WWII in the Pacific: Why Japan Lost
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- How Japan almost won WW2
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This is a story of how Japan built a massive naval empire in less than 6 months and then lost it all.
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
02:00 The Japanese offensive
04:14 Midway
08:26 Island hopping
11:16 Okinawa
12:23 Endgame
Correction:
2:58 This map should have been labeled “Germany and Occupied Territories” to reflect the extent of the German army’s advance in December 1941.
3:01 This map mistakenly includes the territories of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland as part of German-occupied territories. These nations were aligned with the Axis powers but not under German occupation.
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This should be pinned.
Edit: There should also be credits to the JP and ES narrators.
Stop promoting this scam company
Hi Johnny! I wanna help you to dub this in Tagalog! Reaching out as one of your avid fans here in the Philippines.
Please provide captions in Japanese as well if you can! I appreciate including more languages.
Please stop taking better helps money. It’s not an innocent thing when your viewers who trust you as a journalist to seek the truth sign up for a scam that violates their rights after hearing you endorse them.
Johnny, you're better than BetterHelp. Such a scam sponsor. As much research as you do, I'm surprised you have a BetterHelp sponsorship.
I agree
What’s wrong with Betterhelp?
@@MapleBeanerPlay Seriously? You have access to the internet dude 🤦
@@MapleBeanerPlay The only license their "licensed therapists" hold, is a drivers licence.
@@MapleBeanerPlay idk if i can fully summarise it myself but there's a lot of content just on youtube about it
stop taking the betterhelp sponsors
He definitely isn't going to do something because you told him to you are wasting your time 😂
He needs to get money somehow and he has employees he needs to pay them
I didn't see it. Sponsor Block contributors were quick on this one
Probably locked into a contract where he has to do the ad on a certain amount of videos
@@Jack_Sparrow655 this isnt a matter of taking sponsors or not, betterhelp is a business built on sending terrible advice to people vulnerable to suicide. he has 5 mil subs, he can find another sponsor
At this point, I want Johnny to make his own video investigating BetterHelp's business to see what went wrong and what it means for content creators as a whole.
Funny you think he gives a shit about right or wrong
@@hardrockyodeling2629 Repent. Jesus loves you. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Jesus is the only way to Heaven.
*Company Man enters the chat...*
I served in the USMC in Iwakuni, Japan and had the opportunity to visit Hiroshima while there. The history of Japan from the late 1800s to the present is extremely intense and complex. The Land of the Rising Sun shines brightly today after much darkness in the recent past. May it continue to shine brightly for many years to come. Cheers, mate.
ありがとう🙏友よ 日本より愛を込めて
ありがとう。
ありがとうございます！thanks!!!! Arigato gozaimasu!!!!!!
翻訳で日出ずる国って訳されて色んな意味で感動しました
Quit using better help as a sponsor, they’re a clear scam.
how so?
@@nigelmarwa6246 There’s hundreds of videos on youtube explaining it far better than I ever could. Just look up “better help scam”
In short, unqualified, unreliable, ineffective and extremely overpriced.
@@nigelmarwa6246got caught and sued by the FTC for selling confidential information that was protected by law. Just remember when you use better help you’re not a regular customer at a regular company. Your a PATIENT you have rights to privacy that are protected by law and better help was caught violating patients rights.
He may have a contract
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This is your friendly reminder that better help got caught and sued by the FTC for selling confidential information that was protected by law. Just remember when you use better help you’re not a regular customer at a regular company. Your a PATIENT you have rights to privacy that are protected by law and better help was caught violating patients rights.
I’m sure some people have found good therapy with better help but the sad part is that those people are the exceptions. The ugly truth is better help is a scam that sells your private information, violates patients rights, and does way more harm than good
Whenever a youtuber promotes a product, redflag!
