I feel so bad for these soldiers. The social pressure to become a kamikaze pilot must have been insane. And imagine declining to volunteer only to be forced to go anyway.
If I were to see other kamikazes survive due to plane issues... i would of sabotage each and every plane they put me in, in order to not be a uselessly slaughtered solider.
My grandmothers cousin was heavily pressured into becoming a kamikaze pilot. He went down over Guam somewhere. My grandmothers uncle was extremely upset he had to lose his son. She tells me what she remembers growing up during the war in Japan as a little girl. It’s such an interesting perspective to see the war through.
Compared to how warfare tends to play out now the concept of Kamikaze actually feels quite reasonable. Social and political complexities aside; at least they fought and died in battle against other soldiers and military targets. Combat service in general could be argued to be a suicide mission anyway albeit over a longer period of time. Kamikaze pilots deserve respect for thier sacrifice. There are far worse and more villainous military groups throughout history.
This is what happens when your government views you as "Pieces", to be moved about on a chess board for their good pleasure. - and not as persons, with a life.. a dream, a family or goals.
Crazy. This wasn’t even 100 years ago and they were literally cracking skulls for seemingly minor offenses. Couldn’t even imagine myself trying to exist under such a strict warrior code in this modern era.
Yeah strict warrior code where many killed themselves to keep their honor after a defeat... Yet Tojo himself was just hiding in his apartment and couldn't even properly suicide with a gun lol
It was less than 10 years ago that the US military cracked down on "woodline attitude adjustments". They still happen, but they're for serious fuck-ups like mishandling firearms or getting other people in trouble with their own mistakes.
Engine failure means he was smart enough not to go through with it. I imagine that engine failure was common because at heart many Japanese soldiers didn't buy the bull crap they were being sold. Good for them!
Then again you have outliers like Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi (the monster of Manila) who took down the city and 100,000 civilians with him because he didn't die on the Kirishima (his last boat)...
Midway really was a gamechanger... Everyone talks about the Japanese losing key carriers but the skilled pilots were the real killer. The kamikaze was the only solution to losing so many skilled dive bombers!
I even heard in one history channel that the only reason they started doing kamikazes was that the officers concluded that most unexperienced pilots would died anyway if they attacked
The photo in 7:43 is not "Tsutsui" - it's famed Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa (1886-1973). He played Colonel Saito in "The Bridge on the RIver Kwai" (1957).
Some of the pictures are a bit random. Unless the Kamikaze really used B-25's. Unfortunately a lot of documentaries, not just youtube ones, figure a picture is a picture and close enough is good enough.
Yeah if I was him I'd probably like to find him too, wouldn't you He sent you to die cutting your life needlessly short (there was no way Japan could have won the war, especially at that point and their leaders knew that, they just wanted to make it as bloody and difficult as possible in their ultimate defeat) and he was responsible for you until that point, and he chose to make the short time you had left a living hell anyway Yeah, if you'd both survived the war, I can see how there might be a score to settle there.
They talked code during the war. It was hard for the enemy to figure out what they were saying. That's basically the story of code talkers... they talked in code and served in the war... your welcome
@@azjeepguy83 Way more to it than that. What is a code talker? A code talker is the name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications on the battlefield. Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II. But did you know that there were at least 14 other Native nations, including the Cherokee and Comanche, that served as code talkers in both the Pacific and Europe during the war? The idea of using American Indians who were fluent in both their traditional tribal language and in English to send secret messages in battle was first put to the test in World War I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad and other Native communications experts and messengers. However, it wasn’t until World War II that the US military developed a specific policy to recruit and train American Indian speakers to become code talkers. The irony of being asked to use their Native languages to fight on behalf of America was not lost on code talkers, many of whom had been forced to attend government or religious-run boarding schools that tried to assimilate Native peoples and would punish students for speaking in their traditional language. The US Army was the first branch of the military that began recruiting code talkers from places like Oklahoma in 1940. Other branches, such as the US Marines and Navy, followed a few years later, and the first class of 29 Navajo code talker US Marine recruits completed its training in 1942. Apart from basic training, these men had to develop and memorize a unique military code using their mostly unwritten language, and were placed in a guarded room until this task was completed. The first type of code they created, Type 1 code, consisted of 26 Navajo terms that stood for individual English letters that could be used to spell out a word. For instance, the Navajo word for “ant,” wo-la-chee, was used to represent the letter “a” in English. Type 2 code contained words that could be directly translated from English into Navajo, and the code talkers also developed a dictionary of 211 terms (later expanded to 411) for military words and names that didn’t originally exist in the Navajo language. For example, since there was no existing Navajo word for “submarine,” the code talkers agreed to use the term besh-lo, which translates to “iron fish.”
Being born and having grown up in (Okinawa) Japan and knowing how Japanese society thinks and acts when it comes to social pressures, I can definitely see how societal pressures could convince these young men into suicidal missions.
I am a proud American, and I view this as a tragedy . . . but these young ensigns sent on these missions were students who hadn't seen combat, and viewed their duty from a philosophical perspective. These pilots weren't brutes, or rapists, or fanatics. They were kids fresh from college. Imagine if that was your son, your brother, your nephew. And they put their lives on the line because it was their patriotic duty. What a horrible waste of life. These young men had so much courage and conviction . . . and they would have had tremendous promise if they weren't forced into this madness. Mad respect to them. They didn't deserve this, and whether or not they were forced to, they threw their lives away for their families and country without a second thought. They were true soldiers, and the people of Japan should show them more respect. From what I've heard, former kamikaze pilots are treated with disgrace . . . it's wrong. They deserve respect.
well the Americans deliberately killed over 500 000 civilians in Japan, they completely destroyed Tokyo and many other Japanese cities, I can understand why some of them chose to do it
I'd like to see a video about the life of Soviet Shock troops. Stalin had whole Shock Armies deployed against the Germans on the Soviet Western Front. They weere basically Human Wave suicide infantry. We don't hear much about them, in Western sources.
