A very influential string of events that greatly contributed to the outcome of WWII, and not often brought up here in the West when discussing the war's history. Great video, Cheers from 🇨🇦
This is why I agree with the proposition that the actual starting date for WW2 was 7th July 1937 with the marco polo bridge incident, not the invasion of Poland in 1939.
Why do you think do think it reduced into a stale mate in China theater for Japan? Since it seems like Japan didn't have enough manpower to finish the fights but China didn't have enough equipment to push Japan back. Both sides enjoyed static front for most of the latter end of the war. But even then what surprises me the most is operation Ichi-Go was able to be pulled off by Japan in 1944 1 year before surrender.
It's only those who don't look any further into war history than what is on the discovery channel that don't know what happened. Those who really care know 👍
Coverage of the earlier battles are an excellent introduction for Operation Ichi-Go, which is usually shown separately without much explanation of the earlier battles to capture Changsha in 1939 and Dec 1941 thru Jan. 1942 . The two unsuccessful attempts to capture Changsha were the second time a Japanese offensive would be turned back - with the first occurring vis a vis the Soviets in Manchuria along the Mongolian border. Note that Operation Ich-Go was late in the Pacific War, 9 April - 31 December 1944. Therefore, it should be mentioned that by April of 1944 - the Japanese war machine was already on the back foot in multiple theaters in the Pacific.
Most well told information of the less known of battles of the WW2 era, and yes agreed this was the faux commencement of what would be the overall Second World War as a more localised conflict that escalated to include the overall Pacific theatre in many years of bloody battles...and the Japanese endeavour to attempt overtake the entire SE Asian and Oceania regions, great information as always...thank you. Cheers from Sydney Aus!!!
@@maplerice6226 Right you are sir! Yet I have seen/read more about that important and forgotten fight than this one - which appears to have been even more crucial
Meeting a WW2 veteran and asking him about his experiences he first asked me a few questions including when WW2 started. He expected me to say the Nazi invasion of Poland I answered that it started in China. After that he agreed and was impressed, most he talked to did not have that impression. My learning about WW2 started by reading about the many events that were the cause. Learning about the US China Marines and the Asiatic Fleet is an incredible story, and quite sad about how unprepared the US was. Our China marines dealt with Japanese aggression throughout the 1930's and before. We should have learned more by that. Also the Japanese and Chinese war took huge resources from Japan and had that not happened the US and it's allies would have had to fight much longer against much larger Japanese forces. Japan needed oil badly (the point of the war) and had they not burned up the oil in the China war they could have been able to stay in the war longer, at the end they were greatly limited in movements of the fleet and on the home front because of the lack of oil.
I had never heard of these battles. Such terrible losses by all sides...and still we fight. There will always be war and there will always be the question as to why.
Strange that Japanese forces in China would order retreat when situations were not in their favours, while those generals in the Pacific would never even contemplate such orders. It was always fight to the last men.
Hopefully one day, Japan and Taiwan will get together with the west and Russia to wipe the CCP from the face of the planet leaving it a dark shit stain on history
@@extrastout1111 they couldn't even if they wanted to, the Japanese navy had been crushed by the time the allies started island hopping . Your right there was no escape and because of the brainwashing they thought it was better to die than get captured or surrender . I honestly think what happened was stupid and a failure in their culture that most eastern cultures have .
Interesting, Changsha was where YALE university was partnering with the Yallee Academy, and one of their top students and teachers was the Future Chairman Mao, upon whom was bestowed a B.A. in teaching. Anyone out there who graduated from YALE and wasn't OSS/CIA is a rarity.
I’m really surprised that this isn’t addressed with greater depth in the North American teachings about world war 2. It’s such a significant component of the war, yet we largely only hear about the flying tigers by and large and the fall of Hong Kong. Very interesting doc.
While most accounts put the end of WWII as the US nuking of Japan in fact it was the Soviet declaration of war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria.
WWIII should have started when Japan put that sorry 3.5 gas hog engine in all the Toyota trucks. I had to get a 2021 to get a V8 engine and it gets better mileage in a Tundra than a 3.5 in a Tacoma. They reduced the warranty and added twin turbos in the Tundra. Now you know...