Facts@@R4ks0
My nebula comments get deleted immediately. They are so insecure about any criticism.
of course it is. a lot of ads are. i just saw one youtube for a shampoo bottle that fixes hair loss. if that worked, influencers wouldn't spend 4,000 dollars going to turkey to get a surgery when a shampoo bottle that costs 24 bucks magically grows your hair back. I think all ads ideally should be obsolete, that if you want to buy a product, you just research for it yourself online instead of being interrupted in the middle of a video with an ad for something you most likely won't get.
Next: Johnny Harris makes documentary on Better Help selling your informations.
Johnny I ask you as an Australian to fix this massive error in your map. At 3:33 you show the entirety of the South Eastern part of New Guinea as occupied by the Japanese, including Port Moresby!! This is incorrect! Australians, Papuans and American airmen fought tooth and nail to defend the Owen Stanley Range and the approach into Port Moresby along what was known as the Kokoda Trail - and importantly we didn't fail in this endeavour! It's a disservice to the sacrifice made here to present the map like this. What's even more insulting is that this error is still present even by 10:19 when you're talking about events in 1944 and 1945!! How do you think a good portion of the convoys were raided around Rabaul without the vital airfield in Port Moresby?! This video will be seen by so many people so I implore you to make the necessary changes, please. You have a duty when telling history to get it right, even if you're not specifically mentioning this campaign. If you're making a 'MAPPED' video the maps have to be at least correct. I apologise if I may seem rude, that is not my intention, I am just simply fed up with the history and sacrifice of nearly 10,000 brave men being ignored. Please make the changes Johnny. Accurate maps can be found on the Australian War Memorial Website or alternatively through Dudley McCarthy's official history which is free to access on the Australian War Memorial website.
He doesn't care. Most of his maps are riddled with errors. His brand is about pretending that he knows stuff, not actually knowing stuff.
Tbf, I'm almost certain that he's not the one editing the videos/making the graphics. Just the guy on camera who maybe writes the script. If he does do those things, he probably has a lot of help doing it.
too expensive for Johnny to correct errors that require animation
Agreed. Australian, New Zealand and other allied forces have been forgotten here.
Americans do like to think they did it alone, but they didn’t.
The USA only rhetoric is disrespectful.
he mapped thailand being occupied by japanese but in reality it doesn't
The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor is because the U.S., Britain and Netherlands launched an oil embargo on Japan in 1941 due to their actions in China. At that time Britain controlled Malaysia and the strait of malacca, the Dutch controlled Indonesia, and the US controlled the Philippines. As a result, Japan had no way to import oil from anywhere to propel their economy and war machine. The only two options for securing oil were attacking Russia, or attacking Indonesia.
Indonesia fit their broader vision of an Asia for Asians led by Japan, so they chose that option and preemptively struck out against the US to buy themselves time to conquer south east Asia (which they did)
Their hope was that the US would not commit to a total war with them over Pearl Harbor and they could secure their gains in South East Asia.
How would striking the US buy them time to take Indonesia? lol. Possibly the worst military strategy of the entire 20th century
Hitler just declared war on the US right after Pearl Harbor because Japan didn't have oil. Hmmm right. Makes total sense. No conscidence at all.
You got that right. Japan shouldered its noble duty of freeing long suffering mother Asia from Western Colonialism.
[For honest truths, pls read the insightful, multi-pages comment by 'Lonely Alaskan' at, "Complete History Of Indigenous America Before Colonialism: ua-cam.com/video/z9SMN59vsGY/v-deo.htmlsi=QZ4aX9jmUdrbRoYL]. Like I said, Japan shouldered its noble duty of freeing long suffering mother Asia from centuries-long Western Colonialism.
You are on point. Japan shouldered its noble duty of freeing long suffering mother Asia from Western Colonialism.
[For honest truths, pls read the insightful, multi-pages comment by 'Lonely Alaskan' at, "Complete History Of Indigenous America Before Colonialism/Chronicle", on UA-cam (which by the way, got pushed down below 150 other comments lately)].. Like I said, Japan shouldered its noble duty of freeing long suffering mother Asia from centuries-long Western Colonialism.
