Japanese Reacts to "History of Japan" Bill Wurtz【Reaction & Commentary】
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2020
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So, please watch this reaction video of "History of Japan" edited by Bill Wurtz!
Japanese reacts to “History of Japan” Bill Wurtz
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When Bill Wurtz left some silence after his explanation of the United States dropping two bombs on Japan, he meant it to be respectful. I admire him for that.
Edit: Can you guys stop fighting in the replies? I meant this to be a nice comment, not a debate.
Thank you for your comment.
We noticed that too. And we could feel his respect for Japan throughout the entire video.
compared to japans atrocity's during ww2((which they never acknowledged unlike the nukes which America gets bashed so much for using)) the nukes where Childs play and merciful I don't think I have to explain why nukes being considered merciful is a bad thing
The emperor didn’t. It was the government authorized by the members of military who were basically controlling the politics in Japan and even using their own emperor as the way of propaganda by idolizing him to the citizens!
In a recap that's so...fast paced. So filled with information. 12:36 to 12:48
How much information did we get out in 12 seconds in this video? It was just. Ugh. I don't envy the pilots who dropped those bombs. The disaster itself was big but could you imagine being the person who pushed that button/pulled the lever that altered the lives of millions of people? With a single lever!?
@@KusuKusuu nobody could, except for the person who actually conducted. This is very controversy topic...
I admire Bill Wurtz because he makes history sound like a meme but in a respectful way
I feel the same way with you! He is very artistic in terms of his work!
Yeah me too! I love how he edits like radio style lol
History IS a meme though fam.
He teach me history better than our teacher
@@RX0_GundamUnicorn agreed. I’ve learned more from him than my teacher
0:50 "Ding dong, it's the outside world" is not used to describe any country here; it's used as "the outside world rings the doorbell". Ding dong is the onomatopoeia for a ringing doorbell in English. Compare with ピンポン in Japanese.
Oh!!
Thank you for telling😁😁
We appreciate your correction! It is very happy for us to learn from native guidance! We personally obtain English, but still in progress so acquire more and more!
@Andrew Hamel all languages have tongue twisters tho
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE Don't worry, even native English speakers get horribly confused sometimes!
Accidental offense avoided. This is beautiful :D
Go Japan! haha
I'm an American and I can honestly say... no matter what side of politics you are on in America? We hope Nuclear Bombs are never dropped, ever, again either. It even terrified us.
I agree with you! But unfortunately the incident resulted transforming into the paradigm shift where possessing nukes seems playing new political role of making the world peace down upon our society. The direction of its zigzagging drives in new fractured avenues of unpaved life course! I really hate the few factions consisted of sadistic members in the world particularly in the political parties worship such perspective as legitimate ways of survival! NEVER and EVER AGAIN for nukes!!!
I'm at least glad that the US warned Japanese citizens ahead of time with leaflets to encourage them to evacuate because they were not the target, though some speculate that Nagasaki didn't get their warning leaflets in time.
@@MoonSkaEurope How much hate must you harbor inside of you for you to want one of the most persecuted nations in the history of the world to be wiped off the map?
@@barbaro267 how much hate for my people they had when they've currupted my nation with bolshevick revolution and starved millions of my ancestors to death, then once lost their power invested money to collapse the union, ruining the economy and grabing the power again. I'm not starting about them creating agent orange and rosenberg couple giving away nuclear schemes to the ussr which f**ked korea over in another bloodbath. Obviously a 100 countries presecuted them for no reason at all RIGHT?
@@MoonSkaEurope Oh, look... an ACTUAL Nazi.
Nuclear war is a strange game the only winning move is to not play.
Damn right! The conflict like WWII was jeopardizing the monopoly state by occupying more territorial spaces as national interests! And this caused from the philosophy coming from gaining more political empowerment for one’s individuals self achievement!
And this is not the way it is supposed to be! Rather we need to focus on treat the people, just like you wanna be treated! Respect others!
Dio Brando wargames 1985
YES, love that movie!!
Joshua thought so
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I like your explanation of why the US didn’t bomb Kyoto, that it was to protect important cultural sites - I had always heard that Kyoto didn’t get bombed simply because it was too cloudy that day.
Thank you for watching!
As you said one of the reasons is said to be that it was cloudy.
Not only that, but It is said that protecting important cultural sites was another reason. The truth, however, has not been revealed.
