Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Japanese POV & Analysis of the Battle (2/2)

(Animated Battle Map) Part 2 of a two part series. Bonus clip link: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Operation KA Preparation 4:51 Why did American Intelligence Fail? 11:26 August 23 13:12 August 24 Sightings 17:01 IJN’s Biggest Mistake 22:22 IJN’s Second Blunder 25:40 Lessons from the Battle Corrections: I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciation for my work feel free to donate. » paypal - Artwork done by Mateusz Dąbrowski. Check out his fantastic artwork on his Artstation profile : Help with research: Michał A Piegzik Help with script: Daniel N. Music: Filmstro 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.