**A REAL SUPERHERO** Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Reaction/ commentary: FIRST TIME WATCHING
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In the 1500's the Japanese islands were called Nippon and the people were called Nipponese. Changing the name to Japan and Japanese didn't fully take effect until after World War II. Nip and Jap were common slang terms for anyone from the Japanese Empire.
'The name for Japan in Japanese is written using the kanji 日本 and is pronounced Nippon or Nihon.[9] ...
The name "Japan" is based on Chinese pronunciations of 日本 and was introduced to European languages through early trade.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan#Etymology
Oh, interesting. I didn't know that. Thank you!
I didn't know that. My history studies were of the ancient Greek & Roman civilizations. So much more world history to learn. ❤
One of my favorites
That was good stuff. You explained it much better than I could’ve!?😊
In some significant ways, this excellent true story of Desmond Doss was toned down to make it more believable. However, there are some things that were changed that you might want to know about. Doss and his unit had actually taken part in two previous Pacific island invasions before they got to Okinawa, and Doss had actually been decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor in both, so Desmond was already a well respected member of the unit before Hacksaw Ridge. You can understand why they decided to compress the story entirely to the Okinawa campaign to keep the story easier to understand. Some of the other changes they made are also understandable, such as they amped up the drama of the trial a lot, and the situation where he leaves his wife at the altar while he sits in a cell is not quite the way that happened. Also, in reality Hacksaw Ridge was out of range of naval gunfire...the Japanese chose the location in part to be safe from the fire of the really big guns on the battleships.
The website History vs Hollywood article on this movie is pretty good, and covers most the of the stuff that they changed or were mistaken about. I strongly recommend checking out History vs Hollywood for after you watch movies based on real history. They are usually the best place to get solid information about historical inaccuracies in a very easy to understand format, when they have an article posted about the film in question.✌
'the situation where he leaves his wife at the altar while he sits in a cell is not quite the way that happened', yeah, that's an understatement, they were married before he even went into the service. He was confined to base, and was trying to get leave to see his brother off who was being deployed. There's no evidence his dad abused his wife either. The fight was between the dad and his brother in law I think, the mom broke it up, but it did have an impact on Desmond.
@@buddystewart2020 I was trying to let folks discover all that stuff for themselves...but of course you are not wrong. To be fair, this movie is a lot more accurate than most of Mel Gibson's other "historical" films, so I try to be a little bit forgiving. Of course, there is a lot of silly stuff still included, because Mel is Mel, but this one does a somewhat reasonable job condensing Doss' story to a manageable length for a movie.✌
@@iKvetch558 ... Oh I still like the movie, I just don't understand why they had to embellish it when the real story is plenty good enough.
I have to call a point of order on the naval details here. The island of Okinawa has an average width of about 11 km and Iowa class battleships can fire 2,000+ lb. shells over 20 miles. The range of naval bombardment, which lasted for about eight days, was not an issue. The island was also bombed over the same period and had been bombed extensively in the months leading up to the attack as well. I've read the book written by Ushijima's chief of operations Colonel Yahara and he only mentions the hope that the depth of their fortifications would allow them to survive the aerial and naval bombardment they knew was coming.
@@vinnynj78 You make an excellent point, I never looked at it that way, and I can see you are correct. Though Hacksaw is located in the center of the island as far as being about as far from both coasts as possible, it definitely is clearly still in range of the big guns, like the 14" and 16" guns on the battleships. It also looks to be in range for the 8" guns on the cruisers too, but it may not be in range of all the 6" and 5" guns on the lighter ships...maybe.👍
Based on an incredible True story!
Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Sound Editing
And Best Film Editing.
My parents and I watched this on Blu Ray and it's one of the greatest and also one of the saddest war movies ever made.
As a veteran I am proud to see today’s interest in the military genre of movies. The advances in special effects have presented such an immersive visual effect, those without military experience can get a little idea of the “HARSH REALITY” our military can face. I had the honor to attend a special showing of “Saving Private Ryan” the second week of its theatrical release. The first two rows (floor level and one up) were reserved for WWII veterans & family. Just before the coming attractions showed, approximately 20 people were ushered to their seats. At the end only subdued sniffles and sobs could be herd with NOONE moving to leave. After a brief pause the first of the veterans got up to leave, while the rest of us in attendance gave them ALL a standing ovation as they left. There seems to be a flow-over effect of people watching some older movies; “Full Metal Jacket”, “Platoon”, “M*A*S*H”, “Apocalypse Now” etc. I think these movies are great but need to be viewed with the filter of social commentary for the time they were made.