@@Vampybattie No it isn't and no it hasn't. The soviets had five shock armies. Human wave assaults were a staple of soviet offensive doctrine at the time
Hmm..looks like the video editor took some liberties and mixed Japanese American Nisei photos (who fought for the United States) with a string of Imperial Japanese photos. The American GI fatigues are visible even on black and white photos.
0:50, The leader of the Kamikaze Forces, Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi eventually committed suicide by harakiri. He took his life shortly after the unconditional surrender of Japan. In his suicide note, he expressed remorse for sending approximately 4K pilots to their death.
At least he did that Why they did this in the first place, is a historical question of some import I think I think it was rooted in the age-old concept of a samurai never surrendering. But the Japanese government wiped out their own samurai class in a civil war 68 years previously so they don't really get the right to invoke their warrior spirit in an inevitable defeat. It just causes excess loss of life on both sides. Japan could never have won the war and by this point it was definitely patently obvious to the higher-ups. So why they chose this needlessly brutal and bloody strategy is an interesting topic to ponder indeed.
@@J3diMindTrix , Yes the tradition of self-sacrifice that the Kamikaze brought to WWII only delayed the "inevitable". Unfortunately, this Japanese strategy was able to prolong the war almost indefinitely, and unfortunately was a HUGE consideration for President Harry Truman in his infamous decision to utilize the Atomic Bomb. In my humble opinion, Truman made the right choice....he really had no other choice if he wanted to save American lives which had to be his priority.
i swear this channel comes up with the best video subjects that i never thought i wanted to watch. like i'd never think to suggest this but it comes up in my notifications and i'm like "yoooo what *was* it like??"
Here is a common mistake made by a lot of history shows on TV and RUclips: At time index 3:42 the picture of marching soldiers shown in German steel helmets on the left of the screen were nationalist Chinese soldiers, not Japanese. For a period in the 1930s the Nazis were allied with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces and sent them military aid.
Most documentaries are sloppy with pictures and film clips. I spotted at least two US planes being used to illustrate Kamikazes. Although I'm not really sure what they were trying to illustrate. The pictures were pretty random.
When I studied abroad in japan, my professor had mentioned to me that he suspects the Japanese imperial army was so barbaric with individuals they conquered and raided because they were already desensitized to violence during their brutal treatment in training. It was an interesting idea
Japanese society as a whole back then was extremely violent by our standards. If a parent or superior told you to do something, you did it immediately, with no debate or argument of any kind. You spoke when you were spoken to. Childraising practices were textbook child abuse by our values: instead of being validated and supported, children were frequently criticized, yelled at, and hit or kicked. You rarely got praised for doing something right, but you definitely got punished for doing something wrong. Fathers beat their families; teachers beat their students; coaches beat their athletes; blue-collar bosses beat their employees; corporals beat up privates, sergeants beat up corporals, and so on. Unless you were a member of the tiny aristocracy or upper-middle class, a famous personality of some kind, or really old, you were basically at risk for a good beating and/or severe emotional abuse at any time. So if you grew up in that environment, and were also expected as a man, a soldier, and a Japanese to fight to the death in any military conflict, you probably weren't going to be the greatest friend of enemy POWs and captured civilians.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz anytime some boomer wants to argue with me hitting a child won’t fuck them up with significant long term emotional developmental damage I’ll just point to the Japanese during WW2. You summed it up perfectly why a violent environment only breeds violence and “corrects” nothing.
I’ve heard that too, also the bushido code of romanticized samurai lore taught them to never surrender so seeing enemy prisoners surrender was insulting to them and they considered them to have no honor. It’s interesting because all of the ideas of fighting to the death and never surrender were created in a peaceful time of very few battles in Japans history..In the Sengoku period (the warring states) there are many accounts of samurai fighting and realizing they won’t win and retreating to fight another day. It was several generations later that those battles were romanticized and the ideas of never surrender were created by men that had never fought a battle.
@@iNCoMpeTeNtplAyS Yes, but not everyone sees a god the same way. Some see a Norse god, others a Greek god, etc. There's probably a god who people believe in who carries water or comes out at night because the sun hurts their eyes.
@@duzzitmatter8679 dad: "That's right second born son who will amount to nothing since you were not the first born who will lead the family legacy, you tell your mom how it is."
Ask yourself how did the Germans get the capital to rebuild after ww1. They owed the world billions at the time which would’ve translated to much more today. And yet they had capital to focus on infrastructure to be able to be on position to start ww2. Then ask yourself what companies helped build they equipment
Contrary to popular belief. Most pilots did not want to kill themselves. They were basically forced into their cockpits and then given just enough gas to get there but not home.
@ I think that’s definitely true and a lot of people that are into history know this. But I might also say that the average person that barely knows anything about history or maybe just the main popular points of history, thinks that the Japanese were just jumping at the chance to give their lives for Japan by driving their plane right into a ship. Because it was some great “honor”. Which isn’t true for the most part.
My wife and I visited Yasukuni Shrine back in 2016. Therein the museum, the Japanese Imperial Army claimed they were only trying to liberate their Asian neighbors from Western colonial powers but failed to mention that they were merely replacing one brutal master with an even more brutal one; themselves. My wife is ethnically half-Japanese herself and we both agree that denial of history and truth is still rampant within Japan today, as much as we appreciate the people and its culture.
Wow. Even the Germans don't teach that crap, they're pretty honest about the crap their country did in World War II (even a little of World War I) and have a National Day of Mourning about the tragedies. What the heck is going on with the Japanese?
