Just returned 3 weeks ago from my 2nd trip to Iwo Jima in the last 5 years with Stephen Ambrose Historic Tours and The WWII Museum, hosted by The Marine Corps and the Japanese Government - for The Reunion of Honor. Two of the proudest days of my life, honoring these heroes, on both sides of this historic battle. For the Japanese, it is a Tomb called Iwo To, with 12,000 of the original 21,000 Defenders still unrecovered and entombed on the Island. It is humbling, sobering, and an honor to have walked this revered island twice, hoofing it round trip from the airfield to the Summit of Mount Suribachi. Since 1945, more people have summited Mount Everest than have summited Mount Suribachi. That is how difficult it is to get to this historic, elusive and exclusive battlefield. Glad and grateful to have been able to make the trip.
Don't blur graphic images - people need to see what these men went thru. We all need to know how horrible war is. People today do not understand what our grand parents went thru so that they can live in a free country.
I agree! This men deserve to be shown what they went threw for our freedom!! This is why we stand for our flag during the national anthem 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm not sure who is doing the blur work, but I don't think the producer of this film is responsible for it. I think rather that RUclips might be doing it with some kind of AI bot. That's just a guess on my part. But, I've seen this with other videos, produced by other uploaders. So, it may not be them.
@@BillBird2111 RUclips sanitizes which is to "protect" people especially children. Problem is it makes it look more like a TV show than horrific reality.
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This was absolutely outstanding. This is one of the best productions about Iwo Jima that I have ever seen. I have watched hundreds of hours of programming about WWII and Iwo Jima in my 60-years, and most of the recent productions are nothing more than rehashed information that had been produced and aired decades earlier. But not this one. The clips from Dr. Emily Mayhew open up a brand new aspect of the battle that has never really been discussed before. Her research is just outstanding. The clips from Corporal Williams, who was awarded the MOH for his efforts, also lend a chilling authenticity to what is, in my opinion, the best documentary I've ever witnessed. Add to all of this: A British production? REALLY? The Brits weren't there! But they sure as heck got this one right.
Interesting you said that because the video clips at the beginning are from Band of Brothers and have nothing to do with this battle. The line from the historian that they were fighting for their brothers was in reference to the 101st airborne and the vet talking about being out of food was from Bastogne in the battle of the bulge. I know this because I just watched the episode. I was so put off by this I wanted to dismiss this documentary completely but will watch it based on your comments.
@@joeblow2069 I saw the same clips. Didn't put me off as much, but I wondered why they did that. Why not use clips from The Pacific production? But, all in all, I hope you like it as much as I did.
My dad was there, he was only 19. Fought from Feb.19 to March 26th with 5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment. Lost a lot of friends. My mom said he had nightmares for close to 10 years afterward. What we now call PTSD. After what the 5th Division went through at Iwo, they went back to Hawaii for R&R. They were prepping to invade the Japanese mainland on Kyushu when the A bomb was dropped.
Yamato people Japan is the oldest in the world that lasts 2682 It is a nation. Hakko Ichiu cherishes the spirit The world is like a family This shows the fundamental principle of international order and cherishes the international order to date. The teachings of the samurai's soul do not let others seize the right to kill and kill It is the responsibility of the strongly born to help the vulnerable. I was taught and fought for the descendants of my parents, sisters, younger brothers, and wives. The young kamikaze corps attacked the strongest fleet in the world. A strong country does not exploit a weak country. Hakko Ienaga's spiritual order does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family! The strong one can work for the weak one The strongest nation in the world works for the weak nations, the weak peoples Japan's mission The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Area fought in the Greater East Asia War, which was a battle to eliminate racial discrimination and win free trade for the people of Asia. I am proud of the Japanese people of the Yamato people. The Rising Sun Flag is a symbol of Asia's liberty and independence! 大和民族日本は2682年続く世界最古です それは国です。 八紘一宇は精神を大切にします 世界は家族のようなものです これは国際秩序の基本原則を示しており、これまでの国際秩序を大切にしています。 侍の魂の教えは、他の人が殺す権利を奪うことを許しません 弱者を助けることは、強く生まれた者の責任です。 私は両親、姉妹、弟、そして妻の子孫のために教えられ、戦いました。 若いカミカゼ軍団は世界最強の艦隊を攻撃した。 強い国は弱い国を利用しません。 白光家長の精神的な秩序は、最強の家長が最弱の家族を搾取することを意味するのではありません！ 強いものは弱いもののために働くことができます 世界で最も強い国は弱い国、弱い人々のために働きます 日本の使命 大東亜共栄圏は、人種差別をなくし、アジアの人々の自由貿易を勝ち取るための戦いであった大東亜戦争で戦いました。 大和民族の日本人を誇りに思います。 旭日旗はアジアの自由と独立の象徴です！
My friend Gary Begley's father was in the 82nd Airborne div. Jumped into occupied France on D-Day.... when he drank and he drank a lot he got violent.... in the 1970s when we were kids we didn't understand post traumatic stress....
danialmalloy. your friends father may have know my stepfather Ed Lelito. 82nd airborne France and Germany. he told me some pretty hair raising stories. he received a Silver Star.
What an amazingly perfect production. My dad and step-dad were both involved in the South Pacific- Philippines. One of them part of the Bataan Death March. The other liberated the first. What a family story and sadness too.
I had 1 in France and 2 in the Pacific, I also had one that was a pow, according to my aunt, who was born in 1940, you could hear my great grandmother scream at his condition upon his return.
My dad was a first day lander on Tarawa…..he explained the mistakes the war planners made there and the Iwo Jima landing…..very dangerous days for the Marines …..thank god we have the USMC……Semper Fi……
Not really, states that the Japanese Kamikazes used metanphetamines, there is no evidence for this and this videos does not show anything to back it up and also does not really describe the conflict from the Japanese of view
A quarter of all Marine casualties in WW II. Unbelievable. I know almost all the men that fought this terrible battle are gone now, but they're not forgotten. Like so many, i still appreciate the hell they went through there, for our country, and for each other.
All wars are just for bankers and megacorporations. Ours all are with possible a partial exception, to a certain extent, of the Civil War. Still there were profiteering corporations in the Civil War too. Wars are usally avoidable but the profits are just too hard to resist for the politicians and bankers and corporations that OWN them.
@@doctordetroit4339 Go online and look it up: several sites concur and I copied one and that is also the number I got from a honors class in the '80's taught by a teacher who was with the US Army Historical Archives Unit who interviewed Doernitz, Raeder, Goering, Speer Halder and all the rest. (the only person omitted was Hess) The number I got is so rampantly obvious I wonder what your real agenda is because its not the truth, kotzbrocken.
Iwo Jima was also used as a base for the P-51s that escorted the B-29s on their strikes on Japan. It was much more than an emergency stop for the B-29s.
Yet Japanese abilities to counter B-29s were discovered to be minimal, and such the focus of using the island as a fighter-escort airbase was diminished, being more used as another staging point for B-29 raids.