Basically, President Truman had a very large counsel to figure out how to use the bomb and not have Japan hate us for all of history. The U.S. planned from the start to swoop in after the fact to help the people recover economically. So first, it had to be a city that had suffered little damage from conventional bombing so it couldn’t be argued that the damage came from anything other than the atomic bomb. Second, it must be a city primarily devoted to military production. This was complicated, however, because in Japan, workers' homes were intermingled with factories so that it was impossible to find a target that was exclusively military. Finally, Truman stipulated it should not be a city of traditional cultural significance to Japan, such as Kyoto. Truman did not seek to destroy Japanese culture or people; the goal was to destroy Japan’s ability to make war.
Kyoto was stricken from the list of targets by Secretary of War Henry Stimson.
The second bomb would have been dropped on Kokura (now Kitakyushu), but the weather was bad so the plane went to its secondary target -- Nagasaki.
@FreeBirb From Tinian to Japan is about 2,500 km. (Like New York to Denver -- and then turn around and fly back.) Because of time spent over the targets, the plane carrying the second bomb just _barely_ made an emergency landing on Okinawa.
A third bomb would have been available in a couple of weeks, with two or three more per month thereafter.
The fourth city on the list of targets was Niigata, on the northeast coast. Tokyo had already been fire-bombed back in March -- the most devastating raid of the war. And probably they didn't want to risk killing the few people with the authority to say, "we surrender!"
@FreeBirb The bombers weren't quite alone. They were preceded by a plane to check the weather, and accompanied by a couple of observers. Fighter escorts from Iwo Jima _could have_ been provided. But Japanese air resistance was so weak that a handful of planes weren't obviously a threat worth attacking. (That might have changed if the war had continued.)
Yup. They had a production line going.
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1945-Hull-and-Seaman-Third-Shot.pdf
Keep reading to the end, on the _tactical_ use of bombs in the invasion.
he wasnt calling any country "ding dong" he just meant like, the noise that doorbells make
I've had other viewers tell me that too!
I'm glad to have new knowledge. Thank you.
Your commentary was very interesting.
Thank you! Moon knows a lot about history👌
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It's nice to see one of these where someone actually explains some of the history.
We are happy to make these announcements! Thank you!!
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Good video! It annoys me when UA-camrs records themselves watching a video, makes some giggles and "yeah" comments and calls that a reaction. That adds nothing to the video. I appreciate that you took the time to pause and give actually interesting commentary to what you were watching.
Thank you so much!! Yeah I also hate the kind of people remaining silent and chuckle a bit making the viewers want to leave. I hope you will like ongoing videos!!
yeah I liked that, never knew about that beef stew thing.
Some of the reasons Kyoto was spared from the bomb:
1) Kyoto was one of the largest intellectual centers of Japan and the U.S. decision-makers felt that protecting Kyoto would be an advantage because those same intellectuals who lived in Kyoto would be the best equipped people to understand the device that had caused so much destruction, and that they could do more good for the U.S. by influencing the rest of the country once the bomb had been dropped on another city.
2) The U.S. Secretary of State was the top official (besides the President) working on developing the list of targets. He had been a top administrator in the Phillipines in the 1920's and had visited Kyoto, possibly spending his honeymoon there with his wife after getting married. He had developed a great personal affection for the city at this time and became the strongest voice for saving Kyoto. He ordered the Air Force not to even drop any regular bombs on Kyoto without speaking to him first.
3) Stimson also felt very strongly (and told President Truman), that destroying a city such as Kyoto- which was so respected and so loved by the Japanese people- would make it much more difficult to reconcile with the Japanese after the war. The Americans were very concerned that Japan might shift over to Soviet influence after the war, and so Secretary Stimson and President Truman agreed that preserving the city would assist with a post-war relationship between Japan and the United States.
Fantastic video you made. I enjoyed your pauses for extra information. Many blessings on your family and their health during these crazy times.
Thank you very much for sharing detailed information!!
Glad to hear that you enjoyed our video!
Also, highly appreciated to your cordial comment☺️
Blessing you and your family’s health from Japan too.
No. 3 fact was also one of the reasons why the US decided to use the atom bomb on Japan. Aside from avoiding an invasion that would cause massive casualties on both sides, it was also used to deter the USSR from invading Japan while at the same time, let the US get there first
I have watched several Japanese UA-camrs react to the History of Japan video and whenever it comes to the nuclear bombs the reaction is generally the same; silent sadness.
As much as people of the US love posting "never forget" 9/11 memes I generally observe a much stronger emotional reaction about the bombs dropped on Japan, even from those generations that came long after the bombs.
As new generation rises, less awareness about the history in which people have done wrong. The history is massage inherited by the voices of people! We DO know dropping atomic bombs is such provoking incident taken a chaotic place to materialistic world. And when we broadcast the type of clip like reaction, we need to represent as an influential figure not not only as just a youtuber, but also as a public character!!!
Nukes are terrible, the usa should've just invaded by land and done a nanjing 2: tokyo drift, much more humane.
