The angriest reaction I've ever seen to Hitler, the person I met that hated him the most... was a German who served in the German army in WWII. He never bought into Nazism, and from his perspective, Hitler destroyed his nation. He was in his 80s at the time, but I am sure if you sent him back in time, he'd kill Hitler himself. He thought it was dangerous lunacy when Hitler came to power, and his opinion only got worse with time. Personally I believe it is dangerous for anyone to believe their nation is infallible and can do no wrong. The US isn't lily white either. Ask the Native Americans about genocide and use of bioweapons to that aim. We've had our own dark moments, and I argue it's dangerous to forget them or gloss them over. We, as a species, have to learn to get along, or as we increase our capicity for mass death, nuclear weapons etc..... we go extinct. 2 choices. Pick one. There is no 3rd. Get along, or go extinct. I opt for the former. Einstein once said that we couldn't imagine the weapons that World War 3 would be fought with, but the Fourth War would be fought with stones.... I think he was wrong. We, as a species, won't be around for the 4th war. The stones shall remain as silent witnesses to the rise and fall of our species. And by that I mean Keith Richards, nothing can kill that dude... ;)
@@voodoochild1975az Alot of germans would take the chance to kill hitler if we could travel back in time... That's also why we are very worried about the current development of international politics... Trump has still a lot of influence in the USA - Especially among those that buy into the whole Civil arming up stuff - France and our own country are infected by facist mentality more and more and even opponents are brought into a situation where the left and center seem worse. Populism in politics may be as well labeled facism regarding the destructive mentality is imposes upon the people.
The thing about genocide. It’s not accidental. It’s not not an “oopsie I accidentally did a genocide, my mistake.” It was just as intentional as it was wrong. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now, and it will always be wrong.
For example in Germany we were encouraged to talk about all try bad things the Nazis did. Almost everyone does a trip to a concentration camp. We were not allowed to talk about the German military as "we" to make sure we distance ourselves. We are the new generation and we need to make up for our ancestors mistakes. On the flip side in Japan they talked a lot about the bad things that were done to the Japanese. Most classes visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki to see the impact of the atomic bombs. The emphasis was just different. I wouldn't say my German class was right or better. A friend of mine who is from the US told me he thought the young Germans feel too responsible to make for the war. I never thought about it that way before. On the other hand I felt uncomfortable not hearing about the Japanese war crimes in Japan. Well, this is just my experience. I can't tell if all schools in neither countries teach this way
It’s talking about an event that led to his country being nuked twice and irrevocably changing their culture in major ways forever.... might be weird to giggle at
Sure Japan invading(not advance as the Japanese education try to change their history) into China raping, murdering pillaging and making sports game of people lives is a laughing matter...
Your mastery of English as a foreign language is really impressive. I’m not sure people truly appreciate how different Japanese and English are -kudos young man! 👏
When I say it's backwards I mean it it's backwards. English: I went to school today Japanese: school went I today Not exactly but very close. It's a thing most Asian country's do. They put the society before them selves. The Wrst puts self before society. Are languages put things that are important to us first freedom over society pressure. I don't hate Asian languages but I can't learn a backwards language not a joke it's why Japanese and Chinese are some of the hardest as a English speaking American. That's why German is so is much simpler easy actually.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 No really. Chinese has the same subject adjective order as English. Also this order was laid down long before the current cultural prospective came in to this world, The order found in Japanese (Subject + Object + Verb) is found in many cultures such as Turkish Persian, Latin. Japanese minus the writing is quite a simple language.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 The word order is the least important grammatical difference I can think of in the whole entire wide world. What really matters is stuff like analytic (English) vs agglutinating (Japanese), subject prominent (English) vs topic prominent, phrasal verbs (English), extreme degree of implictness (Japanese -- everything that can possibly be dropped from the sentence will be dropped), a complicated system of auxiliary verbs (English), determinedness (English), counters (Japanese), no cases (English) vs particles that mark cases + topic + "and" (Japanese). All that plus kanji takes forever to learn and English spelling makes no sense.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 Most languages including European and British languages are like this, on that basis I have come to the conclusion that English is the backwards language, translated in to English the Welsh would say "Stop Bus" and not "Bust Stop", "Room Bed" and not "Bed Room", "Glass Pint" and not "Pint Glass".
@@redlioness6627 Well when the British drive on the wrong side of the road it makes since. Though I am a American and our laungue is different enough. It makes me wounder if we aren't looked down by everyone else because of this or if we just a obnoxious race of heatens from everyother land thus we get American English which has 15 sub dialectics. To say nothing of Afro English word play. But I digress
That's the Japanese Government's fault. They refused to admit that they EVER took part in WWII, and try to erase it by not teaching their youth about their involvement in it when the children are at school. And the only way those kids will learn the truth is by the internet.
Every country does that to some effect. It's why seeking out and informing yourself over trusting your educational institution absolutely is so important.
It's not your fault. It all happened years before we were born. But we can make sure no one forgets it either. This way it prevents it from happening again.
History is a perpetual re-beginning. A civilization raises, dominate all the others, forget what made it strong in a first place, forget its basics and the whole civilization self-destruct itself while an other civilization raises, etc, etc. That is what happening now. The western civilzation is destroying itself because it has forgot its basics which were famillies and mariages and an other civilization raises, China. And China has conquest plans. They invest a lot in our world factories in the third-world to help them emancipate themselves from westerners. They do the same in Africa were westerners get their raw materials. At least, there will be a lot a changes in our way of life in western world very soon. And it will start by an inflation of prices when it would no longer be possible to pay 1 dollar a day people to produce all our clothes or when African people will take the control of their own mine. And it happens while you are already born and while you are in age to take this matter in your hand. Because it IS HAPENING now. Sadly, our youth is too selfish, too ignorant, too lazy, too irresponsible to face what is coming: the end of the supremacy of westerners and the begining of China's egemony on the world. It will be easy, they are the only one really prepared with Russia and Russia is on their side.
@@parrotshootist3004 The industrial revolution is certainly a lot responsible at least for WWI. Every country had its new technology and the new generation of weapons had to be used. Chemical industries had also a lot of tests to do. New strategies had to be developped with the arrival of the firsts plane. At least 30 to 40 years before WWI and certainly even more, everybody knew there will be a big war, every symptoms where already here with the first of all rich people getting always more richer when the lowest class getting always poorer with all that come with it; raise of criminality, delinquancy, hatred of all kind, anger of the majority of people And the only thing mankind knows to deal with this anger is to focus it on one ennemy and to make a war. All was already in place for a very large conflict for a long time, only a reason good enough was missing.
@@gillesgrindel7985 the industrial Revolution is responsible for nothing, the wealthy families and their interests, through corporations and companies of men, a term still in use in military, is responsible for creating and pressing the industrial Revolution into being. That's what the Bolsheviks who came from Chicago, America were in Russia doing, with their revolution. Harvard Professor Carroll Quigley, in Tragedy and Hope. War is Racket, General Smedley Butler; War is a tool of sales, commercialisation on scales unheard of.
@@parrotshootist3004 If you think so... One thing is sure, the weapons were ready to be used as soon as the war has been declared. Chemical weapons existed before the war has been declared. By the way, I love how you put all the blames on Russia and on the Bolcheviks, it's right that USA is completely innocent and has always been, hasn't it ? Obviously, the propaganda worked well and still is. You live in a capitalist world, the offer rules, absolutely not the demand and there were a lot of offers coming from weapon industry. You seem to think that weapons are only developped DURING wars, you're wrong. And with the industrial revolution, a lot of new weapons came on the market. All armies at least in Europe were ready a long time BEFORE the war has been declared. They were equiped with the new generation of weapons a long time before the war has been declared. Chemical weapons were already in possession of all armies a long time before the war has been declared. As I said, everyone knew there would be a war, everyone was ready for the war and only the reason good enough was missng. They knew there will be a war because it's the only thing mankind knows to: -regulate the people. A lot of wars has been declared because people has to be busy. -canalize and focus the growing anger of the people against its own authorities toward a pointed target: the ennemy is responsible for all their misery (as China is pointed nowaday, it's not for nothing there is a growth of racism against asian people) -taking advantage of the new technology to dominate the other countries by fear (it's the purpose of atomic bomb nowaday). If you ever think that war are declared only when there is a danger, you're wrong. If you don't know that, if it's something that has not be taught to you at school, there's nothing I can do for you.
@Derek Renne Unlike the Japanese that refuse to acknowledge nor apologize for their atrocities. America does acknowledge, and teaches about what happened to the Native Americans. But maybe the Native Americans need to ALSO acknowledge their Bloody and vicious warfare that they had carried out on each other BEFORE the arrival of Europeans, including slavery, and then on the Europeans.
The problem in the US right now is, the burden of our ancestors mistakes is being held to us and our responsibility no different than if we had committed he sends her selves.
@@straycat1674 That is by the Socialist Left that wants to destroy America and institute Communism in it's place. An Ideology that has killed hundreds of millions people and brought untold suffering and poverty on the World.
@@leedavis9576 Stay mad, Authoritarian. Keep spreading your disinformation. People can just Google about the things you say, you know. It takes 45 seconds for people to find out your lying. People like you who side with their government over their people deserve the worst life can throw at them.
I love how Commodore Matthew Perry is a huge historical figure in Japan, but in America, if you mention Matthew Perry, people will think of the actor from the American sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Correct. I suspect each country teaches what is important to it's own identity. In America, we make more fuss in children's history class about buying Alaska from the Russian Empire in the 1860's compared to Perry's "Expedition" to Japan in the 1850's because Alaska is now a part of the US, Japan is not.
@@sirdaddytworolls4735 I remember that in mundial history we also get 2 lines of all the shit that happend there, but hey, that was because we were focus in the eternal civil war stage that my country was in the XIX century
It's great to see your reactions to these videos, It must be hard to come from a country which has such a history, and learn about it. In the video, you apologized and im not sure if you meant it in this way but you said something like "I will not be the one to refuse to admit to my mistakes" and I really appreciate the sentiment, however I hope you dont feel personally responsible for these tragedies and feel as though you need to apologize in the eyes of the world for your father's mistakes. I come from Australia, my Grandpa was in Darwin when the Japanese bombed it. When I was a child I asked him about it, when I asked if he still disliked the Japanese, he told me he only hates the ones who ordered the attacks and the ones that dropped the bombs. He told me something that stuck with me, He told me that somewhere in Japan there was a little boy just like me, and his grandfather loves him just as much as mine. We have more in common than we do different. Theres no need for hate after the wounds heal.
German here. Same goes kinda for my grandfather.. we must know history to prevent such things. The Allies also did saw what is coming when they threat countrys like sht after they got beaten (ww1 ww2 treaty of versailles) Many Generals and officials said that this TREATY isnt the end, quote:"this Treaty isnt peace, its an armistice about 20 years) and god damn was he right.. these time they helped us instead of preventing us to see the future. Here in General... it was a war inside from the treaty of verailles going on, rising strenght of the Communists after people saw their slowly rising, the NSDAP came up and offered a different way. Im Sure such things never happened if we wouldnt be in a DISASTEROUS crysis caused by this treaty at all. I Forgave all sides, i started studying much about history and causes what settled up stuff. We can just Hope that something like this NEVER happens again... but sadly.. human nature and the recent and 2 years ago events tell me something different (USA China stuff, right now Palestinians/Israelis etc) To Japan at these Times... Japan got his first emperor back for this time, it was a mircale what happened to Japan, it grow to Asias greatest Power in under 20 years.
Very well put. I’d been thinking the same thing. If people hated another country because of past history, everyone everywhere would hate everyone everywhere. The purpose of history is understanding: Knowing not only what was done, but WHY. By knowing, we can recognize patterns as history attempts to repeat itself and take steps to prevent it.
Very true. Im german and I dont feel any connection to the atrocoties of ww2 whatsoever, Im neither a nazi nor do I know any nazi and ww2 was over long before I was born.
@@michaelmoody3737 I don't know where you learned that, but we don't. We only condemn the occasional racists that still live in the south since that's where their ancestors are from. No one is saying the south is bad.
"Maybe today westerners still view Japan as a strange country." Speaking as an American, most folks seem to view Japan as rather similar to the USA, being a highly developed country with whom we share many similarities. Yes, anime and Japanese television (for example commercials and game shows) often seem strange to us, but many of the things we are exposed to are the things which seem very strange without any context, and we likely have many things on American television which would seem just as strange to foreigners. One thing which endears Japan to many American sports fans are the many great Japanese athletes who play baseball in the US, like Ichiro or Ohtani, and they are mostly seen as strange only for being exceptional athletes (and for being quirky in the way that athletes can often be).
I think the idea of playing baseball, or any competitive sport, to a tie is cool. Hard to decide on a league champion, but what does that matter: it's more relatable, at any rate. 😬
@@stephenwright8824 I remember when the LAA Angeles acquired Matsui (from NY Yankees I believe), aka "Gone-Zilla!" Or how about the phenom that was (is) Ichiro Suzuki?!?! One of the greatest players of the game.