There is controversy that this was worth it, very few attacks against Japan were made from Iwo Jima, then to make matters worse LBJ handled the Islands back to Japan
A very good series indeed. The only thing I do not really understand is why the producers only show blurred pictures of the casualties either wounded or killed. The viewers should be trusted to be able to bear the sight, however gruesome some of the pictures might be.
So they do not upset the WOKIE wankers of the YOUTUBINSKIS and their desire to rewrite history and not confront the realities of their own decisions in war. It is disgusting and makes watching these otherwise well done documentaries.
The marine at 151 ,is Nick Delfonse he resided in NH ,he fought with the 4th division and was a friend of my father’s, they were on the island together. I got to meet nick and family went to his house many times . Nick was a cook when he wasn’t fighting real nice guy
Those of us who watch this kind of content, don't need training wheels, don't blur the vid.And don't dishonor, the men who endured pacific theater of WW2.
My Father was in the very 1st platoon to walk onto Guadalcanal, on 8/7/42. he was there for a month, but by then, had to be evac'd because he had Dengue Fever, & combat fatigue, from no sleep. He spent 19 months in New Zealand & another 6 at the Oakland CA., Naval Hospital. For his time there, he was awarded The Navy Cross, The Purple Heart, & he was given a small, lifetime pension. MY DAd was the best man I have ever known, & I miss him terribly, every day. He was a hero, as were The Marines & the Soldiers who fought The Pacific War of WW2. -------------MJL, 77 y/o
My cousin got half his face shot off at Iwo Jima. They tried to rebuild it but He could barely talk the rest of his life. His fiance still married him when He returned They stayed married til He died. His name was Charles Hartley a great man
My grandfather fought in WW I and WW II, I died of an unrelated to war illness in 1950. I never got to have the honor to stand in his presence but as a kid coming up and to this day while we still have some of them left. I say cherish the honor to shake their hands,
These infinitely brave & courageous soldiers are unequivocally our war super heroes & genuine patriots! They had made & established an indelible & brilliant impression on us all. Thus, I can't help feeling in utter awe of them & am sincerely in deference to these true soldiers, or am I an exceptional? Our heartfelt gratitude on their decent patriotic deeds has been deeply engraved into our minds & bodies leaving an incredible & indelible impassion! A job exceptionally well done!,,,,Thoroughly admire & appreciate them from the bottom of our hearts,,,,I wonder if anyone else sentient of it.,,,,(08/11/24)
2 of my uncles were Marines that fought on Iwo Jima and survived!! and their younger brother my 3rd uncle fought in Korea at 17 yrs. old and also survived !
My father missed the construction ship building US naval fortifications for Wake Island in September 1941 due to surgery. Both of his good friends went to Wake and they never came back. Dad was never too fond of the Japanese.
And, they wanted us to apologize at Wend-over Army Air Base Museum, for nuking them, I sent that busload out the door, saying no apologies here, you started that war, we ended it!
@Edward Jackson my father fought the Japanese in Okinawa and was told his ship was expected to be sunk during the invasion of Japan (which never happened).... my father's cousin a Navy Pharmacist was killed on the 2nd day of the invasion of Iwo Jima helping a wounded Marine on the beach....when dad heard some people wanted us to apologize to the Japanese he almost lost his mind...his 1st vote for president was for Harry Truman because according to dad Truman saved his life by dropping the bomb..dad said the Japanese deserved everything they got...they were ruthless savages according to dad the only good Jap was a dead Jap...a line he barrowed from Admiral Haulsey ....whom he idolized..
My dad was from a small town in north carolina. He was 11 yrs old when the war ended. One of the men in his town had been on the Bataan Death March and made it home. This man was walking down the street when he suddenly heard two japanese business men talking as they walked past (they were interested in the production at the local textile mill). He attacked and brutally beat both men. He was arrested, and the judge fined him 2 dollars and released him.
I was born in 1953. It's a tragedy that subsequent generations were taught NOTHING about this. Handing sovereignty back to Japan in 1968 makes me especially upset. War is a racket.
Cpl Charles (Chuck) Lindberg's bust with his flame thrower is the center piece of "Honoring All Veterans Memorial" in Richfield, MN. Why blurr pictures when these same pictures have been seen countless times in other videos?
Iwo Jima was one of those places and battles where you survived as much by luck as by skill. All combat is like that I suppose but places like that are just worse. I imagine nobody, on either side, came out of that unchanged. It has to be one of those places where you can feel the ghosts…
This is a fairly good documentary, with outstanding interviews. However, the constant censoring of historic images throughout the video really serves to badly diminish the overall quality. This is a film about war. Stop treating viewers like children by hiding the reality.
The Bronze Star Medal has two classifications: Combat and Meritorious (or administrative). The combat award has a small bronze "V" pinned into the ribbon; the administrative award does not. My pappy won a bronze star in Korea: Pappy told me that his Bronze Star was an “administrative” one, not combat-related. A problem with the citation exists with the statement regarding his “entry into military service.” He enlisted in the Utah National Guard in 1939, aged 17. He was “nationalized” while he was serving in the Army's 40th Division’s 115Th Engineer Combat Regiment at San Luis Obispo, California on March 3, 1941 (this seems to have been done administratively at Salt Lake City, Utah). Pappy served as an officer in the Combat Engineers in both WWII (ETO), and in Korea.
My Grand father fought at Iwo in the Sea Bee's. Like any young boy of that era I used to prod him to talk about it. One Sunday morning he brought out his photo albums. 1st one was of his R & R album. At ten I was like (silently ) thinking, this is lame. I asked if he'd fought or had to kill anyone for the upteenth time. The 2 burgundy albums he plopped down & walked out to go plow the farm. 2 vast volumes ea with 100s of pictures of dead Japanese soldiers. Gruesome. Like these men described. I never pestered him about that again. But even at 10, I fully understood then,.what war was. Ps This policy of YT? Censorship is more harmful than wise. People need to see it. The more of it, the better. Thered be less cheerleaders and arm chair war hawks. War is often necessary. Ww2 for sure. We should have listened to Patton and dealt with Russia then. Pushed them back home & kept them contained. They've been a problem ever since. The ungrateful lying bastards. We're having truth issues in this country too. Reality based. This bullshit now, is not what our family's fought for. It used to be shameful to whine & belly ache. Now it's a fashion fascist statement.
@@jonathanallard2128 More than 325,000 men served with the Seabees in World War II, fighting and building in more than 400 locations before the war's end. They continually played a major role in the savage fighting which characterized the island- hopping campaign in the Central Pacific. Their motto: “We Build, We Fight.” Both are aspects of the desire to build and the willingness to defend our country Seabees fought in every theater of WW II. They became an integral part of the U.S. war machine, not only building facilities but often fighting the enemy to do so. By the time World War II ended, Seabees had been awarded 5 Navy Crosses, 33 Silver Stars, and over 2,000 Purple Hearts. They lost 272 enlisted men and 18 officers in battle, and more than 500 in construction accidents.
