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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.
@@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
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
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
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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.
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@@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.
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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.
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.
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I recently started reading an article about Liberalism in Korea and there was a footnote that said “Min Young-Hwan did not know that President Roosevelt had already made a secret pact with the Japanese that the United States would not interfere with Japan's control of Korea in exchange for Japan's acquiescence of the American control of the Philippines. Min committed suicide in 1905 when he could not prevent the treaty in which Japan took away the sovereignty of Korea.” And I thought of this video. I hate that the US only turns a blind eye to something if it befits them. And I hate that I have to go out of my way to learn things like this. The history I learned is so sugarcoat it’s sickening.
@@s_l_n_0 That's exactly the truth Come to Korea and study There is a lot of historical evidence There is a lot of historical evidence in Korea It's an accurate history There are too many Japanese war crimes to count
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
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.
@@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.
@@o-art347 exactly !! FDR , HE KNEW JAPANESE WAS ABOUT ATTACK THE PEARL H HOWEVER HE DID NOT EVACUATE THE NAVY CUSE, HE NEEDED TO JOIN THE WAR SO BADLY !! YAOCHOU WW2 WE ALL TRICKED BY FDR AND AT ALL WHO MADE A HUGE MONEY FROM THE WAR. (BLOOD MONEY !) SO SAD HORRIBLE THINGS .
@@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
Then what ? It's clear that the Japanese forces that invade first along all of the East-South East Asia Of course it is the Japanese fault, who you think that will be blamed for if not the Japanese ? Some Mexicans ? 😂
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?
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.
-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
@@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
Do you think japan would had stopped if they had atomic bomb by that time.I don't think so how they killed thousands of civilians in philippines when it was US Colony.
@@muzamilkhan7z No, they had definitely stopped. They had no ammunition and very little fuel to fly their planes. Even before the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs, the government was debating whether or not to make peace. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were merely the result of the Manhattan Project.
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
@@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.
@@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
@@hawaiihouse2810 Japan does not exercise colonial rule in the style of Western powers, and does not actually exploit resources. Rather, they brought out capital to improve infrastructure and social systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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”.
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!
"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.
@@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.
@@toontonicthey got sued by the government for selling confidential information that was protected by law. And they got caught hiring non licensed “therapists”. I don’t want to hate anyone or anything but they kinda are a scam
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Hi Johnny, Thank you for this informative video. Besides the upcoming video about how the people in Japan felt, could you also do a video about the impact on China and the rest of Southeast Asia? This period still forms a collective memory, especially for the older generation here in Singapore. In my case, my distant relatives were captured by Japanese troops during the Sook Ching massacre. I still pay respects to them and listen to stories passed down by my grandparents. While the war was close to 80 years ago, its impact is still felt by our generation.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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. ALSO SAY NO TO BETTERHELP SPONSORSHIPS
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...
@@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.
On July 23, 1941, five months prior to Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt put his signature on an operation plan for the firebombing of Tokyo and Osaka via American volunteers armed with American weapons stationed in China and was in the process of moving assets to China apparently for this end when Pearl Harbor occured. You can find the document at the national archives. Also there's the Mccollum memorandum which lists various aggressive actions to be taken against Japan in line with point 6 of the memorandum: "It is to the interest of the United States to eliminate Japan's threat in the Pacific at the earliest opportunity by taking prompt and aggressive action against Japan" before stating plainly "If by these means Japan could be led to commit an overt act of war, so much the better. At all events we must be fully prepared to accept the threat of war".
This lines up with other documents, leaked (or were declassified, idr) a few decades back. Military Intelligence and Roosevelt knew about plans from Japan to make big hits on some 4-5 US territories in their range (including bases somewhere around the Philippines, other islands far south of mainland Japan, AND Pearl Harbor. They wanted a reason to get us more invested in the war, and practically slapped a target on the base in Hawaii. This was chosen as it wasn't too far off to send support as other US bases were, and was 'close to home' enough to get the backing of American citizens to start retaliatory attacks against Japan and bring us into the war officially. Battles went on for years, elections happened, Roosevelt left, and Truman was brought in. Being unawares of the machinations of the previous administration, Truman was left being urged by other politicians and military personnel leftover from Roosevelt to sign the papers that launched the planes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That said, despite the planetary chess game, these actions did help lead to the ending of the war. And, arguably, saved countless more lives than those that would have been lost in an invasion, or those lost to the bombs, had the war waged on for months and months longer. It *was* inhumane, it was dirty, the US citizens were played just so we could 'test' out new toys out on people... But, it was effective. As Oppenheimer said: "I am become Death". Nations were appalled at the devastation wrought by such weapons. Prompted by this, and his soldiers will to keep fighting despite it, Emperor Hirohito later signed papers of surrender, to save more of his people needlessly dying, helping bring in a close to the war.
My grandfather joined the Burmese Independence Army led by General Aung San. He was trained in Japan and Formosa (Taiwan) before the Japanese invasion of Burma (Myanmar). He used to tell stories on how fearless the Japanese were, they respected eachother, but because of the wrong ideology of the time most of the Japanese soldiers didn't treat the locals faily. If they treated better than the British, the entire country would fight for the Empire of Japan. But, for a time they did, until in 1945 when General Aung San switched sides to the Allies. My grandfather fought the British and within a few years he was fighting the Japanese. If Japan had won we would have our monarchy back, a Burmese Prince was already arranged, but since Japan lost the war and Myanmar got out of the Commonwealth of Nations, the British made sure we plunged into a Civil War without end. We started fighting with Pro British regiments just a few months after independence in 1948. The civil war has not ended.
I like the nonchalant of "not treating fairly" to literally performing human experiments. I guess Nazis didnt treat the jews fairly as well thats a way to see it.
Being an Indian, we fought for both the Allies as well as Axis. But even the people on the Axis side knew that once Japan won, they have to prepare for the war with Japanese. Interestingly, people who fought for the Axis are way more respected in India than people who fought for Allies. Even more interesting was the people who fought for Allies consider Japanese to be an Asian and thus didn't wanted to fight and also consider World War 2 to an issue away from Indian affairs and thus didn't wanted to participate in it but once they realized that Japanese were brutal. They changed their mind. The opposition to Indian taking part in World War 2 stopped.
0:42 Slightly inaccurate representation. They didn't use ANY of those islands for resources. They got the resources from the Dutch East Indies, Philippines, China, Korea, Malaya etc. Those islands (Solomons, Wake, Guam, Caroline Islands etc) were defensive outposts to expand the perimeter they could detect incoming attacks to the South China Sea, Philippines Sea, Java Sea etc. which were where the trade lines bringing all the oil, rubber, tin, steel, food etc back to the home islands were. There's no resources on any of those tiny atolls. They conquered those colonies after WW1 and pre-WW2 to build up that defensive perimeter. They were initially getting resources from China/Korea/Manchuria, but that stalled. Then we cut them off from the resources. So, they had no choice but to invade the places with actual resources. Like you then go on to mention.
