Why the Axis had NO Heavy Bombers
37K views · Dec 27, 2025 · Education
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@MilitaryAviationHistory · 9 months ago (edited) · pinned
<b>Our bibliography hit YT's video description character limit which gives me a special feeling of accomplishment</b> <br>As a workaround, the sources we used on our additions to the supercut are here:<br><br>-Japan:<br>Asada, Sadao. From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2006.<br><br>Kapur, Nick. “The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military.” The Journal of Military History 89 (2025): 924-952.<br><br>Links to material provided by teh0x. September 17, 2025.<br><a href="https://www.nids.mod.go.jp/military_history_search/DetailKen?id=1000558999">https://www.nids.mod.go.jp/military_history_search/DetailKen?id=1000558999</a><br><a href="https://archive.org/details/japanese-guided-missiles-1945/Japanese%20Torpedoes%20and%20Tubes%2C%20Article%202%20-%20Aircraft%20Torpedoes%20%281946%29/page/37/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/japanese-guided-missiles-1945/Japanese%20Torpedoes%20and%20Tubes%2C%20Article%202%20-%20Aircraft%20Torpedoes%20%281946%29/page/37/mode/2up</a><br><br>-Germany:<br>Arthur Kears, The Royal Aircraft Establishment and the V1, Journal of Aeronautical History Paper 2025/01.<br><br>Fritz Hahn, Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945: Band 2: Panzer- und Sonderfahrzeuge, Wunderwaffen, Verbrauch und Verluste, Bernard Graefe Verlag, 1986.<br><br>Rolf-Dieter Müller, “Albert Speer und die Rüstungspolitik im Totalen Krieg” in Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Müller and Hans Umbreit, Das Deutsche Reich und der 2. Weltkrieg, Band 5/2. DVA, Stuttgart: 1999, pp.275-770.
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@justinpyke1756 · 9 months ago (edited)
Three small corrections for the video, because I can't seem to resist mixing words up in my head.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qf1DC3Z2JU&t=2682">44:42</a> - Inoue served as Chief of Staff of the China Area Fleet and 3rd Fleet, not Commander-in-Chief.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qf1DC3Z2JU&t=2717">45:17</a> The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact brought about the fall of the Japanese government in August 1939. Not the Tripartite Pact that was signed the following year, of course. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qf1DC3Z2JU&t=2912">48:32</a> - I meant to say "B-24s" not "B-29s."
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@fguocokgyloeu4817 · 9 months ago
Obligatory "Have you heard of the P-108?"
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@BerndFelsche · 9 months ago
For crying out loud 😭 <br>Two hours just minutes before bedtime.
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@mikearmstrong8483 · 9 months ago
Some guy named Piaggio is at the door; he wants to have a word with you.
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@ralphhathaway-coley5460 · 9 months ago (edited)
I wonder how the V1 real world accuracy was assessed, because the British had caught and turned the German agents who then supplied false information back to Germany about where the V1s were landing. Essentially the British plotted where each batch of V1s fell then shifted the entire trace north and those positions were relaid back to Germany, so they then shortened the flight time so they actually fell short of the intended target. So the 800m accuracy could be correct in actual use and they were landing within that range of where they were set to target, it was just the area they were set to target was not were Germany thought they were targeting.
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@TailsBrown954 · 11 days ago (edited)
My favorite guest, Justin Pyke!
@Grumpy_Stiltskin · 9 months ago
Thanks for your channel! So much AI garbage on youtube, i really appreciate channels like this one.
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@Thumpalumpacus · 9 months ago (edited)
I appreciate and respect Justin taking the time to clarify his views on Sugawara (sp?) and kamikaze. This sort of intellectual honesty, responding to critique, should be encouraged, and is exactly why the flood of AI slop is so unvaluable. It's why I only watch human-hosted channels. Even that is not a guarantee of accuracy ... but it's a damned sight better.
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@SpiritOfMontgomery · 9 months ago
A 2hr Justin and Chris supercut?! Just in time for my workout? Get in lads.
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@Knot_Sean · 7 months ago
P1Y1 being the most broken low br bomber in war Thunder. Fast, nimble, has guns to deter you. Just can’t attack you.
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@tobiasrombey · 9 months ago
Deutschland entwickelte sehr wohl Bomber – allerdings keine viermotorige strategische Bomberflotte nach britisch-amerikanischem Muster. Die Gründe dafür waren doktrinär, industriell und organisatorisch.
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