I went to Hiroshima for a homestay programme when I was studying Japanese, and had 2 Japanese friends come over to Singapore for a visit. They wanted to see the War Museum we have in Sentosa.. There, we watched a brief history of the war.. not the tortures, but just the history. My Japanese friends left the museum crying as it was something they were not aware of. It was then, that I realise, how much history was covered up...
9:40 This is exactly why the Americans documented everything they saw and put a lot of effort into seizing documents. That way Germany could not deny the atrocities committed during WWII.
@@stephenkammerling9479 yes but the nazis would of burned everything and destroyed the camps much like they did in real life when the Soviets approached the first death camps, a few records would of survived but we wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of info we have on the holocaust by just going of surviving German records and survivor testimonies
The thing with Japan in relation to Nanking and war crimes in asia, many prominent Japanese politicians denied these crimes happened and removed any blame.. every country has denial but to have high level Japanese government in interviews and in public show no remorse is what angers
My grandfather was a local secretary of the fascist party, one of his sons joined the resistance, my father became a card-carrying member of the Italian communist party. We are not responsible for previous generations' ideas or actions.
That is basically the reaction of the Republican party which has spent the past 50 or sixty years of my life trying to destroy free education and replace it with rich republican for profit education covering up or repressing any uncomfortable truths about the US. It is no wonder it was so easy to become Fascist in their leanings and try to impose dictatorship. And no surprise so many otherwise intelligent people got sucked into the Right Wing and their Fascism. People my age watched it happen and though we tried to stop it, big money buys silence, repression, and, sadly, elected officials.
My grandmother had lost 5 pregnancies, and was pregnant again, when my grandfather was placed on a troop ship headed to Japan. As they crossed the Pacific, expecting to land, to fight, and to die, the news came about Hiroshima. It was about then that my grandfather received word that his only child, my mother, had been born safely, and that at last, he had a child to come home to. His ship came into port at Nagasaki. The soldiers waited until they were told that the radiation levels were survivable, then they were sent out into the city. It broke my grandfather's heart to see the suffering, to see little ones like his own new daughter, who he hadn't even met yet, and to see that people thought that he was a monster. He saw people that were hurt, desperate, hopeless, hungry, terrified. They had been taught that he would do horrible things to them, and to their children, but in truth, he had a gentle and loving heart. He started to carry his chocolate rations with him, to give to children. He found a family who had no father, and he employed their son as a "house boy", and helped them to get food. He ended up staying in Japan for 4 years, and came to truly appreciate the beauty of Japanese culture. When my mother finally met her father, she had only known him through pictures, letters and stories. She said that she almost thought that he was an imaginary person. Like so many of the soldiers who were involved in war, my grandfather wasn't a murderous monster. He served his country, as was required of him, but he was a hard-working soldier, a thoughtful and loving man, and good human being. I was privileged to know my grandfather, who taught me many valuable lessons, and who loved me with all of his heart. Years and years later, the man who he'd employed as his "house boy" came to visit us in Texas. He was such a lovely man, and he had pictures of his own children and grandchildren to share with us. Wars end, and life goes on. When you erase the politics, the wars, the hatred, people are people.
One thing to remember: You are not your ancestors. What they did does not reflect your character. It's important for everyone to learn history. Then perhaps it might not be repeated.
@Lynn Mcburney BLM is trying to not address the past but the present as part of linear time. No one blames you for your parents actions. Or in this case grand parents. Even though some of the people are still alive so I'm not sure why people act like it was 10000 years ago. What they do blame is the United States Government who allowed, encouraged, and endorsed these actions. You can't enslave, breed, undereducate, rape, and lie about a people then expect that everything just automatically levels out after you no longer do it in the letter of the law? This will take generations and requires actual actionable change or it just perpetuates itself. Asking everyone to just move on is functionally the same as pretending it didn't happen.
in japan though you totally are your ancestors. here they still believe very strongly in family names and bloodlines and the information is available at public offices, so when you interview a job or want to get married, your prospective boss or in-laws can go and check to make sure you have acceptable ancestry. ancestors are very highly respected and to disagree with an elder, even one who is no longer living, is akin to spitting in their face.
It's unfortunate but the Japanese education system in notorious for denying many of the horrific things they did especially in China. It concerns me that Germany has spent 70 years teaching their past to their students to not repeat those mistakes but Japan STILL doesn't teach or acknowledge much of any of it.
@@jamesfrench7299 I agree! It's something that is NEVER talked about but if the imperialist Japanese had more time they would have done much worse things than the nazis. What they did in China was appalling and how they treated POWs was horrendous. I'm pretty sure that's why America has pretty much occupied them for the 75 years since the end of WW2.
Read The Unnecessary War by Pat Buchannan. Churchill is responsible for both wars. History is written by the victors. Hitler was a POS, no question, but Churchill was a bloodthirsty tyrant who sent millions to die in 2 world wars, all for the sake of economic dominance over Germany. To understand these wars, you need to get a handle on the economies of England, France, Germany and Russia. The story is always the same. Follow the money. Germany was set to economically dominate The Continent and England was going to prevent that at all costs.
@@austntexan boy that is a bastardization of history if I have ever heard one. Germany was in violation of the treaty and waged war on Poland (An ally of England) WW2. Germany went to war with their ally Austria to take land from Russia (which they already wanted to do). So yes Germany was a/the #1 cause of both wars. I had several elder relatives that fought in both. One that fought during WW2 would always say "I fought for this country with our allies so the world didnt have to learn German". Thats a load of shit & nothing but disrespectful to all the men that fought and those that died- along with all the citizens. I'd damn sure take a world with Churchill as a tyrant over a world with shitler as a dictator anyday. You dont wage war because of the death of one man nor do you violate a treaty without consequences
Fascinating to see WW2 from a Japanese perspective, especially from a young man who has the benefit of being so far removed from it. We (individuals and countries) need to acknowledge what we did wrong, and try and ensure it doesn't happen again.
Good on you for continuing to learn. Many stop after grade school but education is a life long task. I'm shocked that they don't teach this stuff in public school though. And btw, all countries have bits of their past that are dark, unpleasant, or negative. The key is to know one's history, learn from it, and make sure we don't repeat it.
Japan is a highly respected nation for manufacturing, past and modern culture, and many other things. As well as looked-upon with sympathy after Fukushima. However also not trusted, precisely because the especially vicious abuse of prisoners and rape/murder/torture of civilians is not taught in school or acknowledged in general, unlike Germany. Thus, may do so again.
"I feel like no country every admits what mistakes they made." Germany and Austria mostly did. But then, our "mistakes" are the worst ever. Murdering 6 million people in the most gruesome way, invading other countries unprovoked. Not admitting these atrocities would be ridiculous.
@@gideonroos1188 Socialism did not lead to the Nazis. Yes, they called themselves "national socialists", but it had nothing to do with socialism. It was just fascism. The hate of the other, not taking responsibility for their own problems etc. Social democracies (what some Americans call "socialism" these days) seem to be the best system there is at the moment. Way not perfect, but still the best.
@@gideonroos1188 I live in Denmark, a social democratic lead country.. Where are the Nazis? I'm pretty sure that anti semitism is everywhere but extremely few in each Nordic countries..
@@briansedlacek5225 your population and geographics makes your "social democracy" efficient because is model after a capitalistic economic focus. therefor, the state has the money to destine it to a little dense population without the need of increse the public spent to unmanageble levels just to win some votes. and since the population is medium to high class in their majority, the state don't need to spoon feed the low class population because they have the means to raise to an upper level or at least live comfortably without depending exclusively from the state. change that to latinamerica or the US, where the population density is way much higher, the resources are badly manage and theres corruption in almost every level and theres a tendency to have more low class population who are the backbone of the votes of the politics who use the public arks for social plans and helps that end up raising the public spent so high that devaluation is the only "escape" the have to maintain them and therefor, making an economic timebomb. all this makes the breach between "high class and low class" in those countrys because is more visible. while in denmark this factors dont exist and because of that, you don't have that problem.
@@esteban20969564 yea, that's true, not gonna lie.. Seems to me that in the U.S doesn't want a happy/satisfied people because it costs them money.. And yes our taxes are enormous.. Compared to the US, I deem high taxes worth it.. Ever since we get "free" healthcare and no copay..
Great reaction video! I was born in Nanjing (Nanking), and my great grand parents were lucky enough to evacuate the city before the Japanese reached the then capital. I would very likely not be here if they stayed in city. My grand parents were only a few years old when this happened and they say they could not remember much. Because of this, I don't feel that the Nanking Massacre really impacted me personally, despite its historical and political significance and there was a literal museum in Nanking about it. This whole refusing to admit the Nanking Massacre thing is often brought up in China whenever there is a political issue between China and Japan, and this atrocity is quite a symbol in regards to the Chinese century of humiliation. This is not to say that all Chinese hate the Japanese, and many of us know that modern Japan is a different nation, and modern Japanese people cannot be responsible for their ancestor's actions. Governments of the world just tend to use propaganda to direct hate at other countries as a convenient way to blame others for their own failures (which is a common practice in most countries' media productions, I guess). I simply hope that the world would not have to repeat its hideous history, and that we can be far better than we were, over almost 85 years ago. Keep up the good work!
As a Proud American, I know we’ve made mistakes along the way. One can be proud of their nation and be knowledgeable and acknowledge all aspects of our history.
Anime and kawaii Culture was subsidized by the Japanese government to remove Japan's warrior image to the world/ pacify their own population after Ww2. Your views on japan are a product of successful propaganda, congratulations.
@@SagaciousNihilist I like anime but it is not the only thing I like about Japan; it is a profoundly interesting country in history, art, architecture, sights, traditions, etc…. You are commenting about my idea of Japan without knowing my views on it. Congratulations, stop projecting
Look up unit 731,but I warn you,you may not like it my friend,WW2 wasn't good anywhere. I had relatives that were captured by japanese soldiers and bad things were done to them,really bad, but that wasn't you,so what I'm saying is you can't hold people today responsible for things that were done by others in the past,we have to learn from history not hide from it. Peace.
I love these videos, remember every country has done things they regret, and while they shouldent be ignored, they are not a representation of who we are today. If we hide all of our mistakes we wont be able to learn from them. As an amarican student myself, none of us are perfect, but we have came a long way in the past 100 years and im proud of the progress we made. :) (Also im on mobile so sorry for the bad typing and stuff)
Don’t be ashamed off your past history,you Japanese were true warriors back then everyone’s country has a bad past but it has made better people ♥️🇬🇧 .
??? You SHOULD be ashamed of the dark parts of your past-- and learn from it. What you SHOULDN'T do is pretend that the dark parts of a country's past never happened.
I am from the UK and it seems you are too. Most Brits who know what happened in the war would never agree with you. I bet you don't know about the Lisbon Maru. 800 British prisoners of war locked inside a sinking ship on purpose, and those that escaped were machine gunned in the water. The survivors then had to endure further torture in the POW camps. The current generation of Japanese people were not responsible for Imperial Japan's actions. But did the horrific acts committed by the Japanese Army and Navy make better people? No. It is disgusting to suggest so.
Personally, I don't blame modern Japan, since it's a very different country now than it was then, but I think one of the saddest things about Imperial Japan's invasion of China is that they very likely would have become a modern democracy if they hadn't. The Chinese government of that time was able to defeat the communists easily until the Japanese invaded. Then they had the Japanese on the east and the communists on the west. By the time the Japanese left, the Chinese government was weakened so much that the communists were able to crush them and take over.
Speaking of such a scenario, the Philippines almost had a brush with Communism when Communist Filipino Resistance Fighters (most prominently the HUKBALAHAP) attempted to massacre Democratic Filipino RFs by shooting them in the back when the Imperial Japanese began their evacuation off the Philippine Islands. The arrival of Allied forces helped reinforce the Democratic Filipinos and defeated the HUKs into imprisonment or exile. Though, the HUK leadership is still alive and well despite in exile, continuing their Communist ideals and insurgency till present day.
A Kuomintang China would most likely have remained a fascist one-party dictatorship lead to by a hereditary "president". It would not have faced the same pressures that lead Taiwan to drop its one-party dictatorship (led by Chiang, jr) and become a democracy. It would probably look a lot like the current China but richer and without the senseless losses of life during the killing of the landlords, the greap leap forwards, and the cultural revolution. Another alternative universe that is fun to think about is one in which Japan got to keep Manchuria. You see, Japan governed Manchuria quite well. In fact, all the foreign powers in China governed better than the native Chinese elite. Japan also governed Korea better than the native Korean elite had. The siege of Shanghai and the attack on Nanjing (which was never intended to become the massacre it did) did not have the objective of conquering half of China proper. The objective was to get a deal regarding Manchuria (not really Chinese) so Japan could keep it in peace. There are tables of internal people movements inside China and there was a voluntary migration of Chinese *to* Manchuria while it was under Japanese control, at least until the war got to hot. Also, let's not single out the Japan vs "China" war. In reality, China was at war with China. The country had disintegrated into smaller parts controlled by war lords. It was a lot like the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century. PS: The Communists committed lots of massacres fully on par with with what the Japanese did to Nanjing. The difference was that there were no Westerners there to witness it or take photos or heroically try to save as many as possible.