I would like to see reactions to two older movies, based on two of the most decorated war heroes. These movies, though not posing the fantastic special effects of today’s movies, contain just as much interest by the simple act of storytelling.
The first is the story of one of the most decorated soldiers of WWI. The main character of the story (Alvin C York) chose actor Gary Cooper to portray him. Released in September 1941, just before America entered WWII, “Sergeant York”.
The second story is about the MOST DECORATED soldier of WWII. The movie not only adapted from his autobiography (Audie Murphy) but starred him as well. From October 1955, just over ten years after the end of the war “To Hell and Back”.
Hugo Weaving is best known for Lord Elrond, Mr. Smith and V, all 3 not exactly known for emotional range, but he is a phenomenal actor.
U forgot PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.😄
Hugo Weaving put in an Oscar level performance in my opinion.
Smith: "Agent Smith! I didn't get 6 years worth of A.I. Homicidal Maniac training in order to be called 'Mister,' thank you very much." ;)
Andrew Garfield's performance was stunning, Mel Gibson's direction! He had a great story to work with and got great perfomances from his actors, he put some of the most brutal, realistic war scenes ever recorded on celluloid while underlining still the human elements, one of the greatest war stories and depiction of a true hero of all time, great reaction!
Vince had me in stitches, I've rewatched those scenes several times even before this. Always a blast
How long have you been dead, son?
A lot of vets who were in combat have PTSD. This doesn't necessarily make them violent, but it does make it harder for them to readjust to the civilian world. In Desmond's dad's case, he likely also suffered from survivor's guilt, which is a very real thing. But all of his childhood friends, his best friends, died in World War I. He was the only one who came back. And he self-medicated with alcohol. And some people are just mean drunks, which is what I think was the issue with his daddy. The violence wasn't because he was a vet--he was just a mean drunk. But he was a drunk because of the survivor's guilt. You'll notice though that by the time we get to present-day Desmond (e.g. after they fast-forward and he's repairing / cleaning the church window), his daddy appears to have gotten sober. Note how he's fixing the truck with Hal and then when Dorothy's over there for supper and also when she calls them to give them an update on Desmond. I was happy to see that. 🙂
20:30 "Nips" is just an abbreviation of Nippon, the Japanese word for the name of their country.
And the Japanese were not a signatory to several treaties concerning war. They were seen as being unfair and cruel, not complying with warfare treaties, but they can't be held liable for not complying with treaties they didn't sign.
It's a little bit more complicated than that. In the Russo-Japanese War, and WWI, the Japanese was noted for being very "correct" in their treatment of prisoners, even more so than the western powers. In the years between WWI and WWII, they swung to the other extreme.
its an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin.
@@that1pretty.potprincess779 If the shortened version is insulting, the full name must be worse. Doesn't make sense.
@@encrypter46 Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon, google it.
You are wrong when you say that Japan could not be held accountable because it was not a signatory to certain treaties. I am a retired attorney who served in the Army JAG Corps and in one assignment, I was the law of war officer for a division. I received specialized training in the law of war at the JAG School. In that training, we studied the war crimes trials of both the Nazis and the Japanese.
Desmond Doss actually did slap and kick a live grenade, which is just…🤯🤯
The double bowline was a knot Desmond Doss learned to tie when he was growing up on the farm
Nip is from Nippon, Japan in the Japanese language.
The Japanese don't call the home Japan. It is Nippon which shortened is where they got the term nips for the Japanese soldiers.
Japan is also know as Nippon, thus the derogatory slang term 'Nip'
I've heard that, while a foot soldier's life expectancy in war is measured in days, the life expectancy of a designated flame-thrower is measured in hours. No one wanted to be standing next to one in battle.
The Japanese would seek them out specifically since a flamethrower could cause mass casualties when fired into a tunnel. They were a valuable strategic asset, but one of the largest targets.