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MetalHev it would have taken a long time and would have had lots of lives lost on both sides still. It was a way of making sure the war stopped because of how unresponsive the Japanese government was. Especially with the kamikaze pilots. I would definitely agree that they could have maybe waited longer for a response before dropping the second one.
@@eagleblaze02 that was sarcasm.
MetalHev oh so you think nukes are great
Dude, your interaction was on point. Not only I enjoyed your reaction, but I ended up learning a lot. Keep this content man
Appreciate it a lot my friend! Will do!😊
He does that but relegates the rape of nanking to a text bubble as an afterthought. that act alone lost him my respect. Not to mention that his comment just says "and did some rapes" which he then equates to the rapes G.I's did in japan after the war.
like as if the severity was the same between the two.
there are few if any comments about the horrible crimes against humanity Japan committed in this comment section and the vid itself brushes it all under the rug when it is integral to the history of japan like how the holocaust is to gernany.
Your point is true!
A "funny" thing to note about the Manhattan project (and the video kind of mentions it) is that it started because the US was afraid that Germany would make a nuclear bomb first -- and in fact it was two German physicists who discovered nuclear fission (Otto Hahn and Liz Meitner). Hahn, and his colleagues at the time, chose to NOT tell the Nazis about the potential for a weapon.
I am from Brazil and I would like to say that your react was certainly one of the best, because your comments did add a lot to the video, like the origin of the word Kamikaze. Very interesting.
Appreciate a lot for the comment!! That was our main points aiming to provide useful tips for the people getting more attracted to Japan 🇯🇵 👍
From what I've heard, "Kamikaze" means "divine wind". The typhoons that wrecked the Mongol fleets were seen as an act of the deities in order to protect the Japanese people. Not sure why this became a used phrase in the WWII tactics of the Japanese fighter pilots, since the context is VERY different. Can someone explain this to me? I don't know much about Japanese history.
@@barbaro267 Idk really, but prob b'cuz when they just free-fall with the planes, they surprise attack the enemy, seeing that they wouldn't expect a attack like that, just like the typhoons did, come for surprise and helped to destroy the enemy fleets, (In ww2 case, the bases and fleets).
I also think the firebombing of Tokyo doesn't get talked about as much as it should, in comparison to the atom bombings. It's undeniable that Imperial Japan's military committed a shit ton of war crimes, from Nanking, to the death march, to Unit 731, etc. However I'll always be of the belief that the civilians didn't need to suffer for the military's actions, though the whole subject is made really complicated by the fact that in the case of an invasion the Japanese government had planned to forcefully conscript all civilians to fight. It's also true that Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was scheduled for only a few weeks after the bombings, so it's hard to say if they had a choice or not.
Bill : *was about to say that the guy gets killed by his assistant*
Japanese guy : "Pause ! Now this looks like a job for me"
Haha you got it!👍
"Ding dong" is an onomatopoeia that is used to describe the sound of a doorbell, he wasn't calling Japan "ding dong".
Yeah that was my mistake not knowing the vocab!! :( thanks for the correction!
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE No problem, I can understand that as different countries have different onomatopoeia for sounds. Like how English speakers describe the sound of a frog to be "ribbet ribbet" and Japanese people describe the sound as "kero kero".
I've seen Bill Wurtz's video over 10 times and never get tired of it. I'm glad you enjoyed his brief interpretation of Japan. I also really like your suggestions to different the places, historical figureheads, and cultural landmarks, because I really want to travel to Japan one day.
Appreciate it and I feel grateful you like the contents of his!! Like you recognize this video contains fruitful information describing Japanese history with simple but showing depth of its aspects!! Bill Wurtz is a great artist! We’re waiting on your landing here☺️👍
Argh it’s always awful to see Japanese reactors during the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing bit.
This is very significant event that took Japan to an unforgettable historical course! I also felt very breathtaking every time when I face with this!!!
I get it was because of pearl harbor but JESUS CHRIST WAS THAT AN OVERREACTION. they destroyed a little bit of land WE DESTROYED 2 WHOLE DISTRICTS JESUS.
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You have to remember that Japan was going crazy in Korea and China, committing crimes as bad as or worse than nazi Germany.
Not saying nuking cities is the correct choice though
@@PinkStar495 It really wasn’t an overreaction. Prior to them being dropped statistics estimated casualties would have been in the millions on both sides and the Japanese were warned/urged to surrender before the bombs were dropped. The population was so brainwashed that they refused and as a result a choice was made. Get millions killed or a few hundred thousand to end the war.