Id say the saddest thing about the Imperial Invasion of China are the lives that were lost through torture and experimentation, much worse than what the Germans were doing.
@@nathanpapp432 No, not really. The Germans ran death camps, and conducted some pretty brutal human experiments (see Dr Josef Mengele) and routinely killed Slavic people, often children, by forcing them to "donate" blood until they just died. Then again, the Allies aren't entirely free of war crimes either (especially the USSR, because remember, a regime that murders ~20m of its' own citizens can still be one of the "good guys", so long as they as kill Fascists), including 2 nukes, and the firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden, which each killed more people than either of the nukes
I went to Japan back in summer 2019 on a town trip, we have a sister city near Sendai and I stayed with a host family. I had so much fun and Japan is a very cool country, everyone was very nice and it was a great time.
Typical Japanese attitude of whitewashing events like 'The Rape of Nanking' and the Burma Death March. Even cannibalism in Indonesia. Games of tossing babies into the air and then impaling them on bayonets, is not a "Mistake".
@@leedavis9576 I'll say this. It's really something that they commemorate the WW2 generals that committed such inhumane warcrimes. But to say they don't apogise for them would be just wrong. They gave Korea annual compensation of a large sum. The last line of defense near the end of the war was fought by school childrens that are unwillingly drafted in and given command to basically fight till your last breath. I'll say the higher ranks officials are the inhumane sadistic beast that they are, not the soldiers. BTW I'm a Malaysian that is living in Borneo, where my ancestors built resistance forces against the occupation.
"I feel like no country ever admits what they did" 2 books I would suggest for an alternative viewpoint not well known in Japan: Ian Buruma,The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan "In this now classic book, internationally famed journalist Ian Buruma examines how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their conduct during World War II-a war that they aggressively began and humiliatingly lost, and in the course of which they committed monstrous war crimes. As he travels through both countries, to Berlin and Tokyo, Hiroshima and Auschwitz, he encounters people who are remarkably honest in confronting the past and others who astonish by their evasions of responsibility, some who wish to forget the past and others who wish to use it as a warning against the resurgence of militarism" - www.nyrb.com/products/the_wages_of_guilt?variant=1094928773 Japan at War: An Oral History Haruko Taya Cook & Theodore F. Cook "This "deeply moving book" (Studs Terkel) portrays the Japanese experience of WWII. This oral history is the first book to capture - in either Japanese or English - the experience of ordinary Japanese during the war. In a sweeping panorama, Haruko Taya Cook & Theodore F. Cook go from the Japanese attacks on China in the '30s to the Japanese home front during the inhuman raids on Tokyo, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, offering the first glimpses of how the 20th century's most deadly conflict affected the lives of the population. The book "seeks out the true feelings of the wartime generation & illuminates the contradictions between the official views of the war & living testimony" -www.goodreads.com/book/show/31040.Japan_at_War
fun fact: Germany and Japan were eventually going to fight a huge war Germany wanted Lebensraum and to "unite the west under its banner against the east" Japan wanted Hakko Uchiu, it essentially means divine rights to rule the world as descendants of gods the most ironic thing of all is they both allied in a treaty but i really wonder what would have happened if the allies would have been defeated
I'm from the UK and I think the world thinks the same about the uk as they do as japan. We are small islands They are wrong We are both power houses willing to achieve greatness
I am from Sweden and we don't think like that about Japan or the UK. We love Japan and the UK. We are also allies with you even though Sweden is neutral we still train with America and the UK and their allies and if a war broke out we would still let you use Swedens airfields and so on.
@@dannystruggles5504 i believe There is. The UK that i guess You are from is the biggest ally of America and They have more allies than any nation. I think the UK and Japan is deep down highly respected and loved from the outside world.
The UK is where the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa all came from and as an American I realize that without Britain on our side WW2 would have continued in Europe for a decade, and that the British intelligence services were second to none. So many great ideas methodologies, and technologies sprang from that. Any American (or European for that matter) should appreciate Britain's contributions that shaped the modern world.
@@georgemartin1436 I like your view on the matter. Thankyou. Great Britain put parliamentary democracies in many countries around the world and I don't think we get enough credit for that. Theres too many people who would rather spread hate. We did do bad things I don't disagree But I also think we set the world in motion for what it is today. Different places have excelled at different speeds thats all
I love how in the beginning it shows a bunch of comments about how the video is innacurate and states that the US had supposedly pleaded with Japan to surrender. That may perhaps be true, But it's only because it was Japan that lost. Not for its own sake. At that point, because of the war and the bias people had due to lives lost because of it, the USA was being extremely fucking nice with even offering. We could have just bombed them and THEN said 'So, how's the weather over there? A bit cold? We can still turn the heat up more if you like.' And none of the other countries would have been bothered. Because at the time, EVERYONE was fucking PISSED at the Axis.
We hosted a Japanese student and had all the exchanges over for a dinner meet and greet. There was about 11 or 12 kids and half of them had never heard of Pearl Harbor or what happened. Half of them.
I think the intention of this type of 'over simplified' history video is to keep the viewer entertained while at the same time he or she is learning actual historical events. It's important to know our history and if I had school teachers using this method of humor while at the same time learning, I would have been an A student; but no. Our school curriculum was and dull and dry and everyone including me hated it and don't even know how I passed and graduated.
If you really want a hard indepth look at the Japanese lead up and involvement in the second world war check out Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East. I'll admit it's going to be hard for some people to listen too because he uses a lot of first hand accounts from both Japanese and Allied sources.
My grandpa was at Pearl harbor, then he help clean up the nukes. He's died of cancer when I was a baby, however what he saw the Japanese do actually was worse then Adolf at times. It's just the Japanese where so broken I guess history felt it was they suffered enough without being charged.
Completely agree regarding Dan Carlin's Supernova series. Extremely graphic first-hand accounts and very difficult to listen at times. At least he warns you, but even so, nothing really prepares you for those kinds of details. However, that series provides a comprehensive setup to and during WW2 in the Asian theatre of war.
RE: Japan War Crimes Trials of WWII. The reality of the situation was that most of the truly guilty had perished in the war or committed seppuku to save face, leaving mostly subordinates or replacements to suffer the consequences of their acts. It came as a shock and surprise to the multi- national tribunal that *American lawyers appointed to aid the Japanese lawyers were not interested in performing a show trial,* but earnestly and magnificently defended their clients to the utmost of their ability despite serious roadblocks purposely placed before them. Subsequently 12 of the American lawyers were granted a unique honor of being admitted to practice at the Bar of Japan. Several remained and did well in their profession. *After the tribunal, Japan adopted the Anglo-American Legal System.* Overall, Americans assigned to the Defense made a huge difference. At the opening of his summation of 3/2/1948 Lead defense counsel Uzawa expressed the Japanese defense team’s gratitude to American colleagues: “We are also most grateful to this Tribunal, the Supreme Commander and the other authorities in having made available to the accused and to us the invaluable assistance of our learned American colleagues. Mr. President and Members of the Tribunal, the expression of such sentiments may be most unusual but the record of this unprecedented trial would be amiss without their inclusion.”
Fun fact about Mussolini, his grand-daughter is serving in Italian government currently. Edit: She lost her re-election bid so as of 2019 this is no longer true. My mistake.
For Nanking, it's more than just the number of Civilians killed. It's the actions by the individual soldiers of Japan that is what's viewed as so wrong.
We are not guilty of the sins of our Fathers unless we embrace them and repeat them. As a British person, there is much in my country's past about which we should feel ashamed. History is written by the victors, it is said, and so the truth can be hard to discover even now with all our electronic resources. So I would advocate a passionate search for truth and a willingness fully to acknowledge uncomfortable facts and move on with these in mind.
A very good video my friend, I stumbled on this by accident and it was worth a subscribe! Always interesting how our schooling matches up with history. I'm an American but I can relate to not leaning everything until college and myself seeking readings and sources. It was very interesting to hear your perspective. Stay safe!
Your English is really impressive. I love Japan & took Japanese back in high school, but I forget most of it now sadly. Maybe I"ll try to pick it up again someday since I really want to travel to Japan when things get back to normal.
When you said 'maybe they still think of Japan as a weird country' my mind immediately shouted 'no no no!!'. Although we do believe some of the things to be strange, your humor on television for example, most of us either love your country or at least have good respect for it. I won't say that everyone thinks that way, but... when has the entire world ever been on the same side? Personally I did learn about Japan through anime at first. There was a girl at our school who was massively into anime, and had pictures of it in her homework planner. So we talked about it and she recommended some shows to me. I have to admit I became quite a weeb after that... But because I didn't understand some of the things that happened in the things I was watching I decided to do some research. I thought those things were cultural differences between your country and/or continent and the things I'm familiar with. So I tried learning about Japanese culture. I still don't know a whole lot, but what I've seen makes me really love the country. You have a rich history, beautiful architecture, strong morals and beliefs, and of course amazing food. This is about all I know, but I hope to one day be able to visit and see if I was right about thinking this. Also, the video completely left out the Netherlands, which was invaded at the same time as Belgium apparently. As someone who lives in the Netherlands, I growled at my screen for a moment. I know we're tiny, but we're not that insifnificant haha.
I mean you guys didn't do THAT much during the war especially when compared to the big 3 allied powers (USA UK USSR) compared to them the Netherlands was just a country on the allies bucket list to liberate.
@@mellchiril Ik your still a country I never said u weren't im just saying u didn't really do much during the war so that's why people don't talk about you
as a Korean American, I know that many Koreans and Chinese have bitterness about Japanese and its history. But I think it's best that you just accept the history, and say you were the bad guys, and now you guys are good guys and move on. Don't deny things it's okay and don't allow the past to dictate the current lives of Japanese people because Asians need to stick together!! good job
10:03 Yes. No country likes to address the sins of their own past. We Americans have trouble with our Civil War, slavery of Africans before, our Manifest Destiny expansion, and of course the atomic bombs. I have heard that the Japanese government officially denied what other countries call "The Rape of Nanking". Is this still the official position of the Japanese government? I do not hold an acceptance or denial against you or the people of Japan. I am curious however.
I just googled the website of Japanese ministry of foreign affairs, and they say that we cannot deny Nanking Massacre happened but it’s difficult to know the details (numbers) as there’s lots of views on this incident.
@@KumaCanJapan Thank you for responding. The numbers to me are irrelevant, it is that our nations/societies were VERY DIFFERENT back then how we treated others. I can only hope we have learned to be a little bit better to each other. I will be back if you do part 2 and give this American's opinion of the atomic bombs.
Your honesty, and open mind is refreshing. You have your eyes, mind, and heart wide open. I as a American have to live with the history of the Tokyo fire bombings, and the A bombs. In any war there is guilt equality shared. Hindsight is 20/20. Great video.
These events were a while ago, and although horrible things were done during WW2 (not solely by Japan of course), Japan is a great country and a strong ally...
not a well known fact is the most bombed city outside London was always described in bombing reports as (north east coastal town) to avoid the Germans increasing moral via bombing success, was the port of Hull . 85% of its housing stock was lost but they never hit their intended targets or broke the spirit of the people
Average American today knows nothing about WW2. Average American doesn't know about our Revolutionary War. Average American doesn't know how Jews and Palestinians were deeded land after WW2. Israel and Palestine were established as Sovereign Nations. Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan promptly attacked Israel. Israel won. Annexed land from Palestine to create a Buffer Zone against future aggression. Syria, Egypt, and Jordan divided up the rest of Palestine between them, leaving the Palestinians stateless again. But, the average American doesn't know these facts from history. Because it no longer is taught. Because it would conflict with the Liberal Agenda of pushing the image of a Imperialistic America and a Terrorist Israel. History repeats Itself....
@@leedavis9576 The Liberal agenda? what are you on about you nutjob. The right loves Israel far more than the left does but both sides love them because we sell them our weapons, Biden wouldn't even let a reporter ask him a question about Israel the other day because he's been supporting them bombing women and children atm, as for Imperialistic America that again is both parties because they are both bought and paid for by the same types of people. FFS the Secretary of Defense worked at Raytheon beforehand. Don't get your facts twisted buddy America runs on the military industrial complex and both parties love that shit.