My Grandfather James Ricci served with Marines there, but never talked about it. He was a great man. I also served for the Marines from 1982-1986. H&MS 16 Mag 16 3rd Marine air wing out of Tustin Calif
Both of my grandfathers served in WW2, one in the ETO and the other in the Pacific. My father served in Vietnam and I fought in Iraq. I know one of my great-grandfathers served in the Army during WW1, but not much else.
It's depends where you are and when in any battle. My father made 4 landings in the Central Pacific with the 4th Marine Division, all in the first wave. Iwo Jima was the last one. To him Saipan was worse than Iwo Jima. It was just his personal experience and very subjective. The Japanese Army Infantry Division on Iwo Jima was a very good one, it's General was also very good. In WW2 most of the Japanese Army was on the Asian mainland. Their Infantry Divisions were based on a western European Model and at full strength ran around 17.5k men. Their equipment was adequate but in some categories not as modern as American stuff. There were close to 2 Divisions of Japanese Army troops defending Iwo Jima. Plus a Tank Regiment and a Naval Guard Unit (which always varied in qurality). They just dug in and waited and for us. When the narrator mentions an Ensign saying they don 't enough rifles, that's the Naval Guard Unit he's talking about not being fully equipted..
I wouldn't have described the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as bringing the war to a "shocking close". Rather an extremely grateful ending that saved millions of lives.
Yep. Their plan of digging in, taking 10 of the enemy with you then finally dying in a suicide attack backfired terribly. Take the americans will to fight away huh.. Its a shame too that they couldnt see the irony of their "honour" and just how cowardly it was. Truman never wanted to drop those bombs, he struggled and struggled with even the concept of these bombs but after months of slaughter on the japanese islands it was the only choice left. And the world hasnt seen a war on this scale since. People say we need to get rid of all a-bombs and disarm, etc... but to me it looks like the only thing keeping peace in the world. When War means Game Over for EVERYONE, then there are no wars.
@@Aotearas That's the reason this channel needs to post on other hosting platforms, like Rumble as well. The uncensored video should be posted there. And a link for the video so viewers that abhor ut censorship can go there and leave this evil platform behind!
There you go again! Blurring anything and everything you think might be offensive! If some viewers are offended over the costs of combat, then tell them to go watch a video about underwater basket weaving. The viewers NEED to know the truth by seeing the true costs of combat.
Oh the horrors of war! Even today, history shows we don't learn from history. We must always teach our young ones that today's freedom came at a heavy price ...the shed blood of the earlier generations. LEST WE ALL FORGET!
There are so many unsung events during the battle of Iwo Jima. That need to be made into a mini-series just like "The Pacific". For example: - The grenade attack on the flag raising American soldiers. - Lt. Harry Martin's rally at the 2nd. Airfield. - The ambush of Sherman tanks by suicidal Japanese infantry attacks. , etc.
Don't belittle the fact of how many bombers were saved on island or if they could of made it home this costly island also brought the p 51 within range of mainland Japan and that also saved many lives
After having put up with seeing numerous blurred-out images I discontinued watching it there are plenty of other documentaries around that don't feel the need to do such censorship.
A little ridiculous to sensor casualties, for one of the bloodiest battles in the pacfic. If you are watching this at all, you probably are a history geek that has seen more than few photos and films of the battles already.
When I was a kid, I remember looking at Library Books about Iwo-Jima and it had pictures of HILLS of human corpses... Most people have NO IDEA of the trauma and horror of war-!!! When I was a kid, just those pictures were traumatizing (for me)... J/S
Today, we can second guess decisions made in 1945 and ask if taking Iwo Jima was worth the horrific cost in casualties. Hindsight is 20/20. Making those decisions at the time, relying on partial intelligence, not knowing beforehand the extent of Japanese defences and expecting the onslaught of naval and air pre-bombardment to greatly destroy enemy defences, was an entirely different story.
"I strapped on that flamethrower and i went to work." Sheesh what a tough man. Said he barely remembered any of it his mind was probably just trying to protect his soul from it all.
Forgot who one of our representatives is who is Islamic was apologizing to Japanese constituents about how evil the US was in invading Iwo. Yes she used the word evil. Filth.
For those unfamiliar w/ the following horrifying atrocities committed by Japanese on the invaded/or conquered, pls delve into the matters: 1) Nanking ( or Nanjing ) massacre, 2) Comfort women in all Asian countries 3) Bataan death march in Philippine 4) Unit 731--Unspeakable human experiments 4) Horrific POWs treatment in Burma railroad construction, the list goes on. Their behavior/or demeanor is beyond any reasonable doubt beyond imagination & comprehension. Making the matter worse, the Japanese government has flatly been in denial of these incidents, & thus, almost all of ordinary Japanese people are fully unaware of the above. Btw, let's not forget those truly courageous, valorous, & admirable our soldiers who had fought on behalf of our country, we are deeply in deference to those intrepid American soldiers. (08/11/24)
My dad turned 21 on the final day 3-16-1945. He left a big part of himself there. He was never the same and died at 68 after 3 kinds of cancer. He was sent to Nagasaki after the bomb. His division, the Fifth Marines lost many to cancer in the years afterward.
My father & 2 uncles left boarding school after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to enlist with the permission of my grandparents (2 navy 1 marine codetalker jack morgan)& my mothers uncles (3 army 1 marine codetalker also Peter McDonald who lied about his age)first 48 hours into the battle over iwa jima Navajo codetalkers sent over 800 messages without an error
My great unit served in the Army in the Pacific theater during WWII. He was captured and tortured, but rescued and survived the war. He suffered from PTSD and didn’t discuss his wartime experiences. He was not at Iwo Jima.
A cousin of mine i.e. PFC Sebastian Wingerter of the 28th Marine Regiment 5th MARDIV was killed at Iwo Jima! To the 7,000 Marines and Sailors who were killed at Iwo Jima Rest in Peace brave warriors and thank you for your sacrifice! God bless the USA!
My papa was a lieutenant colonel in Pattons third army. His FOHQ was hit with an M88 and it blew his legs to pieces. He was evacuated to Italy where he recovered and volunteered to fight in the pacific theater.
Kuribiachi was a cultured man, no doubt. That fact makes it all the harder to understand his cruelty. In late December of 1941 the 23rd IJA Invaded Hong Kong, Koribiachi was the chief of staff... His men killed fifty thousand civilians and he didn't lift a finger to help them.... Not to mention the comfort women he brought from Korea who were regularly raped and murdered by his men. He was not a cultured man when it came to war, no doubt!
I resent that only the US here was portrayed as being the racists. What about the Japanese propaganda showing American troops as barbaric? Don't try to rewrite history in an historic documentary. The bias shown by the writers/producers of this video disgusts me.
