The Battle of Midway - Myths, Legends and Greatness (with Jon Parshall)

Pinned post for Q&A :)

My compliments to Parshall for being such a good interviewee.

Montemayor does Midway from the Japanese perspective including the fog of War it is a little like three parts and over 2 hours long. Would recommend.

On a Side note about carriers, today marks the 80th anniversary of HMS Ark Royal's swordfish attack against Bismarck.

Some channels pump out ten minute click biat garbage every day that is both uninspired, not funny and not educational. Then you have drach who makes 1 hours mini docus weekly that are all of the above plus more. I don't think I will ever regret my subscription for this channel or the fact I hit the bell on it. Thank you drach for the great content.

I helped Tony Tully by proof reading several chapters of Sword. I’m so thrilled to see how timeless Sword is.

There is a reason why in the US Navy, on every single warship, every single day, we run at least 1 Damage Control drill. EVERY F-ING DAY.

Drach with Parshall?! This is awesome; Drach has been killing it with a bunch of great guests recently. I remember reading Shattered Sword when I it came out (many years ago now).

Flecther was important in the early years. He was fighting a defensive war. Stop or slow the Japaense offensive while keeping the fleet intact. The latter, at that point being extremely important (as we were outgunned). Halsey was important for his ability to fast strike raids. In and of themselves they didn't do much, but they learned a lot that would aid them in developing tactis for the coming offensive to push them back. Later in the war, Fletcher became less important. Halsey became front and center as, being the Patton of Pacific, his "attack, attack, and attack some more" attitude worked well on offensive as the navy was getting new ships online almost daily. But it was Fletcher who got us there, stopped the Japanese in their tracks, and kept the fleet as intact as possible to fight another day. It's so much a mater of who was the better admiral, but who was better for the job at that stage of war.

I love that Drach asks the questions THEN SHUTS HIS MOUTH. Parshall is amazing to just listen to. And the questions asked were intelligent and succinct. SUBSCRIBED.

I thankful Parshall touched on how crude navigation was at that time. Flying by compass and dead reckoning and sailing by celestial.

Yooooooo Jon Parshall on the channel holy shit I never thought I'd see this day come.

I love seeing the StarFury model on the shelf! My grandfather Cleston Moredock served on the Yorktown at Coral Sea and Midway; miss you grandpa

OH BOY, an hour long Shattered Sword video! Thank you, drach!

Only Drach can squeeze an HMS Warspite reference into a video about Midway!

"Strategic awareness of a damp noodle". That's the quote of the video.

Remembered using this specific book for my college paper on the Battle of Midway. So exited you got Jon Parshall to explain more topics about the battle. Hopefully you will have James D. Hornfischer on sometime in the future.

King: How did this bearded guy get into my office all of a sudden? Is that a bag of popcorn? Drac: Please, don't mind me. Go on with your business. smile Aide: Sir, the Bureau of Ordnance people are here. This'll brighten my mood for days to come :)

Everyone is like "last time I was this early" And I'm over here with his upload schedule memorized so I'm almost always this early...

Having read/listened to it twice, this is a surprise to be sure. But a welcome one. Shattered Sword is the book for Midway.