"Complete History Of Indigenous America Before Colonialism": ua-cam.com/video/z9SMN59vsGY/v-deo.htmlsi=QZ4aX9jmUdrbRoYL
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@@larsstougaard7097 that’s why you choose better friends. If people aren’t listening, stop talking.
Holy banger line
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lol unlike gambling, people are actually getting their money back
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BH is not good but sooooo much better than gambling
@@vlogbrotherdave Gambling isn't trying to be something that its not. That is the issue.
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@@teacherblakeI wasn't notified of the previous one either. Probly some automated YT spam filter, as it was likely posted a bunch.
You really need to stop ignoring all these comments about Better Help. I'm getting ready to unsub at this point and honestly the fact that you keep taking their money is what stops me from buying merch, maps etc. Be better than Better Help.
People with childhood trauma often have blurred vision when it comes to morals and money. I've seen it so many times, including my own family. Growing up in an extreme Mormon environment Johnny now rebels against has definitely skewed up his priorities. Especially after he got let go from Vox. And remember: Johnny has a bachelors degree in Arts from Brigham Young University. Not a journalism degree. I have an Arts degree, lol. I also like history. Maybe I should start a UA-cam channel?
Just unsub if you feel so strongly about this.. This is how the free market works 🤷
Im fairly sure these youtubers that still does Betterhelp as their sponsor are in contract, like they have to do certain amount of videos before the contract ends.
He might be locked in a contract
Peace out
I love how Johnny and his team piece everything together so clearly so you can get a bird’s eye view of situations with so many moving parts. Thanks guys!
I hate tp be snotty but can we stop polluting these videos with betterhelp ads? a scammy mental health service shouldnt be the sponsor of such quality content
It's your opinion, he doesn't need to listen to you
Betterhelp saved my marriage....learned about from his channel. Thanks to his decision to be sponsored by a company that you personally view as a scam, my children live in a stable, loving home. Very grateful
Eh their data practices aren't great, but they helped me.
@@joeyhoy1995by not great I think you mean illegal
@@atv09I’m happy you found good help from them but I’m sad to tell you that you are the exception and better help is a company that violates Patients rights and does more harm than good. There are ways to promote mental health care that don’t involve this shitty company
Good video
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Yeah. People like to get mad, but they don't like to learn.
u wildin bro 😂😂
@@kingace6186 usually, but in this case they are right and you're gonna just have to drop the parasocial relationship you have here and look at facts.
Bruh fr 😂😂😂
Amazing 🔥. I love both of your styles, This one packed with info and beautifully animated maps and stuff and the other style where you show your process and documents and highlighting with wonderful editing to create a cinematic sort of atmosphere for a superior story telling.
The way the world has aligned for you to post this video, me to see it, and the conversation had for me to search it is absolutely on time
I know a million comments have already been made about this on just this video alone, but I'll add to them:
STOP PROMOTING BETTERHELP
no
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Gotta have REAL Eyes to Realize Real Lies 👀
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why
warning: this video isn’t actually about why japan bombed pearl harbor at all, he says it’s because oil within the first two minutes. go read saburo ienada’s the pacific war, 1931-1945 if you are actually interested in why, there’s a lot more interesting history and dynamics than just oil
is it available on google ?
You can answer your own question by simply googling it and seeing if its there. Look for yourself rather than having others show/tell you how to do things.
tl;dr?
Thanks! I just bought a copy.
@@RogerNbr Economic pressure, expansion of power, preemptive strike (they believed that war with the United States was inevitable), removal of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and of course overconfidence.
It’s so sad how much respect I lose for you every time I see you’re promoting the awful BetterHelp. You’re better than that.
Can't wait for the upcoming video. Thanks
This is more like an ordinary ww2 story rather than reasons why they attacked pearl harbor
You're slow witted
Exactly 💯
Amen
@@LordHilpolithRothschildthe title is literally “the reason japan attacked pearl harbor” but the reason was explained in the first few mins and the rest of the video quickly explains how WW2 played out in the pacific… I feel the title was a bit improper
@@SomeSortaPro That's true it's more about why Japan lost the war, instead of why it went to war with the US to begin with
Johnny boy! Thank you for putting that yellow line below that atrocious ad so we can skip it!