Those young men fought for freedom of Europe. American's can and should not forget their bravery and sacrifices for our freedoms most take for granted today.
@@1shotlegend The blur just take the realism away from what war really is.... Horror, Chaos, Suffering, Bravery, Sacrifice, and Slaughter....It's not a video game!! Thanks for the reply!
thank you to ALL for sacrificing for the freedoms that i have taken for granted. I apologise to all who have sacrificed for not serving in the military. i will take this to my grave. i am truly sorry.
50:45 Taking the island stopped the Japanese from attacking wounded bombers and warning the main land about bombers heading to the main land. That saved airmen as well
At 15:53 the narrator mentions "...on the right flank one battalion assaults the quarries heavily defended cliffs . 750 to 900 men are killed or wounded”. Does anyone know if it the 28th Regiments 1st Battalion (5th) who assaulted the cliffs and lost this large number of men? My father was surviving member of the 1st battalions (B Company) and his war diary seems to supports this large number and predicament.
It is a complete false equivalence to compare racial animosity with the "both sides" argument. The Japanese at the time thought they were superior to EVERYONE, not just the Americans. This fact is easily illustrated when looking at how the Japanese treated the people of the lands they occupied by committing war crimes as a matter of standard operating procedure. The fighting in the Pacific was so brutal because the Japanese fought like crazy fanatics and refused to surrender. I could but will not bother to cite the countless examples . Yes, their was racial animosity but that was not the main driver of the brutality of combat as said in this very slanted anti-Amercian view of that theater of War.
Why is ewo jima a graveyard period The Earth needs a lot of blood to keep growing and. And moving, just like we do. Human beings are put on this Earth to help the Earth grow. We are not here to help each other grow. We are here for the Earth, and that's it. The Earth needs blood from every single thing. That is on this Earth. That's why we all bleed even a bug. So for you to have a happy life. Just understand your life is not yours. You are here for the Earth.
you respect the killing and torturing of civilians like in nanking china and many other places? you respect the torturing of prisoners? you resect Japanese aggression and destroying other countries? you respect Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor? there is nothing to respect about Japanese in ww2
Thank the men who fought the War in Iwo Jima. Give thanks and praises for the honor and courage you all bestowed on the Battle field for our country. Semper Fi! AWWOOHA! One aim One love One destiny. America the beautiful 😍❤️🎉😂❤
in siphan 40,0000women and children jump to death from the cliff japanese women singing and clapping.didnt even look at the american ships saying dont jump in japanese .they chose death over surrender.they have it on black and white pictures.
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Just returned 3 weeks ago from my 2nd trip to Iwo Jima in the last 5 years with Stephen Ambrose Historic Tours and The WWII Museum, hosted by The Marine Corps and the Japanese Government - for The Reunion of Honor. Two of the proudest days of my life, honoring these heroes, on both sides of this historic battle. For the Japanese, it is a Tomb called Iwo To, with 12,000 of the original 21,000 Defenders still unrecovered and entombed on the Island. It is humbling, sobering, and an honor to have walked this revered island twice, hoofing it round trip from the airfield to the Summit of Mount Suribachi. Since 1945, more people have summited Mount Everest than have summited Mount Suribachi. That is how difficult it is to get to this historic, elusive and exclusive battlefield. Glad and grateful to have been able to make the trip.
Don't blur graphic images - people need to see what these men went thru. We all need to know how horrible war is. People today do not understand what our grand parents went thru so that they can live in a free country.
I absolutely 100% agree with your statement. War is horror and needs to be seen to never be repeated unless necessary for human kind.
My late father was there! He knew what it was like! God bless him!
I agree! This men deserve to be shown what they went threw for our freedom!! This is why we stand for our flag during the national anthem 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm not sure who is doing the blur work, but I don't think the producer of this film is responsible for it. I think rather that RUclips might be doing it with some kind of AI bot. That's just a guess on my part. But, I've seen this with other videos, produced by other uploaders. So, it may not be them.
@@BillBird2111 RUclips sanitizes which is to "protect" people especially children. Problem is it makes it look more like a TV show than horrific reality.
My uncle Bertil Fellman of the 4th Marine division was kia on Iwo Jima on February 20, 1945. God bless and rest his soul.
He is safe in heaven.God bless him.
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MY CONDOLENCES 😢TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES 😔AND ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY 🙏 , WE SINCERELY 😔THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR UNCLE BERTIL' S🪖🇺🇸 ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND BE CONSOLED THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE GREATEST💪 GENERATION , YOUR UNCLE BERTIL 'S LOVE OF OUR 🇺🇸🫂NATION MADE US THE LONE SUPER POWER ON EARTH !!!! AND WITH THAT POWER THAT ALMIGHTY GOD TRUSTED US WITH, YOUR UNCLE SAVED THE WORLD FROM TYRANTS !! GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES IN HIS WARM EMBRACE 🛐🙏🏾🙏 I AM ALSO AN OLD MARINE 🪖🇺🇸SEMPER FIDELIS 🦅🌎⚓
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FYI... all dead people are in graves, not in heaven.
Thank you Woody Williams from West Virginia, we are so proud of him. He was the last Medal to Honor Recipient. I had the honor to meet him in 2021.
Did he live in a gold plated mansion in Mar A Lago like Emperor Donald Trump?
@EXPERTENKWRITER I don't think so. He was a humble man.
You don’t “win” a Medal of Honor. It’s not a competition. You EARN one.
Facts and earning one isn’t fun
Yeah bro...sure. Hey, how much is a Subway sandwich these days?
Amen brother. 🫡 🇺🇸
This was absolutely outstanding. This is one of the best productions about Iwo Jima that I have ever seen. I have watched hundreds of hours of programming about WWII and Iwo Jima in my 60-years, and most of the recent productions are nothing more than rehashed information that had been produced and aired decades earlier. But not this one. The clips from Dr. Emily Mayhew open up a brand new aspect of the battle that has never really been discussed before. Her research is just outstanding. The clips from Corporal Williams, who was awarded the MOH for his efforts, also lend a chilling authenticity to what is, in my opinion, the best documentary I've ever witnessed. Add to all of this: A British production? REALLY? The Brits weren't there! But they sure as heck got this one right.
I agree
@Charles very true. The Brits are masters at documentaries as well as propaganda. They know how to tell a good story.
Interesting you said that because the video clips at the beginning are from Band of Brothers and have nothing to do with this battle. The line from the historian that they were fighting for their brothers was in reference to the 101st airborne and the vet talking about being out of food was from Bastogne in the battle of the bulge. I know this because I just watched the episode.
I was so put off by this I wanted to dismiss this documentary completely but will watch it based on your comments.
@@joeblow2069 I saw the same clips. Didn't put me off as much, but I wondered why they did that. Why not use clips from The Pacific production? But, all in all, I hope you like it as much as I did.
