Ladies And Gentlemen, This is part 2 of "Memoirs of a Japanese Ensign Aboard Battleship Yamato". Link of Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLGjbe3ikd0XGHziC9zkhRt4Pl2Mz3i4Cc.html Link of part 1ua-cam.com/video/lV--FJel0vQ/v-deo.html
Once the madness was generalized there was no way to stop it. Germany was the same, only finished when the destruction was overwhelming. Italy managed to regain its sanity before the entire country was consumed.
It's an interesting contrast to Germany's capitulation in WWI. Their country was not ravaged by the war as France and Belgium was. IMO, that fact gave rise to the myth that many Germans believed in the runup to WWII that they didn't lose the previous war, that they were betrayed.
The fatalistic view shared by so many Japanese servicemen to give their lives for their country, was an asset when fighting an inferior force. When fighting an equal or superior force, it was an insane and almost traitores ideal.
Even now the words of this Ensign are as powerful now as when they were written. The questions he asks are to me as relevant then as today. A fitting memorial for the sailors of all ranks who participated in this attack by the Battleship Yamato. To me it was a futile attack but they did what they could, with cynical orders from the Naval High Command based in a bunker on mainland Japan. At least that's what I think.
Ladies And Gentlemen, This is part 2 of "Memoirs of a Japanese Ensign Aboard Battleship Yamato".
Link of Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLGjbe3ikd0XGHziC9zkhRt4Pl2Mz3i4Cc.html
Link of part 1ua-cam.com/video/lV--FJel0vQ/v-deo.html
Once the madness was generalized there was no way to stop it. Germany was the same, only finished when the destruction was overwhelming. Italy managed to regain its sanity before the entire country was consumed.
It's an interesting contrast to Germany's capitulation in WWI. Their country was not ravaged by the war as France and Belgium was. IMO, that fact gave rise to the myth that many Germans believed in the runup to WWII that they didn't lose the previous war, that they were betrayed.
I heave a loud sigh of relief, having learned that Liechtenstein remained effectively neutral.
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The fatalistic view shared by so many Japanese servicemen to give their lives for their country, was an asset when fighting an inferior force.
When fighting an equal or superior force, it was an insane and almost traitores ideal.
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Good sound, good story
Yoshido Mitsuru, Requiem for Battleship Yamato.
Even now the words of this Ensign are as powerful now as when they were written.
The questions he asks are to me as relevant then as today.
A fitting memorial for the sailors of all ranks who participated in this attack by the Battleship Yamato.
To me it was a futile attack but they did what they could, with cynical orders from the Naval High Command based in a bunker on mainland Japan. At least that's what I think.
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Nice story, but why are you showing an aircraft carrier instead of the YAMATO?
If I recall correctly, only two photos exist of the battleship, both fuzzy, taken while the ship was under attack.
This guy is full of it.
It is just AI reading an old war memoir published in the 1950s.