Unlike post war Germany Japan has failed completely to make reparations or to even acknowledge the atrocities such as the rape of Nanking. They've gone as far as to rewrite history books leaving out Pearl Harbor and their sweep through the pacific. Japan has become a very revisionist society. My father was a World War II vet, US Navy South Pacific and he and his Shipmates knew only too well of all the atrocities because they spread like wildfire through the pacific. He didn't hate the Japanese as civilians but as to the military he hated them to the core of his being and that I suspect followed him to his last breath. I get it, I didn't share that hatred but I get it. When you have friends that died on the Baton Death March or Navy Flyers that were downed, captured, tortured and executed how does a young man of that age or any age feel? I don't know because I was there but I can only imagine. But if we don't educate our younger generations the mistakes of our fathers we're in trouble.
Interesting stuff. About the only thing I knew about the Japan/China WWII conflict before this was the infamous Unit 731 atrocities; which made most of the Nazis exploits and war crimes seem almost tame by comparison.
One could credibly state that it began with the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, or even earlier, with the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. Japanese expansionism and hegemonic efforts proceeded essentially on a continuum through the onset of the second sino-Japanese War in 1937. With each successful military aggression, Japan's militaristic leadership cabal gained strength and influence, until it initiated hostilities against its largest Pacific opponent, the USA. That cabal never relented in its belief that the Japanese Empire was essentially invincible because of Japanese cultural and ethnic superiority. In that, it was a mirror image of German Nazism. Both of these aggressor nations' leadership, and supported by most citizens believed that it was acceptable to treat other ethnic, national and cultural entities as sub-human. In the end, both also suffered the same fate, being nearly eradicated by Anglo-American forces. Regrettably, the effort left Great Britain spent, and seems now to have also left America a hollow shell of its former greatness.
@8.22 in the clip’ can anyone identify the type of weapon this soldier is holding because that’s one strange looking bazooka even if that’s what it looks like anyway?
Thank you for acknowledging the Asian theater the world was at war before ww2. I hate using movies but if you watched ip man or read history before ww2 including reports of Japan's interest in us territories it was inevitable.
Yes it goes back long before even ww1. The Japanese were very pissed off when the U.S. annexed hawaii. The Japanese had battle plans to take the west coast of the U.s. starting in 1907. They are interesting battle plans. Before aircraft became serious weapons, there were only two key mountain passes you could seize and control all of Southern California easily, and the Japanese knew that, it was the key part of that plan.
The classic, old school definition of a "World War" was re: a combatant nation from every inhabited continent. In that context, WWII did not start until December 8th, 1941.
Thanks for highlighting real reasons Japan invaded China. The only thing that leaves perplexed how the Japanese thought conquering China when it was already the most densest country in the world in which Japan only a fraction of the population. A somewhat similar situation Germans faced when invading Russia. But Stalin coyly remarked the quantity had a quality of its own...
ROC, the forgotten allied members of WW2 and the former member of the Five Comittee. Despite been plagued by internal strife, factionist, insurgency, and poverty, their contribution in WW2 fighting the fascist japanese shall never be forgotten.
Somethings changed your normal aggressive narration style to a gentle tone, almost bored, hope everythings ok, your work is better then Victory at Sea, which my father and l watched together every saturday night along with Combat.🙂❤🇺🇸
Same thing in my household! My dad even took it a step further by purchasing the Victory at Sea soundtrack on vinyl!! I loved that series but started to really hate that album! The Beatles were happening and I was starting to grow my hair out so, there you go!
Yeah and at how they steal from and commit crimes against every country who saved them from Japan . hopefully all those countries will join with Japan and Taiwan to wipe out the CCP one day
While the Chinese Nationalist Military fought tooth and nail to hold back the Japanese invaders in defense of their homeland, the cowardly Communists hid away in the north western territories doing little if anything of consequence to defend the homeland. The cowardly and well rested opportunists Communists then had the upper hand when they attacked and evicted the true and honorable Nationalist to Taiwan. This is the inconvenient history not shared with it's people's or the world.