@@joeblow2069 bro u do realize thats the intro for every episode 🤦♂️ have u never watched a tv show before
Thank you for your service. We are here today because of your sacrifice.
My dad was there, he was only 19. Fought from Feb.19 to March 26th with 5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment. Lost a lot of friends. My mom said he had nightmares for close to 10 years afterward. What we now call PTSD. After what the 5th Division went through at Iwo, they went back to Hawaii for R&R. They were prepping to invade the Japanese mainland on Kyushu when the A bomb was dropped.
Yamato people Japan is the oldest in the world that lasts 2682
It is a nation.
Hakko Ichiu cherishes the spirit
The world is like a family
This shows the fundamental principle of international order and cherishes the international order to date.
The teachings of the samurai's soul do not let others seize the right to kill and kill
It is the responsibility of the strongly born to help the vulnerable.
I was taught and fought for the descendants of my parents, sisters, younger brothers, and wives.
The young kamikaze corps attacked the strongest fleet in the world.
A strong country does not exploit a weak country.
Hakko Ienaga's spiritual order does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family!
The strong one can work for the weak one
The strongest nation in the world works for the weak nations, the weak peoples
Japan's mission
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Area fought in the Greater East Asia War, which was a battle to eliminate racial discrimination and win free trade for the people of Asia.
I am proud of the Japanese people of the Yamato people.
The Rising Sun Flag is a symbol of Asia's liberty and independence!
大和民族日本は2682年続く世界最古です
それは国です。
八紘一宇は精神を大切にします
世界は家族のようなものです
これは国際秩序の基本原則を示しており、これまでの国際秩序を大切にしています。
侍の魂の教えは、他の人が殺す権利を奪うことを許しません
弱者を助けることは、強く生まれた者の責任です。
私は両親、姉妹、弟、そして妻の子孫のために教えられ、戦いました。
若いカミカゼ軍団は世界最強の艦隊を攻撃した。
強い国は弱い国を利用しません。
白光家長の精神的な秩序は、最強の家長が最弱の家族を搾取することを意味するのではありません！
強いものは弱いもののために働くことができます
世界で最も強い国は弱い国、弱い人々のために働きます
日本の使命
大東亜共栄圏は、人種差別をなくし、アジアの人々の自由貿易を勝ち取るための戦いであった大東亜戦争で戦いました。
大和民族の日本人を誇りに思います。
旭日旗はアジアの自由と独立の象徴です！
My father there 4th Marine division
Someone drank the Bushido cool-aid.
The Japanese were DEFINITELY exploiting the weaker nations around them, and BRUTALLY at that.
My friend Gary Begley's father was in the 82nd Airborne div. Jumped into occupied France on D-Day.... when he drank and he drank a lot he got violent.... in the 1970s when we were kids we didn't understand post traumatic stress....
danialmalloy. your friends father may have know my stepfather Ed Lelito. 82nd airborne France and Germany. he told me some pretty hair raising stories. he received a Silver Star.
What an amazingly perfect production. My dad and step-dad were both involved in the South Pacific- Philippines. One of them part of the Bataan Death March. The other liberated the first. What a family story and sadness too.
I had 1 in France and 2 in the Pacific, I also had one that was a pow, according to my aunt, who was born in 1940, you could hear my great grandmother scream at his condition upon his return.
God bless them for their service.
My dad was a first day lander on Tarawa…..he explained the mistakes the war planners made there and the Iwo Jima landing…..very dangerous days for the Marines …..thank god we have the USMC……Semper Fi……
THE GREATEST GENERATION SAVED THE WORLD 🌎🌍 !! SEMPER 🪖 FIDELIS 🇺🇸 OOH RAH 🦅🌎⚓
This is by far the best Iwo Jima combat documentary I've ever seen.
Not really, states that the Japanese Kamikazes used metanphetamines, there is no evidence for this and this videos does not show anything to back it up and also does not really describe the conflict from the Japanese of view
@@amateur_football9751wrong the destroyed it with Biden's censorship who knows what else they left out fascist limey sellouts
A quarter of all Marine casualties in WW II. Unbelievable.
I know almost all the men that fought this terrible battle are gone now, but they're not forgotten. Like so many, i still appreciate the hell they went through there, for our country, and for each other.
Everyone that fought in ww2 was a difference breed of American we’ll never see again. Can never forget them all.
It was much less than 1/4: total casualties exceeded 90-thousand killed and wounded. (MOH winner John Basilone was killed early on the first day too.)
All wars are just for bankers and megacorporations. Ours all are with possible a partial exception, to a certain extent, of the Civil War. Still there were profiteering corporations in the Civil War too. Wars are usally avoidable but the profits are just too hard to resist for the politicians and bankers and corporations that OWN them.
@@leewood331 no it wasn't, 7k killed out of 25k total kia. 24K total casualties out of 90k total.
@@doctordetroit4339 Go online and look it up: several sites concur and I copied one and that is also the number I got from a honors class in the '80's taught by a teacher who was with the US Army Historical Archives Unit who interviewed Doernitz, Raeder, Goering, Speer Halder and all the rest. (the only person omitted was Hess) The number I got is so rampantly obvious I wonder what your real agenda is because its not the truth, kotzbrocken.
My Dad got a Japanese bayonet in the lower abdomen on his second day on Iwo Jima. He was a Navy Seabee. He screamed all night for the next 70 years.
Seabees build and fight.
@@Fuxerz yes Sir. He had 1 fight. I didn't hear anything about it until I was in my 40s. He never talked about it.
@@jamesgilliam5278 Thank God.
You got to know your dad. Good luck, my friend if your pop is still around, tell him thank you for his service.
@@Fuxerz I lost him in 2016. But I was blessed. Thank you
I salute and thank your dad. ❤
Iwo Jima was also used as a base for the P-51s that escorted the B-29s on their strikes on Japan. It was much more than an emergency stop for the B-29s.
Way more!
Yet Japanese abilities to counter B-29s were discovered to be minimal, and such the focus of using the island as a fighter-escort airbase was diminished, being more used as another staging point for B-29 raids.
There is controversy that this was worth it, very few attacks against Japan were made from Iwo Jima, then to make matters worse LBJ handled the Islands back to Japan
Wasn't also an observation post for Japan reporting to Tokio US bombers coming towards the main islands?
My Grandfather Robert Flesch Sr. Marine, fought on Iwo and got wounded in the leg. Proud of him.
A very good series indeed. The only thing I do not really understand is why the producers only show blurred pictures of the casualties either wounded or killed. The viewers should be trusted to be able to bear the sight, however gruesome some of the pictures might be.
So they do not upset the WOKIE wankers of the YOUTUBINSKIS and their desire to rewrite history and not confront the realities of their own decisions in war. It is disgusting and makes watching these otherwise well done documentaries.
Because RUclips is a woke, liberal media......who likes to sensor your freedom, and only plays WOKE BLM commercials
Yeah it's not like they had any trouble injecting the word racism into the mix lol... The world today ...you have to absolutely laugh at it
In fact you minimize the true horrors of war. When you censor history it is the beginning of the end of civilization.