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.
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.
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
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I wish you mentioned about the Hull note. It is a set of demand made by the US against Japan; essentially demanding to give up all the foreign territories. It was an unacceptable demand to Japan. This is said to be one of the reason for Japan to attack on Pearl Harbour. It is same as asking the US to give up all the territories except for the thirteen original states, which obviously would be declined.
I guess but Japan was heavily oppressing their territories. The US often allied with civilians and didn’t really take many of their territories by force.
That's like taking anything your ethinic origin did that was horrible and saying you're guilty of it also even though you had nothing to do with it. In other words it's basically racism lumping all of that race as a monolith and saying everyone is exactly the same. (Not saying you're racist, and I know you're kinda joking, but I hate when people lump all group of people, but if it's done to you, or them, it's a different story)
@@栗原彪瑠That's true and that's the Japanese perspective thanks for sharing. From neutral point of view. Japan colonize parts of ASIA because they don't have natural resources and that's the norm back then to take colony. It was fine until they keep going and massacre a lot of Chinese and Koreans so much so that to this day they cant forget. Not to mention a lot of ASEAN country. They attack US because they no longer want to supply oil to japan and wanted to withdraw the territory they take.
Historically inaccurate, the Japanese had already surrendered to the Soviets prior to the US dropping the two bombs, the US done this as a show of force. Not to mention Japanese forces were outwith the mainland, most cities occupied by civilians. A war crime never addressed
Johnny went with the traditional explanation of why US dropped the atom bomb, claiming the US did it because Japan would never surrender otherwise. The new theory is that Japan was going to surrender, and the US dropped the bomb purely to show off. I tend to believe the traditional theory, not because I like America, but because the new explanation would make the US completely psychotic. Like, completely insane.
That's just the nature of great power geopolitics, when decisionmaking is concentrated down to a few people who may not have a solid moral compass to restrain them. 7/8 American generals of the time agreed that it was militarily unnecessary. The decision was political.
JH clearly mentions other reasons for dropping the bombs, to show off to the Soviets of their power and to "save American lives". It's fine as a brief synopsis and starting point for more research.
The whole USA idea to committing genocide by killing more than 200,000 civilians by dropping two bombs is not a good argument. Just because you didn’t wanna deal with the soviets. These are war crimes.
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.
Japan did not intend to attack Pearl Harbor by surprise, but instead declared war, but the embassy did not notice and the declaration of war was delayed. The result was a surprise attack.
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.
Attack on Pearl Harbour was not a surprise , they knew about it and even moved Aircraft Carriers away , also they wanted to provoke Japan to attack Pearl Harbour.
@@26michaeluk This is too much propaganda. And this is too egregious an alteration of history. Japan has admitted to committing genocide, but the U.S. also committed war crimes. It dropped atomic bombs on civilians, and conducted air raids on Tokyo, etc. International law states that civilians must not be killed. The entry of the Soviet Union into the war was also a violation of international law due to the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact. Please examine how much the Allies have violated international law. To begin with, this war originated from the fact that the President of the United States was anti-Japanese, and we recommend that you make your video after carefully examining such historical events from the Japanese perspective as well. One Japanese war anime has these words. “Enemy or friend, we are all crazy.” This is the correct phrase for both Japan, which took the opportunity of life, and the United States, which dropped the atomic bombs and slaughtered civilians. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
"the reason Japan attacked pearl harbour" doesn't really suit the video, I was anticipating more about the pre-harbour invasion and occupation (including of China) as a result :/
First of your videos I’ve watched in years because you stopped making these videos about you by being on camera most of the time. This map/ archive format works so much better for your content. Keep it up and I will watch again.
@@tapa1928 There probably wasn't another way. And going by the numbers on Okinawa, an invasion would have led to far more civilian deaths than the bombs caused.
Ngl the first few minutes explaining how japan got that big was really unnecessarily oversimplified, ignoring the first war that Japan fought against the Qing/Chinese getting korea then later on getting a port in manchuria via fighting the Russian Empire and then later on having the main reason to fight in peal harbor. if you don't wanna read a book or reasearch this throughly just search up Potential History's coverage over the Pacific War that delves into the reasonings of the japanese as well as the reason why japan decided to surrender
I feel like there needs to be more context on some of the points he makes. first a huge reason why America ceased trade with Japan was in large part due to the awful war crimes that the Japanese were inflicting upon the Chinese. So the embargo was extremely justified. Second the attacks on Pearl Harbor was mainly the cripple the U.S fleet station there was in the hopes that the U.S would just roll over and accept the changes when the Japanese take the Philippians and other European colonies. Also the attacks weren’t as bad as many people thought a main contributor to this was the fact the attacks took place on a Sunday when the ships were in sallow waters. So many sailors were off base at the time of the attacks which really limited the number of casualties. In addition many of the ships that were damaged would be refitted and repaired and would take place in future battles. Also the submarine base and major naval fuel and repair depots wasn’t damaged. So while it did cause damage it wasn’t to the level that was hoped for. Third the battle of midway was not really to take the island from the Americans as it was a little to far for Japans liking and not really seen as part of their sphere of influence rather it was to destroy the American carriers that were proving vital to American victories over in the Pacific. Fourth the Japanese were still very much in the mindset that battleships were the way of naval warfare as they were thinking of past victories in the Russo-Japanese war. So the thought that carries were going to be the way of the future didn’t fully set in quite yet and even if it did Japan mainly built its navy with that battleship mindset. Finally the other reason why the Americans used the atomic bomb was that the Americans estimated that an invasion of Japan would cost anywhere from 250,000 to a million American lives and as many if not more Japanese lives. Also Emperor Hirohito delivered two different versions of his surrender speech the first for the home front that detailed the atomic bombs and not mentioning the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and other to the soldiers which mentioned the Soviet invasion of Manchuria with the bombs not being mentioned. (Note: in the interest of trying to keep this somewhat short there are some details I didn’t fully go into. If you have questions go to Potential History and watch the Pacific series it is a really good 4 part series that everything I said in more detail.
Also some of this might not be perfect grammar I just kinda through my thoughts into this with not much thought on how to word it. So if it doesn’t make much sense go watch Potential History’s video series on it.
I understand that the atomic bombs were dropped to prevent a prolonged war, but I believe that the reason two were dropped was because of the experimental aspect. As a family member of a victim whose relative died in the atomic bombing, I do not want to attack Americans, but I have mixed feelings.
Wiping out entire cities is an ugly thing... Unfortunately I believe if the US would have invaded the mainland it would have been far worse, probably leaving 5-10 million dead based on fighting on the first Island chain.
@@laststand6420 Indeed, if the mainland invasion had taken place, quite a few people would have died. However, the Japanese of that era seemed to think that it was better to die fighting with swords than to die by nuclear weapons. We will never know which was the best option. But I think it was best not to go to war in the first place.