Fun fact: until the Americans came in to Japan, the Netherlands was Japans only trading country in a enclave in Nagasaki called Dejima that got used untill the Americans came in 1853(the dutch left in 1854)
The main aspect of Japanese culture that makes acknowledging the extent of war crimes difficult is how deeply engrained the sense of shared responsibility is in the Japanese culture. Where as a country like the US, the idea of shared responsibility is treated as a joke and relegated to something one plays at during sporting events for entertainment or the exclusive purview of the far left or far right, In Japan well the positives is stronger communities, the japanese people can freely celebrate the successes of others and generally maintain stronger interbeneficial family and community ties. The negatives are that, The idea of saying "It wasn't me that did those terrible things, I have no responsibility for it" strikes especially the more tradition minded Japanese as selfish. As such its hard for the Japanese to acknowledge war crimes. Since not only would many still feel personal responsibility, many will be treated as being guilty. Like imagine a japanese person has a great, great uncle who was part of unit 731, and injected children and prisoners of war with the bubonic plague. People who's ancestors were part of lesser crimes or even no crimes might harrass that person to make themselves feel better. (The US south has a right wing population with the same problem. If they acknowledge slavery then they would feel bad, so they refuse to.) Also keep in mind Oversimplified is over simplified. Unfortunately the complexities that are overlooked can make Japan look worse. If you know anything about Japanese literature and comics at the time and before then. A huge portion of it is devoted to American history and American folk tales and American politics (there are like 4 competing series just on the Munroe doctrine. ) This has to do with the Japanese motivation for WW2. You see the British supported Emperor overthrew the American supported Shogunate with a Promise to the Japanese People that Japan would be strong enough that they could never be threatened by Black Ships again. And it turns out the Japanese people never forgot that promise no matter how many decades passed. And so the Japanese people ended up constantly comparing their strength to the U.S. constantly came up wanting, and by time WW1 rolled around the Emperor was losing a culture war to the U.S. that the U.S. didnt even know it was fighting. The Japanese people, no matter how strong they got, felt too weak to defend against the US, this threatened the emperor's authority forcing him to expand Japan's power further and further. The war crimes were committed as by products of not caring about anything other than a desperate pursuit of power. Culminating in Japan building a massive series of island fortresses. And declaring war on the US starting at Pearl Harbor. The fact the Emperor had no belief in actually obtaining victory was obvious. All of Japan's resources were spent on their fortresses, they did not even protect their shipping m, building their strategy from day 1 around the assumption that their fleets would be defeated. Instead the plan was that if every single Japanese man, woman and child fought to the death, a million shattered gems as the Japanese government put it, then the US would give up and sue for peace. And that was all the Emperor needed to prove that a situation like the black ships could never happen again. And cement his family's absolute rule for a thousand years. But Japan lost, and the US let Japan pretend the war never happened thus avoiding the entire Japanese population committing suicide.
@@IronFreee Being able to defend against the US was a matter of pride not practically. The Japanese Psyche at the time was heavily obsessed with the Black Ships.
@@devlinmorin7615 So that makes it alright to attack them? What if someone is obsessed with you? Can he kill you for what he think is a matter of pride? What you are saying is so stupid and vile... And after that he denies every torture he made you endure, because he pretend to care about pride and honor, so it's OK to lie. What kind of sick and twisted person are you? Have you filled the psychopath test?
@@devlinmorin7615 And don't talk about the Black Boats... It's like saying Hitler attacked Poland because he was impressed by the Winged Hussars. That's just stupid.
True. That, and Hitler's demands were actually quite reasonable. Including the invasion of "Poland" (read: Polish occupied Germany). Chamberlain did a lot to ramp weapons production so the UK was ready for war.
I speak Japanese, studied for 6 years. We had students visit our school in the US from Hiroshima when I was 15. I asked a girl how she felt coming to visit us. She said something like it was great, and Japan had forgiven us. I said ok, we forgive you, too🙂 She asked for what?! And so I mentioned Pearl Harbor, WW2, and it was clear she had no idea what I was talking about. I just asked her to look it up, but I don't know if she was able, pre-internet in 1994. As far as I have understood since then, even during WW2, Japanese people didn't know what was really going on and so I haven't mentioned it to anyone. There was a momentary blip in sanity, and everyone has done something awful at some point. I have the highest appreciation for Japan and its culture and history❤❤
@@BenCDBrown wrong. The Dutch were moved to Dejima in 1641 and during most of the Edo period the island was the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world. Dejima was a Portuguese and subsequently Dutch trading post at Nagasaki, Japan from 1634 to 1854. Nice try though Benny.
Great vid. If your interested in japanese history of wwII from a more neutral perspective (I think). Supernova in the east by Dan Carlin is a 6 part series that is incredibly detailed, and gives a great account of the Japanese soldier’s struggle to survive. Hopefully you find the more balanced view you seem to be looking for.
"Maybe they thought of Japan as a strange little island" Yeah back then they were just greedy and racist "Maybe they still think of Japan as a strange little island" Ok you guys ARE weird. Your game shows and your kinks are rather odd to the rest of the world. And I'm KOREAN and I'm saying that. BUT the world RESPECTS Japan now. Ever since the 70's, all the best consumer tech came from Japan, and only recently has Korea and China caught up. There is this feeling that there really isn't much these days that the US can do that Japan can't do better.
@@euerz Don't be so sure, a buddy of mine in high school was North Korean, both he and his parents escaped the north and made it to South Korea then migrated to the U.S. any ways he only ever referred to him self as just Korean.
@@Princess_Celestia_ Sure, there are several north korean defectors. But whether one's from the north or south isn't really relevant to Chrisleebrowers comment imo. And I imagine being asked whether one's from the north or south when it's not relevant (and thus being asked that quite a bit) might be tiring. So unless it's otherwise stated, I'd assume they're from the south if they just say Korea/n. I've never befriended a Korean person, but the North Koreans I have seen online tend to specifiy it if they're from *North* Korea.
I find it funny that Mussolini tried to escape military service by going to Switzerland where basically every male adult has to compete military service
I suppose that each country is only taking on the part of history that involved itself. It is impossible to learn the entire world's history, it's too much. For instance, it is of no much use for Europeans to know about the Shogun's, as it is useless for Japanese people to learn about the Napoleonic wars.
A precision on the Maginot line. It stopped at the Border with Belgium because they were allies, and as such were engaged in fighting off Germans. Spending a fortune to build an impenetrable line of defense along allied borders would have been a diplomatic nightmare, if not a dealbreaker. In the end, Germany chose to go through Belgium before reaching France, going around de Maginot line. Which means the line itself perfectly worked, it 100% blocked german advance along the lenght of border it was meant to.
Love the videos man! I noticed a big chunk got removed from the middle of the video though. Did you have to do that to avoid RUclips removing ads from the video?
It's a good thing to admit mistakes made by our predecessors in the past, even if we didn't do it ourselves. It's still our cultural legacy. I am from Germany and one of my great grandfathers was an actual party member of the NSDAP. In school we were repeatedly taught about the crimes Germany commited during the war and we still spend a lot of time educating and preserving memories of it, so we can learn to never go down the same route again. There will always be assholes who don't listen and nothing can ever make up for what happened, but it's still important that we keep what happened in our minds as we work to never repeat this again.
One quote from a movie that always sticks out to me, especially regarding wars or international conflicts "Ideals are peaceful, History is violent" - Wardaddy The incident in Nanking was tragic by all means, war brings out the worst of humanity and often shows the depravity humans can subscribe to - WW2 did exactly that with the various atrocities that unfolded during it including The Raping of Nanking which was horrible. It's point of contention for many, especially for China due to feeling like an old wound that never healed but also the event itself is used as a means to bring out emotional reactions and opinions of hardliners or nationalist. with a very few who sincerely want to bring that chapter of history to a solemn closure. Like many issues, conversations become lost in opinions with the death facts which means the conversation is difficult to have. At the end of it though, there is a collective understanding those acts like that even in war time are horrendous.
I like how you're so serious on the comedy part lol. About Mussolini getting that bald haircut and you're like.. Mmhhhhh. Like you're very into why he's bald. lol
Back then... Japan was still a long way away. You're right. No country doesn't have things that they wish they hadn't done. There is no reason you should feel bad. As an American... Americans think Japan is awesome. We're glad we're good friends.
From the UK one thing that stands out is dont underestimate island countries. We do need to admit our mistakes and move on from them. Those mistakes though are often made by greedy people in power that dont reflect our values.
With history don't always believe what the winning side says what happened, it is usually best to learn what each side of the war say what happened and what actually happened will be somewhere in the middle
Let's talk about what they are up to today ...and the achievments of both Japan and Germany since the end of the war...I would say both countries have quite a success story and a new great history they can teach their kids.
It's really telling how he refuses to acknowledge it as "massacre" and instead uses softer language like "issue". Makes me question how genuine he's being.
From the little I understand of Japanese culture, pride is very important. Admitting to one's wrongs is not easy, but even more so in Japan - plus, he was probably taught about Nanking that way in school as well. And then of course there's the language barrier - you can see him trip on the word "massacre" a couple times before swapping out for another word.
Oversimplified: "i made that last one up"
Kuma: "is that true?!?!"
Exactly what I thought seeing his reaction ahah, but maybe it was hard to understand as it was said very quickly in the video.
I was about to make this same comment! lol!
Would have been great if it was lol
@@kristiskinner8542 what?
We don’t know, the records were probably erased from existence
"I feel like no country ever admits what they did"
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The angriest reaction I've ever seen to Hitler, the person I met that hated him the most... was a German who served in the German army in WWII. He never bought into Nazism, and from his perspective, Hitler destroyed his nation. He was in his 80s at the time, but I am sure if you sent him back in time, he'd kill Hitler himself. He thought it was dangerous lunacy when Hitler came to power, and his opinion only got worse with time.
Personally I believe it is dangerous for anyone to believe their nation is infallible and can do no wrong. The US isn't lily white either. Ask the Native Americans about genocide and use of bioweapons to that aim. We've had our own dark moments, and I argue it's dangerous to forget them or gloss them over. We, as a species, have to learn to get along, or as we increase our capicity for mass death, nuclear weapons etc..... we go extinct. 2 choices. Pick one. There is no 3rd. Get along, or go extinct. I opt for the former.
Einstein once said that we couldn't imagine the weapons that World War 3 would be fought with, but the Fourth War would be fought with stones.... I think he was wrong. We, as a species, won't be around for the 4th war. The stones shall remain as silent witnesses to the rise and fall of our species. And by that I mean Keith Richards, nothing can kill that dude... ;)
@@voodoochild1975az Well said
@@voodoochild1975az Alot of germans would take the chance to kill hitler if we could travel back in time... That's also why we are very worried about the current development of international politics... Trump has still a lot of influence in the USA - Especially among those that buy into the whole Civil arming up stuff - France and our own country are infected by facist mentality more and more and even opponents are brought into a situation where the left and center seem worse.
Populism in politics may be as well labeled facism regarding the destructive mentality is imposes upon the people.
@@modellking I'd have some trouble with that - even if I wanted to. No Hitler, no WW II, my parents likely never meet, I don't exist.
The thing about genocide. It’s not accidental. It’s not not an “oopsie I accidentally did a genocide, my mistake.”
It was just as intentional as it was wrong.
It was wrong then, it’s wrong now, and it will always be wrong.
As a German girl who went to Japan in high school I was surprised how different the approach on teaching history was. 😅
Where in japan?
@@baluyotkerrsone.5856
Aichi prefecture :)
Could u go more into detail
That must have been a weird juxtaposition. Any examples?
For example in Germany we were encouraged to talk about all try bad things the Nazis did. Almost everyone does a trip to a concentration camp. We were not allowed to talk about the German military as "we" to make sure we distance ourselves. We are the new generation and we need to make up for our ancestors mistakes.
On the flip side in Japan they talked a lot about the bad things that were done to the Japanese. Most classes visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki to see the impact of the atomic bombs. The emphasis was just different.
I wouldn't say my German class was right or better. A friend of mine who is from the US told me he thought the young Germans feel too responsible to make for the war. I never thought about it that way before.
On the other hand I felt uncomfortable not hearing about the Japanese war crimes in Japan.
Well, this is just my experience. I can't tell if all schools in neither countries teach this way
Remember, "OverSimplified" is a humorous channel. Laughter is allowed.
It’s talking about an event that led to his country being nuked twice and irrevocably changing their culture in major ways forever.... might be weird to giggle at
@@capatheist - I agree. It was only a suggestion.
Sure Japan invading(not advance as the Japanese education try to change their history) into China raping, murdering pillaging and making sports game of people lives is a laughing matter...
@@capatheist that’s one part. There’s humor throughout the video. No one says he should be busting a gut the entire time.
@@capatheist Germans have no problems laughing to theses videos,i just think its him who is particulary serious.
Your mastery of English as a foreign language is really impressive. I’m not sure people truly appreciate how different Japanese and English are -kudos young man! 👏
When I say it's backwards I mean it it's backwards.
English: I went to school today
Japanese: school went I today
Not exactly but very close. It's a thing most Asian country's do. They put the society before them selves.