できればこういった話題の時は「ハルノート」についても言及して欲しい。
ハルノートだけでなく、ルーズベルトの目論見や蒋介石とのやり取りなど、表にはあまり出ないけれど、めちゃくそ重要な事象も本当は取り上げて欲しいよね。
まあ勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍ですからね...
日露戦争時代から日本を征服するのがアメリカの願望で、オレンジ計画と言うものが有ったとの証言があります。
日本を征服するのが目的です。米国の上層部は、虎視眈々と日本征服を目論んで居たのです。
wait but pls explain the variety of reasons for the final approach to Japan. that feels extremely geographic and right up your alley.
Please think critically about allowing better help to sponsor you. Dig a little deeper and see what you find. Great video, thank you!
Since this comment has no replies, I'm just boosting it in hopes that he sees it
"recruit" is a very generous word for how the Japanese increased manpower on Okinawa
市民を虐殺したのは日本兵ではなくアメリカ兵
@@user-dd7qe3od9kthe war crimes committed by the imperial Japanese army know no bounds and have been swept under the rug. Japanese propaganda lead to the death of tens of thousands of civilians who jumped from cliffs in order to avoid capture.
@@user-dd7qe3od9k Still denying war crimes are we?
@@maka6134 bombing cities full of civilians with atomic bombs doesnt sound criminal? aint no good side, no good guys, history is written by the vanquers, its just power struggles between the powerful
@@user-dd7qe3od9kwho massacred civilians in China, Korea, Philippines etc??
Great video as always, looking forward to the following video!
Johnny you and your team are excellent. The effort you put into these mini docs are amazing. History is awesome and we should learn it to learn what to do and what not to repeat. Very valuable information
Him taking better help as sponsor makes me wonder how much he is actually researching and how much he rhymes in his videos
Probably deep into some contract right now.
He has a history of making things up if his "research" doesn't go the way he wants.
The qualities of his videos has been degrading with every release. His presentation of history and geo politics is so infantile. He must be desperate.
Yeah I literally can't take another thing he says seriously after he starts praising a company that he knows full well is a scam.
I’m genuinely curious, what happened to BetterHelp? I see a lot of comments calling them out
2:57 Bro what is that map? Switzerland is occupied by the Axis, Bosnia is part of Serbia rather than Croatia …
Balkans are a mess even for europeans, let alone americans
I don’t think the focus of the video was on Europe
-Carpathian rus should be Hungarian
-Besserabia should be Romanian
-Crimea should be German
-Attica, Thessaloniki, and most of Crete should be German
-Northeastern Slovenia should be German
-and Germany should only control Parts of Serbia
Switzerland was neutral
@@EliTecapture-ru3vw I know that😑. I’m just saying that I’m this video the focus is on Asia not Europe, so it doesn’t matter if he puts an accurate map or not. Many videos do this also and it’s to save time for the creator as he doesn’t need to make a map accurate that really doesn’t need to be. I’m sure that if he did a video on Europe, the map will be accurate
I been following you for a couple of years and I learned so much: From History to Baguettes. 😂
This was such a great video. Thanks so much Johnny!
This is like the History Channel before 2009… before Pawn Stars I mean
Yup, back when they had actual content, like Battle 360, Dogfights and like 37 other WW2 documentaries. Cut my teeth on those shows growing up.
Before Corn 🌽 Stars 🌟
@@larsstougaard7097 corn stars existed in 2009...
Modern Marvels too. I learned more from that series than years of history class. I hate reality TV.
Pawn Stars wouldn't take a dime from better help, so there's that.
Maybe Japan would have won if they had betterhelp?
Fosho
😂😂
Yes! but instead they relied on Battleships.
Just letting you know, I'm stealing that comment. I'll give you credit if asked though.👍
Japan had no chance. The biggest r3ason they surrendered was the soviets declared war. And started an offensive. That means Japan would be fighting on 2 fronts against the 2 biggest superpowers on earth. And I just now got the joke sorry
Love the animation and the commentary. Please make more WW2 videos; I learnt a few new things today that I could not get from watching other history videos.