@@2bittesla I really hope so ,I may be a broke slightly crippled farm boy but if I got to go I'd rather it was for something that matters, and my dieing wish put me in a room alone with Xi and my tools ,he can have his lies and money and we'll see who comes out at the end.....they would need the western and pacific Nations
@@kiwiprouddavids724 It would be a WW3 scenario, there would be no winner, only a greatly depleted global population of survivor's, sadly. A revolution within China lead by it's own people's is what's needed, and is most certainly brewing as we speak. Interesting fact not mentioned about the Taihnaman Square incident (not if I got the spelling correct), the political leaders were all packed up and ready to flee if things didn't go their way. It appears the population is a lot more hostile towards the communists now than it was 30 years ago. Either way ugly times are on the horizon I would say. Cutting the head of the snake 🐍 will only cause a struggle for power in the den unfortunately.
@@2bittesla fully agree with you , NZ might be the safest place or the easiest target to take out in a WW3 showdown, and I think what's happened is a lot of truths about the CCP and communism has gotten into china through Hong Kong, leading to the crack downs we have seen when the British handed it back . There are definitely no winners in war , my only big concern is us not doing anything well we have the advantage now and it being worse if we leave it too late and we are weakened further from Chinese crimes and interference against us all
Reems² of lost History there in China from WW2. One of those cases when, 'The enemies of my enemy...' didn't work out in the long run for us, the U.S. Savagery...
I disagree. That was only a war in China. Had Japan invaded Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Philippines soon after yes that would have been a world war before tne Nazi Blitz in Europe. Some place the start of WW2 at the Spanish Civil War which started earlier (1936) it had the same proxy super power involvement as the China invasion with Japan.
I regret that the nationamist chinese never got the opportunity to stay strong enough after thr war to fight off Mao... China would be a totally different country if the commies lost
I did not understand who win the last battle.. It says about the lost lives, but does not says who stays and wjho had to retire from the field.. Who stays with Changsha ?
I made a point of visiting the Marco Polo bridge on one of my trips to Beijing. Not just for the WWII events but it really does go back to the time of Polo. My wife, who has no love for Taiwanese, is very complimentary of Xue Yue.
@@briancooper2112 I probably shouldn’t speak for her, but it’s not the country per se, it’s the snotty attitude they have towards mainland Chinese people. Of which she is one.
Should have made one to the Chinese orphanages where kids are tied 3 in a row in wooden crate bench things with a hole to 💩 through and dieing rooms where babies get left until they get quite
The Japanese had no answer for the highly trained Chinese gorillas that came down from the mountains. Behind closed doors their generals bitterly wept over what they came to call the "primate problem".
Ah The Japanese formed operation "Ichy Go" to get rid of all those nasty jungle beasties they kept biting their troops - as the soldiers said "those bite awfi ichy, they must go!
"the much feared Soviets" had solidly defeated the Japanese in 1939 at Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia. It would be interesting to see episodes on how how Mao defeated Chang and his nationalists after WWII, but knowing the politics of this channel, I don't expect it.
War with communist wasn’t what Chinese civil war about before WWII there is like a dozen of warlords in china before WWII and factions within KMT as well
Why does not anyone say that the Kuomintang were Nazis? The Nazis were after all their military advisors until the China's first battle with Japan, which point they pulled out of China and made the Wars Pact with Japan!
Most important? Outside of Asia I dont think it would've made much difference either way in Europe. If anything it would've just added another year or two to the war in the pacific. Japan was gonna lose either way.
So many compromises when it comes to picking footage to use. Really should avoid using footage that has little to do with the topic being covered. It's really distracting imo I'd rather you use real pictures and zoom in, zoom sideways to make it feel like a video. But using footage not really relevant kinda ruins it for me personally
WW II was also the turning point in the Cold War Era as well. Relations between the U.S. and China, Japan, and The Soviet Union. Shaping everything occurring today. Just a tidbit to chew on from an Iran-Iraq War Veteran. Not to mention a VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED MEMBER OF OUR 1 RACE THE HUMAN RACE!