The Wrst puts self before society. Are languages put things that are important to us first freedom over society pressure. I don't hate Asian languages but I can't learn a backwards language not a joke it's why Japanese and Chinese are some of the hardest as a English speaking American.
That's why German is so is much simpler easy actually.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 No really. Chinese has the same subject adjective order as English. Also this order was laid down long before the current cultural prospective came in to this world, The order found in Japanese (Subject + Object + Verb) is found in many cultures such as Turkish Persian, Latin. Japanese minus the writing is quite a simple language.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 The word order is the least important grammatical difference I can think of in the whole entire wide world. What really matters is stuff like analytic (English) vs agglutinating (Japanese), subject prominent (English) vs topic prominent, phrasal verbs (English), extreme degree of implictness (Japanese -- everything that can possibly be dropped from the sentence will be dropped), a complicated system of auxiliary verbs (English), determinedness (English), counters (Japanese), no cases (English) vs particles that mark cases + topic + "and" (Japanese).
All that plus kanji takes forever to learn and English spelling makes no sense.
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274
Most languages including European and British languages are like this, on that basis I have come to the conclusion that English is the backwards language, translated in to English the Welsh would say "Stop Bus" and not "Bust Stop", "Room Bed" and not "Bed Room", "Glass Pint" and not "Pint Glass".
@@redlioness6627 Well when the British drive on the wrong side of the road it makes since. Though I am a American and our laungue is different enough. It makes me wounder if we aren't looked down by everyone else because of this or if we just a obnoxious race of heatens from everyother land thus we get American English which has 15 sub dialectics. To say nothing of Afro English word play. But I digress
I'm actually really surprised how little most Japanese youths know about the second world war.
That's the Japanese Government's fault. They refused to admit that they EVER took part in WWII, and try to erase it by not teaching their youth about their involvement in it when the children are at school. And the only way those kids will learn the truth is by the internet.
@@LivingEpicness1 Sounds about like the United States and then trail of tears. I learned about that when I was 26.
@@burniejarvis9298 Really? I learned about the trail of tears in school.
@@Allaiya. What state were you in if I may ask? I was in a very conservative State. I think that has alot to do with it.
Burnie Jarvis More like the Tulsa Massacre which the police and many white people enacted with tacit government approval.
we learn from our mistakes, but it's important to know them.
Some here in America could learn a lesson from this.
@@waynethayer5127 "some" lol. america diddnt changed at all..
@@semiramisubw4864
Same as japan -_- .
@@waynethayer5127 indeed but we did warn them before dropping them but they didn't listen sooooooo..........
@@chozer1 i agree with the whole democracy has failed idea maybe its time for the new republic if you catch my meaning.
I am amused by how Japan avoids teaching history on ww2.
They do teach a lot about the atomic bomb part though.
@@cliz305 Yeah, the part that victimizes them. Not the 50 Years of Atrocities and war crimes they committed across Asia.
@@SagaciousNihilist 9:00 Nanking mass mass... Nanking issues. An honest attitude towards Japan's war crimes
Every country does that to some effect. It's why seeking out and informing yourself over trusting your educational institution absolutely is so important.
@@gadzadhamgaacaan8488 seems he forgot how to pronounce massacre
It's not your fault. It all happened years before we were born. But we can make sure no one forgets it either. This way it prevents it from happening again.
History is a perpetual re-beginning. A civilization raises, dominate all the others, forget what made it strong in a first place, forget its basics and the whole civilization self-destruct itself while an other civilization raises, etc, etc.
That is what happening now. The western civilzation is destroying itself because it has forgot its basics which were famillies and mariages and an other civilization raises, China.
And China has conquest plans. They invest a lot in our world factories in the third-world to help them emancipate themselves from westerners. They do the same in Africa were westerners get their raw materials.
At least, there will be a lot a changes in our way of life in western world very soon. And it will start by an inflation of prices when it would no longer be possible to pay 1 dollar a day people to produce all our clothes or when African people will take the control of their own mine.
And it happens while you are already born and while you are in age to take this matter in your hand. Because it IS HAPENING now. Sadly, our youth is too selfish, too ignorant, too lazy, too irresponsible to face what is coming: the end of the supremacy of westerners and the begining of China's egemony on the world.
It will be easy, they are the only one really prepared with Russia and Russia is on their side.
That the industrial Revolution drove it all?
Harvard Professor Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope.
@@parrotshootist3004 The industrial revolution is certainly a lot responsible at least for WWI.
Every country had its new technology and the new generation of weapons had to be used. Chemical industries had also a lot of tests to do. New strategies had to be developped with the arrival of the firsts plane.
At least 30 to 40 years before WWI and certainly even more, everybody knew there will be a big war, every symptoms where already here with the first of all rich people getting always more richer when the lowest class getting always poorer with all that come with it; raise of criminality, delinquancy, hatred of all kind, anger of the majority of people
And the only thing mankind knows to deal with this anger is to focus it on one ennemy and to make a war.
All was already in place for a very large conflict for a long time, only a reason good enough was missing.
@@gillesgrindel7985 the industrial Revolution is responsible for nothing, the wealthy families and their interests, through corporations and companies of men, a term still in use in military, is responsible for creating and pressing the industrial Revolution into being.
That's what the Bolsheviks who came from Chicago, America were in Russia doing, with their revolution.
Harvard Professor Carroll Quigley, in Tragedy and Hope.
War is Racket, General Smedley Butler;
War is a tool of sales, commercialisation on scales unheard of.
@@parrotshootist3004 If you think so...
One thing is sure, the weapons were ready to be used as soon as the war has been declared. Chemical weapons existed before the war has been declared.
By the way, I love how you put all the blames on Russia and on the Bolcheviks, it's right that USA is completely innocent and has always been, hasn't it ?
Obviously, the propaganda worked well and still is.
You live in a capitalist world, the offer rules, absolutely not the demand and there were a lot of offers coming from weapon industry.
You seem to think that weapons are only developped DURING wars, you're wrong.
And with the industrial revolution, a lot of new weapons came on the market.
All armies at least in Europe were ready a long time BEFORE the war has been declared. They were equiped with the new generation of weapons a long time before the war has been declared.
Chemical weapons were already in possession of all armies a long time before the war has been declared.
As I said, everyone knew there would be a war, everyone was ready for the war and only the reason good enough was missng.
They knew there will be a war because it's the only thing mankind knows to:
-regulate the people. A lot of wars has been declared because people has to be busy.
-canalize and focus the growing anger of the people against its own authorities toward a pointed target: the ennemy is responsible for all their misery (as China is pointed nowaday, it's not for nothing there is a growth of racism against asian people)
-taking advantage of the new technology to dominate the other countries by fear (it's the purpose of atomic bomb nowaday).
If you ever think that war are declared only when there is a danger, you're wrong.
If you don't know that, if it's something that has not be taught to you at school, there's nothing I can do for you.
we cant bear the burden of our ancestors mistakes, all we can do is use them to learn and do better
@Derek Renne And stop vilifying people who had nothing to do with it.
@Derek Renne
Unlike the Japanese that refuse to acknowledge nor apologize for their atrocities. America does acknowledge, and teaches about what happened to the Native Americans. But maybe the Native Americans need to ALSO acknowledge their Bloody and vicious warfare that they had carried out on each other BEFORE the arrival of Europeans, including slavery, and then on the Europeans.
The problem in the US right now is, the burden of our ancestors mistakes is being held to us and our responsibility no different than if we had committed he sends her selves.
@@straycat1674
That is by the Socialist Left that wants to destroy America and institute Communism in it's place.
An Ideology that has killed hundreds of millions people and brought untold suffering and poverty on the World.
@@leedavis9576 Stay mad, Authoritarian. Keep spreading your disinformation. People can just Google about the things you say, you know. It takes 45 seconds for people to find out your lying.
People like you who side with their government over their people deserve the worst life can throw at them.
I love how Commodore Matthew Perry is a huge historical figure in Japan, but in America, if you mention Matthew Perry, people will think of the actor from the American sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S
yeah i had to google him. I had no idea who that was.
I remember studying him in history and by studying there was like 2 lines on him and Japan
Correct. I suspect each country teaches what is important to it's own identity. In America, we make more fuss in children's history class about buying Alaska from the Russian Empire in the 1860's compared to Perry's "Expedition" to Japan in the 1850's because Alaska is now a part of the US, Japan is not.
I mean we do learn it in class, but it only a side note for talking about Manifest Destiny or Western imperialism in general
@@sirdaddytworolls4735 I remember that in mundial history we also get 2 lines of all the shit that happend there, but hey, that was because we were focus in the eternal civil war stage that my country was in the XIX century
It's great to see your reactions to these videos, It must be hard to come from a country which has such a history, and learn about it. In the video, you apologized and im not sure if you meant it in this way but you said something like "I will not be the one to refuse to admit to my mistakes" and I really appreciate the sentiment, however I hope you dont feel personally responsible for these tragedies and feel as though you need to apologize in the eyes of the world for your father's mistakes.
I come from Australia, my Grandpa was in Darwin when the Japanese bombed it. When I was a child I asked him about it, when I asked if he still disliked the Japanese, he told me he only hates the ones who ordered the attacks and the ones that dropped the bombs. He told me something that stuck with me, He told me that somewhere in Japan there was a little boy just like me, and his grandfather loves him just as much as mine. We have more in common than we do different. Theres no need for hate after the wounds heal.
German here. Same goes kinda for my grandfather.. we must know history to prevent such things. The Allies also did saw what is coming when they threat countrys like sht after they got beaten (ww1 ww2 treaty of versailles) Many Generals and officials said that this TREATY isnt the end, quote:"this Treaty isnt peace, its an armistice about 20 years) and god damn was he right.. these time they helped us instead of preventing us to see the future. Here in General... it was a war inside from the treaty of verailles going on, rising strenght of the Communists after people saw their slowly rising, the NSDAP came up and offered a different way. Im Sure such things never happened if we wouldnt be in a DISASTEROUS crysis caused by this treaty at all. I Forgave all sides, i started studying much about history and causes what settled up stuff. We can just Hope that something like this NEVER happens again... but sadly.. human nature and the recent and 2 years ago events tell me something different (USA China stuff, right now Palestinians/Israelis etc)
To Japan at these Times... Japan got his first emperor back for this time, it was a mircale what happened to Japan, it grow to Asias greatest Power in under 20 years.
Very well put. I’d been thinking the same thing. If people hated another country because of past history, everyone everywhere would hate everyone everywhere. The purpose of history is understanding: Knowing not only what was done, but WHY. By knowing, we can recognize patterns as history attempts to repeat itself and take steps to prevent it.
It's sad that in the America the North still holds the South responsible for slavery that ended over 150 years ago.
Very true. Im german and I dont feel any connection to the atrocoties of ww2 whatsoever, Im neither a nazi nor do I know any nazi and ww2 was over long before I was born.
@@michaelmoody3737 I don't know where you learned that, but we don't. We only condemn the occasional racists that still live in the south since that's where their ancestors are from. No one is saying the south is bad.
"Maybe today westerners still view Japan as a strange country."
Speaking as an American, most folks seem to view Japan as rather similar to the USA, being a highly developed country with whom we share many similarities. Yes, anime and Japanese television (for example commercials and game shows) often seem strange to us, but many of the things we are exposed to are the things which seem very strange without any context, and we likely have many things on American television which would seem just as strange to foreigners. One thing which endears Japan to many American sports fans are the many great Japanese athletes who play baseball in the US, like Ichiro or Ohtani, and they are mostly seen as strange only for being exceptional athletes (and for being quirky in the way that athletes can often be).
I think the idea of playing baseball, or any competitive sport, to a tie is cool. Hard to decide on a league champion, but what does that matter: it's more relatable, at any rate. 😬
Any talk about Japan and baseball always reminds me of the movie "Mr. Baseball".
What American doesn't love Godzilla?!?! 😄😉
@@rcslyman8929 great movie.
@@stephenwright8824 I remember when the LAA Angeles acquired Matsui (from NY Yankees I believe), aka "Gone-Zilla!" Or how about the phenom that was (is) Ichiro Suzuki?!?! One of the greatest players of the game.
I went to Hiroshima for a homestay programme when I was studying Japanese, and had 2 Japanese friends come over to Singapore for a visit. They wanted to see the War Museum we have in Sentosa.. There, we watched a brief history of the war.. not the tortures, but just the history. My Japanese friends left the museum crying as it was something they were not aware of. It was then, that I realise, how much history was covered up...
9:40 This is exactly why the Americans documented everything they saw and put a lot of effort into seizing documents. That way Germany could not deny the atrocities committed during WWII.
Actually the Soviets were the first to document the death camps and the British was the first to learn of the holocaust so it wasn't just america
Or perpahs that is what you are supposed to think? History is written by the victors.
@@yeetjones927 The Germans were so meticulous in their record keeping, the Nazis could have been convicted of war crimes just by their own records.