I have heard that in the Pacific campaign, a flamethrower operator's life expectancy was often measured in minutes. They were a priority target for the Japanese, because a flamethrower can reach into areas where direct fire cannot go, such as tunnels and pillboxes. As Erin Haury mentions, below. Also the operator usually had to be upright to use it effectively. ALSO, the true effective range of flamethrowers back then was generally less than thirty feet, against a bunker or tunnel. While it could reach many times further, if you wanted to get enough of the flaming liquid inside a bunker or something, you had to be very close.
It didn't hurt that soldiers really did not want to be burned alive and felt hostile towards those equipped to do so.
Hacksaw Ridge is arguably the greatest WW2 movie ever made
I was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman, counterpart to Doss' army medic. I served 10 years. Doss's story was well known to me. And you're Hollywood changed his story. They toned it DOWN. By the battle of Okinawa, he had already eaned the trust of him men having been awarded for bravery under fire twice already. At Hacksaw the movie is very truncated. His actions went on for 5-6 days. The 75 men in his citation was a compromise. Doss believed he rescued no more than 25 his superiors said 100. Later battalion records showed between 135-150 men were saved by his action. Some 43 years later, I was stationed on Okinawa with the Marines. I have been to Hacksaw Ridge. It is now a peace park. Something to consider, that escarpment is some 400 feet tall. Up or down scaling that was no easy feat even under the best conditions.
Battlefield triage is different from triage in the civilian world. Back home, the most seriously wounded are treated first. In battle those who can be patched up and returned to battle are treated first.
One of the things that really stood out to me (besides the inspiration that Doss himself is) is how Garfield played the part *perfectly*. He approached it with such a genuine sincere earnestness for life and every experience (good/bad/otherwise) that life brings, that nothing came across as corny or exaggerated or anything less than real. Its a truly masterful performance.
I believe Japan was called Nippon until the 1920's.
I love Mel Gibson as an actor, but he is almost definitely a better director, which is no knock given what a beast of an actor he is; he can play tearful devastation so darn effectively. (Cannot wait for his Lethal Weapon 5!)
The scene where he says "I'm going to marry her"... my grandfather was like that. The first time he saw my grandmother he told someone nearby he was going to marry that woman. The generation who fought in WWII were a different breed.
One of the best true story movies. My other face is EMPIRE OF THE SUN, starring Christian Bale and John Malcovic, directed by Stephen Spielberg. React to EMPIRE OF THE SUN when you can.
That movie so messed me up as a kid. "The watermelon scene" I have only watched it one other time in my life and that was enough
@@davidward9737 I don't recall any waterme.on scene? Where was it?
@@flashgordon10001 when his Japanese friend is about to slice the fruit( always thought it was watermelon) so they can share it. John Malkovich thinks the kid is going to kill Christian Bale and they shoot him, all he was trying to do was cut up fruit. Traumatized me as a kid. That one scene, my parents should have never had HBO lol
Amazing film. There is another true story by Mel Gibson called “We Were Soldiers” about an early battle between the US Army and the Viet Min. Another great movie.
A most violent and religious war movie. Thor is the only reactor that understans seppuku. Some Japanese continued to fight on their own until 1974.
I am a combat veteran ( Vietnam ) You can not possibly know the good you have just done.
Thank you for this and God bless you both.
Thank you for your sacrifices and service!
Chuck Hilleshiem I’m very grateful for your service. God bless you.
@@JM-vj2sx Thank you so much . When someone as nice as you says that it makes it all worth it. God bless you.
Desmond is a Seventh Day Adventist, the religion forbids eating meat - because they believe killing is murder, even killing an animal. Non violence means don't kill anything
Not really about not killing an animal.. The SDA Church actually has a very strong health message, that has been around for over 120 odd years.. a simple, balanced, plant based diet is definitely the healthiest. It is, however, left up to members to make their own personal choice regarding their diet, within Biblical parameters..
@@danmoore8150you are so ignorant if you believe it’s not about killing an animal. Health and spirituality are tied together. Not Killing is the foundation it stands upon.
@James McNeely What? Where are you getting this?
I'm a Seventh Day Adventist and it has never been about not killing animals. It is about the health message.
@@kathenavarro6850 yes it never had any deep meaning whatsoever…😒
Don’t throw your pearls before swine….