Lenox, I think your comment is rude and disgusting and suggest you review what happened between 1900 and 1950. I think you will find that America didn’t provoke or start WWI or WWII and they did not enter either war until they were impacted or attacked. You would be naïve to think America flexes her military might as some sort of ego. Following WWI, the world pushed America into the position of maintaining world peace even when it meant baring the brunt of going to war to stop the spread of tyranny, oppression, ethic cleansing and genocide. Freedom is not free so I refuse to disrespect or blame a nation like America because of her “military ego”. Since 1900, America has lost millions of soldiers and has spent trillions of dollars to develop and maintain military technology that serves not only as a deterrent but also as a tool to limit the exposure of their military personnel, allied troops, enemy non-combatants and civilians. For clarity, I don’t agree with everything America does, but I’m damn happy they are willing to lead the charge when called upon. Peace.
Have you served? If so, thank you, from a fellow veteran. If not, either join up or get educated. If you did, and still hold that attitude, I know where you're coming from. And son, I don't care if you had a bad time, or screwed Osama in the keister. That was then, and this is now, and tomorrow is tomorrow. Have a goodn.
It's great to see how the quality of the docs on this channel have skyrocketed over time 👍👍👍
A very influential string of events that greatly contributed to the outcome of WWII, and not often brought up here in the West when discussing the war's history. Great video, Cheers from 🇨🇦
This is why I agree with the proposition that the actual starting date for WW2 was 7th July 1937 with the marco polo bridge incident, not the invasion of Poland in 1939.
So glad you’re featuring this battle in China! The Pacific Theatre in China rarely gets a spotlight here in the West. Thank you for this!
Why do you think do think it reduced into a stale mate in China theater for Japan? Since it seems like Japan didn't have enough manpower to finish the fights but China didn't have enough equipment to push Japan back. Both sides enjoyed static front for most of the latter end of the war. But even then what surprises me the most is operation Ichi-Go was able to be pulled off by Japan in 1944 1 year before surrender.
@Paintchip Eatin 1980s Crackbaby yeah exactly
Or the winter wars.
It's only those who don't look any further into war history than what is on the discovery channel that don't know what happened.
Those who really care know 👍
@@scarletcrusade77 5
Coverage of the earlier battles are an excellent introduction for Operation Ichi-Go, which is usually shown separately without much explanation of the earlier battles to capture Changsha in 1939 and Dec 1941 thru Jan. 1942 . The two unsuccessful attempts to capture Changsha were the second time a Japanese offensive would be turned back - with the first occurring vis a vis the Soviets in Manchuria along the Mongolian border.
Note that Operation Ich-Go was late in the Pacific War, 9 April - 31 December 1944. Therefore, it should be mentioned that by April of 1944 - the Japanese war machine was already on the back foot in multiple theaters in the Pacific.
Last time I was this early, someone’s Mom was really upset! Great video as always gents.
Great videos on all of your dark docs. You cover a lot obscure battles in great detail. Thank you very much. Enjoyed. 👍👍
Nicely made, as usual. This is a great channel.
thank you for acknowledging the strategic importance of Chang Sha battle victories
thank you for helping shed light on these pivotal battles and the far reaching effect it had on the eventual outcome of the war in the East
Most well told information of the less known of battles of the WW2 era, and yes agreed this was the faux commencement of what would be the overall Second World War as a more localised conflict that escalated to include the overall Pacific theatre in many years of bloody battles...and the Japanese endeavour to attempt overtake the entire SE Asian and Oceania regions, great information as always...thank you.
Cheers from Sydney Aus!!!
Excellent video……. Man the Empire was pretty brutal! Couldn’t imagine living in that area back then.
What I would LOVE to know is the "ChiCom" version. I have read many pieces of Soviet "History" and it makes Hollywood seem credible...
@@hugh-johnfleming289 yeah I’m not sure on all that but they were ruff times. The mass killings of ppl is just a wild thing for nations to pull off.
Never heard of this battle! So glad it has come to light.