@@tremellbatiste1394 I feel that the choices made toward the end of the war were all of the sort "None were good, but some would likely lead to a slightly better outcome." But yeah, you said it best that, despite the nukes wreaking horrifical damage and scarring so many, it was likely the least bloody path that could've been taken given the situation during that time period. I can only hope that there will never again come a point where nukes have to be used.
So you're saying this dude could listen to like, 10 arguments at once and deal with them at the same time without issue? That's like a superpower! I couldn't do that, very impressive.
I don't know he really did but it is said as a legend story.
It's interesting and many Japanese like that story so he became bill portrait.haha
Me an american watching the nuke part:
welp thats awkward
For us to witness the invasion to other nations feels shame for what we have done too!
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE Theres one Korean drama thats set in the time of when japan invaded korea and it also kinda felt awkward to watch as a japanese person
Hearing more about Japan from a Japanese is so very interesting. I have been studying Japanese culture when I went to high school and I really wanted to visit Japan ever since. *w*
Thank you for giving us your comment.
We hope you can enjoy Japan so much😁
I assume Perry showing up with the gun boats is taught as an important blip in Japanese history because every Japanese native that I’ve seen that reacts to this video knows exactly who Perry was. Which is strange because most US schools don’t even talk much about Perry. He’s more of a side story to the overarching story at the time in our history.
In Japan, when we are surprised by foreign something, we say "Black Perry's ship came!" in Japanese language still now as a metaphor.haha
Japan was a great nation before Admiral Perry arrived to Japan; they had significant cultural activity and history, they had significant military strength, and a significant society before Admiral Perry. What I'm trying to say is that the Japanese nation was not some insignificant society that anybody could invade and take for their own empire; the Japanese people knew all this. This is the context you need to understand before the arrival of Admiral Perry.
Well here comes Admiral Perry, the American alien with weapons so overwhelmingly powerful that it would be "easy" to genocide the entire Japanese people if that was his will. With the force of his military might behind him, he forced the Japanese government to change their policy and open up Japan for trade with nations that are alien to Japan.
If this was your life and your worldview, then you're never going to forget the alien who was so overwhelmingly powerful that he changed the way your society worked. That's the reason why Japan has never forgotten Admiral Perry.
FreeSalesTips interesting. Like I said before in US history, even when you intentionally go deep into the field, Admiral Perry is rarely talked about. Not for a “we have to cover US atrocities reason” but rather “ ya so he existed and that happened. Moving onto the civil war” kind of way. Which I guess seeing is from a different perspective really puts it in a new light just how powerful the US was/Is militarily at all times that even back during the colonial era we had enough guns to just show up and quite literally do whatever we wanted and that just be so normal for US society that it just gets overshadowed in our main history.
Meanwhile for the other side it becomes something that never gets forgotten and a crucial point in that countries history.
The thing I remember most about Perry from History Class (both World and US) was that he was very rude and snobbish towards the Japanese.
So, um, sorry about him.
No worries! Thanks for your kindness!
I didn't know that Christianity was a persecuted religion in Japan back then. I will definitely have to check out "Silence", because I am very interested to hear more about this! Thank you for using the Bill Wurtz video as a way to teach people more about your country's history!
It’s a great film! The cats in the film are acting very well too! I’m looking forward for your thoughts!
Yes, it also features in the anime Rurouni Kenshin in the Shogo Amakusa saga
What’s so crazy to me is that a lot of people here in America have a tough time remembering our history but people from Japan have like an extra thousand years of history to learn about 😂
Might be because the U.S. only has around 300-400 years while countries like Japan have thousands of years of history.
You could learn about your country before it became the USA too. There is rich native history which spans thousands of years also.
@@NilePeoples-xd1od orrrrrrr its cause we dont know much about that time period?
If we’re taking measurements from the date of federation, Australia is effectively 120 years old.
it's not that most american have a tough time remembering, more like they don't care
You are one of the few youtubers that give the word "react" a new meaning. With your comments and additional information, you make the video a lot more interesting, I absolutely love watching the video! Hope you are doing fine and keep up the great work man!
Thank you! It means a lot to us when hearing such support! We will keep delivering the messages!!
moon: OK STOP
me: omg bill wurtz must have just said something really innacurate
moon: this guy's face used to be on our bills 😊
me: oh okay 😊
Haha, bill wurtz’s information was really great!!!
Thank you for your comment😁!
I loved how you added more info to it. The bit about the beef stew was super interesting!
I’m glad that you enjoyed the content and tips we left in the clip!😄
The Manhattan Project's head scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, was also traumatized by what he helped make, which sent him into a deep depression that he never fully got out of. To be honest, the poor guy's life was pretty sad... Hopefully we can prevent anything like that horrible from happening ever again, though.