I think Vince Vaughn is so good in this role, that reactors shouldn't edit anything with him out.
A fact about the vets from ww1 is that there wasn’t any organisms or assurance for them at the time. Most of them came back jobless as well as amputee which made finding a job very hard. All this to say that society had mostly gave up on them.
Also PTSD (known asShell shock) wasn’t well understood at the time.
By at the time I means 1918 to 1920s.
This is all old stuff I learned, someone might know more about the conditions of ww1 vets better than me. Feel free to answer this comment.
Awesome reaction thanks guys!
28:18 American flamethrowers were charged with inert nitrogen in one tank and unpressurized naplam in two smaller tanks. They rarely caught fire from being hit and were specifically designed not to explode in flames if hit.
If the pressure tank was hit the pressure release could knock the operator off his feet. The exploding pressure tank could cause injury or death from shrapnel or high pressure gas venting into the operator.
If the fuel tank was hit it usually gooped out a little unlit naplam and nothing more. Mythbusters had a very hard time getting metal gas tanks to ignite when shot much less explode. It took incendiary rounds and they just started a small fire in the fuel that leaked out.
If both tanks were hit during active operation the nitrogen burst would douse any flames.
It would require an incendiary bullet to light the unpressured fuel tank but it wouldn't cause an explosion because there isn't any oxidizer in the fuel tank. Only the fuel that splashed out could actually catch fire.
Just so people know the M2 flamethrower depicted in the movie weighed 68 lbs and had a 7 second burn time before it needed to be refueled (4gal napalm).
Your reaction to this was terrific. Doss truly was superhero.
Mel Gibson took heat for the movie The Passion Of The Christ, and while it is a difficult watch, it's a movie that should be seen at least once.. ❤
If only he hadn't gone on that racist tirade....that's why this movie didn't list his name until the END of the film, he was afraid the movie would be widely boycotted. In 2016 he was probably right. There are people who refuse to watch this even now.
Funny you should say that in the beginning about “embellished for Hollywood” because they actually watered down his actual story for the movie because they thought people wouldn’t buy it.
A real life superhero honestly!
If no one has commented it, "Unbroken" is another movie based on a true story around WW2 that I think is an amazing watch❤
Shock is what your body goes into after traumatic injury, he didn’t mean shock as in surprised
Yes, flame throwers were used a lot on Okinawa. My dad was a Marine on Okinawa.
There is a similar story that was also made into a movie, I recommend it, it's called unbroken 2014
The guy he saved with the blown off legs lived a long healthy life! Even Japanese after the war, said they had Doss in their sights, but their rifles always jammed or miss fired! Japanese didn't follow Geneva convention on anything. That's why the Japanese German and Italian officers who had money, fled to south America. My dad fought the Japanese and knew their brutality. He hated the Japanese for a very long time.
Oh, y'all are really hitting some home runs lately with Private Ryan & Band of Brothers...now another true story! This is absolutely amazing, historians say it's among a few that are over 90% historically accurate. Add to the list "We Were Soldiers" & "Unbroken", "Siege of Jadotville" & "12 Strong".
“Nippon” is what the Japanese call their country of Japan.
You absolutely must!!! Google Desmond Doss you just will not believe this man!!!!
Nip the slur is actually a shortened version of Nipponese, what Japanese called themselves.
1:57 - "But I'm pretty sure that most of the major things that happened are pretty true to how it actually happened to in real life."
*Mel Gibson:* Hold my wine.
God bless Desmond Doss and his family! God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!
Thor about your comment red cross @20:39 etc: Genevan convections (first one was 1864 and it was filled with second and third one) outlines treatment of the PoWs and defined non-combanants (civilians, wounded not be able to resume combat, medical personle, war correspondents etc). As medical personel, hospitals were to be marked with red cross or red crescent thus to be outside "combat jurisdiction" and not to be targeted. A medic could carry weapon but only for self defense, defense of patient or hospital. Hospital could only have personal defense weapons and not heavy weapons nor red cross protected place could be used for active combat (spotting or storaging weapons or ammunitions) Imperial Japan did not sign the the documents and had habbit of targeting red cross, tha´s why in Pacific combat medics don´t use red cross or installations weren´t marked like in Europe, Africa or in Italy.
Another powerful Gibson war movie based on true events is We Were Soldiers, about the Air Cav in Vietnam.