No doubt the Asian Lenningrad. And almost the Asian Stalingrad. Remarkable that it is virtually unknown. Even Imphal is better known.
Even then Imphal has been mostly forgotten
@@maplerice6226 Right you are sir! Yet I have seen/read more about that important and forgotten fight than this one - which appears to have been even more crucial
Meeting a WW2 veteran and asking him about his experiences he first asked me a few questions including when WW2 started. He expected me to say the Nazi invasion of Poland I answered that it started in China. After that he agreed and was impressed, most he talked to did not have that impression. My learning about WW2 started by reading about the many events that were the cause. Learning about the US China Marines and the Asiatic Fleet is an incredible story, and quite sad about how unprepared the US was. Our China marines dealt with Japanese aggression throughout the 1930's and before. We should have learned more by that. Also the Japanese and Chinese war took huge resources from Japan and had that not happened the US and it's allies would have had to fight much longer against much larger Japanese forces. Japan needed oil badly (the point of the war) and had they not burned up the oil in the China war they could have been able to stay in the war longer, at the end they were greatly limited in movements of the fleet and on the home front because of the lack of oil.
Germany and Japan both were simply too impatient and in the end destroyed themselves by overextending and diluting their forces.
I had never heard of these battles. Such terrible losses by all sides...and still we fight. There will always be war and there will always be the question as to why.
I don't believe people are meant to agree. This planet of ours will be around long after we all join the soil...
We've been going at it since Cain killed Abel.
Yea it’s a brutal world. We live on a planet where animals literally eat each other’s alive or go starve. God has a sick sense of humor.
Love your videos! Wish they were longer in length
Just the right length and pace.
I love the descriptions you give of all your videos.. thanks alo
Strange that Japanese forces in China would order retreat when situations were not in their favours, while those generals in the Pacific would never even contemplate such orders. It was always fight to the last men.
Hopefully one day, Japan and Taiwan will get together with the west and Russia to wipe the CCP from the face of the planet leaving it a dark shit stain on history
where do you retreat on an island
@@extrastout1111 they couldn't even if they wanted to, the Japanese navy had been crushed by the time the allies started island hopping . Your right there was no escape and because of the brainwashing they thought it was better to die than get captured or surrender . I honestly think what happened was stupid and a failure in their culture that most eastern cultures have .
Native of Changsha here❤
Thank you for letting this piece of history to be seen.
Interesting, Changsha was where YALE university was partnering with the Yallee Academy, and one of their top students and teachers was the Future Chairman Mao, upon whom was bestowed a B.A. in teaching. Anyone out there who graduated from YALE and wasn't OSS/CIA is a rarity.
Love this channel 👏🏾👏🏾
Nice video I have never heard about that city ever
Just the facts. Very well done!
Best channel on RUclips!
Much love from Canada 🇨🇦
Chinese orphanages have kids tied into wooden crate bench things and dieing rooms where babies get left until they get quite
Why don't you feel guilty about the crimes china commits against every other country in the world including the ones who saved them from Japan
Finally! Some new fascinating information for those of us in the West. Great content, thank you!
We need to hear of this theatre. Thank you! Well done.
Great video! Thank you.
Fascinating topic & good video editing with good music
I’m really surprised that this isn’t addressed with greater depth in the North American teachings about world war 2. It’s such a significant component of the war, yet we largely only hear about the flying tigers by and large and the fall of Hong Kong. Very interesting doc.
love the vids bro
While most accounts put the end of WWII as the US nuking of Japan in fact it was the Soviet declaration of war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria.
"Committed significant atrocities along the way"... understatement of what the Japanese did there and throughout China too
WWIII should have started when Japan put that sorry 3.5 gas hog engine in all the Toyota trucks. I had to get a 2021 to get a V8 engine and it gets better mileage in a Tundra than a 3.5 in a Tacoma. They reduced the warranty and added twin turbos in the Tundra. Now you know...
Well done, its great to see anything on the War of Resistance, your choice of Changsha is faultless, bravo
in WW2 nobody talks of asia, its all european history. Nice to see a change
well done
Excelente video y saludos desde Lima Perú
This is a great video. You should do on on the women's death battalions in WW1.