Donald Trump's face flashed over Tokugawa for second. xD
Also Russia had always struggled for a port with warm water, because the moment the winter came, everything would freeze.
Really!? Didn’t notice the facial change lol and heard that the winter in Siberia is brutal!
OMG really!? I didn’t even notice the facial appearance! lol and heard that the winter in Siberia is brutal!🥶
The struggle continues to this day. The entirety of Russian history is defined by it.
New subscriptor here!!! As someone who's heavily interested in history in general, I really appreciate the fact that you complemented the video with other facts that the original didn't mention. Thank you so much, and hope to see more of your content in the future!!!
Welcome to our channel! And thank you for the complements✨😊 We also have other videos you might get interested in! Please check them out too!!
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE I'll make sure to check more of your videos. Greetings from México!!!
It was nice to see someone react to this, I'm glad you seemed to like it!
Yes, I really liked reacting this video!!!
Thank you for watching it😊
I remember reading Einstein went to Japan to apologize after he learned about the devastation the bomb caused. (That and he really loved the country)
Wow, didn’t know he did apologize! Thanks for providing a tip😁
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE This is untrue. Einstein visited Japan in 1922 (23 years before the atomic bombs were dropped), so he didn't go there to apologize. Even if he did go there after the bombings, I don't think he would have been welcomed very warmly. In 1939 (6 years before the bombings) Einstein recommended that the US develop the nuclear bombs before Germany did, as he thought that if Germany made one first, it would be impossible to defeat them without one of their own. After later finding out that Germany was very behind in nuclear research, he regretted ever saying anything, and apologized for the Japan bombings in letters profusely.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/albert-einstein-visited-japan-180968737/
www.businessinsider.com/albert-einstein-wrote-letter-us-roosvelt-atomic-bomb-2019-8
www.quora.com/What-was-the-reaction-of-Albert-Einstein-on-the-bombing-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki
It should be said that the Manhattan project scientists were actually forbidden from consulting Einstein during the project because the US government deemed him a security risk, and he really didn't contribute much to the project other than the suggestion. Although his equation E=MC^2 explained the devastating potential of a nuclear weapon, it didn't tell anyone how to actually make one. That was all the US governments doing. Aside from the suggestion, Einstein's role was very indirect.
man youre the best reaction type+commentary type youtubers ive ever seen...u even took the time to explain...its like im in a class and youre the teacher
Thank for the compliment! Appreciate it a lot!
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE no problem......love your videos and dont burn yourself out...take a break....relax...and have a good day
I appreciate your kindness!! Thank you!!
I've learned about Japanese history at high school (from edo era to WW2) and a bit more in depth when I entered the Japanese literature major (I still remember the jomon era and the haniwa). But I really like hearing about the trivias you told us in this video such as nikujaga, the... hard situation for christian believers in edo era, and the reason why the US didn't choose kyoto for their atom bom target. I've learned more from you. Thank you!
本当に勉強になりました。ありがとうございます。
Thank you for the comment! The subject like history seems less important for certain people due to an indirect relation to our modern life! So I arranged the messages to make more connections that actually do mean a lot to how these are significantly reflected upon our lives when I was a substitute teacher during my internship!
Finding out these interesting facts will form an universal spectrum! That is what the history makes more entertaining!
Very interesting to hear the history of Japan
It’s good resource!! Thank you for the comment!!!!
I find it hilarious that I know the names of most of the shogun and Japanese warlords because of a Pokemon spinoff of Nobunaga's Ambition. So thanks Nintendo? I guess?
Yeah!!
If you are learning it from those, Nintendo did the great work!!! Haha
it's worth noting that, irrespective of whether the atomic bombings were justified, it is likely that russia's declaration of war on japan had a greater influence on their decision to surrender than the bombings did.
Been a fan of Bill's for over a decade, he is a brilliant musican an ingenious with emotionally comedic word play and timing.
About the bombs...
People talk about it like it's some atrocity America commited. While it's not pretty, it's not an atrocity at all.
Japan is not a country you can just invade back then. America struggled to just take the islands solely due to the Japanese mindset. If America were to invade Japan, they would have to kill every single person who fights because they would fight until death.
America already had the bombs and didn't want to lose their own men, much less practically kill every man in Japan, so they went to Japan and said "Look, we have bombs. On this *exact* time and date, we will drop them on these two specific cities. You may want to evacuate." Japan turned to them and said "No"
On the specified time and day we did exactly what we told them we would do. We gave them time, we told them exactly when and where we would drop the bombs, and while we did bomb 2 cities into oblivion, if we were to invade Japan, *WAY* more people would have died on both sides
It is always harmful topic to discuss, but the importance is understand the feelings each other, that I strongly believe. Regardless of final result, soldiers in both sides were so desperate to protect their own families otherwise they could get killed under the condition people were dealing with. No matter what it is, we cannot close the eyes and don’t want to leave behind for our future generations.