"They committed the cardinal sin of touching our boats"-- The Fat Electrician
Should be named "Pacific War, MAPPED" as... it never detailed much why Pearl Harbor is a prime candidate as compared to other foreign powers' targets.
Better Title: "Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb"
Said it was to negate U.S. ability to aid its' Euro Colonizer Allies.
So did you not watch the video or you did and you didn’t listen. 2:09 he says it pretty clearly. I don’t know how much details you want 😂😂
@@KNine36 You're missing the point- it's not that Harris SAYS why, it's that the tone and journey the video takes us through has nearly nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor= US Navy ships and carriers. Hellooooo duh. Did it go as planned? No. It was the stupidest thing they could have ever done at the time.
JOHNNY. WTAF. WHY ARE YOU STILL TAKING BETTERHELP?.
Cry about it
It could potentially be a contract thing
What’s wrong with it? (Genuine curiosity)
Okay just read it lmao
Maps are the best presentation of such topics as war. I know some people can't read maps. But hell yea I love it. Thanks for the high quality video.
Ooooh, ive been wondering about what the bases look like in those southern islands! Thank you for the upload!
Oh look, Better Help sponsorship for *journalism-relaliant channel* , interesting
Lol😂
Cmon dont let a sponsor ruin a video
@@ryanfoo5286it’s not that he’s taking sponsorships it’s that better help is a scam and any journalist should be able to see that
He should make investigation video about better help, they need help
Relalalaient
2:58 why is Switzerland suddenly annexed by germany?
because it is german
@fjkfkfkf But it's not, though. The Swiss were neutral during both world wars.
@@theblackspark2644 they weren't as neutral as they teach in school. they were partner to germany and switzerland supported germany in the eastern front with medics, his team also showed countries who were not annexed by japan but were just allies so its not inconsistent at least.
These videos are getting rushed and little mistakes like this are occurring more and more.
@@qw1626 As a swiss citizen I agree with you. But, nobody knew if the Nazis would be defeated or not before 1943, so in a practical way, swiss government HAD to cooperate at the minimum with Germany and Italy. The swiss State selects a general, only in times of war, and they choose a french speaking swiss citizen just to be sure he would not share any sympathy with the Reich. And most of the swiss supporters of Nazis were neutralized politically.
During WWI, according to serious historians, Switzerland supported materially more the Allies than the Germans.
Can’t wait for the next part. Was exceptional
Absolutely beautiful story telling man,I love such historic events sadly by the time I got into the school grade where they taught such things,the syallbus was changed and I was never taught about these events... UA-cam videos have been helping me learn
The graphics are outstanding, great work
I just wanna say that the battle of midway on its own is an incredibly interesting subject for anyone mildly interested in history, immensely entertaining to dive into what really went on. :D
Great journalism Jhonny.. Keep up the good work!
Maps and charts make learning history so much more interesting and easier.
It's amazing to see how the US and Japan, after a brutal war, have built such a strong relationship. It shows that reconciliation is possible, even after unimaginable suffering. It's also worth remembering the reconciliation between Germany and France. Even after a devastating war, they found a way to move forward together.
Thinking about the conflicts in the Middle East, it's clear that both Arabs, Palestinians, and Israelis need a similar path toward peace. We can learn from the past, like prioritizing common goals and building trust through dialogue, to help everyone move towards a more peaceful future.
The US-Japan relationship is a beacon of hope, but we must remember that lasting peace requires courage, perseverance, and a willingness to compromise from all sides.
I totally agree - but just let it sink in what the US had to do in order to get the Japanese people to reconcile since the Japanese were hell bent on continuing the war even at the expense of their own population. Cutting off supply chains, hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties and two nuked cities.
When the world remembers what it takes to get suicidal nations to reconcile it might allow Israel to actually win the war so that we can get there.