Excellent video 👍
Unlike post war Germany Japan has failed completely to make reparations or to even acknowledge the atrocities such as the rape of Nanking.
They've gone as far as to rewrite history books leaving out Pearl Harbor and their sweep through the pacific.
Japan has become a very revisionist society. My father was a World War II vet, US Navy South Pacific and he and his Shipmates knew only too well of all the atrocities because they spread like wildfire through the pacific.
He didn't hate the Japanese as civilians but as to the military he hated them to the core of his being and that I suspect followed him to his last breath.
I get it, I didn't share that hatred but I get it. When you have friends that died on the Baton Death March or Navy Flyers that were downed, captured, tortured and executed how does a young man of that age or any age feel?
I don't know because I was there but I can only imagine. But if we don't educate our younger generations the mistakes of our fathers we're in trouble.
Yes, the Germans were completely emasculated and the Japanese got to keep their warrior culture. Strange, huh?
Interesting stuff. About the only thing I knew about the Japan/China WWII conflict before this was the infamous Unit 731 atrocities; which made most of the Nazis exploits and war crimes seem almost tame by comparison.
Every video is the most important something of ww2
One could credibly state that it began with the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, or even earlier, with the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. Japanese expansionism and hegemonic efforts proceeded essentially on a continuum through the onset of the second sino-Japanese War in 1937. With each successful military aggression, Japan's militaristic leadership cabal gained strength and influence, until it initiated hostilities against its largest Pacific opponent, the USA. That cabal never relented in its belief that the Japanese Empire was essentially invincible because of Japanese cultural and ethnic superiority. In that, it was a mirror image of German Nazism. Both of these aggressor nations' leadership, and supported by most citizens believed that it was acceptable to treat other ethnic, national and cultural entities as sub-human. In the end, both also suffered the same fate, being nearly eradicated by Anglo-American forces. Regrettably, the effort left Great Britain spent, and seems now to have also left America a hollow shell of its former greatness.
As if the western colonial powers never had a hand on this in the first place.
Reminds me of the 12 battle of Isonzo
Love the videos, but of late the background music is overpowering the narrative.
@8.22 in the clip’ can anyone identify the type of weapon this soldier is holding because that’s one strange looking bazooka even if that’s what it looks like anyway?
Thank you for acknowledging the Asian theater the world was at war before ww2. I hate using movies but if you watched ip man or read history before ww2 including reports of Japan's interest in us territories it was inevitable.
Yes it goes back long before even ww1. The Japanese were very pissed off when the U.S. annexed hawaii. The Japanese had battle plans to take the west coast of the U.s. starting in 1907. They are interesting battle plans. Before aircraft became serious weapons, there were only two key mountain passes you could seize and control all of Southern California easily, and the Japanese knew that, it was the key part of that plan.
The classic, old school definition of a "World War" was re: a combatant nation from every inhabited continent. In that context, WWII did not start until December 8th, 1941.
Thanks for highlighting real reasons Japan invaded China. The only thing that leaves perplexed how the Japanese thought conquering China when it was already the most densest country in the world in which Japan only a fraction of the population. A somewhat similar situation Germans faced when invading Russia. But Stalin coyly remarked the quantity had a quality of its own...
This title doesn't feel grammatically correct....
Interesting piece of little known WWII history. But showing the same German soldier throwing a grenade was a bit weird.
I would never side with a Communist, even to fend off foreign invaders.
That is like the entire population of a pro football stadium wiped out in one battle
ROC, the forgotten allied members of WW2 and the former member of the Five Comittee.
Despite been plagued by internal strife, factionist, insurgency, and poverty, their contribution in WW2 fighting the fascist japanese shall never be forgotten.
Somethings changed your normal aggressive narration style to a gentle tone, almost bored, hope everythings ok, your work is better then Victory at Sea, which my father and l watched together every saturday night along with Combat.🙂❤🇺🇸
Same thing in my household! My dad even took it a step further by purchasing the Victory at Sea soundtrack on vinyl!! I loved that series but started to really hate that album! The Beatles were happening and I was starting to grow my hair out so, there you go!