@@stephenkammerling9479 yes but the nazis would of burned everything and destroyed the camps much like they did in real life when the Soviets approached the first death camps, a few records would of survived but we wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of info we have on the holocaust by just going of surviving German records and survivor testimonies
Many people do!
The thing with Japan in relation to Nanking and war crimes in asia, many prominent Japanese politicians denied these crimes happened and removed any blame.. every country has denial but to have high level Japanese government in interviews and in public show no remorse is what angers
My grandfather was a local secretary of the fascist party, one of his sons joined the resistance, my father became a card-carrying member of the Italian communist party. We are not responsible for previous generations' ideas or actions.
If you are a Communist, you are.
@@leedavis9576
Not if your an Italian communist fighting the Germans and there puppet ‘Social Republic’
I remember how disappointed I was when I learned about the part of my country's history that I wasn't taught in grade school.
That is basically the reaction of the Republican party which has spent the past 50 or sixty years of my life trying to destroy free education and replace it with rich republican for profit education covering up or repressing any uncomfortable truths about the US. It is no wonder it was so easy to become Fascist in their leanings and try to impose dictatorship. And no surprise so many otherwise intelligent people got sucked into the Right Wing and their Fascism. People my age watched it happen and though we tried to stop it, big money buys silence, repression, and, sadly, elected officials.
My grandmother had lost 5 pregnancies, and was pregnant again, when my grandfather was placed on a troop ship headed to Japan.
As they crossed the Pacific, expecting to land, to fight, and to die, the news came about Hiroshima.
It was about then that my grandfather received word that his only child, my mother, had been born safely, and that at last, he had a child to come home to.
His ship came into port at Nagasaki. The soldiers waited until they were told that the radiation levels were survivable, then they were sent out into the city.
It broke my grandfather's heart to see the suffering, to see little ones like his own new daughter, who he hadn't even met yet, and to see that people thought that he was a monster.
He saw people that were hurt, desperate, hopeless, hungry, terrified. They had been taught that he would do horrible things to them, and to their children, but in truth, he had a gentle and loving heart.
He started to carry his chocolate rations with him, to give to children. He found a family who had no father, and he employed their son as a "house boy", and helped them to get food. He ended up staying in Japan for 4 years, and came to truly appreciate the beauty of Japanese culture.
When my mother finally met her father, she had only known him through pictures, letters and stories. She said that she almost thought that he was an imaginary person. Like so many of the soldiers who were involved in war, my grandfather wasn't a murderous monster. He served his country, as was required of him, but he was a hard-working soldier, a thoughtful and loving man, and good human being. I was privileged to know my grandfather, who taught me many valuable lessons, and who loved me with all of his heart.
Years and years later, the man who he'd employed as his "house boy" came to visit us in Texas. He was such a lovely man, and he had pictures of his own children and grandchildren to share with us. Wars end, and life goes on.
When you erase the politics, the wars, the hatred, people are people.
One thing to remember: You are not your ancestors. What they did does not reflect your character. It's important for everyone to learn history. Then perhaps it might not be repeated.
@Lynn Mcburney BLM is trying to not address the past but the present as part of linear time. No one blames you for your parents actions. Or in this case grand parents. Even though some of the people are still alive so I'm not sure why people act like it was 10000 years ago.
What they do blame is the United States Government who allowed, encouraged, and endorsed these actions. You can't enslave, breed, undereducate, rape, and lie about a people then expect that everything just automatically levels out after you no longer do it in the letter of the law? This will take generations and requires actual actionable change or it just perpetuates itself.
Asking everyone to just move on is functionally the same as pretending it didn't happen.
in japan though you totally are your ancestors. here they still believe very strongly in family names and bloodlines and the information is available at public offices, so when you interview a job or want to get married, your prospective boss or in-laws can go and check to make sure you have acceptable ancestry. ancestors are very highly respected and to disagree with an elder, even one who is no longer living, is akin to spitting in their face.
@Lynn Mcburney it was literally their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and those who are still alive today. This isn't ancient history
@Lynn Mcburney you realize slavery isn't the end of black oppression? Also yeah other people were shit that means nothing
@Lynn Mcburney I'm sorry you are too stupid to understand cause and effect. Maybe your parents are related.
It's unfortunate but the Japanese education system in notorious for denying many of the horrific things they did especially in China. It concerns me that Germany has spent 70 years teaching their past to their students to not repeat those mistakes but Japan STILL doesn't teach or acknowledge much of any of it.
If you think *that's* bad, you should take a look at the education in mainland China...
they have also never apologised to anyone for any of their actions.
@@peterfireflylund as the old cliche says, two wrongs don't make a right.
Japan was worse than Germany. Much worse.
@@jamesfrench7299 I agree! It's something that is NEVER talked about but if the imperialist Japanese had more time they would have done much worse things than the nazis. What they did in China was appalling and how they treated POWs was horrendous. I'm pretty sure that's why America has pretty much occupied them for the 75 years since the end of WW2.
i love these videos. its always interesting to gauge other peoples reactions and knowledge on a subject, and WW2 is one of my favourites :)
Read The Unnecessary War by Pat Buchannan. Churchill is responsible for both wars. History is written by the victors. Hitler was a POS, no question, but Churchill was a bloodthirsty tyrant who sent millions to die in 2 world wars, all for the sake of economic dominance over Germany. To understand these wars, you need to get a handle on the economies of England, France, Germany and Russia. The story is always the same. Follow the money. Germany was set to economically dominate The Continent and England was going to prevent that at all costs.
@@austntexan ive read it. but thats an awesome suggestion. highly recommend.
@@austntexan boy that is a bastardization of history if I have ever heard one. Germany was in violation of the treaty and waged war on Poland (An ally of England) WW2. Germany went to war with their ally Austria to take land from Russia (which they already wanted to do). So yes Germany was a/the #1 cause of both wars. I had several elder relatives that fought in both. One that fought during WW2 would always say "I fought for this country with our allies so the world didnt have to learn German". Thats a load of shit & nothing but disrespectful to all the men that fought and those that died- along with all the citizens. I'd damn sure take a world with Churchill as a tyrant over a world with shitler as a dictator anyday. You dont wage war because of the death of one man nor do you violate a treaty without consequences
Fascinating to see WW2 from a Japanese perspective, especially from a young man who has the benefit of being so far removed from it. We (individuals and countries) need to acknowledge what we did wrong, and try and ensure it doesn't happen again.
Good on you for continuing to learn. Many stop after grade school but education is a life long task. I'm shocked that they don't teach this stuff in public school though. And btw, all countries have bits of their past that are dark, unpleasant, or negative. The key is to know one's history, learn from it, and make sure we don't repeat it.
sir. total respect for you trying to learn more truthful videos. they are pretty accurate but not 100%. but they very good. enjoy.
Japan is a highly respected nation for manufacturing, past and modern culture, and many other things. As well as looked-upon with sympathy after Fukushima.
However also not trusted, precisely because the especially vicious abuse of prisoners and rape/murder/torture of civilians is not taught in school or acknowledged in general, unlike Germany. Thus, may do so again.
"I feel like no country every admits what mistakes they made." Germany and Austria mostly did. But then, our "mistakes" are the worst ever. Murdering 6 million people in the most gruesome way, invading other countries unprovoked. Not admitting these atrocities would be ridiculous.
Trail of tears.. Segregation.. Anything else? 🤔
@@gideonroos1188 Socialism did not lead to the Nazis. Yes, they called themselves "national socialists", but it had nothing to do with socialism. It was just fascism. The hate of the other, not taking responsibility for their own problems etc.
Social democracies (what some Americans call "socialism" these days) seem to be the best system there is at the moment. Way not perfect, but still the best.
@@gideonroos1188 I live in Denmark, a social democratic lead country.. Where are the Nazis? I'm pretty sure that anti semitism is everywhere but extremely few in each Nordic countries..
@@briansedlacek5225 your population and geographics makes your "social democracy" efficient because is model after a capitalistic economic focus. therefor, the state has the money to destine it to a little dense population without the need of increse the public spent to unmanageble levels just to win some votes. and since the population is medium to high class in their majority, the state don't need to spoon feed the low class population because they have the means to raise to an upper level or at least live comfortably without depending exclusively from the state.
change that to latinamerica or the US, where the population density is way much higher, the resources are badly manage and theres corruption in almost every level and theres a tendency to have more low class population who are the backbone of the votes of the politics who use the public arks for social plans and helps that end up raising the public spent so high that devaluation is the only "escape" the have to maintain them and therefor, making an economic timebomb.
all this makes the breach between "high class and low class" in those countrys because is more visible. while in denmark this factors dont exist and because of that, you don't have that problem.
@@esteban20969564 yea, that's true, not gonna lie.. Seems to me that in the U.S doesn't want a happy/satisfied people because it costs them money.. And yes our taxes are enormous.. Compared to the US, I deem high taxes worth it.. Ever since we get "free" healthcare and no copay..
Very much looking forward to part 2
Great reaction video! I was born in Nanjing (Nanking), and my great grand parents were lucky enough to evacuate the city before the Japanese reached the then capital. I would very likely not be here if they stayed in city. My grand parents were only a few years old when this happened and they say they could not remember much. Because of this, I don't feel that the Nanking Massacre really impacted me personally, despite its historical and political significance and there was a literal museum in Nanking about it.
This whole refusing to admit the Nanking Massacre thing is often brought up in China whenever there is a political issue between China and Japan, and this atrocity is quite a symbol in regards to the Chinese century of humiliation. This is not to say that all Chinese hate the Japanese, and many of us know that modern Japan is a different nation, and modern Japanese people cannot be responsible for their ancestor's actions. Governments of the world just tend to use propaganda to direct hate at other countries as a convenient way to blame others for their own failures (which is a common practice in most countries' media productions, I guess). I simply hope that the world would not have to repeat its hideous history, and that we can be far better than we were, over almost 85 years ago.
Keep up the good work!
What were the numbers? 300.000?
As a Proud American, I know we’ve made mistakes along the way. One can be proud of their nation and be knowledgeable and acknowledge all aspects of our history.
Mistakes, you mean Massive attrocities
@@hopeintruth5119 yup that too
Video: I made that last one up
Kuma: is this true!?
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Those videos, especially oversimplified, are quite good. They are a good starting point if you are interested in more.
If you haven't watch it yet, you should watch the video "The insane american plan to invade japan in 1945 by real life lore"
Lets not forget the Japanese War crimes
Japan is sort of strange to us, but we really do idolize it, like literally my dream vacation, is a month trip through Japan
Anime and kawaii Culture was subsidized by the Japanese government to remove Japan's warrior image to the world/ pacify their own population after Ww2. Your views on japan are a product of successful propaganda, congratulations.
@@SagaciousNihilist I like anime but it is not the only thing I like about Japan; it is a profoundly interesting country in history, art, architecture, sights, traditions, etc…. You are commenting about my idea of Japan without knowing my views on it. Congratulations, stop projecting
@@elskaalfhollr4743 It is probably because you said "we" "idolize" it. Idolize is a very strong word , and you do not speak for anyone else.
@@adgato75 he's not completely wrong. There's literally so many people idolize Japanese culture across the world. Just like Kpop from South Korea
Absolute respect for making this video in English, good job keep up the good work!
Look up unit 731,but I warn you,you may not like it my friend,WW2 wasn't good anywhere. I had relatives that were captured by japanese soldiers and bad things were done to them,really bad, but that wasn't you,so what I'm saying is you can't hold people today responsible for things that were done by others in the past,we have to learn from history not hide from it. Peace.
I love these videos, remember every country has done things they regret, and while they shouldent be ignored, they are not a representation of who we are today. If we hide all of our mistakes we wont be able to learn from them. As an amarican student myself, none of us are perfect, but we have came a long way in the past 100 years and im proud of the progress we made. :)
(Also im on mobile so sorry for the bad typing and stuff)
Don’t be ashamed off your past history,you Japanese were true warriors back then everyone’s country has a bad past but it has made better people ♥️🇬🇧 .
@Ярослав Л not all of us .
??? You SHOULD be ashamed of the dark parts of your past-- and learn from it.
What you SHOULDN'T do is pretend that the dark parts of a country's past never happened.
I am from the UK and it seems you are too. Most Brits who know what happened in the war would never agree with you. I bet you don't know about the Lisbon Maru. 800 British prisoners of war locked inside a sinking ship on purpose, and those that escaped were machine gunned in the water. The survivors then had to endure further torture in the POW camps.
The current generation of Japanese people were not responsible for Imperial Japan's actions. But did the horrific acts committed by the Japanese Army and Navy make better people? No. It is disgusting to suggest so.
Personally, I don't blame modern Japan, since it's a very different country now than it was then, but I think one of the saddest things about Imperial Japan's invasion of China is that they very likely would have become a modern democracy if they hadn't. The Chinese government of that time was able to defeat the communists easily until the Japanese invaded. Then they had the Japanese on the east and the communists on the west. By the time the Japanese left, the Chinese government was weakened so much that the communists were able to crush them and take over.
