Douglas TBD Devastator: The Plane That (Indirectly) Won The War
In this video, we talk about the Douglas TBD Devastator, a torpedo bomber from 1935 that was horribly outdated by WWII and yet, somehow, was a major, critical factor in the US victory at Midway. We also discuss the Devastators terrible weapon, the Mark 13 torpedo, and how it made combat all the more difficult for Devastator pilots.
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The Obsolete Bomber That Was Sent Against The Japanese Fleet | Douglas TBD-1 Devastator
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Douglas' Excessively Large Torpedo Bomber: Douglas XTB2D Skypirate
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Who had the best torpedoes of WW2?
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In Defense of the Worst Aircraft of World War II - TBD-1 Devastator
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The Unsolved Disaster of Midway - The Flight to Nowhere
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The P-47's (Almost) Successor: Republic XP-72 Ultrabolt
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What Was The Best Torpedo Bomber of World War 2?
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Why Japanese Admirals Panicked When They Discovered Midway Was a Trap
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What transformed the Douglas TBD from Devastator to Devastated in WWII
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5 Things You Never Knew About the Avenger Torpedo Bomber
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Grumman TBF Avenger | When 'good enough' wins wars
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The Navy's Mach 2 Giant: The Rise and Fall of the A-5 Vigilante
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The P-36 Hawk was an Average Fighter with a Heroic Reputation
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A Turning Point For Carrier-Based Fighters: McDonnell F2H Banshee
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Rejected By Its Own Designer: Douglas BTD Destroyer
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Forget the 17-Pounder: The Cheap 6-Pounder Killed Most German Tanks Britain Faced
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Weapons that succeeded for the wrong reasons
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90 Days of Repairs in 72 Hours — The Carrier That Won Midway
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