Kido Butai was the fleet that launched the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at anchor at Pearl Harbor and followed that up with a string of victories in 1942. But how was it commanded, both as a whole and in the high and even mid level command? Today we'll look at that.<br /><br />Join us on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory</a><br />Or join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href="https://timeghost.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://timeghost.tv</a><br /><br />Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1</a><br /><br />Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day -<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ww2_day_by_day/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/ww2_day_by_day/</a><br />Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/</a><br />Between 2 Wars: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG</a><br />Source list: <a href="http://bit.ly/WW2sources" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/WW2sources</a><br /><br />Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br />Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell<br />Director: Astrid Deinhard<br />Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br />Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br />Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br />Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br />Research by: Markus Linke<br />Edited by: Miki Cackowski<br />Sound design: Marek Kamiński<br />Map animations: Eastory (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory</a>)<br /><br />Colorizations by: <br />Carlos Ortega Pereira, BlauColorizations, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/</a><br />Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), <a href="https://instagram.com/artistic.man?igshid=k4l2ushhbwk5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://instagram.com/artistic.man?igshid=k4l2ushhbwk5</a><br />Norman Stewart - <a href="https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Sources:<br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File</a>:Yamato1945.png<br />Mitsubishi G4M bomber graphic, courtesy Kaboldy <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File</a>:Mitsubishi_G4M.svg<br />Picture of Jisaku Okada, courtesy XxSuguxX <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File</a>:Okada_Jisaku.jpg<br />Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe<br /><br />Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:<br />Jo Wandrini - Dragon King<br />Rannar Sillard - March Of The Brave 4<br />Yi Nantiro - Watchman<br />Philip Ayers - The Unexplored<br />Johannes Bornlof - The Inspector 4<br />Mandala Dreams - Pacific Shores<br />Phoenix Tails - At the Front<br />Philip Ayers - Trapped in a Maze<br /><br />Archive by Screenocean/Reuters <a href="https://www.screenocean.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.screenocean.com</a>.<br /><br />A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyACNBILMlg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyACNBILMlg</a>