That's because the light, skinny, soft, diet latte drinking woke skull fractures, can't handle the carnage!
The marine at 151 ,is Nick Delfonse he resided in NH ,he fought with the 4th division and was a friend of my father’s, they were on the island together. I got to meet nick and family went to his house many times . Nick was a cook when he wasn’t fighting real nice guy
My dad was a US marine in that war, he told me some horrific stories, may God bless his soul
I am thankful every day for his service and the service of all these men. God rest his soul.
Those of us who watch this kind of content, don't need training wheels, don't blur the vid.And don't dishonor, the men who endured pacific theater of WW2.
It’s probably so he can monetize the video
Truly, history is often not pretty, nor fair, but deserves to be told as it happened. Especially the horrific parts.
@@dullahan7677 thats how,not to repeat it,great call out!
Exactly anyone who clicked on this video knows what to expect and really are expecting to not have the history they are interested in censored. 🙄😤
Why blur the casualties. High school students who are considering going into the military should know that war isnt like some John Wayne movie
My Father was in the very 1st platoon to walk onto Guadalcanal, on 8/7/42. he was there for a month, but by then, had to be evac'd because he had Dengue Fever, & combat fatigue, from no sleep. He spent 19 months in New Zealand & another 6 at the Oakland CA., Naval Hospital. For his time there, he was awarded The Navy Cross, The Purple Heart, & he was given a small, lifetime pension. MY DAd was the best man I have ever known, & I miss him terribly, every day. He was a hero, as were The Marines & the Soldiers who fought The Pacific War of WW2. -------------MJL, 77 y/o
I thank your father for his service.
Soldiers and Marines didn't "win" medals!!! They are awarded!!!
Hershel was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of ww2 he passed away on June 29, 2022. Semper fi woody ❤
Semper fi !!! Respect from Oregon state
I resent the hell outta' your cendoring of images. The future generationd need and have a right to know just exacctly what war is hell means!
He did that so he could have the 15 adds in the video
My cousin got half his face shot off at Iwo Jima. They tried to rebuild it but He could barely talk the rest of his life. His fiance still married him when He returned They stayed married til He died. His name was Charles Hartley a great man
Salute to your cousin. God bless him and the United States of America.
My grandfather fought in WW I and WW II, I died of an unrelated to war illness in 1950. I never got to have the honor to stand in his presence but as a kid coming up and to this day while we still have some of them left. I say cherish the honor to shake their hands,
Great documentary about Iwo Jima. The graveyard for over 24,000 men. Tnx4sharing the historic catastrophe.
These infinitely brave & courageous soldiers are unequivocally our war super heroes & genuine patriots! They had made & established an indelible & brilliant impression on us all. Thus, I can't help feeling in utter awe of them & am sincerely in deference to these true soldiers, or am I an exceptional? Our heartfelt gratitude on their decent patriotic deeds has been deeply engraved into our minds & bodies leaving an incredible & indelible impassion! A job exceptionally well done!,,,,Thoroughly admire & appreciate them from the bottom of our hearts,,,,I wonder if anyone else sentient of it.,,,,(08/11/24)
2 of my uncles were Marines that fought on Iwo Jima and survived!! and their younger brother my 3rd uncle fought in Korea at 17 yrs. old and also survived !
True, don't blur the images let us see our history in it's true form
I stopped watching because of it
I love the way Mr. Professor says, "they fought for their buddies," like he's never used that word before in his personal life.
My father missed the construction ship building US naval fortifications for Wake Island in September 1941 due to surgery. Both of his good friends went to Wake and they never came back. Dad was never too fond of the Japanese.
And, they wanted us to apologize at Wend-over Army Air Base Museum, for nuking them, I sent that busload out the door, saying no apologies here, you started that war, we ended it!
@Edward Jackson my father fought the Japanese in Okinawa and was told his ship was expected to be sunk during the invasion of Japan (which never happened).... my father's cousin a Navy Pharmacist was killed on the 2nd day of the invasion of Iwo Jima helping a wounded Marine on the beach....when dad heard some people wanted us to apologize to the Japanese he almost lost his mind...his 1st vote for president was for Harry Truman because according to dad Truman saved his life by dropping the bomb..dad said the Japanese deserved everything they got...they were ruthless savages according to dad the only good Jap was a dead Jap...a line he barrowed from Admiral Haulsey ....whom he idolized..
My dad was from a small town in north carolina. He was 11 yrs old when the war ended. One of the men in his town had been on the Bataan Death March and made it home. This man was walking down the street when he suddenly heard two japanese business men talking as they walked past (they were interested in the production at the local textile mill). He attacked and brutally beat both men. He was arrested, and the judge fined him 2 dollars and released him.
I was born in 1953. It's a tragedy that subsequent generations were taught NOTHING about this. Handing sovereignty back to Japan in 1968 makes me especially upset. War is a racket.
Cpl Charles (Chuck) Lindberg's bust with his flame thrower is the center piece of "Honoring All Veterans Memorial" in Richfield, MN. Why blurr pictures when these same pictures have been seen countless times in other videos?
Iwo Jima was one of those places and battles where you survived as much by luck as by skill. All combat is like that I suppose but places like that are just worse. I imagine nobody, on either side, came out of that unchanged. It has to be one of those places where you can feel the ghosts…
This is a fairly good documentary, with outstanding interviews. However, the constant censoring of historic images throughout the video really serves to badly diminish the overall quality. This is a film about war. Stop treating viewers like children by hiding the reality.
Iwo Jima is one of the most iconic and storied battles ever, America and Japan are now allies from once bitter enemies
The Bronze Star Medal has two classifications: Combat and Meritorious (or administrative). The combat award has a small bronze "V" pinned into the ribbon; the administrative award does not.
My pappy won a bronze star in Korea: Pappy told me that his Bronze Star was an “administrative” one, not combat-related. A problem with the citation exists with the statement regarding his “entry into military service.” He enlisted in the Utah National Guard in 1939, aged 17. He was “nationalized” while he was serving in the Army's 40th Division’s 115Th Engineer Combat Regiment at San Luis Obispo, California on March 3, 1941 (this seems to have been done administratively at Salt Lake City, Utah). Pappy served as an officer in the Combat Engineers in both WWII (ETO), and in Korea.
My Grand father fought at Iwo in the Sea Bee's. Like any young boy of that era I used to prod him to talk about it.
One Sunday morning he brought out his photo albums. 1st one was of his R & R album.
At ten I was like (silently ) thinking, this is lame. I asked if he'd fought or had to kill anyone for the upteenth time.
The 2 burgundy albums he plopped down & walked out to go plow the farm.
2 vast volumes ea with 100s of pictures of dead Japanese soldiers. Gruesome. Like these men described.
I never pestered him about that again. But even at 10, I fully understood then,.what war was.