@@joshschneider9766 that was like 600 years ago? But sure, just like modern U.S. with their militarized police force shooting their own citizens when they call for help, or letting them die from preventable disease by charging them hundreds just to see a doctor for a couple of minutes. But tell me again about the savagery of past times like the vikings or Egyptians? I'm sure they had much more knowledge and perspective than the 20th or 21st century...
@@joshschneider9766 also tell me more about the US having a death penalty even with citizens that are innocent while invading countries just to steal their resources and murdering millions of civilians while calling it "collateral damage"... all happening today. But sure, bring up Aztecs and Mayans... I don't know why you'd bring up those civilizations, when you still had France decapitating people publicly up until 1977, or Saudi Arabia still doing it today. But tell me again about those extinct societies that didn't have the benefit of 600 years of accessible history to learn from. Also, please tell me about Europe's god complex during the 1800s and 1900s still invading and murdering other countries way after the Tudors.
I read a book on the kamikaze, written by a pilot that didn't get a chance to die for the cause and became embittered by his experiences and moved to Canada where he wrote his book. He gives accounts of pilots staggering on the tarmac and being poured at riflepoint into their planes. If they came back despite having missed an opportunity to do their duty, they were dishonoured and used as an example, beaten without mercy in front of a crowd
I wonder if any of those pilots considered sabotaging their planes so they wouldn’t have to complete their mission. If the planes were really that old and in bad shape, it wouldn’t take much to sabotage them, and maybe nobody would notice.
Sabotaging??? They didnt even know which plane they were gonna use until the last minute and from what i read once inside the cockpit it was locked and also it didnt have wheels for landing. The only option was to take as many lives as u cud with you coz it was also rigged with explosives
Quite hard to sabotage a 14 cylinder radial in such a way as it'll get you in the air safely then throw a wobbly without seizing solid even if you know what to do, when you need to take half the cowling off to get to anything and the aircraft are guarded by a nice chap and his Arisaka. I'm not sure if you could sabotage the starter if it's a Coffman type it might be possible. Conceivably you could do a No Highway and pull the retracts on the takeoff run - at which point you are sliding along on your belly with lots of explody stuff...
No wonder the Emperor was desperate for attack on allies with those outdated planes he was too cheap to make new ones or borrow money 💸💰 from a certain despot
acommospat, Be thankful your father survived! The Kamikaze was dangerous threat, ONE Japanese plane with only ONE pilot had the potential to cripple or even sink an entire US Aircraft Carrier. With that strategy the Empire of Japan could keep the war going almost indefinitely. The Kamikaze was a significant consideration for President Harry Truman when he decided to Drop the Atomic Bomb. Very sad.....
@@jasona9 They were sacrificing their best and brightest. Even if they somehow won the war, which was highly unlikely at that point and those in power were aware of that, even if they didn't reveal this publicly, the remnants of their society wouldn't have been able to cope with the modern world and would have fallen far behind with the intellectuals mostly dead. And anyway, they would have run out of these men (and planes) eventually, or oil, the shortage of which was a major concern. Basically they were needlessly prolonging an inevitable defeat and sending the cream of their future society to die in that ill-advised effort. Kamikaze attacks were mounting the death toll on both sides in a conflict that, objectively, was only going to end one way. While I think the dropping of the A-bombs was excessive and unnecessary, however it happened, getting Japan to surrender and as quickly as possible was of absolute utmost importance, especially to the Japanese Now they have one of the most advanced civilisations on Earth and the only First World country in Asia. Considering they had completely isolated themselves for 200 years to now be where some of the most sophisticated technology is developed and engineered is quite some feat if you ask me Imagine if they _hadn't_ sent quite as many bright young students to their deaths during the war.
Years ago, I read a story from a former kamikaze pilot who had a successful mission and came back alive. He became disillusioned and saw the sham it all was because he was shamed and not congratulated. He wrote about a lot of what you discuss.
He was shamed because he came back. "Successful kamikaze missions" would mean that they shouldn't come back. He would've gotten the congratulations that he so craved if he would've had an ACTUAL successful mission.
Kamikaze also have a warsong and damn their lyrics was soo poetic, also the lyrics contained about their last words to their mother's or families before they commence suicide attack. You can search it on RUclips
I saw a documentary and it featured Takehiko Ena, who had survived three sorties due to mechanical failure and crash landing and as far as I know Takehiko-san is still alive (he was as of 2020).
Many were surprised by the humane treatment that most received as they had been indoctrinated by their officers and government that the enemy were Barbarians who engaged in torture and cannibalism. See if you can find the story of the last Japanese soldier to surrender in 1974. Pretty interesting.
@@portecrayon4083 yes I know that story really cool, but what I was thinking of was like the old military footage of Japanese surrendering on the islands. I think they only said like only 3 would surrender of a Garrison of thousands.
@@Sovietghostdivision While I didn't wish death on that guy (the one that kept fighting till the 70's and only surrendered because they got his superior officer to tell him the war was over) I got to tell you I also feel for the family of the people he killed during those 30 years. They gloss over that part, that his "missions" sometimes meant he killed people he thought were the enemy.
You could say they had explosive personalities. The end result might have gone up in smoke, but they made sure they had a blast before it was all over.
After this, you should make a video about the japanese-americans who were assigned into a single battalion and thrown into the european front of the ww2 as canon fodder.. poor fellows..
hello, generally enjoy your channel, but was wondering, at 1:19, the image showed looks like Japanese American soldiers, not Imperial Japanese soldiers.... helmets look American, I could be wrong though, but could be from 442nd?
@@harukanoe man, that's what I thought. Not turning this into a federal case, but as the grandson of a veteran of the 442nd, this makes me facepalm a bit.