*Our most astonishing feat as a species to date, besides language, I think, is that we can summon to the deserts of this planet the light which burns at the center of the Stars themselves. Not bad for anthropoid Apes. I mean, granted as soon as we do this we then plot and scheme on how to bring it down on the heads of our enemies - that's not our noblest trait... but the fact that we could go into matter and rest a secret like Atomic Fusion from it, and then carry that out, is astonishing* - Terence McKenna
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.
These are the words spoken by a Japanese at the witness interrogation of the Tokyo Trial conducted after the Pacific War. "Who do you think is the most sinful war criminal in this war?" "That's the President of the United States, Truman." "Read this. It says like this. " If the Japanese people cooperate in the war with the army after the gun, they will bomb all of them, regardless of old people, children, and women. So pray for peace and create the momentum of the anti-war system." It says. This was issued under the name of President Truman. What is this? Under international law, it killed hundreds of thousands of non-combatants despite the provision that non-combatants should not be bombed. It's a violation of international law." "That's right. Can you say that it is justice by killing innocent civilians with the atomic bomb and killing 200,000 people? Truman is the biggest war criminal." "There will be a part that the Japanese army did bad things during the war. However, it is very possible to infringe on combatants due to the excitement of the battlefield. Of course, it is an abominable act, but these accidental incidents and planned massacres are fundamentally different." "Truman's act is the first-class act of war crimes. No matter how the victorious country today detests this, it cannot be exempt from receiving a historical judgment by a fair third party and future human beings. The president of a country dares to commit barbaric acts, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. It's embarrassing that we fought against such a person." At that time, the prosecutor said. " No, no, that's just a threat, isn't it?" At that time, he said this. "What are you talking about? Threat? It's not a threat. Actually, I would have done it according to this leaflet. What did you do to Hiroshima? What did you drop in Nagasaki? You did more than what's written in this leaflet. Therefore, Truman's act is a first-class war crime." "Why don't you judge me as a war criminal? This war was started by the Manchurian Incident. I'm the one who caused the Manchurian Incident. Why don't you judge me? There's more. It seems that the United States is trying to go back to Japan's war responsibility for a long time, but when are you going to go back?" In response, the presiding judge replied like this. "It's all the wars of aggression that Japan conducted. If possible, I would like to go back to the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War." In response to the presiding judge's words, he replied like this. "Oh, then bring Perry! Japan was closed to the country. It would be Perry who forced it to open the country!" This court record will be destroyed later and will not be engraved in the history of the United States or the history of the world. However, in the very honest wording, no one knows that the presiding judge calls him "general" as the trial progresses. From here, it's my personal opinion, First of all, Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom are blamed for coming, and we are the only ones who don't understand the meaning of being judged. France still calls Japan Jap. What Western powers have done is "exploitation" and "incarnation of evil". I think the Japanese people in the past who imitated it are also crazy, but as far as I am concerned, I was only in line with the "opportunism" of Western countries, and I also have an opinion. The current Japanese government is like an American dog. I haven't forgotten Joe Biden's gaffe. Use Japan as a communist breakwater and move the country as convenient for the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee. This shouldn't happen. Japan is not "independent" yet. It's still an American puppet. Asian discrimination has not disappeared. Even if you live in Japan, black people put their middle finger on us and say, "Fuck Japanese, die!" He rants and doesn't follow the rules. I know that not everyone is like this, but "When you enter the township, follow the township." It's also the case of sexual assault conducted by the U.S. military in Okinawa. Everything is an action and a word or action because you look down on us. Don't lick Japan. Everything is triggered by you, Western countries. If you're going to criticize, do it. But it's the same as justifying the history of our country. If you still say, "We didn't do that," return all the civilian lives that died in the large-scale bombing. If you can't do it, reconsider your past and think about it. You don't know why I'm going so far. Because I've only experienced "winning". If you get carried away, don't forget that your feet will be swayed. If you notice the sins of your own country, there should be no discrimination. Well, there's discrimination because you guys haven't noticed. I'm not picking a fight. I just want you to notice. If we call the enemy evil, whether we are not doing it or not. And what does the beaten side think? The most important thing is to think about yourself. After thoroughly examining the information, I want you to think again about whether what you did was really right and what the mistakes of the past were.
Without the bomb, the US expected one million casualties for a land invasion of the mainland. Every nation would choose 2 bombs over 1 million casualties.
You start talking from pre-Pearl-Harbor situation. And I appreciate that. Everyone start talking like "Japan spits on Hawaii, and so we fight back." But thats a very selfish and old perspective that hadn't changed from 1941, Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech.
Can you do a deep dive on the Naking Massacre and Unit 731? I feel like these 2 topics from WW2 don't get enough attention!! Although I do understand it is a dark and sensitive topic.
Probably should do a deep dive on one major war atrocity Japan committed on each of its colonized or conquered lands. Compared to all the attention Germany receives and people's knowledge about their atrocities, not many know about Japan's terrible acts during the war.
Honestly I’ve only read about Japans war crimes and I don’t know if my heart could take a video. They made Mengele look like your friendly neighbourhood doc.
Johnny, have you considered investigating the new construction US housing market? The big tract-home builders (Pulte, Lennar, DR Horton, Dream Finders, etc..) have unified on insane contract terms, even preventing freedom of the buyer to post on social media... Horrible warranty and many of them now own stake in the companies doing the warranty service.. Also lots of games between the "partner lenders" and builders.... discount points and origination points being misallocated for kickback money, bait and switch tactics near closing, etc... So much goes on
America put Japan in a situation where they only had 18 months left of oil in the whole country, and thats why they attacked America because they had no choice but to fight.
Important dynamic to also remember in this war was that the US up to the A bomb had only been fighting the Navy of Imperial Japan. The army was still in China, conquering more and more of it. When the offer to surrender was first sent out, the Imperial Japanese army was like why, we're winning! The inability to control their army and navy is one of the main reasons why surrender with the Imperial Japanese was so gosh darn difficult.
That is not true. In Battle of the Philippines (1941-1942), the Japanese Army and the U.S. Army were engaged. Japanese and U.S. forces also fought in the Philippines in 1944-1945. Others include the Battle of Peleliu Island, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and many others. The fool in history is the one who thinks his knowledge is correct and spreads wrong knowledge.
@@mawhaydenIt is a fucking scam, and him advertising a scam company to his fans, who btw will buy products he supports, which leads to them getting their money taken away without refunds... Think for once, if you don't care you don't have to, but don't talk it's not a big deal when it actually spoils his reputation...
@@KalmoK I think you need to take a chill pill, I have been watching his channel for 3 years now…you know why, he is balanced. I do not expect everyone to agree with everything I think…..maybe you should try the same. It is still a free country , at least in the US…kinda.
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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
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.