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE I understand, and I don't want to make it look like I'm glorifying the event. The lives lost were still way too much for comfort, and the amount of innocents who died is terrible.
I just want people to stop looking at it as an atrocity or a war crime. In the end, it saved more lives than invading Japan.
I'm not saying America is 100% in the right, but I do believe America made the best possible choice they could have. War itself is a tragedy that unfortunately leads to death, all we can really do is do what causes the least amount of casualties on both sides while making the other quit. And that's what America did
It's still a harmful topic that deserves a moment of silence. It deserves to be respected. I just want people to look at it objectively. I feel that is the best way to respect it.
We appreciate you for standing up to hear me out and gave us your true voice! Like you mentioned, the war leads to death and the absence of reconciliation never does anything. I am very happy and grateful for having a great opportunity to post this clip because the fact that I was able to directly communicate with you!
@@fluffyeevee383 Wow, they didn't teach us all that in school.
@@neonmajora8454 At my school, they had an amazing assignment where we held a mock trial for the bombing. One side had to argue that it was an unnecessary war crime and the other had to argue that it was the best way to end the war and it was not in violation of the Hague law. Some students would act as witnesses researching historical figures so they could answer questions from the attorneys. I was one of the attorneys on the defense. The attorneys were in charge of coming up with what the main arguement would be and who we wanted our witnesses to be and what evidence we wanted to present. Ultimately I learned more about this specific event than anything else in high school history. I found out about the leaflets dropped beforehand (it was actually a small list of possible cities including Hiroshima and Nagasaki) encouraging evacuations. I also learned about the Hague law and what kind of weapons and attacks were internationally outlawed (we argued that radiation poisoning wasn't technically a result of poison and therefore didn't violate the laws against poisoned weapons like chlorine gas). I also learned about the alternative plan to perform a more conventional invasion and the projected loss of life (while still tragic the bombs were less). And I also learned about the war crimes being performed by Japan (not to demonize Japan, but to show the need for a speedy end to the war). We won the case and to this day it was one of the best projects I've ever had in school.
Bill Wurtz did a great job, but I love your extra commentary! Very informative and interesting! Thank you for posting 🙂
Thank you very much for watching this video and commenting😁!
I appreciate you stopping the video to add some additional info. Love the content, keep it coming!
Thank you very much for your compliment!!
I’m glad to hear that!!
Will do😁!
The "You Got Mail" always got me😆
I like how he says "ok stop" like he's speaking to someone lol
Thank you😁!
I’m glad to hear that!!
I'm an American and a US Marine. I was blessed with the opportunity to serve on Camp Foster in Okinawa Japan in Ginowan City for two years and I absolutely fell in love with everything Japanese. The language, the culture, the food, anime, history, the religions (Buddhism and Shinto) all of it. When I walked off the plane in 2005 it was like stepping into a different world and to be honest, it scared me. ...but when I left it in 2007 it was like leaving home all over again. Great reaction. I share your opinion of the atomic bombs and I cringe every time I see that part in this video. I have gotten to go to Kyoto and I am so so glad that it was turned down as a military target. It is almost unreal the amount of history that is in that one place and how old some of the buildings and temples are there. It's loss would have been up there with the libraries of alexandria and I am so glad it has been preserved. The thing I find amazing is that after all of that bad blood in the 1940s between the US and Japan that we can now be friends. I hope we remain so for many many decades to come. Japan is an amazing place. Again, great reaction and take care :).
Thank you very much for your service for your country and being so passionate about Japan!! We are pleased to hear your impressions about our content!! Please look forward to witness other clips in the future!!
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE I certainly will, wow that was fast lol. thank you for your kind words. I hope to return to Japan someday with my wife and son and show them around where I used to hang out. Very expensive to travel there unfortunately. I think last time I checked it was 2500.00 US round trip.
We are waiting for you your comeback with fam!!! The tickets are for 3 passengers?? If that’s for one, they should drop the price!😰
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE That's per person yep. It's a something like a 23 hour flight from central US to Okinawa.
Wow, that’s so sky high and I believe there are definitely cheaper tickets😰 can’t believe it costs. Even one way flight between LAX and Tokyo costs less than 800USD. It differs depending on your nearest airport, but the the price they are offering is pretty surprising☹️
I’m glad that you added onto what Bill Wurtz said in the video.
Thanks a lot😁!
the whole Nuclear bombs thing is so interesting
because the one country who thinks certain countries shouldn't have them is the only country to ever use them
Regret is a powerful force. Fear is even more powerful. When it comes to nukes, the US has both in high supply.