Mom and dad, do not cry for I will fall upon our enemies like a cherry blossoms petal. I’ll be the divine wind that protects our people. Be joy for my destiny, because there is no bigger purpose.
And the USA will complete the destruction by dropping, not 1, but 2 nuclear bombs. The Kamikaze pilots died, for nothing. Hindsight is such an exact science.
Would you go into battle if it was some kind of Stalingrad type situation where your country is being invaded by literal Nazis, knowing you have a pretty high likelihood of death? This was an act of economic inequality more so than anything, young men fight desperate wars where they are likely to die all the time. Japan only turned to this specific measure because their navy was basically gone and this was all they had to strike back against American naval power. Keep in mind during this time we were doing devastating fire bomb raids on their cities. The nukes we dropped were not even close to as destructive as dropping thousands of pounds of fire bombs on a city made of wood and paper.
Hi weird history. I dk if you’ve done this before but I have an idea. Compare throughout the centuries of how soldiers were fed and how often did they get clean clothes, shave etc. Thank you.
@WeirdHistory Can you make a video that tells us about the living conditions of the Japanese soldiers and the US Army during the Battle of Peleliu. Such as health conditions, what foods are consumed, what diseases are infecting the soldiers. I want to hear it from your video.
Ur video seems well produced n researched until seeing an archival picture that looks like soldiers of the Japanese Americans of the 442 Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army. Yikes seems to give the impression they were part of the forces of Japan during WWII ! Please double check the picture of them standing at attention @ frame 2:45. Thanks
So far about six people have found different picture mismatches. Personally I was surprised to see that Kamikaze pilots flew US planes. Ha ha. Unfortunately it's about par for any documentary, whether youtube or bigger budget. People making ones on different topics wouldn't spot things that viewers more familiar with the subject might. Other times I think they are aware, but just figure they'lll get away with it. Sourcing and checking pictures and film clips takes time and the end result is probably not earning millions.
"Even if Japan won the war, my family would still suffer in the gutter and I would not be there to support them" a situation too common around the world for most Vets that put their lives on the line in battle for a country that turn their backs on them after they're gone
Under T**** a combat soldier's mother was deported while he was deployed. Also since the Revolutionary war it has been customary to grant citizenship to foreigners who fought for the US and that was also canceled under T****. Not to say that the US hasn't turned its back on its soldiers before then, because that would be a lie. Regardless of who is in power we do owe a debt to those who fight and even die for this country.
yes please do more WWII vids, as much as you can do, id also love to see vids about the korean war, that is not a war that is much talked about, all the ''fame'' goes to wwii, and 'nam
@@petemullen842 it’s not their fault they’re brainwashed pal. You’d be in their same spot if you were born in their place, you don’t gotta respect them but at least have some sympathy
@@petemullen842 if you think about it it was a nice strategy, one pilot could take down a ship full of hundred of enemies. you'll tell me its crime war but in war everything is permitted
@@petemullen842 so you hate all Japanese people even though there was a war out there and that what happens to you when you get caught but not all Japanese people are like that
Dear sir. I would like you to make a video on the contribution of Sikhs and Indian soldiers in the world wars. As that was the largest volunteer army assembled. The various battles they were involved in
The kamikaze units were actually more about being realistic. The Japanese military realized that sending their inexperienced pilots in dilapidated planes against American corsairs were essentially suicide missions.
I've had the privilege of visiting the Chiran Peace Musium honoring Kamakaze pilots in Southern Japan. The memorabilia on display there allows great insight into the minds of these heroes. It's quite an emotional experience to read the letters they left behind.
There's definitely qualitative differences, but plenty of young men would be happy to volunteer for suicidal missions like this if the war went a different way and D Day was fought in New York. There's already enough American movies that put patriotic tunes over this exact sort of thing.
@@ashfox7498 Yep. And if other historical events that are inexorably tied to specific geographic locations occurred in different, illogical origins, such as the Chicxulubub impact, things would be different as well.
I feel so bad for these soldiers. The social pressure to become a kamikaze pilot must have been insane. And imagine declining to volunteer only to be forced to go anyway.
Japanese pilot " no, thank you emporer "
Imperial navy " about that "
This is way people shouldn't be sheeps and follow the crowd
It is better to be alone and a outcast
DEATH to humanity
I had a uncle go down on the USS Lexington. I don’t feel bad for them at all. Luckily we figured out the whole atom splitting thing!
If I were to see other kamikazes survive due to plane issues... i would of sabotage each and every plane they put me in, in order to not be a uselessly slaughtered solider.
as a Japanese guy, I admit that this video shows quite balanced and historically accurate, well researched information. well done.
My grandmothers cousin was heavily pressured into becoming a kamikaze pilot. He went down over Guam somewhere.
My grandmothers uncle was extremely upset he had to lose his son.
She tells me what she remembers growing up during the war in Japan as a little girl. It’s such an interesting perspective to see the war through.
One thing which is often the case is that when you strip everything back we are all so much alike.
Compared to how warfare tends to play out now the concept of Kamikaze actually feels quite reasonable. Social and political complexities aside; at least they fought and died in battle against other soldiers and military targets. Combat service in general could be argued to be a suicide mission anyway albeit over a longer period of time. Kamikaze pilots deserve respect for thier sacrifice. There are far worse and more villainous military groups throughout history.
Japanese Bushido code is cancer.
I don't care if it was Dishonor in the family I'd leave and never came back I want to live..... Susan Hayward
@@garycarpenter2980 I don’t think it’s always that easy. Especially if you’re brainwashed.
Good People can be compelled to do horrendous things
"War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other."
Niko was a wise man
Wanna go bowling?
change stupid to naive and bitter to cynical...