Japan is under US control. The military things mostly.
In a sense, yes
But mainly because America contributed greatly to Japan growing so much economically, but as they do, they hammered that nail down too when it was 'too much' and Japan never recovered
So Americans (government) will only be your friends as long as it serves their interests, and discard you as quickly when it no longer does.
(They also ended up fuelling the rise of China's economy, but unlike Japan, they won't be able to stop them)
@@RealMikel It was more than just helping you economically, MacArthur rebuilt your whole society. MacArthur punished Japan for its past militarism and expansion by convening war crimes trials in Tokyo. At the same time, SCAP dismantled the Japanese Army and banned former military officers from taking roles of political leadership in the new government. In the economic field, SCAP introduced land reform, designed to benefit the majority tenant farmers and reduce the power of rich landowners, many of whom had advocated for war and supported Japanese expansionism in the 1930s. MacArthur also tried to break up the large Japanese business conglomerates, or zaibatsu, as part of the effort to transform the economy into a free market capitalist system. In 1947, Allied advisors essentially dictated a new constitution to Japan’s leaders. Some of the most profound changes in the document included downgrading the emperor’s status to that of a figurehead without political control and placing more power in the parliamentary system, promoting greater rights and privileges for women, and renouncing the right to wage war, which involved eliminating all non-defensive armed forces.
@@RealMikel By late 1947 and early 1948, the emergence of an economic crisis in Japan alongside concerns about the spread of communism sparked a reconsideration of occupation policies. This period is sometimes called the “reverse course.” In this stage of the occupation, which lasted until 1950, the economic rehabilitation of Japan took center stage. SCAP became concerned that a weak Japanese economy would increase the influence of the domestic communist movement, and with a communist victory in China’s civil war increasingly likely, the future of East Asia appeared to be at stake. Occupation policies to address the weakening economy ranged from tax reforms to measures aimed at controlling inflation. However the most serious problem was the shortage of raw materials required to feed Japanese industries and markets for finished goods. The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 provided SCAP with just the opportunity it needed to address this problem, prompting some occupation officials to suggest that, “Korea came along and saved us.” After the UN entered the Korean War, Japan became the principal supply depot for UN forces. The conflict also placed Japan firmly within the confines of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, assuring the Japanese leadership that whatever the state of its military, no real threat would be made against Japanese soil.
Watching this on the beach of Amami right now, very informative, thanks!
Great work as always Johnny I wholly support this kind of Journalism!
Johnny should be grinning in the thumbnail because he’s going to focus on maps 😂
lol its true
😭
Better help sucks
@@johnnyharrisshouldn't ignore people arguing in regards to better help being a terrible sponsor for your company branding.
@@johnnyharrisstop taking better help sponsorships
“Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man in his application to an art school. One thing led to another and the United States ended up dropping two atomic bombs on the sovereign nation of Japan”.
:D Love Brian Regan
😂😂
I would say that everything started by a delusional Serbian student in 1914
"One thing led to another....."
Nah Hitler wont do it if Germany isnt defeated in ww1
Wonderful interview, these 2 great guys. Thanks, pesu thamizha pesu, for the attempt and effort.
Great insight once again Thank you Mr Harris. Incredible video
14:18 One of the many harrowing stories from that event was this one man who survived both bombings.
STOP BETTERHELP SPONSORSHIPS
Stay away from that guy!
there's a few actually I think, not just one
The female one was even more crazy. She got severely hurt in both.
Japan back then: 🥷💣⚔️☢️
Japan now: 🐈🌸🍵☮️
USA back then: 💣 🔫 🛩️
USA now: 💣 🔫 🛩️
@@MicahRdrYou forgot one 🛢️⚫️
You forgot atrocity denial for "Japan now", but I wouldn't know what emoji I would use for that either.
@@akym82810 probably like an dead one with the eyes crossed out fillowed by the girl one covering her eyes. Maybe several skull ones then the girl covering her eyes.
Nice video. I was going to blow it off, but I’m glad I watched it. You did a nice job reviewing the Battle of the Pacific.