Speaking of such a scenario, the Philippines almost had a brush with Communism when Communist Filipino Resistance Fighters (most prominently the HUKBALAHAP) attempted to massacre Democratic Filipino RFs by shooting them in the back when the Imperial Japanese began their evacuation off the Philippine Islands. The arrival of Allied forces helped reinforce the Democratic Filipinos and defeated the HUKs into imprisonment or exile. Though, the HUK leadership is still alive and well despite in exile, continuing their Communist ideals and insurgency till present day.
A Kuomintang China would most likely have remained a fascist one-party dictatorship lead to by a hereditary "president". It would not have faced the same pressures that lead Taiwan to drop its one-party dictatorship (led by Chiang, jr) and become a democracy.
It would probably look a lot like the current China but richer and without the senseless losses of life during the killing of the landlords, the greap leap forwards, and the cultural revolution.
Another alternative universe that is fun to think about is one in which Japan got to keep Manchuria. You see, Japan governed Manchuria quite well. In fact, all the foreign powers in China governed better than the native Chinese elite. Japan also governed Korea better than the native Korean elite had. The siege of Shanghai and the attack on Nanjing (which was never intended to become the massacre it did) did not have the objective of conquering half of China proper. The objective was to get a deal regarding Manchuria (not really Chinese) so Japan could keep it in peace. There are tables of internal people movements inside China and there was a voluntary migration of Chinese *to* Manchuria while it was under Japanese control, at least until the war got to hot. Also, let's not single out the Japan vs "China" war. In reality, China was at war with China. The country had disintegrated into smaller parts controlled by war lords. It was a lot like the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century.
PS: The Communists committed lots of massacres fully on par with with what the Japanese did to Nanjing. The difference was that there were no Westerners there to witness it or take photos or heroically try to save as many as possible.
Id say the saddest thing about the Imperial Invasion of China are the lives that were lost through torture and experimentation, much worse than what the Germans were doing.
@@nathanpapp432 No, not really. The Germans ran death camps, and conducted some pretty brutal human experiments (see Dr Josef Mengele) and routinely killed Slavic people, often children, by forcing them to "donate" blood until they just died. Then again, the Allies aren't entirely free of war crimes either (especially the USSR, because remember, a regime that murders ~20m of its' own citizens can still be one of the "good guys", so long as they as kill Fascists), including 2 nukes, and the firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden, which each killed more people than either of the nukes
@@talltroll7092 Google "Unit 731"
I went to Japan back in summer 2019 on a town trip, we have a sister city near Sendai and I stayed with a host family. I had so much fun and Japan is a very cool country, everyone was very nice and it was a great time.
Do part 2! I love hearing from a young Japanese person and how you were taught WW2 in school! Keep up the good videos!👍
Every country has made mistakes, and certainly every person has made mistakes. It’s how we learn from them that’s important
Typical Japanese attitude of whitewashing events like 'The Rape of Nanking' and the Burma Death March. Even cannibalism in Indonesia. Games of tossing babies into the air and then impaling them on bayonets, is not a "Mistake".
@@leedavis9576 I'll say this. It's really something that they commemorate the WW2 generals that committed such inhumane warcrimes. But to say they don't apogise for them would be just wrong. They gave Korea annual compensation of a large sum. The last line of defense near the end of the war was fought by school childrens that are unwillingly drafted in and given command to basically fight till your last breath. I'll say the higher ranks officials are the inhumane sadistic beast that they are, not the soldiers. BTW I'm a Malaysian that is living in Borneo, where my ancestors built resistance forces against the occupation.
OK then nuke and sink japan. It will be forgiven in 100 years. It's just a mistake and everybody makes it.
I really respect you for publicly confronting yourself with the worst part of your country's history, that takes some guts, really
I feel your pain it is hard to learn the bad history of your country, can be painful to learn.
Great video - great concept for a Japanese man to absorb... Your conclusions from such a simple video are brilliant.
"I feel like no country ever admits what they did"
2 books I would suggest for an alternative viewpoint not well known in Japan:
Ian Buruma,The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan
"In this now classic book, internationally famed journalist Ian Buruma examines how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their conduct during World War II-a war that they aggressively began and humiliatingly lost, and in the course of which they committed monstrous war crimes. As he travels through both countries, to Berlin and Tokyo, Hiroshima and Auschwitz, he encounters people who are remarkably honest in confronting the past and others who astonish by their evasions of responsibility, some who wish to forget the past and others who wish to use it as a warning against the resurgence of militarism" - www.nyrb.com/products/the_wages_of_guilt?variant=1094928773
Japan at War: An Oral History Haruko Taya Cook & Theodore F. Cook
"This "deeply moving book" (Studs Terkel) portrays the Japanese experience of WWII. This oral history is the first book to capture - in either Japanese or English - the experience of ordinary Japanese during the war. In a sweeping panorama, Haruko Taya Cook & Theodore F. Cook go from the Japanese attacks on China in the '30s to the Japanese home front during the inhuman raids on Tokyo, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, offering the first glimpses of how the 20th century's most deadly conflict affected the lives of the population. The book "seeks out the true feelings of the wartime generation & illuminates the contradictions between the official views of the war & living testimony" -www.goodreads.com/book/show/31040.Japan_at_War
fun fact: Germany and Japan were eventually going to fight a huge war
Germany wanted Lebensraum and to "unite the west under its banner against the east"
Japan wanted Hakko Uchiu, it essentially means divine rights to rule the world as descendants of gods
the most ironic thing of all is they both allied in a treaty but i really wonder what would have happened if the allies would have been defeated
I'm from the UK and I think the world thinks the same about the uk as they do as japan.
We are small islands
They are wrong
We are both power houses willing to achieve greatness
I am from Sweden and we don't think like that about Japan or the UK. We love Japan and the UK. We are also allies with you even though Sweden is neutral we still train with America and the UK and their allies and if a war broke out we would still let you use Swedens airfields and so on.
@@kingwacky184 good to know that Sweden likes us there isn't many countries that do
@@dannystruggles5504 i believe There is. The UK that i guess You are from is the biggest ally of America and They have more allies than any nation. I think the UK and Japan is deep down highly respected and loved from the outside world.
The UK is where the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa all came from and as an American I realize that without Britain on our side WW2 would have continued in Europe for a decade, and that the British intelligence services were second to none. So many great ideas methodologies, and technologies sprang from that. Any American (or European for that matter) should appreciate Britain's contributions that shaped the modern world.
@@georgemartin1436 I like your view on the matter.
Thankyou.
Great Britain put parliamentary democracies in many countries around the world and I don't think we get enough credit for that.
Theres too many people who would rather spread hate.
We did do bad things I don't disagree
But I also think we set the world in motion for what it is today.
Different places have excelled at different speeds thats all
Your reaction to the video was just like I experienced when watching Hollywood movies in Japan's cinemas. Anyways, great video!
I love how in the beginning it shows a bunch of comments about how the video is innacurate and states that the US had supposedly pleaded with Japan to surrender. That may perhaps be true, But it's only because it was Japan that lost. Not for its own sake. At that point, because of the war and the bias people had due to lives lost because of it, the USA was being extremely fucking nice with even offering. We could have just bombed them and THEN said 'So, how's the weather over there? A bit cold? We can still turn the heat up more if you like.' And none of the other countries would have been bothered. Because at the time, EVERYONE was fucking PISSED at the Axis.
We hosted a Japanese student and had all the exchanges over for a dinner meet and greet. There was about 11 or 12 kids and half of them had never heard of Pearl Harbor or what happened. Half of them.
I think it is very brave of you to do this. You should collaborate with @lifeasmiyuki for part 2. She can help you.
I think the intention of this type of 'over simplified' history video is to keep the viewer entertained while at the same time he or she is learning actual historical events. It's important to know our history and if I had school teachers using this method of humor while at the same time learning, I would have been an A student; but no. Our school curriculum was and dull and dry and everyone including me hated it and don't even know how I passed and graduated.
If you really want a hard indepth look at the Japanese lead up and involvement in the second world war check out Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East.
I'll admit it's going to be hard for some people to listen too because he uses a lot of first hand accounts from both Japanese and Allied sources.
My grandpa was at Pearl harbor, then he help clean up the nukes. He's died of cancer when I was a baby, however what he saw the Japanese do actually was worse then Adolf at times. It's just the Japanese where so broken I guess history felt it was they suffered enough without being charged.
Completely agree regarding Dan Carlin's Supernova series. Extremely graphic first-hand accounts and very difficult to listen at times. At least he warns you, but even so, nothing really prepares you for those kinds of details. However, that series provides a comprehensive setup to and during WW2 in the Asian theatre of war.
RE: Japan War Crimes Trials of WWII.
The reality of the situation was that most of the truly guilty had perished in the war or committed seppuku to save face, leaving mostly subordinates or replacements to suffer the consequences of their acts. It came as a shock and surprise to the multi- national tribunal that *American lawyers appointed to aid the Japanese lawyers were not interested in performing a show trial,* but earnestly and magnificently defended their clients to the utmost of their ability despite serious roadblocks purposely placed before them. Subsequently 12 of the American lawyers were granted a unique honor of being admitted to practice at the Bar of Japan. Several remained and did well in their profession. *After the tribunal, Japan adopted the Anglo-American Legal System.* Overall, Americans assigned to the Defense made a huge difference. At the opening of his summation of 3/2/1948 Lead defense counsel Uzawa expressed the Japanese defense team’s gratitude to American colleagues: “We are also most grateful to this Tribunal, the Supreme Commander and the other authorities in having made available to the accused and to us the invaluable assistance of our learned American colleagues. Mr. President and Members of the Tribunal, the expression of such sentiments may be most unusual but the record of this unprecedented trial would be amiss without their inclusion.”
Ww1 is a good watch as well, to understand the 20th century ww1 is very important
Fun fact about Mussolini, his grand-daughter is serving in Italian government currently.
Edit: She lost her re-election bid so as of 2019 this is no longer true. My mistake.
Really?!
@@itsbeyondme5560 my mistake I'll edit the comments she lost her re-election in 2019. But up until then she was serving in the government.
Every single country has atrocities in its past. Every single one.
For Nanking, it's more than just the number of Civilians killed. It's the actions by the individual soldiers of Japan that is what's viewed as so wrong.
The previous video you mention doesn't goes into details but it's accurate.
I love this guy! You definitely got to do part 2
We are not guilty of the sins of our Fathers unless we embrace them and repeat them. As a British person, there is much in my country's past about which we should feel ashamed. History is written by the victors, it is said, and so the truth can be hard to discover even now with all our electronic resources. So I would advocate a passionate search for truth and a willingness fully to acknowledge uncomfortable facts and move on with these in mind.
A very good video my friend, I stumbled on this by accident and it was worth a subscribe! Always interesting how our schooling matches up with history. I'm an American but I can relate to not leaning everything until college and myself seeking readings and sources. It was very interesting to hear your perspective. Stay safe!
The Japanese version of uh is the best in the world just sounds like a deep thought mmmm
Your English is really impressive. I love Japan & took Japanese back in high school, but I forget most of it now sadly. Maybe I"ll try to pick it up again someday since I really want to travel to Japan when things get back to normal.
When you said 'maybe they still think of Japan as a weird country' my mind immediately shouted 'no no no!!'.
Although we do believe some of the things to be strange, your humor on television for example, most of us either love your country or at least have good respect for it. I won't say that everyone thinks that way, but... when has the entire world ever been on the same side?
Personally I did learn about Japan through anime at first. There was a girl at our school who was massively into anime, and had pictures of it in her homework planner. So we talked about it and she recommended some shows to me. I have to admit I became quite a weeb after that...
But because I didn't understand some of the things that happened in the things I was watching I decided to do some research. I thought those things were cultural differences between your country and/or continent and the things I'm familiar with. So I tried learning about Japanese culture.
I still don't know a whole lot, but what I've seen makes me really love the country. You have a rich history, beautiful architecture, strong morals and beliefs, and of course amazing food. This is about all I know, but I hope to one day be able to visit and see if I was right about thinking this.
Also, the video completely left out the Netherlands, which was invaded at the same time as Belgium apparently. As someone who lives in the Netherlands, I growled at my screen for a moment. I know we're tiny, but we're not that insifnificant haha.
I mean you guys didn't do THAT much during the war especially when compared to the big 3 allied powers (USA UK USSR) compared to them the Netherlands was just a country on the allies bucket list to liberate.
@@yeetjones927 does it really matter if we did much or not? We're still a country.
@@mellchiril Ik your still a country I never said u weren't im just saying u didn't really do much during the war so that's why people don't talk about you
as a Korean American, I know that many Koreans and Chinese have bitterness about Japanese and its history. But I think it's best that you just accept the history, and say you were the bad guys, and now you guys are good guys and move on. Don't deny things it's okay and don't allow the past to dictate the current lives of Japanese people because Asians need to stick together!! good job
10:03 Yes. No country likes to address the sins of their own past. We Americans have trouble with our Civil War, slavery of Africans before, our Manifest Destiny expansion, and of course the atomic bombs. I have heard that the Japanese government officially denied what other countries call "The Rape of Nanking". Is this still the official position of the Japanese government? I do not hold an acceptance or denial against you or the people of Japan. I am curious however.