Wise man Niko
I feel like from top to bottom the army just gaslighted everyone
Clearly signifies the Japanese army's mind set during WWII. Sadly their own country men faced the brunt of it.
I wouldnt say the brunt of it, those in Asia and Southeast Asia faced it all.
I feel worse for the people that were conquered by Japan. They treated POWs like absolute garbage, but the civilians got the brunt of it.
The men of Bataan would disagree.
Hardly…Their treatment of prisoners on the Burma Rail was beyond barbaric
This is what happens when your government views you as "Pieces", to be moved about on a chess board for their good pleasure. - and not as persons, with a life.. a dream, a family or goals.
Crazy. This wasn’t even 100 years ago and they were literally cracking skulls for seemingly minor offenses. Couldn’t even imagine myself trying to exist under such a strict warrior code in this modern era.
Look at today's ghurkas they are not quite beating each other unrecognizable really but they are damn close. Tougher men are very rare.
Yeah strict warrior code where many killed themselves to keep their honor after a defeat... Yet Tojo himself was just hiding in his apartment and couldn't even properly suicide with a gun lol
Neither did them
Look at them now, one of the best country in the world
It was less than 10 years ago that the US military cracked down on "woodline attitude adjustments". They still happen, but they're for serious fuck-ups like mishandling firearms or getting other people in trouble with their own mistakes.
so they were forced into it...poor guys, that's so freaking messed up
Hey, if nobody volunteer, shove them into it.
they were really forced. they designed the planes cockpit to be locked from the outside so the soldiers wouldnt have second thoughts
@@DonGetShiesty in other in words they can't eject.
@@DonGetShiesty Oh my gosh.
@@DonGetShiesty I'd just defect to American territory if I had second thoughts.
Engine failure means he was smart enough not to go through with it. I imagine that engine failure was common because at heart many Japanese soldiers didn't buy the bull crap they were being sold. Good for them!
i would have probably sabotaged my own plane to at least have a low chance of survival.
somehow sugar was poured into my engine. damn. maybe next time for sure
At some point, their superiors bolted the canopies shut because of this.
nah... they weren't transgender millennials with Teslas
@@goldslinger That's a good way to get around dishonorable cowards!
Of course the higher ranking officials didn’t volunteer to be a Kamikaze pilot.
Exactly send the junior brainwashed Mugs
Then again you have outliers like Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi (the monster of Manila) who took down the city and 100,000 civilians with him because he didn't die on the Kirishima (his last boat)...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 same book but you’re on a different page.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 This kind of true believers are dangerous.
Very few leaders fight along side their soldiers.
Midway really was a gamechanger... Everyone talks about the Japanese losing key carriers but the skilled pilots were the real killer. The kamikaze was the only solution to losing so many skilled dive bombers!
Also paper Planes
I even heard in one history channel that the only reason they started doing kamikazes was that the officers concluded that most unexperienced pilots would died anyway if they attacked
It was, but in the end it was the industrial capability of the United States that won the war.
My grandfather fought in Midway and survived my other grandfather fought on Normandy.
Very good statement! But also the best mechanics and airdales were lost along with the best pilots.
The photo in 7:43 is not "Tsutsui" - it's famed Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa (1886-1973). He played Colonel Saito in "The Bridge on the RIver Kwai" (1957).
The photo at 2:44 is of the Japanese-American 442nd regiment, fighting for the US in France. That’s a pretty bad oversight.
Lol I took asian American history in college and I was like wait a minute that was sessue the actor. Good to know I’m not crazy
Some of the pictures are a bit random. Unless the Kamikaze really used B-25's.
Unfortunately a lot of documentaries, not just youtube ones, figure a picture is a picture and close enough is good enough.
Says who.....sessue ofcourse.
@@johnnyazer5779 Now that's the way to comment.:)
When that gentleman said “I am still looking for that fellow“ I totally felt that!
Yeah if I was him I'd probably like to find him too, wouldn't you
He sent you to die cutting your life needlessly short (there was no way Japan could have won the war, especially at that point and their leaders knew that, they just wanted to make it as bloody and difficult as possible in their ultimate defeat) and he was responsible for you until that point, and he chose to make the short time you had left a living hell anyway
Yeah, if you'd both survived the war, I can see how there might be a score to settle there.
So, not so much suicide pilots, but forced self sacrifice. Either way, it's terrible😞
It would be better if they volunteered, some honor there.
@@davidjones3165 They wouldn't have enough to fight a war, that's why during war time there's a draft.
The phrase you're looking for is 'voluntold'
Quite a few did it willingly though.
They also forced Koreans to be suicide pilots
One thing I would like to see is about code talkers were used in the war.
They talked code during the war. It was hard for the enemy to figure out what they were saying. That's basically the story of code talkers... they talked in code and served in the war... your welcome
@@azjeepguy83
Way more to it than that.
What is a code talker? A code talker is the name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications on the battlefield. Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II. But did you know that there were at least 14 other Native nations, including the Cherokee and Comanche, that served as code talkers in both the Pacific and Europe during the war? The idea of using American Indians who were fluent in both their traditional tribal language and in English to send secret messages in battle was first put to the test in World War I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad and other Native communications experts and messengers. However, it wasn’t until World War II that the US military developed a specific policy to recruit and train American Indian speakers to become code talkers. The irony of being asked to use their Native languages to fight on behalf of America was not lost on code talkers, many of whom had been forced to attend government or religious-run boarding schools that tried to assimilate Native peoples and would punish students for speaking in their traditional language.
The US Army was the first branch of the military that began recruiting code talkers from places like Oklahoma in 1940. Other branches, such as the US Marines and Navy, followed a few years later, and the first class of 29 Navajo code talker US Marine recruits completed its training in 1942. Apart from basic training, these men had to develop and memorize a unique military code using their mostly unwritten language, and were placed in a guarded room until this task was completed.