Mel Gibson did an outstanding job directing this film. Definitely a favorite of mine.
He went above and beyond his Duty he was a real Hero.
In Japanese, Japan is called "Nippon." The word "Nip" was a pejorative used by American soldiers.
For more information about the Japanese mindset and conduct during the war, Dan Carlins "Supernova in the East" series is worth it for a listen.
Thor, you should really see Platoon 😢
You asked about the word, "Nip," according to Wikipedia: The word is an abbreviation of Nippon (日本), the Japanese language term for Japan.
Before WW2, the Germans and the U.S. were signers of the Geneva Convention's rules of war, which allowed medics the right to life as long as they were marked with red X's and that they did not carry weapons. The Japanese were NOT signers and they would kill medics and the medics did carry weapons. (In Band of Brothers, medics were on the beach in Normandy treating men and were NOT shot at)
You asked "how many guys went up"; a company is up to around 200 soldiers.
I was stationed at Okinawa and have been to Hacksaw Ridge
Embellishments?? There's a few thing to know about this movie.
1 is time compression. Doss took part in three landings his company already knew of his bravery by the time of Okinawa.
Next is Doss's heroics we're watered down. Gibson left stuff out. As Gibson put it. If I put that in the film they ( the audience) will think it's just Hollywood embellishing. That story is. After being wounded Doss's Litter(stretcher) crew fell under heavy fire. Being pinned down. Doss crawled off his litter, crawled over to a wounded soldier and started giving him treatment. Doss refused to get back on the litter until the other soldier was carried out first.
Finally Doss's captain who put him in for the CMH. Told the Army he had saved over 100 men that night. When the Army asked Doss. Doss stated maybe around 50. So the Army split the difference with 75.
About his father. He was a survivor of the battle of Belleau Wood. This 26 day long battle was some of the bloodiest of the American involvement in WW1. While the French and British retreated the American Marines and Army refused to give up ground. This battle is where the Marines were given their nickname Devl Dogs by the Greman Army. As the Greman soldiers said they were like fighting Demon Dogs. Because of their refusal to retreat and their ferociousness when fighting
Under the Geneva Convention medics are not to be singled out as targets. Japan was not a signator on the Geneva Convention. Therefore Japan believed they were not to be held by its rules
20:29 it comes from "Nippon", which is another name the Japanese call their country.
Check out Wind Talkers for a good War movie that is little known and based on a real story too.
Great movie, great soldier and great reaction
According to the Geneva convention, as long as a medic doesn't draw his weapon you are not allowed to assualt him; however, once he draws a pistol or shoulders a rifle he is now considered a combatant and is free game.
Of course once war is declared the convention is treated more like guidelines anyways, and the militaries of the far eastern countries tended to have a more liberal interpretation of them.
It's sad 😢 that people like Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood have to produce and direct their own movies, because Hollywood won't touch them.
Its not sad, its better cause hollywood definitely would make it over the top
@@ElmStReactions Hollywood wouldn't make it because it involves God 🙏 it's not a new story! Hollywood made a lot of WW II movies but they would not tell the story of this great man!
So happy you reviewed this.
20:33 "Nip" comes from "Nippon" (the sun's origin) it is the Japanese word for their country.
When people called Doss a hero, he said the real heroes were buried back there.
Kind of a crazy coincidence but I was actually watching this movie when I got the notification for this video
This was filmed in Australia cinematographer was Simon Duggan New Zealand born Australian the flamethrowers' and medics were No1 targets for the opposition. Peace out.
Hey Thor! Another great movie reaction. This is one of my favorite WWII films, right up there w/Saving Private Ryan. Mel Gibson did another war movie called WE'RE SOLDIERS, but I forgot during which war it takes place, maybe Vietnam. O, u asked where the term "Nip" comes from. Japan was originally called Nippon. Watching WWII films as a teenager& hearing that term used often, I looked it up.😊 My dad is the one that got me into documentaries & movies about WWII. 7th grade history & the reading of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK got me into finding out about the treatment of the Jews during the war & how they were treated in the concentration camps & ghettos. I also love the music of the time period. Anyway, again, great reaction & commentary.
Yup! This is my favorite war movie!