@John Stonik ok, typically when you say someone is wrong you explain why
I like how you weren't just reacting but you were giving a lot of extra information on the events. Thanks for the cool video!
Thanks!!
I've been on a binge watch of Japanese youtubers react to this video, and I don't know why but it really hurts to see your reactions when it gets to the part about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's a sinking feeling deep inside, a mixture of both trying to understand your feelings, and at the same time realizing I will never understand what the people of Japan and especially those who witnessed it with their own eyes felt inside.
Thank you for your comment.
We didn't experience it ourselves, but it was certainly a big event for the Japanese people.
We learn about it in history classes when we are students, and we also go to the A-bombed cities to hear the stories of the A-bomb survivors.
In order not to repeat the past, it will continue to be talked about in Japan as an event that should not be forgotten.
I love watching reactions to Bill Wurtz videos they never get old to me - but this one was especially great because you gave SO MUCH extra information about Japanese history. Great reaction!!
It’s really interesting to hear these events that he just mentions explained in depth. Great video!
Thank you!!😊
this reaction is really really good!! you know so much about history. in all the reactions of this video i watched, yours was the only one i learned a lot from!! thank you :)
Thank you so much!! I couldn’t stand myself to introduce some tips that gear up for the people, eager to know about everything about Japan because this video contains great information!!
I loved the information you added.
Thank you! 🙏😆
Loved your commentary, it made me love the original video even more. Thank you.
The crew of the Enola Gay (The plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima) were not informed about what it was they were dropping. After the bomb was dropped, they were in shock. They were asking themselves "what have we done?". When the plane landed, its captain said that if he knew what kind of bomb they were carrying, he would never have dropped it.
Wow! Great reaction and you're so knowledgeable about a lot of things! A lot of reactors are just watching and giggling the whole time, but you pause the video and do some commentary about it. Which is nice! Keep up the good work mate. This video deserves lots more views 👍
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I really appreciated this video. I learned some very interesting information on the history of Japan thanks to this gentleman. It's actually given me inspiration to maybe one day visit Japan and pay my respects to those fallen during the world wars, and with that, bring respect to the culture and history of Japan as well. Thank you for this.
Thank you very much for watching it!!
And your comment means a lot for us😁
Loved seeing your perspective on this clip. It really helps to understand the context of the information being presented, even the cringeworthy historical moments. Thank you!
Thanks a lot! Please look forward to participate other clips!!
Super cool to hear your commentary on the video! Makes an already interesting video even more interesting!
It's interesting that all the reaction videos i've seen to this by Japanese peeps seem to know exactly who Matthew Perry is. If you brought up his name in America people would think you were talking about Chandler from Friends.
Most of Japanese people knows who the Mathew Perry is I think!!
I also know Mathew Perry from Friends too!!
Friend is one of my favorite TV show!!
Can we appreciate how this person uploaded this two months ago yet still likes and replies on his comments? Either he’s bored or so incredibly productive that his schedule is constantly clear
Thankfully, many people are still watching this video, and we hope that as many people as possible will become our fans!
You seem so chill! I loved how you added information durring the video. Really liked your reaction!
Glad to hear that☺️!!
Please watch other videos too🙇♂️!
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I actually enjoy it when you pause to explain certain off topic stuff. Like the whole concept of nikujaga was born from a beef stew attempt
How to deal with annoying siblings:
Google: *normal stuff*
Bing: 2:47
7:10 starting to remind me of nagasaki, also the place that got bombed in ww2 which also have a movie about nagasaki and what they do to people that didn't give up christ
Yes, there are many movies set in Nagasaki.
It's a very important place to understand the end of the Edo period, as well as the war and Christianity in Japan.
First watched the original video 5 years ago, still learned something today from its reaction videos. :)
Thx for the supplementary info!
I’m so glad to hear that!!!
Thank you very much for watching and commenting 😁!
A warm water port is a port that doesn't freeze over in winter and can be used all year round.
I read a book on the atom bomb in WWII. Japan wasn't surrendering. It was tragic. 6 million allied soilders would be have to be used to invalid japan. It was a very sad scenario. Kill millions or kill millions more..😞
Yeah, Japanese government at that time was awful...
Strongly hope that kind of thing won’t happen never again.
Your English is very good!
Thank you😁
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE Your welcome! :)
Thank you for this!! I really appreciated the extra info!!!
My pleasure 😁
Thank you for your comment!!
i enjoyed your additional comments about history stuff.
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The only inaccuracy is that RUSSIA deserves credit for stopping the advance of the Nazis after the battles of Linengrad (now St. Petersburg) and Stalingrad.