I just googled the website of Japanese ministry of foreign affairs, and they say that we cannot deny Nanking Massacre happened but it’s difficult to know the details (numbers) as there’s lots of views on this incident.
@@KumaCanJapan Thank you for responding. The numbers to me are irrelevant, it is that our nations/societies were VERY DIFFERENT back then how we treated others. I can only hope we have learned to be a little bit better to each other. I will be back if you do part 2 and give this American's opinion of the atomic bombs.
Your honesty, and open mind is refreshing. You have your eyes, mind, and heart wide open. I as a American have to live with the history of the Tokyo fire bombings, and the A bombs. In any war there is guilt equality shared. Hindsight is 20/20. Great video.
These events were a while ago, and although horrible things were done during WW2 (not solely by Japan of course), Japan is a great country and a strong ally...
Good show! You made me think of Shintarô Katsu and now have an urge to re-watch the Zatoichi films.
Have you seen the movie ‘letters from Iwo Jima’?
not a well known fact is the most bombed city outside London was always described in bombing reports as (north east coastal town) to avoid the Germans increasing moral via bombing success, was the port of Hull . 85% of its housing stock was lost but they never hit their intended targets or broke the spirit of the people
Just a different time in History little buddy wars long over and hope we learn from it.
Average American today knows nothing about WW2.
Average American doesn't know about our Revolutionary War.
Average American doesn't know how Jews and Palestinians were deeded land after WW2.
Israel and Palestine were established as Sovereign Nations.
Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan promptly attacked Israel.
Israel won. Annexed land from Palestine to create a Buffer Zone against future aggression.
Syria, Egypt, and Jordan divided up the rest of Palestine between them, leaving the Palestinians stateless again.
But, the average American doesn't know these facts from history.
Because it no longer is taught.
Because it would conflict with the Liberal Agenda of pushing the image of a Imperialistic America and a Terrorist Israel.
History repeats Itself....
@@leedavis9576 both usa and isreal are terrorist states anyway
@@leedavis9576 The Liberal agenda? what are you on about you nutjob. The right loves Israel far more than the left does but both sides love them because we sell them our weapons, Biden wouldn't even let a reporter ask him a question about Israel the other day because he's been supporting them bombing women and children atm, as for Imperialistic America that again is both parties because they are both bought and paid for by the same types of people. FFS the Secretary of Defense worked at Raytheon beforehand. Don't get your facts twisted buddy America runs on the military industrial complex and both parties love that shit.
Fun fact: until the Americans came in to Japan, the Netherlands was Japans only trading country in a enclave in Nagasaki called Dejima that got used untill the Americans came in 1853(the dutch left in 1854)
The main aspect of Japanese culture that makes acknowledging the extent of war crimes difficult is how deeply engrained the sense of shared responsibility is in the Japanese culture.
Where as a country like the US, the idea of shared responsibility is treated as a joke and relegated to something one plays at during sporting events for entertainment or the exclusive purview of the far left or far right,
In Japan well the positives is stronger communities, the japanese people can freely celebrate the successes of others and generally maintain stronger interbeneficial family and community ties.
The negatives are that,
The idea of saying "It wasn't me that did those terrible things, I have no responsibility for it" strikes especially the more tradition minded Japanese as selfish.
As such its hard for the Japanese to acknowledge war crimes. Since not only would many still feel personal responsibility, many will be treated as being guilty.
Like imagine a japanese person has a great, great uncle who was part of unit 731, and injected children and prisoners of war with the bubonic plague. People who's ancestors were part of lesser crimes or even no crimes might harrass that person to make themselves feel better. (The US south has a right wing population with the same problem. If they acknowledge slavery then they would feel bad, so they refuse to.)
Also keep in mind Oversimplified is over simplified. Unfortunately the complexities that are overlooked can make Japan look worse.
If you know anything about Japanese literature and comics at the time and before then. A huge portion of it is devoted to American history and American folk tales and American politics (there are like 4 competing series just on the Munroe doctrine. )
This has to do with the Japanese motivation for WW2. You see the British supported Emperor overthrew the American supported Shogunate with a Promise to the Japanese People that Japan would be strong enough that they could never be threatened by Black Ships again.
And it turns out the Japanese people never forgot that promise no matter how many decades passed. And so the Japanese people ended up constantly comparing their strength to the U.S. constantly came up wanting, and by time WW1 rolled around the Emperor was losing a culture war to the U.S. that the U.S. didnt even know it was fighting.
The Japanese people, no matter how strong they got, felt too weak to defend against the US, this threatened the emperor's authority forcing him to expand Japan's power further and further.
The war crimes were committed as by products of not caring about anything other than a desperate pursuit of power.
Culminating in Japan building a massive series of island fortresses. And declaring war on the US starting at Pearl Harbor.
The fact the Emperor had no belief in actually obtaining victory was obvious. All of Japan's resources were spent on their fortresses, they did not even protect their shipping m, building their strategy from day 1 around the assumption that their fleets would be defeated.
Instead the plan was that if every single Japanese man, woman and child fought to the death, a million shattered gems as the Japanese government put it, then the US would give up and sue for peace.
And that was all the Emperor needed to prove that a situation like the black ships could never happen again. And cement his family's absolute rule for a thousand years.
But Japan lost, and the US let Japan pretend the war never happened thus avoiding the entire Japanese population committing suicide.
"Japan felt too weak to defend against the US" What a joke...
The US didn't attacked Japan first, go educate yourself !
@@paulusboskabouter7993 That's not "defending", that's making an aggression.
@@IronFreee Being able to defend against the US was a matter of pride not practically. The Japanese Psyche at the time was heavily obsessed with the Black Ships.
@@devlinmorin7615 So that makes it alright to attack them? What if someone is obsessed with you? Can he kill you for what he think is a matter of pride?
What you are saying is so stupid and vile...
And after that he denies every torture he made you endure, because he pretend to care about pride and honor, so it's OK to lie.
What kind of sick and twisted person are you? Have you filled the psychopath test?
@@devlinmorin7615 And don't talk about the Black Boats... It's like saying Hitler attacked Poland because he was impressed by the Winged Hussars. That's just stupid.
Just found your channel tonight. I really enjoyed watching!
Appeasement was a delaying tactic as England wasn’t ready to go to war.
True. That, and Hitler's demands were actually quite reasonable. Including the invasion of "Poland" (read: Polish occupied Germany). Chamberlain did a lot to ramp weapons production so the UK was ready for war.
I speak Japanese, studied for 6 years. We had students visit our school in the US from Hiroshima when I was 15. I asked a girl how she felt coming to visit us. She said something like it was great, and Japan had forgiven us. I said ok, we forgive you, too🙂 She asked for what?! And so I mentioned Pearl Harbor, WW2, and it was clear she had no idea what I was talking about. I just asked her to look it up, but I don't know if she was able, pre-internet in 1994. As far as I have understood since then, even during WW2, Japanese people didn't know what was really going on and so I haven't mentioned it to anyone. There was a momentary blip in sanity, and everyone has done something awful at some point. I have the highest appreciation for Japan and its culture and history❤❤
"japan was closed until perry forced them to open up"
*dutch are like huh*
The Dutch left Japan in 1641.
@@BenCDBrown dont lie on the internet
@@BenCDBrown wrong. The Dutch were moved to Dejima in 1641 and during most of the Edo period the island was the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world. Dejima was a Portuguese and subsequently Dutch trading post at Nagasaki, Japan from 1634 to 1854. Nice try though Benny.
@@BlackDeathThrash huh that sounds kinda like China, they only allowed trading at a few ports. I'm not sure the details tho.
Great vid. If your interested in japanese history of wwII from a more neutral perspective (I think). Supernova in the east by Dan Carlin is a 6 part series that is incredibly detailed, and gives a great account of the Japanese soldier’s struggle to survive. Hopefully you find the more balanced view you seem to be looking for.
"Maybe they thought of Japan as a strange little island"
Yeah back then they were just greedy and racist
"Maybe they still think of Japan as a strange little island"
Ok you guys ARE weird. Your game shows and your kinks are rather odd to the rest of the world. And I'm KOREAN and I'm saying that.
BUT the world RESPECTS Japan now. Ever since the 70's, all the best consumer tech came from Japan, and only recently has Korea and China caught up. There is this feeling that there really isn't much these days that the US can do that Japan can't do better.
North, or South?
Weapons unfortunately.
@@Princess_Celestia_ I think it's pretty obvious that s/he's from the south
@@euerz Don't be so sure, a buddy of mine in high school was North Korean, both he and his parents escaped the north and made it to South Korea then migrated to the U.S. any ways he only ever referred to him self as just Korean.
@@Princess_Celestia_ Sure, there are several north korean defectors. But whether one's from the north or south isn't really relevant to Chrisleebrowers comment imo. And I imagine being asked whether one's from the north or south when it's not relevant (and thus being asked that quite a bit) might be tiring. So unless it's otherwise stated, I'd assume they're from the south if they just say Korea/n. I've never befriended a Korean person, but the North Koreans I have seen online tend to specifiy it if they're from *North* Korea.
I find it funny that Mussolini tried to escape military service by going to Switzerland where basically every male adult has to compete military service
No everyone knows Japan
You have the best tech in the world
Almost all affordable automobiles
And of course anime i love it
I often wondered how the other countries teach their kids the story of WW2..thank you for your video.
I suppose that each country is only taking on the part of history that involved itself. It is impossible to learn the entire world's history, it's too much.
For instance, it is of no much use for Europeans to know about the Shogun's, as it is useless for Japanese people to learn about the Napoleonic wars.
A precision on the Maginot line. It stopped at the Border with Belgium because they were allies, and as such were engaged in fighting off Germans.
Spending a fortune to build an impenetrable line of defense along allied borders would have been a diplomatic nightmare, if not a dealbreaker.
In the end, Germany chose to go through Belgium before reaching France, going around de Maginot line. Which means the line itself perfectly worked, it 100% blocked german advance along the lenght of border it was meant to.
Love the videos man! I noticed a big chunk got removed from the middle of the video though. Did you have to do that to avoid RUclips removing ads from the video?
I enjoy your honesty. Thumbs up!
It's a good thing to admit mistakes made by our predecessors in the past, even if we didn't do it ourselves. It's still our cultural legacy. I am from Germany and one of my great grandfathers was an actual party member of the NSDAP. In school we were repeatedly taught about the crimes Germany commited during the war and we still spend a lot of time educating and preserving memories of it, so we can learn to never go down the same route again.
There will always be assholes who don't listen and nothing can ever make up for what happened, but it's still important that we keep what happened in our minds as we work to never repeat this again.
One quote from a movie that always sticks out to me, especially regarding wars or international conflicts "Ideals are peaceful, History is violent" - Wardaddy
The incident in Nanking was tragic by all means, war brings out the worst of humanity and often shows the depravity humans can subscribe to - WW2 did exactly that with the various atrocities that unfolded during it including The Raping of Nanking which was horrible. It's point of contention for many, especially for China due to feeling like an old wound that never healed but also the event itself is used as a means to bring out emotional reactions and opinions of hardliners or nationalist. with a very few who sincerely want to bring that chapter of history to a solemn closure. Like many issues, conversations become lost in opinions with the death facts which means the conversation is difficult to have.
At the end of it though, there is a collective understanding those acts like that even in war time are horrendous.
I like how you're so serious on the comedy part lol. About Mussolini getting that bald haircut and you're like.. Mmhhhhh. Like you're very into why he's bald. lol
You speak amazing Engish my friend. Love from England!
Back then... Japan was still a long way away. You're right. No country doesn't have things that they wish they hadn't done. There is no reason you should feel bad. As an American... Americans think Japan is awesome. We're glad we're good friends.
From the UK one thing that stands out is dont underestimate island countries. We do need to admit our mistakes and move on from them. Those mistakes though are often made by greedy people in power that dont reflect our values.
its just realy good that people are interested in ww2 to learn from it.
With history don't always believe what the winning side says what happened, it is usually best to learn what each side of the war say what happened and what actually happened will be somewhere in the middle
Let's talk about what they are up to today ...and the achievments of both Japan and Germany since the end of the war...I would say both countries have quite a success story and a new great history they can teach their kids.
It's really telling how he refuses to acknowledge it as "massacre" and instead uses softer language like "issue". Makes me question how genuine he's being.
From the little I understand of Japanese culture, pride is very important. Admitting to one's wrongs is not easy, but even more so in Japan - plus, he was probably taught about Nanking that way in school as well.
And then of course there's the language barrier - you can see him trip on the word "massacre" a couple times before swapping out for another word.