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...*
You giving him money directly? No? Then stfu
@@kingdoge8589 heaven doesn’t exist
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
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
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
ありがとうございます(^^)
自分のお爺ちゃんは戦争に行っていましたが、アメリカ映画が大好きだったし、マッカーサーの事を「あの人は頭が良い」と言って自伝まで買って読んでましたよ^ ^
昔は争ってしまったけど…今はとてと大切な友達です。
アメリカ大好きです^ ^
嬉しいです！これからも日本とアメリカは未来永劫仲良くしたい！
Friends are better help, better help aren’t friends.
Terrible Help will always be there for you
ftc 2023 settlement with BetterHelp related to allegations that the online therapy firm used and shared consumers’ health data, including sensitive information about their mental health, with third parties for advertising
@@larsstougaard7097 that’s why you choose better friends. If people aren’t listening, stop talking.
Holy banger line
Get SponsorBlock. Spread the word.
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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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
i hope betterhelp pays no less than gambling sponsorships
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.
hmm my comment got deleted, which was a direct quote from the top result regarding the BetterHelp hearing causing payout to its customers over data privacy concerns. We'll see if this one hits the dust too
@@teacherblakeI wasn't notified of the previous one either. Probly some automated YT spam filter, as it was likely posted a bunch.
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
Mans gotta eat.
Get SponsorBlock. Spread the word.
why
A scam can be turned into successful Buisness, look at herbal life. Judt saying
I recently started reading an article about Liberalism in Korea and there was a footnote that said
“Min Young-Hwan did not know that President Roosevelt had already made a secret pact with the Japanese that the United States would not interfere with Japan's control of Korea in exchange for Japan's acquiescence of the American control of the Philippines. Min committed suicide in 1905 when he could not prevent the treaty in which Japan took away the sovereignty of Korea.”
And I thought of this video. I hate that the US only turns a blind eye to something if it befits them. And I hate that I have to go out of my way to learn things like this. The history I learned is so sugarcoat it’s sickening.
If anyone want to read the article it’s called Liberalism in Korea
by Young Back Choi and Yong J. Yoon
@@s_l_n_0
That's exactly the truth
Come to Korea and study
There is a lot of historical evidence
There is a lot of historical evidence in Korea
It's an accurate history
There are too many Japanese war crimes to count
this is every country ever. Not just the US. It’s sad but it’s just the way geopolitics works
Good video
STOP BETTERHELP SPONSORSHIPS, copy pasta this
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 😂😂😂
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.
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。
@@o-art347 exactly !! FDR , HE KNEW JAPANESE WAS ABOUT ATTACK
THE PEARL H HOWEVER HE DID NOT EVACUATE THE NAVY CUSE,
HE NEEDED TO JOIN THE WAR SO BADLY !! YAOCHOU WW2 WE ALL
TRICKED BY FDR AND AT ALL WHO MADE A HUGE MONEY FROM THE WAR. (BLOOD MONEY !) SO SAD HORRIBLE THINGS .
この戦争は、アメリカがヨーロッパ戦線に参戦するためにアメリカ国民をだました戦争。
結局共産国家の壁であった日本をつぶした結果、今に続く新たな戦争を作っただけ。
中国に侵攻してアメリカに戦争止めないと石油止めるでって言ったのがハルノートな？今のロシアと同じ状況。それで逆ギレして真珠湾やから、お前が被害妄想膨らませてるんとちゃうぞコラ。
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
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
大東亜戦争（太平洋戦争）の前後が語られないせいで日本が一方的な悪者みたいになってるし、まるで戦争犯罪は日本だけとか思ってそうやなこのビデオ。
その通りです。米国のプロパガンダです。
その通り
戦争には必ず双方向性がありますからね。
日本だけが原因ではないのに負けたらこういう評価を下されます。
Then what ? It's clear that the Japanese forces that invade first along all of the East-South East Asia
Of course it is the Japanese fault, who you think that will be blamed for if not the Japanese ? Some Mexicans ? 😂
no nation including Germany has come close to committing war crimes as heinous as japan in ww2
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
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
この動画とは歴史観が違います。この戦争は日本の自存自衛の戦争でした。徳川幕府末期から日本は列強の侵略・植民地化に怯えていました。明治維新を行い、富国強兵政策と急速な近代化によってそれらに対抗しようとしました。防衛上の最重要なチョークポイントである朝鮮を巡って日清戦争が起こり、南進する脅威のロシア帝国とも戦争しました。その後さらなる近代化によって資源が枯渇しましたが列強の禁輸がこの戦争の引き金になりました。
中々わかってもらえないですよね……。日本が怯えてた、って……
今の帰化人や観光客による攻撃を見ると鎖国って大事だったと思う
@@桐生桜花-h3p Yes so scared that the entire japanese military just went full throttle on raping Nanjing
国よって歴史観が異なりますからね。でも、本当に自存自衛の戦争だったとしたらなぜ南京事件とか邪悪な攻撃が起きたのか？
@@sekaijin8193南◯事件はC◯Pの清野(焦土)作戦が絡んでいると考えられています。それが3年大◯饉、文化◯革命、天◯門に繋がりますので…
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
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
原子爆弾を使わなくても戦争は終わってたとも言われてる
使った理由は、使ったらどのような威力を発揮するのか知りたかったから
だから原子爆弾を使うより先に日本の降伏するのだけはアメリカは望まなかった
投下都市も入念し調査し、模擬原子爆弾で数多く投下訓練を行った
ここまで進めてたら使わずに終戦させるわけ無い
私は貴方の主張を支持しています。
大日本帝国も悪いが、アメリカが正義だったかというと正義ではない。
私は物言う日本人でありたい。
アメリカ人はよくそう言いますよね。原爆がなければもっと多くの人が死んでいたとか。一億玉砕とか、日本人は最後まで戦う気だったとか。帝国政府のプロパガンダを、原爆を正当化するために利用しています。
Do you think japan would had stopped if they had atomic bomb by that time.I don't think so how they killed thousands of civilians in philippines when it was US Colony.
@@muzamilkhan7z No, they had definitely stopped. They had no ammunition and very little fuel to fly their planes. Even before the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs, the government was debating whether or not to make peace. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were merely the result of the Manhattan Project.
@@muzamilkhan7z アメリカが日本への原爆投下したことが戦争犯罪である。
日本兵もフィリッピンのゲリラに虐殺されている。
Maybe Japan would have won if they had betterhelp?
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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
"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??
一方的
Johnny boy! Thank you for putting that yellow line below that atrocious ad so we can skip it!
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.
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@@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.
次のドキュメンタリー動画を意味のあるものにするための、太平洋戦争の概略なのだとは思いますが、あまりにも雑すぎて間違いが多いです。
What mistakes
間違いって何？
@@ごりあて-f8d 日本は欧米列強式の植民地支配は行っておらず、資源の搾取は実際に行われていません。
むしろ資本を持ち出しインフラ整備や社会システムの整備を行っていました。
@@hawaiihouse2810 Japan does not exercise colonial rule in the style of Western powers, and does not actually exploit resources.