Ps
This policy of YT? Censorship is more harmful than wise. People need to see it.
The more of it, the better. Thered be less cheerleaders and arm chair war hawks.
War is often necessary. Ww2 for sure. We should have listened to Patton and dealt with Russia then.
Pushed them back home & kept them contained. They've been a problem ever since.
The ungrateful lying bastards.
We're having truth issues in this country too. Reality based.
This bullshit now, is not what our family's fought for.
It used to be shameful to whine & belly ache. Now it's a fashion fascist statement.
💯 Percent mind boggling
Well said my friend.
The SeaBees weren't fighters.
could the allied take on Soviet union after the fall of Berlin, I doubt it, it's gonna be a costly war for both The west and Soviet union
@@jonathanallard2128 More than 325,000 men served with the Seabees in World War II, fighting and building in more than 400 locations before the war's end. They continually played a major role in the savage fighting which characterized the island- hopping campaign in the Central Pacific. Their motto: “We Build, We Fight.” Both are aspects of the desire to build and the willingness to defend our country Seabees fought in every theater of WW II. They became an integral part of the U.S. war machine, not only building facilities but often fighting the enemy to do so. By the time World War II ended, Seabees had been awarded 5 Navy Crosses, 33 Silver Stars, and over 2,000 Purple Hearts. They lost 272 enlisted men and 18 officers in battle, and more than 500 in construction accidents.
My Grandfather James Ricci served with Marines there, but never talked about it. He was a great man. I also served for the Marines from 1982-1986. H&MS 16 Mag 16 3rd Marine air wing out of Tustin Calif
Both of my grandfathers served in WW2, one in the ETO and the other in the Pacific. My father served in Vietnam and I fought in Iraq. I know one of my great-grandfathers served in the Army during WW1, but not much else.
It's depends where you are and when in any battle. My father made 4 landings in the Central Pacific with the 4th Marine Division, all in the first wave. Iwo Jima was the last one. To him Saipan was worse than Iwo Jima. It was just his personal experience and very subjective. The Japanese Army Infantry Division on Iwo Jima was a very good one, it's General was also very good. In WW2 most of the Japanese Army was on the Asian mainland. Their Infantry Divisions were based on a western European Model and at full strength ran around 17.5k men. Their equipment was adequate but in some categories not as modern as American stuff. There were close to 2 Divisions of Japanese Army troops defending Iwo Jima. Plus a Tank Regiment and a Naval Guard Unit (which always varied in qurality). They just dug in and waited and for us. When the narrator mentions an Ensign saying they don
't enough rifles, that's the Naval Guard Unit he's talking about not being fully equipted..
I wouldn't have described the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as bringing the war to a "shocking close". Rather an extremely grateful ending that saved millions of lives.
Yep. Their plan of digging in, taking 10 of the enemy with you then finally dying in a suicide attack backfired terribly. Take the americans will to fight away huh..
Its a shame too that they couldnt see the irony of their "honour" and just how cowardly it was.
Truman never wanted to drop those bombs, he struggled and struggled with even the concept of these bombs but after months of slaughter on the japanese islands it was the only choice left.
And the world hasnt seen a war on this scale since. People say we need to get rid of all a-bombs and disarm, etc... but to me it looks like the only thing keeping peace in the world. When War means Game Over for EVERYONE, then there are no wars.
Censoring the imagery removes the suffering of out relatives to make it PC and not really deadly to defend our way of life. Freedom ain't free.
Just remember they died so Dylan Mulvane could act like a little girl and no one can do anything about it or they'll be canceled and shamed.
Pretty sure this has nothing to do with PC and everything about Google not demonetizing or outright blocking/hiding the video.
@@Aotearas That's the reason this channel needs to post on other hosting platforms, like Rumble as well. The uncensored video should be posted there. And a link for the video so viewers that abhor ut censorship can go there and leave this evil platform behind!
It's called hiding the truth and subliminal indoctrination. Simply put.
@Aotearas wrong again new dummy.
"A battle where uncommon valor was a common virtue."
All respect for these men and women who died for our freedoms 🙏😞✝️
I've had the pleasure and honor to meet Woody Williams here in WV.
It looks like this marine has a Japanese war trophy. An Arista rifle.
There you go again! Blurring anything and everything you think might be offensive! If some viewers are offended over the costs of combat, then tell them to go watch a video about underwater basket weaving. The viewers NEED to know the truth by seeing the true costs of combat.
Oh the horrors of war! Even today, history shows we don't learn from history. We must always teach our young ones that today's freedom came at a heavy price ...the shed blood of the earlier generations.
LEST WE ALL FORGET!
There is NO NEED to BLUR OUT REALITY!
There are so many unsung events during the battle of Iwo Jima. That need to be made into a mini-series just like "The Pacific". For example: - The grenade attack on the flag raising American soldiers. - Lt. Harry Martin's rally at the 2nd. Airfield. - The ambush of Sherman tanks by suicidal Japanese infantry attacks. , etc.
Don't belittle the fact of how many bombers were saved on island or if they could of made it home this costly island also brought the p 51 within range of mainland Japan and that also saved many lives
After having put up with seeing numerous blurred-out images I discontinued watching it there are plenty of other documentaries around that don't feel the need to do such censorship.
This is why I never watch anything on this bullshit channel.
Where can I find them?
A little ridiculous to sensor casualties, for one of the bloodiest battles in the pacfic. If you are watching this at all, you probably are a history geek that has seen more than few photos and films of the battles already.
Just to clarify, The Metal of Honor is NEVER won. It is not a prize in a contest. It is earned.
Excellent video! Blurring out the reality of the carnage is bs. Show reality.
You guys need to find the picture of the graves on Iwo Jima it was crazy, they made a cemetery then transported them back home after a long time
The Japanese fought gallantly throughout the war In the Pacific.... no doubt about it!
When I was a kid, I remember looking at Library Books about Iwo-Jima and it had pictures of HILLS of human corpses... Most people have NO IDEA of the trauma and horror of war-!!! When I was a kid, just those pictures were traumatizing (for me)... J/S
Thank you for sharing this great video. God bless those Marines. Semper Fi 86-91
Today, we can second guess decisions made in 1945 and ask if taking Iwo Jima was worth the horrific cost in casualties. Hindsight is 20/20. Making those decisions at the time, relying on partial intelligence, not knowing beforehand the extent of Japanese defences and expecting the onslaught of naval and air pre-bombardment to greatly destroy enemy defences, was an entirely different story.
I fell into a deep slumber , an Autoplay brought me here . Good documentary indeed tbh
"I strapped on that flamethrower and i went to work." Sheesh what a tough man. Said he barely remembered any of it his mind was probably just trying to protect his soul from it all.
blurred pictures weaken the effect .... other than that it's a pretty good series.
Many of these images were seen by all ages. It is IMPORTANT to see and know what happened for the security of the World.
Very bad to blur the images.