Keep up the amazing work Johnny I love your work and will always support you.
15:45 Omg this was quite the cold open to another video. Awesome!
P.S. I still remember that video on Vox about Japan.
The follow up video is going to be interesting, I've never really seen the insights of the Japanese on the current geopolitical situation and how they cope with whats going on especially between China and the US. They'll probably play an extremely vital role very soon, just hope its not a bloody one.
Thanks betterhelp for getting me to watch this video. Without id have been bored on this day of 6/26.
I love that you include sources now
I have long followed you and watched all of your videos. But this one hits differently. Thanks so much for being one of the best journalists on this platform. You make the internet a better place.
As a Filipino living in the Philippines I'm tired of all these countries who bully and used the shit out of these small and weaker countries.
I hope you're talking about Japan there.
"the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - 2400 years old paradigm at the heart of all power struggles, especially geopolitical.
@@oBCHANo And spain, US
@@MrBlackspoon Who were the US bullying in WW2?
@@oBCHANo Someones feelings are hurt, omg.
Have this video changed titles 3 times since it came out?
Edit: Now it's 4 times!
Johnny Harris never fails to create videos like this. It's very informative
Have been waiting for this for so long dwar harris
why?
he didn't say anything new
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Another great doc. Great info
Hell yes thank you for getting back to the traveling and on the ground journalism.
They dropped the power of the sun twice.
funny Japan IS the land of the rising sun
@@joelch20071that was the point of the joke lol
I think the atomic fusion bombs (hydrogen bombs) came later. In the 50s. Those where fission nuclear bombs. One made of an isotope of uranium, the other was made of plutonium. You do need a fission nuclear bomb to make a fusion nuclear bomb. That much is true.
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334what joke?
@@3neas yes, thermonuclear goes conventional》fission》fusion. Then it's scalable from there
more history map videos please!!
Noted!
@@johnnyharrisLOVE the maps
@@johnnyharrismore maps less better help
This was good, I enjoyed this.
I was walking in Beppu Station a few weeks ago and possibly saw you. Thought “nah why would he be here?” And then you posted this.
Why did you not mention Australia’s help during the island hoping campaign? Nor did you mention the attack on Australia. Why did you Americafy the entire conflict?
I really appreciate you and your channel. I am always eager for your next episode.Thank you so much.
Awesome video.
Could improve if you add context around the Japan’s defeat in Mongolia in 1939, which lead to certain Pearl Harbor attack. It is known as Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Kalkyn Gol) or Nomonkhan Incident.
If you missed it he resolves the title at 2:15. Then proceeds to explain the whole Japanese part in WW2. I loved the video. Though it would be nice to have a more fitting title though. I get the need to hook people, but it should also describe the entirety of the content.
アメリカによって捻じ曲げられた歴史。
日本語のナレーションまでつけるとか、プロパガンダ凄いな
We please tell us how Japan was wronged? They got off light.
India (under Colonial Rule) was sandwiched between British Raj and Japan. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had to go full “My enemy’s enemy is my friend” and joined the Axis forces as a way to offer resistance to the British.
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Ye so what... He still didn't affect that much... And died without really doing anything... Obviously new regime hates Gandhi so they will make everyone else but him as the one who got us freedom...
He also didn't mind the fact that the Japanese were all to happy to ethnically cleanse Muslims as they did from many areas of China
@@Eltener123Bose op for that one
@@Eltener123 Japan then courted the majority muslim populations of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. Favoring them above other demographics, the seizure and theft of food and medicine as well as forced labor would prove the opposite.
@@Eltener123 The Chinese have been ethnically cleansing Muslims for centuries let's not pretend the Japanese started that.
very interesting thanks !
Excellent video Johnny 😁
i missed these kind of videos, johnny. hope to see more of historical and geopolitical videos soon!
It is a part of the American mythology that the bombs stopped the war. It was not the bombs, but the threat of Soviet invasion that made the emperor surrender. Oliver Stone has made an excellent documentary on this, with documentation from the Japanese side.