In retrospect the allies shouldn't have gotten involved in this part of the war.
The Chinese government should look who kept them from having to speak Japanese
Yeah and at how they steal from and commit crimes against every country who saved them from Japan . hopefully all those countries will join with Japan and Taiwan to wipe out the CCP one day
While the Chinese Nationalist Military fought tooth and nail to hold back the Japanese invaders in defense of their homeland, the cowardly Communists hid away in the north western territories doing little if anything of consequence to defend the homeland. The cowardly and well rested opportunists Communists then had the upper hand when they attacked and evicted the true and honorable Nationalist to Taiwan. This is the inconvenient history not shared with it's people's or the world.
Hopefully Taiwan and Japan will join together to wipe out the CCP one day
@@kiwiprouddavids724 I would say that scenario is imminent at this point.
@@2bittesla I really hope so ,I may be a broke slightly crippled farm boy but if I got to go I'd rather it was for something that matters, and my dieing wish put me in a room alone with Xi and my tools ,he can have his lies and money and we'll see who comes out at the end.....they would need the western and pacific Nations
@@kiwiprouddavids724 It would be a WW3 scenario, there would be no winner, only a greatly depleted global population of survivor's, sadly. A revolution within China lead by it's own people's is what's needed, and is most certainly brewing as we speak. Interesting fact not mentioned about the Taihnaman Square incident (not if I got the spelling correct), the political leaders were all packed up and ready to flee if things didn't go their way. It appears the population is a lot more hostile towards the communists now than it was 30 years ago. Either way ugly times are on the horizon I would say. Cutting the head of the snake 🐍 will only cause a struggle for power in the den unfortunately.
@@2bittesla fully agree with you , NZ might be the safest place or the easiest target to take out in a WW3 showdown, and I think what's happened is a lot of truths about the CCP and communism has gotten into china through Hong Kong, leading to the crack downs we have seen when the British handed it back . There are definitely no winners in war , my only big concern is us not doing anything well we have the advantage now and it being worse if we leave it too late and we are weakened further from Chinese crimes and interference against us all
Nice.
Now just think it was not such a good idea to help china.
I am glad your covered this ,
give the Chinese some credit for
hard combat and resistance.
Respect
at 6:59 you can see M1917's stacked up! It's unfortunate that the US had such a tendency to give these away and keep the homegrown but inferior 1903's
China and Russia sure had strange ways of appreciating US help in WWII.
Wasn't just the US or Brittain
Incredible that a general should force the civilians to evacuate is remarkable, given Stalin and Hitlers views in the European theatre.
Recommended read: The Rape of Nanking.
We learn something new everyday
Reems² of lost History there in China from WW2. One of those cases when, 'The enemies of my enemy...' didn't work out in the long run for us, the U.S. Savagery...
U need more maps in this video.
I disagree. That was only a war in China. Had Japan invaded Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Philippines soon after yes that would have been a world war before tne Nazi Blitz in Europe. Some place the start of WW2 at the Spanish Civil War which started earlier (1936) it had the same proxy super power involvement as the China invasion with Japan.
Great info but too much repeating footage.
The Stalingrad of Asian theater in World War 2 !
Battles like this were Japan's version of Stalingrad.
It can also be argued that ww1 was the start of ww2
I may have missed it, but I didn't hear about Japanese air force? Was it nonexistent or that ineffective?
I regret that the nationamist chinese never got the opportunity to stay strong enough after thr war to fight off Mao... China would be a totally different country if the commies lost
I did not understand who win the last battle.. It says about the lost lives, but does not says who stays and wjho had to retire from the field.. Who stays with Changsha ?
ah maybe nobody won and it was a stalmate.. the things stay as were ..
So who won the fourth battle?
glad some other people are saying , stuff really started in 36-37 but the narrative has always been a german dominated one
The "Human Wave" offense ? Thank you, no...