The first type of code they created, Type 1 code, consisted of 26 Navajo terms that stood for individual English letters that could be used to spell out a word. For instance, the Navajo word for “ant,” wo-la-chee, was used to represent the letter “a” in English.
Type 2 code contained words that could be directly translated from English into Navajo, and the code talkers also developed a dictionary of 211 terms (later expanded to 411) for military words and names that didn’t originally exist in the Navajo language. For example, since there was no existing Navajo word for “submarine,” the code talkers agreed to use the term besh-lo, which translates to “iron fish.”
Watch the movie "Windtalkers", this is the story of these Native Americans
@@brianwnc8168 thank you for giving me a opportunity to learn more about the subject
Good idea
Being born and having grown up in (Okinawa) Japan and knowing how Japanese society thinks and acts when it comes to social pressures, I can definitely see how societal pressures could convince these young men into suicidal missions.
I am a proud American, and I view this as a tragedy . . . but these young ensigns sent on these missions were students who hadn't seen combat, and viewed their duty from a philosophical perspective. These pilots weren't brutes, or rapists, or fanatics. They were kids fresh from college. Imagine if that was your son, your brother, your nephew. And they put their lives on the line because it was their patriotic duty. What a horrible waste of life. These young men had so much courage and conviction . . . and they would have had tremendous promise if they weren't forced into this madness. Mad respect to them. They didn't deserve this, and whether or not they were forced to, they threw their lives away for their families and country without a second thought. They were true soldiers, and the people of Japan should show them more respect. From what I've heard, former kamikaze pilots are treated with disgrace . . . it's wrong. They deserve respect.
Definitely a lose-lose situation.
I didnt know students were
pulled in & used on this evil
suicide is honourable.
@@melmarsh3247 just like soldiers who were pulled, pushed or dragged into the service during Vietnam.
well the Americans deliberately killed over 500 000 civilians in Japan, they completely destroyed Tokyo and many other Japanese cities, I can understand why some of them chose to do it
I'd like to see a video about the life of Soviet Shock troops. Stalin had whole Shock Armies deployed against the Germans on the Soviet Western Front. They weere basically Human Wave suicide infantry. We don't hear much about them, in Western sources.
That's a myth it been debunked...
That's an excellent idea for a episode.
Sounds like you’re talking about the convict battalions.
@@Vampybattie No it isn't and no it hasn't. The soviets had five shock armies. Human wave assaults were a staple of soviet offensive doctrine at the time
@@alexandervolkov5205 No, he's talking about soviet shock armies. Two entirely different things
Hmm..looks like the video editor took some liberties and mixed Japanese American Nisei photos (who fought for the United States) with a string of Imperial Japanese photos. The American GI fatigues are visible even on black and white photos.
This channel is not always 100 percent accurate.
I know but I’ll be happy to point out their discrepancies.
Brief. Going down. Probably felt like everyone was taking shots at you.
always the center of attention XD
So it was like being insensitive on Twitter. I'm sure there was no difference in how they felt from the backlash of that
@@greenkoopa except their bodies were beaten, not just their poor wittle feelings...
0:50, The leader of the Kamikaze Forces, Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi eventually committed suicide by harakiri. He took his life shortly after the unconditional surrender of Japan. In his suicide note, he expressed remorse for sending approximately 4K pilots to their death.
At least he did that
Why they did this in the first place, is a historical question of some import I think
I think it was rooted in the age-old concept of a samurai never surrendering. But the Japanese government wiped out their own samurai class in a civil war 68 years previously so they don't really get the right to invoke their warrior spirit in an inevitable defeat. It just causes excess loss of life on both sides. Japan could never have won the war and by this point it was definitely patently obvious to the higher-ups. So why they chose this needlessly brutal and bloody strategy is an interesting topic to ponder indeed.
@@J3diMindTrix , Yes the tradition of self-sacrifice that the Kamikaze brought to WWII only delayed the "inevitable". Unfortunately, this Japanese strategy was able to prolong the war almost indefinitely, and unfortunately was a HUGE consideration for President Harry Truman in his infamous decision to utilize the Atomic Bomb. In my humble opinion, Truman made the right choice....he really had no other choice if he wanted to save American lives which had to be his priority.
i swear this channel comes up with the best video subjects that i never thought i wanted to watch. like i'd never think to suggest this but it comes up in my notifications and i'm like "yoooo what *was* it like??"
Here is a common mistake made by a lot of history shows on TV and RUclips:
At time index 3:42 the picture of marching soldiers shown in German steel helmets on the left of the screen were nationalist Chinese soldiers, not Japanese. For a period in the 1930s the Nazis were allied with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces and sent them military aid.
Most documentaries are sloppy with pictures and film clips. I spotted at least two US planes being used to illustrate Kamikazes. Although I'm not really sure what they were trying to illustrate. The pictures were pretty random.
Even then, Weird History needs more research for more secret info!
When I studied abroad in japan, my professor had mentioned to me that he suspects the Japanese imperial army was so barbaric with individuals they conquered and raided because they were already desensitized to violence during their brutal treatment in training. It was an interesting idea
+ methamphetamine
Japanese society as a whole back then was extremely violent by our standards. If a parent or superior told you to do something, you did it immediately, with no debate or argument of any kind. You spoke when you were spoken to. Childraising practices were textbook child abuse by our values: instead of being validated and supported, children were frequently criticized, yelled at, and hit or kicked. You rarely got praised for doing something right, but you definitely got punished for doing something wrong. Fathers beat their families; teachers beat their students; coaches beat their athletes; blue-collar bosses beat their employees; corporals beat up privates, sergeants beat up corporals, and so on. Unless you were a member of the tiny aristocracy or upper-middle class, a famous personality of some kind, or really old, you were basically at risk for a good beating and/or severe emotional abuse at any time. So if you grew up in that environment, and were also expected as a man, a soldier, and a Japanese to fight to the death in any military conflict, you probably weren't going to be the greatest friend of enemy POWs and captured civilians.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz anytime some boomer wants to argue with me hitting a child won’t fuck them up with significant long term emotional developmental damage I’ll just point to the Japanese during WW2. You summed it up perfectly why a violent environment only breeds violence and “corrects” nothing.