Rather, they brought out capital to improve infrastructure and social systems.
@OZMOZM00 oh, ok. China and Phillipine exploits by imperial Japan were on the up and up I guess.
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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
歴史は勝者によって作られるということがよく分かるビデオ
no history is written by historians who have to cite sources and support their claims
Japanese war crimes are greatly documented
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.
“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
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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
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!
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.
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.
Q.アメリカはどうやって日本に勝ちましたか？
A,物量
US got better tank
14:18 One of the many harrowing stories from that event was this one man who survived both bombings.
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there's a few actually I think, not just one
The female one was even more crazy. She got severely hurt in both.
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Hi Johnny,
Thank you for this informative video. Besides the upcoming video about how the people in Japan felt, could you also do a video about the impact on China and the rest of Southeast Asia? This period still forms a collective memory, especially for the older generation here in Singapore. In my case, my distant relatives were captured by Japanese troops during the Sook Ching massacre. I still pay respects to them and listen to stories passed down by my grandparents. While the war was close to 80 years ago, its impact is still felt by our generation.
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
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.
You completely mistake Iwo Jima for Saipan.
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.
On July 23, 1941, five months prior to Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt put his signature on an operation plan for the firebombing of Tokyo and Osaka via American volunteers armed with American weapons stationed in China and was in the process of moving assets to China apparently for this end when Pearl Harbor occured. You can find the document at the national archives. Also there's the Mccollum memorandum which lists various aggressive actions to be taken against Japan in line with point 6 of the memorandum: "It is to the interest of the United States to eliminate Japan's threat in the Pacific at the earliest opportunity by taking prompt and aggressive action against Japan" before stating plainly "If by these means Japan could be led to commit an overt act of war, so much the better. At all events we must be fully prepared to accept the threat of war".
Interesting, this piece of info falls into my current views on Pearl Harbor. I shall have to look into it.
This lines up with other documents, leaked (or were declassified, idr) a few decades back. Military Intelligence and Roosevelt knew about plans from Japan to make big hits on some 4-5 US territories in their range (including bases somewhere around the Philippines, other islands far south of mainland Japan, AND Pearl Harbor. They wanted a reason to get us more invested in the war, and practically slapped a target on the base in Hawaii. This was chosen as it wasn't too far off to send support as other US bases were, and was 'close to home' enough to get the backing of American citizens to start retaliatory attacks against Japan and bring us into the war officially. Battles went on for years, elections happened, Roosevelt left, and Truman was brought in. Being unawares of the machinations of the previous administration, Truman was left being urged by other politicians and military personnel leftover from Roosevelt to sign the papers that launched the planes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
That said, despite the planetary chess game, these actions did help lead to the ending of the war. And, arguably, saved countless more lives than those that would have been lost in an invasion, or those lost to the bombs, had the war waged on for months and months longer. It *was* inhumane, it was dirty, the US citizens were played just so we could 'test' out new toys out on people... But, it was effective. As Oppenheimer said: "I am become Death". Nations were appalled at the devastation wrought by such weapons. Prompted by this, and his soldiers will to keep fighting despite it, Emperor Hirohito later signed papers of surrender, to save more of his people needlessly dying, helping bring in a close to the war.
日本がした悪いこともアメリカがした悪いことも、ほとんどが説明されていない
I’m not here to excuse any of US’s crimes but I don’t think the US has ever gone to a city and raped/murdered 200,000 civilians.
Johnny should be grinning in the thumbnail because he’s going to focus on maps 😂
lol its true
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My grandfather joined the Burmese Independence Army led by General Aung San. He was trained in Japan and Formosa (Taiwan) before the Japanese invasion of Burma (Myanmar). He used to tell stories on how fearless the Japanese were, they respected eachother, but because of the wrong ideology of the time most of the Japanese soldiers didn't treat the locals faily. If they treated better than the British, the entire country would fight for the Empire of Japan. But, for a time they did, until in 1945 when General Aung San switched sides to the Allies. My grandfather fought the British and within a few years he was fighting the Japanese. If Japan had won we would have our monarchy back, a Burmese Prince was already arranged, but since Japan lost the war and Myanmar got out of the Commonwealth of Nations, the British made sure we plunged into a Civil War without end. We started fighting with Pro British regiments just a few months after independence in 1948. The civil war has not ended.
I like the nonchalant of "not treating fairly" to literally performing human experiments. I guess Nazis didnt treat the jews fairly as well thats a way to see it.
Being an Indian, we fought for both the Allies as well as Axis. But even the people on the Axis side knew that once Japan won, they have to prepare for the war with Japanese. Interestingly, people who fought for the Axis are way more respected in India than people who fought for Allies.
Even more interesting was the people who fought for Allies consider Japanese to be an Asian and thus didn't wanted to fight and also consider World War 2 to an issue away from Indian affairs and thus didn't wanted to participate in it but once they realized that Japanese were brutal. They changed their mind. The opposition to Indian taking part in World War 2 stopped.
真実は勝者によって語られる。人類はみんな家族。日本より愛を込めて
@@amuro_ikimasu 今は広く知らしめることが大事。現役世代が慰安婦など歪曲された評価からか保護される様、親心として最後のアドバイス。
勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍、アメリカに正義なんてない
0:42 Slightly inaccurate representation. They didn't use ANY of those islands for resources. They got the resources from the Dutch East Indies, Philippines, China, Korea, Malaya etc. Those islands (Solomons, Wake, Guam, Caroline Islands etc) were defensive outposts to expand the perimeter they could detect incoming attacks to the South China Sea, Philippines Sea, Java Sea etc. which were where the trade lines bringing all the oil, rubber, tin, steel, food etc back to the home islands were. There's no resources on any of those tiny atolls. They conquered those colonies after WW1 and pre-WW2 to build up that defensive perimeter. They were initially getting resources from China/Korea/Manchuria, but that stalled. Then we cut them off from the resources. So, they had no choice but to invade the places with actual resources. Like you then go on to mention.
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.
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
The atomic bomb was not used to end the war quickly, but for human experimentation using Japanese people as guinea pigs.
The US had a Germany First doctrine. The bombs were meant for The Reich but they surrendered.
It was used to end the war quicker
This makes no sense at all.
@@ryoronheiki3611 so invading was the better option
I have no problem with that since earlier in the war, the Japanese committed unforgivable war crimes.
No matter how people feel about the way the story was told, the truth is that the victor will always be the one to narrate history. Good story Johnny.
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I wish you mentioned about the Hull note. It is a set of demand made by the US against Japan; essentially demanding to give up all the foreign territories. It was an unacceptable demand to Japan. This is said to be one of the reason for Japan to attack on Pearl Harbour.
It is same as asking the US to give up all the territories except for the thirteen original states, which obviously would be declined.
I guess but Japan was heavily oppressing their territories. The US often allied with civilians and didn’t really take many of their territories by force.
