, again, forced to retreat. 474 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,176 After two months of grim fighting, 475 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:58,056 the Japanese were within 30 miles of Port Moresby. 476 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,400 Then, finally, U.S. reinforcements arrived. 477 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,016 Through September and October, the Japanese were, 478 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,120 in their turn, forced back. 479 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:39,520 The Japanese made an heroic but suicidal stand. 480 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,280 Many chose to die fighting rather than surrender. 481 00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:04,896 It took the Allies another two months 482 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,320 before the Japanese were finally overwhelmed. 483 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,960 It had been a bloodbath. 484 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:26,536 Fifteen thousand Japanese troops had embarked on the operation. 485 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,880 Only 3,000 got away. 486 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,416 The Japanese were in trouble. 487 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,016 They'd lost at sea. 488 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,136 They were now rapidly losing the initiative on land. 489 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,360 American military might was asserting itself. 490 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:53,880 There was only one alternative left: air power. 491 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,016 Through the summer of 1942, 492 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,576 Japanese engineers began building a string 493 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,560 of airstrips across the Pacific. 494 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,576 One was on the island of Guadalcanal 495 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,280 in the southern Solomon Islands. 496 00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,736 It was particularly well situated 497 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,680 to threaten U.S. convoys heading for Australia. 498 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,160 It would become the focus of an epic battle. 499 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,776 In July, 1942, 500 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,400 an amphibious force of U.S. marines invaded the island. 501 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,040 They landed without resistance. 502 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,816 The plan was to capture the half-built airstrip, 503 00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:01,280 complete it and then turn it into a U.S. base. 504 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,400 But the Japanese were not ready to give up. 505 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,056 That night they sent in a naval force to land reinforcements 506 00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,296 and to attack the fleet of U.S. ships 507 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:17,880 supporting the marines. 508 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,016 In a dazzling display of night fighting 509 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:35,496 the Japanese cruisers sank four Allied warships 510 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,680 and drove the rest out to sea. 511 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:47,496 The marines were now marooned without supplies 512 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,720 and without much of their equipment. 513 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,840 They dug in around the airstrip. 514 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,336 Despite constant bombardment, 515 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:04,096 using construction machinery left behind by the Japanese, 516 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,000 they pushed ahead with the completion of the airfield. 517 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,816 Two weeks later a group of U.S. Wildcat fighters 518 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,720 and Dauntless dive bombers flew in. 519 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,160 They were not a moment too soon. 520 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,056 The next day, newly arrived Japanese troops 521 00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,480 launched a series of suicidal attacks on the airstrip. 522 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:57,856 Over the following months, wave after wave 523 00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,000 of fanatical troops were thrown into the battle. 524 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,336 By the winter of 1942, 525 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,576 the two sides had fought themselves to a standstill. 526 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,960 Both now dug in to defensive positions. 527 00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:32,856 Then, in December, the exhausted U.S. marines 528 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,160 were replaced by fresh troops. 529 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,216 U.S. soldiers now began a new push 530 00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:48,360 on the increasingly isolated pockets of Japanese resistance. 531 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,296 By early February, 1943, 532 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:07,200 the Americans had finally won control of Guadalcanal. 533 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:16,120 They had now beaten the Japanese at sea and on land. 534 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,040 They had even denied them access to the air. 535 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,160 The Oriental Blitzkrieg had failed. 536 00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:31,056 The Japanese Empire now faced a foe 537 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,656 that was still growing in strength, 538 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,120 at a rate it could never hope to match. 539 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,496 It was the beginning of a fundamental shift 540 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:44,240 in the course of the war. 43473

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