I watched this movie and then the movie Cherry not too far apart, and the difference between those movies are kind of crazy.
Cherry (which I watched first) had me feeling just so empty and depressed and genuinely hopeless for days after I finished it. The character that Tom Holland plays and his mindset about the war along with how he deals with it is completely different from this.
Andrew Garfield plays a character that goes through a war and has something to believe in. His faith is strong and even after everything he’s been through, he’s still an encouragement and role model to the others. I finished the movie with this sense of a saddened hopefulness, despite how dark the movie ended up being.
Actually, your guess is quite right; many flamethrower operators were killed by their own weapon when a single bullet or shell fragment could explode it.
The Japanese military of the 1940s believe in the ways of the Bushido, the worrior code.
Duty is as heavy as a mountain, and death as light as a feather.
Shock can be a killer. Basically it is the body trying to protect itself but it is going wrong. That is why you sometimes see in movies and shows them worrying about someone going into shock and trying to prevent it, because it can be that bad.
You are right about shock being a killer, however in this incident, the guy who died is the medic whose plasma bottle had been shattered in an earlier scene so he went into shock because he did not get the plasma and was hypovolemic. . .though he might have died even if he had gotten the plasma.
@@lynhart6067 Right. If the bleed is bad enough and can't be stopped, it won't matter how much fluid is put in. That happened in "Blackhawk Down" where some soldiers were given lots of IVs but they died anyway from blood loss.
Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon aka the Japanese name for Japan.
Saying I know mel Gibson from chicken run and apocalypto is the coolest response I could have asked for..
This is a movie I have to see reactions too, such a movie.
Hugo weaving... just masterclass in acting, every reaction I've seen people are hit in the gut by his character portrayl.
Self admission from first watch: I'm thinking this story is exaggerated to some degree and when Desmond is getting lowered and I presumed he died and this story was more a tribute to an amazing person and not a true testimony to the most amazing human ever to war.
Then it cuts to the real people and I'm utterly humbled.. I realize it's just my own cynicism and lack of conviction Im putting on the world.
Then when I'm still trying to make excuses for why I'm not such a bad person and he still couldn't have been as good as depicted, it cuts to Desmond talking about wiping mud from his eyes, and he says: "if I had gotten nothing else from the war than that smile he gave me, I would have been wellll re payed"
It broke me realizing people like this existed and not only did I not believe it, more sickly, I didn't want to believe it, believing it indicted me to my core.
I hope if people don't get that from this movie that something they come across or experience brings them to the same realization: People like Desmond doss existed and you can be like them too.
Very thoughtful comment. Actually, from what I’ve heard he was under-played in the movie in order to make it more believable to an audience. For instance, they said he saved 75, but it was possibly closer to 150. And his dad had some kind of drunken fight with a family member (I think his father’s brother) and there was that gun issue involved. And there was actually some type of Biblical drawing on the wall at his home that he would gaze at as a child. He was a LDS, therefore a vegetarian. He did go through heck in boot camp concerning staying in the military without a gun. There’s a very good documentary about him on RUclips.
(Not LDS. He was Seventh Day Adventist. Sorry for the mistake.)
@@deborahstrickland9845 yes, after my first watch I read as much as I could about the real man, unbelievable is the first word that pops into my mind while acknowledging the irony of using this word to describe Desmond doss
In ww1 and 2 the enemy would shoot medics despite the rules of engagement, because medics are high value targets so the red cross made them more vulnerable. Both germans and japaneses did it.
So did american´s, british as well in both wars and there´s several accounts of those. Mostly cases were isolated cases. Japan and other non signatory countries systematically targeted red cross facilities and personel. Eastern front basically didn´t had any rules of Engagement between Soviet and German forces and what both sides did civilian population is terrifying reading.
Only those countries that signed Geneva Convention on the rules of war. All of the European signed as well the Great Britain and her Common Wealth countries. The United States signed as well. The Empire of Japan did not. Japan was also called Nippon, that's where the derogatory term Nip came from.
20:33 It comes from Nipponese, because in Japanese the "official" name of the nation is Nippon not Japan.