My ancestors looking down disapprovingly at me watching anime
Your ancestors are probably happy you're healthy and haven't had to witness the atrocities of war
Make Godzilla proud
how exactly is japan, its media, arts and culture the same as the Japanese empire? those people are dead, it's not exactly the same thing
That's like taking anything your ethinic origin did that was horrible and saying you're guilty of it also even though you had nothing to do with it. In other words it's basically racism lumping all of that race as a monolith and saying everyone is exactly the same. (Not saying you're racist, and I know you're kinda joking, but I hate when people lump all group of people, but if it's done to you, or them, it's a different story)
wait but pls explain the variety of reasons for the final approach to Japan. that feels extremely geographic and right up your alley.
一方的な視点でしか語られていない
アメリカ側、日本側、と多角的な視点で見て欲しい
Provide us of your perspective. maybe create a video
もう、負け組の遠吠えなんよ笑
負けたんだからもうよくね？
@@積と和の公式 I said that in a neutral point.
We dont know Japanese perspective
@@jjmmat133日本人として言わせていただきます。
日本があの戦争を起こした理由は主に2つありました。
1つはアジアを列強諸国の圧力から解放する。
もう1つはアメリカから石油輸入を再開する為の話の場を設けるためでした。
日本が真珠湾を攻撃した最大の理由、ハルノートは知っていますか？
そのノートにはこんな文章が書かれていました。
「日本が今まで手にしてきた領土を全て無条件で完全に放棄するのなら、話の場を設けることを検討する」と。
話の場を設ける。ではなく、話の場を設ける事を検討する。です。
つまり、アメリカは何が何でも日本と戦争をして、その上でナチスと開戦する理由が欲しかっただけなのです。ルーズベルトが選挙の時に言っていた「私の代では自ら戦争を仕掛けることは無い」という言葉を日本が開戦するよう工作する事で、しっかり守ったわけですね。
@@栗原彪瑠That's true and that's the Japanese perspective thanks for sharing.
From neutral point of view. Japan colonize parts of ASIA because they don't have natural resources and that's the norm back then to take colony. It was fine until they keep going and massacre a lot of Chinese and Koreans so much so that to this day they cant forget. Not to mention a lot of ASEAN country. They attack US because they no longer want to supply oil to japan and wanted to withdraw the territory they take.
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"They committed the cardinal sin of touching our boats"-- The Fat Electrician
Historically inaccurate, the Japanese had already surrendered to the Soviets prior to the US dropping the two bombs, the US done this as a show of force. Not to mention Japanese forces were outwith the mainland, most cities occupied by civilians. A war crime never addressed
No they werent, they were still hesitant even after the 2nd one
Johnny went with the traditional explanation of why US dropped the atom bomb, claiming the US did it because Japan would never surrender otherwise. The new theory is that Japan was going to surrender, and the US dropped the bomb purely to show off. I tend to believe the traditional theory, not because I like America, but because the new explanation would make the US completely psychotic. Like, completely insane.
Not the country, the government. Governments have done worse things. I would not be surprised to learn that.
That's just the nature of great power geopolitics, when decisionmaking is concentrated down to a few people who may not have a solid moral compass to restrain them.
7/8 American generals of the time agreed that it was militarily unnecessary. The decision was political.
JH clearly mentions other reasons for dropping the bombs, to show off to the Soviets of their power and to "save American lives". It's fine as a brief synopsis and starting point for more research.
The whole USA idea to committing genocide by killing more than 200,000 civilians by dropping two bombs is not a good argument. Just because you didn’t wanna deal with the soviets.
These are war crimes.
The quality of Johnny's videos when he dives into war history is frankly abysmal...
The graphics are outstanding, great work
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.
Japan did not intend to attack Pearl Harbor by surprise, but instead declared war, but the embassy did not notice and the declaration of war was delayed. The result was a surprise attack.
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.
Attack on Pearl Harbour was not a surprise , they knew about it and even moved Aircraft Carriers away , also they wanted to provoke Japan to attack Pearl Harbour.
Nope. They knew but didn't think they would. And nope, the carriers were out in other supply runs.
@@Nopejuststop and nope because they wanted Roosvelt wanted to provoke Japan to attack , cause Congress wouldn't let him
@@Nopejuststop they knew it they were spying on Japan and knew
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.
@@26michaeluk This is too much propaganda. And this is too egregious an alteration of history. Japan has admitted to committing genocide, but the U.S. also committed war crimes. It dropped atomic bombs on civilians, and conducted air raids on Tokyo, etc. International law states that civilians must not be killed.
The entry of the Soviet Union into the war was also a violation of international law due to the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact. Please examine how much the Allies have violated international law.
To begin with, this war originated from the fact that the President of the United States was anti-Japanese, and we recommend that you make your video after carefully examining such historical events from the Japanese perspective as well.
One Japanese war anime has these words. “Enemy or friend, we are all crazy.” This is the correct phrase for both Japan, which took the opportunity of life, and the United States, which dropped the atomic bombs and slaughtered civilians.
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@@26michaeluk Japanese people are like this, evading war responsibility. China is already strong, wait and see.
the entire world knows about the japanese war crimes
@@26michaeluk戦後80年ほどが経過しましたが、日本は保守を嫌う国になってしまいました。「保守は軍国主義であり帝国主義であり侵略の為の言いわけである」
という主張が、長い間ずっと日本に浸透しています。
全ては戦後アメリカが行った教育改革によるものです。
アメリカに絶対に逆らわないよう、戦争に繋がる考えは全て破壊し尽くしたのです。
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"the reason Japan attacked pearl harbour" doesn't really suit the video, I was anticipating more about the pre-harbour invasion and occupation (including of China) as a result :/
一战后日本对中国的军事行动我认为开始于1928年日本关东军在中国用炸弹杀死当时中国东北的军阀张作霖。1931.9.18日本占领中国东北三省，1935华北事变，1937.7.7日本全面入侵中国。日本人发动战争对外扩张是为了摆脱1929以来的经济危机，但在全中国的抵抗下战争反而将日本拖入泥潭。由于中国缺少石油、橡胶、钢铁等物资，日本的决定扩大战争规模。这时日本军部产生分歧：北上进攻苏联还是南下进攻东南亚。1939日本与苏联爆发诺门坎战争，苏联惨胜，日本最精锐的陆军部队遭到毁灭性打击。从此日本不再幻想进攻苏联。由于美国的石油禁运等政策，同时日本军部评估再过几年日本完全不可能战胜美国。因此1941日本偷袭珍珠港后迅速南下攻占东南亚。
视频作者不提到这些是因为他是傲慢的美国人，他不关心美国之外的人的生命。
First of your videos I’ve watched in years because you stopped making these videos about you by being on camera most of the time. This map/ archive format works so much better for your content. Keep it up and I will watch again.
戦争を早期終結させ民間人の被害を減らすために、本当に原爆が必要だったのかは今となっては分からない。しかし、二つの爆発がもたらした被害はあまりにも大きすぎるように感じます。
Would there really be any other way to make the empire which never vowed to surrender, surrender?