Hmm, a new angle.
Yeah Johnny is telling the US government version here and there's one thing that's always true with that version - it 99% bs
We can debate on how much the Soviet invasion and Atomic bombs contributed individually, but essentially both were key to ending the war. The bombs were necessary for civilian leaders to realise the war was lost while the Soviet invasion was necessary foe military leaders to realise the war was lost
Exactly! The idea the nukes were necessary, or in any way contributed to ending the war is a bold face lie. The fact so many in the US still buy into it is demonstration of how impactful our propaganda machine is.
Much less. They knew Soviet threats and they fear them. But the real threat was coming from the air. Soviets doesn't have a navy to invade Japan. While the Americans, they have the atomic bombs, Japanese generals discussed that the 3rd Bomb might fall on Tokyo, killing their god and annihilating the royal family in the process.
Thank you for an awesome history leason📖
This is genuinely a masterfully crafted video on par with million dollar documentaries.
Johnny, your graphics and maps are so good, could watch it all day!
I'm waiting for the second part.. Keep it up!
That's interesting I just came to the comment section to say something about your sponsor.... but I'm preaching to the choir apparently
I think I saw you in Tokyo the other day. Loft Shibuya. Was that you?
Loved the video, hated the clickbait. Your content is good enough to sell itself, please dont use clickbait to misrepresent your video
Inaccurate to say "Hellfire the world has never seen". You forget about Dresden.
and the fire bombing of Tokyo which killed more people than the nuclear bombs
@@GarrettTruesdaleHiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t as big of population centers.
慎んでお悔やみ申し上げます
Thanks Johnny for another great video it clear the picture so much I had only thought the issue was Pearl Harbor and us drop those nukes it was a long bloody battle
Amazing Video, Keep it up Mate
As a lover of maps, thank you for these types of videos
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I really feel like Soviet’s invasion was the final nail in the coffin. Nuclear bomb was a factor, but Japan was already experiencing so many casualties as you saw in Okinawa and other bombing campaigns which is crazy to think about. But Soviet invasion while you’re severely weakened? Time to give it up and face the music.
What are the soviets going to do, naval invade? Big whoop, they were already expecting that from the US
You are sorely mistaken. The emperor sited the bombs twice in his speech to the nation as the reason for their surrender. The Soviets had no ability to help in the invasion at all, how were they gonna get to Japan? Swim? The Soviet navy was barely floating at that point in the war. With what food? They couldn't feed their frontline troops, how could they feed an expeditionary army?
Sorry the replies to you are so inane, so far. I will only add that the Soviets did not invade the Japanese home islands, nor did they need to consider a naval option. We need not examine all the diplomatic and military records of the time; if we just looked at this Johnny Harris video we're all supposedly watching, we would see that Japan held large swaths of territory on continental Asia right next to the USSR. The Soviets did invade, but they just took Manchuria and thereby "getting to Japan."
To "yes and" your actual point, it was not just that the USSR invaded Japan, but up until that point, Japan thought the USSR could help negotiate a conditional surrender as a neutral 3rd party.
If you looked at Soviets’ actions and motives 2-3 decades following their campaign against the Nazis, they were clearly about to go after Japan’s territories beyond what you might be expecting. Japan can’t survive if they are cut off from resources outside of their current borders. Bombing alone would’ve taken longer for them to surrender. Again, crazy to fathom, but just look at the casualty rate when they were not responding to the allied forces’ demands for surrender.
Did the US do some grand strategy and cunning maneuvers to defeat Japan. It was more of a big guy fighting a little guy. Japan did not have the resources or man-power for a long sustained war against the US. Japan could not replace losses as fast as the US. Even if Japan destroyed the aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor and won the battle of Midway. The US would have just sent more. The war against Japan were 111,606 dead or missing and another 253,142 wounded. Even if the numbers were double that the US could afford to sustain those losses and just keep sending men and war equipment.
Brilliant video Mr!!!.. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Such a great content, I have learned something new from you today. Please keep up a great work.