The Slap Down in Surigao Strait

This wasn't a battle, this was a beat down of vengeance

West Virginia: COUNTRY ROADS MOTHER ****ER

IJN: “Hey, aren’t those the ships we sink at Pearl”?
Battleship Row back from the dead for revenge: “Yep. Sink the bastards”!

Battleship Row: holds back Pennsylvania because of what they did to her sister Arizona “Ok. Now, we sink them to hell”!

Much of the T that formed and obliterated the remnants of the IJN battleships, included 6 of the 8 ships of Battleship Row. They came back from the dead just to get revenge. Enterprise had plenty of wrath and vengeance. But many of those battleships from Pearl, especially Arizona’s sister, Pennsylvania, were eager for revenge.

this battle was basically a adult with a fire axe vs a toddler

Liberation of the Phillipines?
More like new management

Nishimura had recieved notice that his son was KIA so the notion of it being a suicide run makes sense.

Is that armored core music at the outro

This is crazy, my great grandpa was actually in this battle on the USS California. Didn’t even know about this battle until I looked it up haha.

"only 6 old battleships..." I always thought that only the russians are making WW2 self dick riding propaganda but seems like the US is doing that too😂

If Taffy 3 had more destroyers and had their torpedoes hit too, they would have overwhelmed the center force

Another deceptive part of calling those battleships “old” is that several of them, had been basically completely rebuilt after Pearl Harbor, making them equal to more modern vessels in everything but speed.

Good vid, thank you.

US Battleships: Hello! Remember us?
IJN: Impossible!

Those 5 old battleships were ready for that payback

The eight American cruisers fired a total of 3100 rounds of 6" and 8" shells at the approaching Japanese ships. There were 6 US battleships but the cruisers did most of the damage.

Interesting. And what about Communist China. Well,Imperial Japan was defeated.Only to be replaced by a greater menace?

The Operations Room did a seriously Great video about this. If you want a good picture of what a shwackening this battle was for the Japanese, I recommend watching that video

during this battle the united states navy used a tactic called crossing the t where they positioned themselves directly in front of the japanese line of ships making it to where the japanese ships could only use their gun turrets in the front part of the ships cutting their firepower in half while the us ships could deliver full broadsides

You’re an Idiot

Essentially

The Mississippi, the ship named after my state, was the last ship to fire a salvo in the battle. But this was because it had outdated radio equipment and received the cease fire order late

The old battleships be like:"we were sunk in Pearl Harbor, but we have been waiting a long time for this"

Even if Yamato had come through there it would've been mission killed if not sunk by that volume of fire.

Nishimura and Shima hated eachother

The beginning of this video just cracked me up 😂😅

One thing that’s important to remember about Surigao Strait is that Nishimura had a pretty good idea of what he was up against and drove into it anyway. He’d sent up scout planes earlier in the day before the battle and they accurately reported the battle line and defences. He went ahead because he believed that the main force under Kurita needed a distraction for the main American force and he had to be that distraction. Coincidentally, the battle took place on the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade - which had pretty much the same outcome that Surigao did.

Millennial History is as bad as anything else Millennial. This was a sad commentary of modern children.

What a great history story

Always love the propaganda videos too.
America: this 6 old battleships are the only thing that stands in Japan’s way.
Reality: Japan came in 2 separate groups with 2 old battleships, 4 cruisers, 8 destroyers. America ready and waiting with 6 old but modernized battleships, 8 cruisers, 28 destroyers, and 39 PT boats.

That quote at the end goes hard as fuck

It was such a bad plan that even a regular history nerd like you and not a naval history buff like me can call it bad

Too add insult to injury, sailing towards a line of vessels like that means that the incoming enemy is "T'd up" or "Crossed up" - where the entire fore of their ship is facing the entire broadside of the awaiting enemy fleet. The Japanese couldn't use their guns even if they tried.

To be fair: they HAD to take that route for the plan to succeed.

That Atlantis clip killed me 😂😂

Maybe i should try animating this battle

That extra good RADAR you mention was likely the RADAR equipped on the HMAS Shropshire. An Australian (formerly British) Heavy cruiser that was packing the good shit in terms of Radar.

Its crazy to think it was only after the second World war that American gained the no1 spot for largest navy

Before the war it was
(please do not quote me on this)

1. GRAET BRITAIN /uk
ROYAL NAVY HMS

2 . France
LA ROYALE

3 . Japan
JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY JIN

4 . American/ usa
UNITED STATES NAVY USS

5 . Italy
REGIA MARINA RN

Pearl Harbor Attack survivors (Battleships): WHERE ARE THEY?????????????

The last time battleships have traded fire in history...for now.

Call back in a few centuries, we'll see how things are going.

What’s the outro song?

The old battleships were modernized. They were just slower than the fast battleships.

It's kind of ironic that the one time the Japanese should have turned tail and run....they didn't. So many of the other naval battles they should have pursued. The command was terrible.

Japan : Germany, do we actually make an effort and try to win this war, or do we yolo and get memed?
Germany: Yolo and we get memed?
Japan: yolo and get memed

Hey Japan you missed afew in Pearl

I was half asleep when I put this on at first, so I thought the Philippines was the North islands of Canada and somehow the Japanese got there lol

Shigure also took a torpedo straight through her rudder, but it was a dud (lovely American torpedoes, amirite?) so she soldiered on. The hole wasn't discovered until she went in for routine maintenance.

Everyone’s meming the “only six battleships” line, but what about “last line of defense”?

“The Japanese got through torpedo boats and destroyers, meaning the only thing in their way are EVEN MORE POWERFUL SHIPS fresh and ready to fight.” That’s like saying you punched your way through a bunch of school children and teenagers, so now all you have to fight is a line of MMA experts.

I wish battleships never went obsolete. I absolutely love the idea of massive hulks of ships with massive guns trading fire with each other.