@@tapa1928 I’m Japanese too, but I agree with that opinion.
@@トッポくんまさかあの原爆が日本の戦争を終わらせる決定打になったと、本気で信じてるんですか？
全くもって違いますよ。
あの原爆が落とされる遥か前。サイパン、硫黄島が陥落した後には既に日本は降伏に動いていました。
ですが、原爆の最終実験を行う為に、アメリカは時間稼ぎのためわざと日本の降伏条件を無視し、無条件降伏を突き付けてきたんです。
無条件降伏は何をされても（例え日本人が虐殺されたとしても）一切抵抗しないという宣言に等しいです。
事実、イタリアとドイツは無条件降伏をしていません。無条件降伏したのは日本だけです。
アメリカの原爆投下は日本に対する攻撃ではなく、世界に核の力を見せつける為の公開実験の一つに過ぎなかった。
@@tapa1928 There probably wasn't another way. And going by the numbers on Okinawa, an invasion would have led to far more civilian deaths than the bombs caused.
@@tapa1928
日本人ですが確かにその通りです
日本も核兵器をもうすぐ作れるところだったのでアメリカが日本に核を落としても不思議ではありません
Watching this on the beach of Amami right now, very informative, thanks!
Maps and charts make learning history so much more interesting and easier.
Ngl the first few minutes explaining how japan got that big was really unnecessarily oversimplified, ignoring the first war that Japan fought against the Qing/Chinese getting korea then later on getting a port in manchuria via fighting the Russian Empire and then later on having the main reason to fight in peal harbor.
if you don't wanna read a book or reasearch this throughly just search up Potential History's coverage over the Pacific War that delves into the reasonings of the japanese as well as the reason why japan decided to surrender
more history map videos please!!
Noted!
@@johnnyharrisLOVE the maps
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I feel like there needs to be more context on some of the points he makes. first a huge reason why America ceased trade with Japan was in large part due to the awful war crimes that the Japanese were inflicting upon the Chinese. So the embargo was extremely justified.
Second the attacks on Pearl Harbor was mainly the cripple the U.S fleet station there was in the hopes that the U.S would just roll over and accept the changes when the Japanese take the Philippians and other European colonies. Also the attacks weren’t as bad as many people thought a main contributor to this was the fact the attacks took place on a Sunday when the ships were in sallow waters. So many sailors were off base at the time of the attacks which really limited the number of casualties. In addition many of the ships that were damaged would be refitted and repaired and would take place in future battles. Also the submarine base and major naval fuel and repair depots wasn’t damaged. So while it did cause damage it wasn’t to the level that was hoped for.
Third the battle of midway was not really to take the island from the Americans as it was a little to far for Japans liking and not really seen as part of their sphere of influence rather it was to destroy the American carriers that were proving vital to American victories over in the Pacific.
Fourth the Japanese were still very much in the mindset that battleships were the way of naval warfare as they were thinking of past victories in the Russo-Japanese war. So the thought that carries were going to be the way of the future didn’t fully set in quite yet and even if it did Japan mainly built its navy with that battleship mindset.
Finally the other reason why the Americans used the atomic bomb was that the Americans estimated that an invasion of Japan would cost anywhere from 250,000 to a million American lives and as many if not more Japanese lives. Also Emperor Hirohito delivered two different versions of his surrender speech the first for the home front that detailed the atomic bombs and not mentioning the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and other to the soldiers which mentioned the Soviet invasion of Manchuria with the bombs not being mentioned.
(Note: in the interest of trying to keep this somewhat short there are some details I didn’t fully go into. If you have questions go to Potential History and watch the Pacific series it is a really good 4 part series that everything I said in more detail.
Also some of this might not be perfect grammar I just kinda through my thoughts into this with not much thought on how to word it. So if it doesn’t make much sense go watch Potential History’s video series on it.
I been following you for a couple of years and I learned so much: From History to Baguettes. 😂
ヒットラーを支援したのはパパブッシュのお爺さんでした。終戦後直ぐにソ連の北方４島を奇襲作戦に船を提供したのもアメリカです。
I understand that the atomic bombs were dropped to prevent a prolonged war, but I believe that the reason two were dropped was because of the experimental aspect. As a family member of a victim whose relative died in the atomic bombing, I do not want to attack Americans, but I have mixed feelings.
Wiping out entire cities is an ugly thing... Unfortunately I believe if the US would have invaded the mainland it would have been far worse, probably leaving 5-10 million dead based on fighting on the first Island chain.
@@laststand6420 Indeed, if the mainland invasion had taken place, quite a few people would have died. However, the Japanese of that era seemed to think that it was better to die fighting with swords than to die by nuclear weapons. We will never know which was the best option. But I think it was best not to go to war in the first place.
*Our most astonishing feat as a species to date, besides language, I think, is that we can summon to the deserts of this planet the light which burns at the center of the Stars themselves. Not bad for anthropoid Apes. I mean, granted as soon as we do this we then plot and scheme on how to bring it down on the heads of our enemies - that's not our noblest trait... but the fact that we could go into matter and rest a secret like Atomic Fusion from it, and then carry that out, is astonishing* - Terence McKenna
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.
アメリカ寄りな主張ではないかと感じてしまいました。日本がなぜ戦争という選択肢を選んだのか。原爆投下は本当に必要だったのか。安易に最悪の選択などとまとめるのは早計ではないかと感じて仕方がありません。罪のない子供達が苦しむような戦争が起こらないことを切に願います。
パールハーバーはどう解釈しろと？
日本人も都合がいいように解釈しすぎだと感じる
15:45 Omg this was quite the cold open to another video. Awesome!
P.S. I still remember that video on Vox about Japan.
These are the words spoken by a Japanese at the witness interrogation of the Tokyo Trial conducted after the Pacific War.
"Who do you think is the most sinful war criminal in this war?"
"That's the President of the United States, Truman."
"Read this. It says like this. " If the Japanese people cooperate in the war with the army after the gun, they will bomb all of them, regardless of old people, children, and women. So pray for peace and create the momentum of the anti-war system." It says.
This was issued under the name of President Truman. What is this? Under international law, it killed hundreds of thousands of non-combatants despite the provision that non-combatants should not be bombed. It's a violation of international law."
"That's right. Can you say that it is justice by killing innocent civilians with the atomic bomb and killing 200,000 people? Truman is the biggest war criminal."
"There will be a part that the Japanese army did bad things during the war. However, it is very possible to infringe on combatants due to the excitement of the battlefield. Of course, it is an abominable act, but these accidental incidents and planned massacres are fundamentally different."
"Truman's act is the first-class act of war crimes. No matter how the victorious country today detests this, it cannot be exempt from receiving a historical judgment by a fair third party and future human beings. The president of a country dares to commit barbaric acts, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. It's embarrassing that we fought against such a person."
At that time, the prosecutor said.