I’ve heard that too, also the bushido code of romanticized samurai lore taught them to never surrender so seeing enemy prisoners surrender was insulting to them and they considered them to have no honor. It’s interesting because all of the ideas of fighting to the death and never surrender were created in a peaceful time of very few battles in Japans history..In the Sengoku period (the warring states) there are many accounts of samurai fighting and realizing they won’t win and retreating to fight another day. It was several generations later that those battles were romanticized and the ideas of never surrender were created by men that had never fought a battle.
Yes, I thought just the same...
Does a “living god” need spectacles? I’m thinking not.
Brilliant comment
does a "living god" A puppet? I'm thinking not.
@M. J. B. wasn't the western God that in his history wanted sacrifices made in his honor. The kamikaze sacrificing themselves isn't too different.
@@iNCoMpeTeNtplAyS Yes, but not everyone sees a god the same way. Some see a Norse god, others a Greek god, etc. There's probably a god who people believe in who carries water or comes out at night because the sun hurts their eyes.
Huh
Hats off to the men who chose a shot of water over a shot of sake before their kamikaze mission. I'd requested a bottle to take with me on my flight.
Too bad they don't smoke weeds while flying their doomed planes
u wouldn’t wanna get tanked at high altitude lol
RIP to all these men. I can’t imagine the fear these people had during these times.
mom - "If you're friend was told to crash into a ship with a plane, would you?"
son: well gee, mom. Since you put it like that…yeah. I guess I would.
@@duzzitmatter8679 dad: "That's right second born son who will amount to nothing since you were not the first born who will lead the family legacy, you tell your mom how it is."
@@koukhang9118 lol this comment section.
😂😂😂
This is honestly my favorite channel on RUclips. Perfect narrator and interesting topics = amazing video
It's sad to think about how many people had to die for one mans greed.
Hmhm
Not greed, but madness and megalomania.
Amazon: Work hard. Have fun. Make history
Ask yourself how did the Germans get the capital to rebuild after ww1. They owed the world billions at the time which would’ve translated to much more today. And yet they had capital to focus on infrastructure to be able to be on position to start ww2. Then ask yourself what companies helped build they equipment
@@ThongNguyen-sx7sw scizho posting imminent
"War is just a deception"
-Sun Tzu
A more poignant question might be, what is the afterlife like for a kamikaze pilot?
:o
There's no afterlife. There remains were burned to a crisp, they won't even be reincarnated as a tree now.
The winners are mormon, and I dont want to be "that koopa", but I dont imagine many Japanese were mormons 🤔
@@NixonMayHaveBeenOnToSomething There is no afterlife for your dead spelling and grammar.
reincarnation is the only afterlife, there is no after anyway, only an infinite now
Contrary to popular belief. Most pilots did not want to kill themselves. They were basically forced into their cockpits and then given just enough gas to get there but not home.
@ I think that’s definitely true and a lot of people that are into history know this. But I might also say that the average person that barely knows anything about history or maybe just the main popular points of history, thinks that the Japanese were just jumping at the chance to give their lives for Japan by driving their plane right into a ship. Because it was some great “honor”. Which isn’t true for the most part.
😔🙏 weird history shows just how primitive we as humans still are.
My wife and I visited Yasukuni Shrine back in 2016. Therein the museum, the Japanese Imperial Army claimed they were only trying to liberate their Asian neighbors from Western colonial powers but failed to mention that they were merely replacing one brutal master with an even more brutal one; themselves.
My wife is ethnically half-Japanese herself and we both agree that denial of history and truth is still rampant within Japan today, as much as we appreciate the people and its culture.
Wow. Even the Germans don't teach that crap, they're pretty honest about the crap their country did in World War II (even a little of World War I) and have a National Day of Mourning about the tragedies. What the heck is going on with the Japanese?
Been in the UK or USA recently? They've got denial down to an artform.
The utter hubris of a society torturing their own hoping it'll win them loyalty and victory 🙄
You mean like Mayan and aztec human sacrifices active until the middle of Henry the eights Tudor reign in England?
@@joshschneider9766 that was like 600 years ago? But sure, just like modern U.S. with their militarized police force shooting their own citizens when they call for help, or letting them die from preventable disease by charging them hundreds just to see a doctor for a couple of minutes.
But tell me again about the savagery of past times like the vikings or Egyptians? I'm sure they had much more knowledge and perspective than the 20th or 21st century...
@@joshschneider9766 also tell me more about the US having a death penalty even with citizens that are innocent while invading countries just to steal their resources and murdering millions of civilians while calling it "collateral damage"... all happening today.
But sure, bring up Aztecs and Mayans... I don't know why you'd bring up those civilizations, when you still had France decapitating people publicly up until 1977, or Saudi Arabia still doing it today.
But tell me again about those extinct societies that didn't have the benefit of 600 years of accessible history to learn from. Also, please tell me about Europe's god complex during the 1800s and 1900s still invading and murdering other countries way after the Tudors.
Like the Nazis, Soviets, Maoist and British colonizers?