Yup. The battle was a significant turning point for Allies flipping Nazi’s invasion in the Europe and taking over their territory!
*Anime:* _the aftermath of getting nuked twice_
Thank you for all the extra information on history of Japan. I love it.
Thank you!.
Bill does such an amazing job explaining the world
+ The acts of cruelty that Japan inflicted on Corea, China etc
I think he forgot some very important things ...
And America put American citizens in concentration camps in the desert (in some cases while their husbands, brothers, and fathers fought for us in Europe). Hitler also used some of our actions in relation to American Indians as a template for what he did to the Jews. I'm just saying, America cannot claim moral purity here. We have done some truly awful, shameful things ourselves. I would challenge someone to find a group of people that never has.
Why japanese people aren't aware about the atrocity they've done during the 1st half of the 20th century ? School don't teach them that part of history, and it's sad.
Germany, in the other hand, are teached about the atrocities they've done in the past and move forward.
Love Japan, from Switzerland ! Wanna go back there
Kids do learn, but the problem is, the way it has been taught. The government promotes the materials in the history class focusing on the name of the events and the year rather than the dynamics of itself unlike Germany and the United States😰 Thank you!! :D
We are waiting for your great comeback!
Very good video! I learned a lot, thank you!
Awesome to hear that!!
Thank you😁!!
ありがとうございました。I learned so much from your commentary that it gives me direction for how/where to learn Japanese history.
Thank you!!😊😊
I like how you added some more detail here and there about notable figures in Japanese history. Was pretty cool.
Quick question: if Japan took all that land from Germany in WW1, why did Germany agree to an alliance with them in WWII?
Thank you for the comment and question!!
Well, I don’t know the exact reason...
But I learned that to prevent the U.S to apply the war on British side.
@@SHUGYSJAPANHOUSE Thanks for the reply. I did some digging and what I found was that Japan was very anti-soviet at the time (probably due to the Russo-Japanese conflict before WWI), and so was Germany. Germany at the time was more interested in Europe while Japan wanted East Asia. The pact was signed primarily to deter both Russia and the US from interfering. I've no doubt that the plan after taking Europe and Asia would have been to push into Russia from both sides.
Would love to visit japanese historical places ❤️
Please come and visit in near future!!
It was a really good video! I'm glad I found it. It was really interesting to hear your commentary. I learned a lot.
Thank you so much!
I'm glad you enjoyed.
Really felt like you added a lot of value to Bill Wurtz’s video with this. Your input was very interesting!
I’m so glad to hear that😁😁!!!
Thank you very much😊!
If Japan never invaded Machuria, then Japan most likely would still include Korea to this day. I wonder how different that Japan would be to current day Japan?
I understand how devastating the atomic bomb was to Japan and how devastating war in itself to civilians. However, during that time, Japanese soldiers did horrible things to their invaded country which still cannot be forgotten by many today. The Atomic bomb, though claimed so many innocent lives, i believe woke Japan up from getting overly drunk on power and from their illusion of superiority over other races.
The whole politics were corrupted in Japan. They played the violence and spirits of bushido (taking one’s responsibility equal to death) as instruments to surpass their mental state over dynamics of military power that Allies owned.
great reaction! thanks!!
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Thank you for this video!!!! I love it owo
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God I can’t even imagine sitting in the war room trying to decide which cities to *wipe from the face of the earth, permanently.* So horrible.
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Yeah, so scary to do that...
Just to provide some feedback, i appreciate that you do pause stop the video in areas to add extra context and information.
Thank you😁
A subdued laugh is very chique. Really nice to see someone enjoy the quirky moments.
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That was very informative.
Thanks a lot😁!
Bill forgot to tell about Hirohito's Death
Oh yeah I didn’t notice!
So I just want to add. While the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are... well... horrible. They somehow are still paled in comparison to the (fire)bombing of Tokyo at the time which took about to same if not more lives than either of the atomic bombs.
There is an argument to be made for these actions, the purple heart medals the US produced for the expected invasion of Honshu are still being awarded to this day. But it doesn't take away from the fact that these actions were downright war crimes to the core.
Great video
Cool commentary 👍
I'm from USA and I'm proud of Japan for it's technological advances. You're my favorite non-White country (I know that sounds like a weird way to label it but you know what I mean).
Thank you!! Please visit here once this COVID pandemic is over!!
i learned more about japan in 14 minutes than in my school
Thank you for the fact that this video meant a lot of things to ya!
They sent a message to japan telling them to surrender or they'll drop the bomb, the receiver said "hell no" and didn't even send the message back to the emperor. You know what happened next.
I learned a lot from this, thanks for talking about the history too 😊
Thank you very much for compliment!!!
I am so glad to hear that😁!