The life expectancy for flamethrowers was 4 minutes
Flame throwers blowing up by bullet is a Hollywood thing. A hot bullet puncturing the flamethrower would not be enough to ignite the gas in it. It was common, however for them to be hit with a grenade, artillery or tank fire and explode, but, as you can imagine, either of those would presumably kill the flame thrower guy anyway. However, the flame thrower was such an effective weapon, the flame thrower guy was a premium target for the enemy. Snipers sought them out on the battlefield, and many were killed that way.
The word "Nips" is a way of saying Japanese shortened from the word Nippon, a formal word for Japan.
Nips is short for Nippon - which is the anglicizing of the Japanese word for Japan; so Japanese were also known as Nipponese, which was shortened to Nips (just like Japanese to Japs).
Faith, Hope & Love, in action, amidst the ugliest of war. Great story, great film.
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Nips comes from the word Nippon, that is one of the ways you can ca Japan.
Does actually saved many more, did absolute miracles not put in this movie, cuz u wouldn't believe them! Any unit he was attached to, when he prayed for them, they were successful! He forgot to pray one time and that unit got chewed up! He was even put in for another CMH! Also watch a video here about maybe the greatest soldier of all time. Type in Roy Benevides the Lazarus Soldier! I met him once in the early 90s when I was stationed at Bragg!
20:40 there was a lot of leftover 'honor in battle' from WW1 with the Geneva Convention, updated from the treaties of 1929, with almost all of western Axis forces.. Japan didn't give a flying F. They would shoot medics first.
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."
John 15:12-13
PLEASE react to *Victory* with Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow and “King” Pelé. Set in Europe during WWII but it’s NOT a war movie, you’ll enjoy it.
This is my favorite Gibson movie too, but I like a lot of them: Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, Patriot, Apocalypto. Also, in terms of performances I liked him in Signs, Conspiracy Theory, and Gallipoli.
Was asked by Thor in vid "where does Nip come from?" Well Japan by locals is Nippon. Good thing about knowledge of linguistics is all the ways of insulting each other. Next step is insulting cats, birds, n dogs' mothers then you get true language.
It is a war crime to shoot or kill a medic. This also goes for medical vehicles
You should also watch "Generation War" from 2013.
doss: "arms up!"
howell: "you gotta be kidding me cornstalk."
doss: "we tying a bowline, not building a bra!"
me: "that bra saving so many life"😅
In some ways like with SPRyan, this one was good but a hard watch. They mostly filmed this in Australia, hince a few of the main leads were from there. Luke Bracey was in the reboot of- Point Break, not sure if you recognized Sam Worthington as the lead commander, but same guy from Avatar 1 & 2. You should react to his movie-- Man of a Ledge, really good! The actress who plays Doss' Mother, is a well known Aussie who was first seen in- Muriel's Wedding. Mr.Doss was a very honorable and brave man. 🇺🇸
Mel Gibson movies are great and extremely violent. Based on true events or true stories. Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, Once we were Soldiers,which is Vietnam, The Patriot, but not Blackhawk Down, which is also a fantastic true story movie.
A true hero❤
There are no emblisments in this movie Mel Gibson said if he had put everything Desmond accually did in the movie no one would have believed it watch a documentary on Desmond an see for your self
If you want to see Hugo Weaving is something completely different I suggest The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).
I love this movie.
The movie drastically underplays what really happened because it was thought the full story too unbelievable for audiences. He actually saved over 150 men during 3 different battles on 3 different islands. His children never knew anything about it until he was contacted for the documentary you saw clips from at the end shortly before his death.
Yes, the rules of war according to international conventions was that medics and hospitals were identified with a red cross specifically so that they would NOT be targeted by either side.
Also, the white flag of truce was sacrosanct.
Seventh-Day Adventists like Doss, being vegetarians, typically have a 10-year longer life expectancy.
Mel Gibson's first big movie as a director was The Passion of the Christ.
This was a God story miracles galore!!!
Does Jesse have a channel? I'd like to check it out but don't see a link in the description 😊
The word Japan is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by many languages. The Japanese names for Japan are Nihon ( にほん) and Nippon ( にっぽん ). and the racist we are shortened in to Nips.
Mel Gibson starred in a lot of good movies here are some of my favorats watching him act 1987 - Lethal Weapon 1989 - Lethal Weapon 2 1992 - Lethal Weapon 3 1994 - Maverick 1995 - Braveheart 1998 - Lethal Weapon 4