" No, no, that's just a threat, isn't it?"
At that time, he said this.
"What are you talking about? Threat? It's not a threat. Actually, I would have done it according to this leaflet. What did you do to Hiroshima? What did you drop in Nagasaki? You did more than what's written in this leaflet. Therefore, Truman's act is a first-class war crime."
"Why don't you judge me as a war criminal? This war was started by the Manchurian Incident. I'm the one who caused the Manchurian Incident. Why don't you judge me?
There's more. It seems that the United States is trying to go back to Japan's war responsibility for a long time, but when are you going to go back?"
In response, the presiding judge replied like this.
"It's all the wars of aggression that Japan conducted. If possible, I would like to go back to the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War."
In response to the presiding judge's words, he replied like this.
"Oh, then bring Perry! Japan was closed to the country. It would be Perry who forced it to open the country!"
This court record will be destroyed later and will not be engraved in the history of the United States or the history of the world.
However, in the very honest wording, no one knows that the presiding judge calls him "general" as the trial progresses.
From here, it's my personal opinion,
First of all, Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom are blamed for coming, and we are the only ones who don't understand the meaning of being judged. France still calls Japan Jap.
What Western powers have done is "exploitation" and "incarnation of evil". I think the Japanese people in the past who imitated it are also crazy, but as far as I am concerned, I was only in line with the "opportunism" of Western countries, and I also have an opinion. The current Japanese government is like an American dog. I haven't forgotten Joe Biden's gaffe. Use Japan as a communist breakwater and move the country as convenient for the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee. This shouldn't happen. Japan is not "independent" yet. It's still an American puppet. Asian discrimination has not disappeared. Even if you live in Japan, black people put their middle finger on us and say, "Fuck Japanese, die!" He rants and doesn't follow the rules. I know that not everyone is like this, but "When you enter the township, follow the township." It's also the case of sexual assault conducted by the U.S. military in Okinawa. Everything is an action and a word or action because you look down on us.
Don't lick Japan. Everything is triggered by you, Western countries. If you're going to criticize, do it. But it's the same as justifying the history of our country.
If you still say, "We didn't do that," return all the civilian lives that died in the large-scale bombing.
If you can't do it, reconsider your past and think about it.
You don't know why I'm going so far. Because I've only experienced "winning".
If you get carried away, don't forget that your feet will be swayed.
If you notice the sins of your own country, there should be no discrimination. Well, there's discrimination because you guys haven't noticed.
I'm not picking a fight. I just want you to notice.
If we call the enemy evil, whether we are not doing it or not. And what does the beaten side think? The most important thing is to think about yourself.
After thoroughly examining the information, I want you to think again about whether what you did was really right and what the mistakes of the past were.
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This is obviously rage bait don't feed the troll
Without the bomb, the US expected one million casualties for a land invasion of the mainland. Every nation would choose 2 bombs over 1 million casualties.
@@ridwan552アメリカは核と上陸作戦の二択を選択したのではない。
先に核攻撃を行っただけの話だ。
事実アメリカは核攻撃後も日本への上陸作戦を本気で計画していた。
You start talking from pre-Pearl-Harbor situation. And I appreciate that. Everyone start talking like "Japan spits on Hawaii, and so we fight back." But thats a very selfish and old perspective that hadn't changed from 1941, Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech.
Can you do a deep dive on the Naking Massacre and Unit 731? I feel like these 2 topics from WW2 don't get enough attention!! Although I do understand it is a dark and sensitive topic.
Might be too dark for the videos he usually does and even if he did, he'd understandably leave a lot of stuff out
Probably should do a deep dive on one major war atrocity Japan committed on each of its colonized or conquered lands. Compared to all the attention Germany receives and people's knowledge about their atrocities, not many know about Japan's terrible acts during the war.
Honestly I’ve only read about Japans war crimes and I don’t know if my heart could take a video. They made Mengele look like your friendly neighbourhood doc.
ちゃんと一次資料に基づいてるならいいと思うよ。
亡き祖母は戦時中生きた人です。
私が子供の時には耳にタコが出来過ぎるくらいに戦争の話を自らしていましたよ。
当時の私は聞きすぎてウザいと思うくらいでした。
ですが祖母が亡くなった後、戦争の話が如何に大切であったか、今だと思えます。
祖母はアメリカ兵を全く否定もしていなかったですよ✨私が証言出来ます。
日本が豊かになれたのはアメリカに助けられたから。
それが事実です。
今現在色んな事が起きていますが、どうかこれからも🇺🇸にも幸あれ✨です
More dates for context would be helpful. We went from late 1800's to 1941
As a lover of maps, thank you for these types of videos
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Loved the video, hated the clickbait. Your content is good enough to sell itself, please dont use clickbait to misrepresent your video
Japan didn't surrender the first time because America intercepted their comms just so they could use their fancy new toy
Source?
Nope.
Japan surrendered conditionally. While Americans wanted Japan to surrender UNCONDITIONALLY. There's a different
Johnny, have you considered investigating the new construction US housing market? The big tract-home builders (Pulte, Lennar, DR Horton, Dream Finders, etc..) have unified on insane contract terms, even preventing freedom of the buyer to post on social media... Horrible warranty and many of them now own stake in the companies doing the warranty service.. Also lots of games between the "partner lenders" and builders.... discount points and origination points being misallocated for kickback money, bait and switch tactics near closing, etc... So much goes on
America put Japan in a situation where they only had 18 months left of oil in the whole country, and thats why they attacked America because they had no choice but to fight.
Important dynamic to also remember in this war was that the US up to the A bomb had only been fighting the Navy of Imperial Japan. The army was still in China, conquering more and more of it. When the offer to surrender was first sent out, the Imperial Japanese army was like why, we're winning! The inability to control their army and navy is one of the main reasons why surrender with the Imperial Japanese was so gosh darn difficult.
That is not true. In Battle of the Philippines (1941-1942), the Japanese Army and the U.S. Army were engaged.
Japanese and U.S. forces also fought in the Philippines in 1944-1945.
Others include the Battle of Peleliu Island, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and many others.
The fool in history is the one who thinks his knowledge is correct and spreads wrong knowledge.
It’s sad you took money from betterhelp
I am listening to the history, sorry I skip the commercials …thus I do not really care who his sponsor is …….no guilt, I love history.
How the fuck is he still taking their sponsors... A scam company, does he even read these comments...
@@mawhaydenIt is a fucking scam, and him advertising a scam company to his fans, who btw will buy products he supports, which leads to them getting their money taken away without refunds... Think for once, if you don't care you don't have to, but don't talk it's not a big deal when it actually spoils his reputation...
@@KalmoK I think you need to take a chill pill, I have been watching his channel for 3 years now…you know why, he is balanced. I do not expect everyone to agree with everything I think…..maybe you should try the same. It is still a free country , at least in the US…kinda.
@@KalmoK never bought into that stuff, and never will . Did you ?