My uncle turned 18 on that damned island!!!!!!! He survived physically
Forgot who one of our representatives is who is Islamic was apologizing to Japanese constituents about how evil the US was in invading Iwo. Yes she used the word evil. Filth.
Why is the Marine's face at 1:50 blurred out? That photo has been published a thousand times.
For those unfamiliar w/ the following horrifying atrocities committed by Japanese on the invaded/or conquered, pls delve into the matters: 1) Nanking ( or Nanjing ) massacre, 2) Comfort women in all Asian countries 3) Bataan death march in Philippine 4) Unit 731--Unspeakable human experiments 4) Horrific POWs treatment in Burma railroad construction, the list goes on. Their behavior/or demeanor is beyond any reasonable doubt beyond imagination & comprehension. Making the matter worse, the Japanese government has flatly been in denial of these incidents, & thus, almost all of ordinary Japanese people are fully unaware of the above. Btw, let's not forget those truly courageous, valorous, & admirable our soldiers who had fought on behalf of our country, we are deeply in deference to those intrepid American soldiers. (08/11/24)
My dad turned 21 on the final day 3-16-1945. He left a big part of himself there. He was never the same and died at 68 after 3 kinds of cancer. He was sent to Nagasaki after the bomb. His division, the Fifth Marines lost many to cancer in the years afterward.
My father & 2 uncles left boarding school after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to enlist with the permission of my grandparents (2 navy 1 marine codetalker jack morgan)& my mothers uncles (3 army 1 marine codetalker also Peter McDonald who lied about his age)first 48 hours into the battle over iwa jima Navajo codetalkers sent over 800 messages without an error
Is there an unblurred version anywhere?
My great unit served in the Army in the Pacific theater during WWII. He was captured and tortured, but rescued and survived the war. He suffered from PTSD and didn’t discuss his wartime experiences. He was not at Iwo Jima.
two humans killing each other. When we will ever learn? May both sides RIP
A cousin of mine i.e. PFC Sebastian Wingerter of the 28th Marine Regiment 5th MARDIV was killed at Iwo Jima! To the 7,000 Marines and Sailors who were killed at Iwo Jima Rest in Peace brave warriors and thank you for your sacrifice! God bless the USA!
Why the hell are the pictures blurred out?? Your Taking out the true reality of it all!
My papa was a lieutenant colonel in Pattons third army. His FOHQ was hit with an M88 and it blew his legs to pieces. He was evacuated to Italy where he recovered and volunteered to fight in the pacific theater.
Sir how was he able to fight with both legs torned up?
My neighbor, James Thomas Cotton was a Marine on Iwo Jima. He was severely wounded
Kuribiachi was a cultured man, no doubt. That fact makes it all the harder to understand his cruelty. In late December of 1941 the 23rd IJA Invaded Hong Kong, Koribiachi was the chief of staff... His men killed fifty thousand civilians and he didn't lift a finger to help them.... Not to mention the comfort women he brought from Korea who were regularly raped and murdered by his men. He was not a cultured man when it came to war, no doubt!
Japan was so savage the US had to use the deadliest weapon ever to exist in order to stop them.
Flame throwers are in Albany Georgia Marine corps Base/4000 canisters.
I resent that only the US here was portrayed as being the racists. What about the Japanese propaganda showing American troops as barbaric? Don't try to rewrite history in an historic documentary. The bias shown by the writers/producers of this video disgusts me.
I will not give a like when a video is blurred out so much!
38:13 The blurred marine with doberman was alive and well just damned sleeping no need to blur him goddammit !
Those young men fought for freedom of Europe. American's can and should not forget their bravery and sacrifices for our freedoms most take for granted today.
Is there a link where you can watch this without the blur???
Google graphic WW2 pictures if you need to see them so badly.
@@1shotlegend The blur just take the realism away from what war really is.... Horror, Chaos, Suffering, Bravery, Sacrifice, and Slaughter....It's not a video game!!
Thanks for the reply!
Didnt they also launch strike missions from that airbase ? Emergency landings were not the only reason they took that island .
thank you to ALL for sacrificing for the freedoms that i have taken for granted. I apologise to all who have sacrificed for not serving in the military. i will take this to my grave. i am truly sorry.
28:30 wtf,?! I never seen that before on RUclips
Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
Massacre!!! Great video.
The fact our society is so weak that they have to blur out casualties is pathetic. We watched the films as children to show the horrors of war.
My mom's uncle fought here and survived my mother said he came back drinking achool and she said he was never the same.
50:45 Taking the island stopped the Japanese from attacking wounded bombers and warning the main land about bombers heading to the main land. That saved airmen as well
At 15:53 the narrator mentions "...on the right flank one battalion assaults the quarries heavily defended cliffs . 750 to 900 men are killed or wounded”. Does anyone know if it the 28th Regiments 1st Battalion (5th) who assaulted the cliffs and lost this large number of men? My father was surviving member of the 1st battalions (B Company) and his war diary seems to supports this large number and predicament.
Blurring this historic footage is disrespectful, to the sacrifices and the memories of these heroes, I am dismayed that you do not realize this.
It is a complete false equivalence to compare racial animosity with the "both sides" argument.
The Japanese at the time thought they were superior to EVERYONE, not just the Americans.
This fact is easily illustrated when looking at how the Japanese treated the people of the lands they occupied by committing war crimes as a matter of standard operating procedure.
The fighting in the Pacific was so brutal because the Japanese fought like crazy fanatics and refused to surrender. I could but will not bother to cite the countless examples . Yes, their was racial animosity but that was not the main driver of the brutality of combat as said in this very slanted anti-Amercian view of that theater of War.
Why is ewo jima a graveyard period The Earth needs a lot of blood to keep growing and. And moving, just like we do. Human beings are put on this Earth to help the Earth grow. We are not here to help each other grow. We are here for the Earth, and that's it. The Earth needs blood from every single thing. That is on this Earth. That's why we all bleed even a bug. So for you to have a happy life. Just understand your life is not yours. You are here for the Earth.
If this was allowed on TV unblurred, it should be allowed on RUclips in the same state.
I do have mad respect for the Japanese though. War is war is all sucks but the way the fought is amazing.
you respect the killing and torturing of civilians like in nanking china and many other places? you respect the torturing of prisoners? you resect Japanese aggression and destroying other countries? you respect Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor? there is nothing to respect about Japanese in ww2
Besides the bonsai charge into machine guns.. now that was just a waste of people. Glad Tadamichi Kuribayashi didn't allow that.
Thank the men who fought the War in Iwo Jima. Give thanks and praises for the honor and courage you all bestowed on the Battle field for our country. Semper Fi! AWWOOHA! One aim One love One destiny. America the beautiful 😍❤️🎉😂❤
in siphan 40,0000women and children jump to death from the cliff japanese women singing and clapping.didnt even look at the american ships saying dont jump in japanese .they chose death over surrender.they have it on black and white pictures.