I made a point of visiting the Marco Polo bridge on one of my trips to Beijing. Not just for the WWII events but it really does go back to the time of Polo. My wife, who has no love for Taiwanese, is very complimentary of Xue Yue.
Why does your wife hate Taiwan?
@@briancooper2112 I probably shouldn’t speak for her, but it’s not the country per se, it’s the snotty attitude they have towards mainland Chinese people. Of which she is one.
Because she doesn't know her history? Lol
Should have made one to the Chinese orphanages where kids are tied 3 in a row in wooden crate bench things with a hole to 💩 through and dieing rooms where babies get left until they get quite
@@kiwiprouddavids724 Thanks for injecting your problems into my narrative. Piss off.
The Japanese had no answer for the highly trained Chinese gorillas that came down from the mountains. Behind closed doors their generals bitterly wept over what they came to call the "primate problem".
Ah The Japanese formed operation "Ichy Go" to get rid of all those nasty jungle beasties they kept biting their troops - as the soldiers said "those bite awfi ichy, they must go!
o its 7 17 37..............
"the much feared Soviets" had solidly defeated the Japanese in 1939 at Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia. It would be interesting to see episodes on how how Mao defeated Chang and his nationalists after WWII, but knowing the politics of this channel, I don't expect it.
War with communist wasn’t what Chinese civil war about before WWII there is like a dozen of warlords in china before WWII and factions within KMT as well
Why does not anyone say that the Kuomintang were Nazis? The Nazis were after all their military advisors until the China's first battle with Japan, which point they pulled out of China and made the Wars Pact with Japan!
I would have said Halifax was the most important strategic place
it may well have been. the importance of china in ww2 is often overlooked.
The first allied land victory against the Japaneae was by the Australians at Milne Bay
Interesting story about pre WWII battles in China, but why the video of German style Helmeted soldiers throwing potatoe mashers?
The nationalists, went on to create a great society, in Taiwan.
Most important? Outside of Asia I dont think it would've made much difference either way in Europe. If anything it would've just added another year or two to the war in the pacific. Japan was gonna lose either way.
Need a Nanking pt. 2!
I say this everyday! :)
back when china wasn't the bad guy and japan was merciless
So many compromises when it comes to picking footage to use. Really should avoid using footage that has little to do with the topic being covered. It's really distracting imo
I'd rather you use real pictures and zoom in, zoom sideways to make it feel like a video. But using footage not really relevant kinda ruins it for me personally
Seems to me like we should have left China to deal with the Japanese. Given current circumstances anyway
so its 777................
WW II was also the turning point in the Cold War Era as well. Relations between the U.S. and China, Japan, and The Soviet Union. Shaping everything occurring today.
Just a tidbit to chew on from an Iran-Iraq War Veteran.
Not to mention a VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED MEMBER OF OUR 1 RACE THE HUMAN RACE!
We need a Dark Doc about Western Military Egotism.
Huh?
How about unit 731?? Egotism?? Suck it Rooney!!!
Lenox, I think your comment is rude and disgusting and suggest you review what happened between 1900 and 1950. I think you will find that America didn’t provoke or start WWI or WWII and they did not enter either war until they were impacted or attacked. You would be naïve to think America flexes her military might as some sort of ego. Following WWI, the world pushed America into the position of maintaining world peace even when it meant baring the brunt of going to war to stop the spread of tyranny, oppression, ethic cleansing and genocide. Freedom is not free so I refuse to disrespect or blame a nation like America because of her “military ego”. Since 1900, America has lost millions of soldiers and has spent trillions of dollars to develop and maintain military technology that serves not only as a deterrent but also as a tool to limit the exposure of their military personnel, allied troops, enemy non-combatants and civilians. For clarity, I don’t agree with everything America does, but I’m damn happy they are willing to lead the charge when called upon. Peace.
Have you served? If so, thank you, from a fellow veteran. If not, either join up or get educated. If you did, and still hold that attitude, I know where you're coming from. And son, I don't care if you had a bad time, or screwed Osama in the keister. That was then, and this is now, and tomorrow is tomorrow. Have a goodn.
@@keepingitreal6793 Well said.