@@jimreilly917 I guess he went back to Tucker and Shapiro
Man your channel is really taking off since I’ve started watching
How about a Weird History about the first expeditions around Cape Horn?
Your pronunciation of the pilot names is really on point. Appreciated.
Except for Daikichi
@@dranyamarel143 came here to say just that.
@@arrianne311 you came here six months later to reply. Thank you.
Imagine the fit a weeb would throw if you pointed out a japanese person speaking english incorrectly.
(03:45)
That photo is of Chinese National Revolutionary Army troops, not Japanese troops.
Pretty racist
@@Slash687 Karen?
@@deepcreep98 who?
@@Slash687 What is "racist"?
@@ianmacfarlane1241 it is racist because it perpetuatesThe stereotype that all Asians look the same
What was it like being a Kamikaze pilot?
It was a blast.
Bruh....
I like it.
short!
24 Mar 1999 GOOD TIMES
Their reunions had a low turnout.
fascinating video. the only detractor is the overly loud background music.
I've noticed such sacrifices, if it's such a great honour to be a Kamikaze Pilot why aren't the leaders signing up?
uh....yeah officer this guy right here, sign him up for Kamikaze duty
I read a book on the kamikaze, written by a pilot that didn't get a chance to die for the cause and became embittered by his experiences and moved to Canada where he wrote his book. He gives accounts of pilots staggering on the tarmac and being poured at riflepoint into their planes. If they came back despite having missed an opportunity to do their duty, they were dishonoured and used as an example, beaten without mercy in front of a crowd
Cruelty and Brutality is part of how Japanese soldiers treated each other. Naturally they extended the same treatments to their enemies and civilians.
worse in china.
no country commits more war crimes than modern America.
sanctions....literally a war crime.
@@donHooligan Cry me a river.
@@AlexKS1992
facts don't make me cry, son.
do you need a tissue?
I wonder if any of those pilots considered sabotaging their planes so they wouldn’t have to complete their mission. If the planes were really that old and in bad shape, it wouldn’t take much to sabotage them, and maybe nobody would notice.
Sabotaging??? They didnt even know which plane they were gonna use until the last minute and from what i read once inside the cockpit it was locked and also it didnt have wheels for landing. The only option was to take as many lives as u cud with you coz it was also rigged with explosives
Quite hard to sabotage a 14 cylinder radial in such a way as it'll get you in the air safely then throw a wobbly without seizing solid even if you know what to do, when you need to take half the cowling off to get to anything and the aircraft are guarded by a nice chap and his Arisaka.
I'm not sure if you could sabotage the starter if it's a Coffman type it might be possible.
Conceivably you could do a No Highway and pull the retracts on the takeoff run - at which point you are sliding along on your belly with lots of explody stuff...
No wonder the Emperor was desperate for attack on allies with those outdated planes he was too cheap to make new ones or borrow money 💸💰 from a certain despot
My dad dad served on USS Mississippi. His gun was hit by Kamikaze, he was the only survivor of the gun crew.
acommospat, Be thankful your father survived! The Kamikaze was dangerous threat, ONE Japanese plane with only ONE pilot had the potential to cripple or even sink an entire US Aircraft Carrier. With that strategy the Empire of Japan could keep the war going almost indefinitely. The Kamikaze was a significant consideration for President Harry Truman when he decided to Drop the Atomic Bomb. Very sad.....
@@jasona9 They were sacrificing their best and brightest. Even if they somehow won the war, which was highly unlikely at that point and those in power were aware of that, even if they didn't reveal this publicly, the remnants of their society wouldn't have been able to cope with the modern world and would have fallen far behind with the intellectuals mostly dead. And anyway, they would have run out of these men (and planes) eventually, or oil, the shortage of which was a major concern. Basically they were needlessly prolonging an inevitable defeat and sending the cream of their future society to die in that ill-advised effort. Kamikaze attacks were mounting the death toll on both sides in a conflict that, objectively, was only going to end one way. While I think the dropping of the A-bombs was excessive and unnecessary, however it happened, getting Japan to surrender and as quickly as possible was of absolute utmost importance, especially to the Japanese
Now they have one of the most advanced civilisations on Earth and the only First World country in Asia. Considering they had completely isolated themselves for 200 years to now be where some of the most sophisticated technology is developed and engineered is quite some feat if you ask me
Imagine if they _hadn't_ sent quite as many bright young students to their deaths during the war.
Q: "What Was the Life of a Kamikaze Pilot Like?"
A: Short.
OH-
I literally was about to make a post like this. Like…Um short? What else?
I guess it would depend on the competence of your ground crew.
You'd want them to be a bunch of idiots who can't fix an engine.
Years ago, I read a story from a former kamikaze pilot who had a successful mission and came back alive. He became disillusioned and saw the sham it all was because he was shamed and not congratulated. He wrote about a lot of what you discuss.
He was shamed because he came back. "Successful kamikaze missions" would mean that they shouldn't come back. He would've gotten the congratulations that he so craved if he would've had an ACTUAL successful mission.
Kamikaze also have a warsong and damn their lyrics was soo poetic, also the lyrics contained about their last words to their mother's or families before they commence suicide attack. You can search it on RUclips
Thanks, you makers of this are not really weird at all. Rather, you are very human and show respect for others 👏
Long story, short, kamikaze pilot lives were short.
Kamikaze instructor: Watch Carefully boys, I’m only going to show you how to do this once.
I saw a documentary and it featured Takehiko Ena, who had survived three sorties due to mechanical failure and crash landing and as far as I know Takehiko-san is still alive (he was as of 2020).
You should do the life of a tunnel rat during the Vietnam war
They already did
Yep, been there, done that 3/9/66 to 3/9/67, 1st Infantry Division, "A" Company, 2nd Bn, 28th Inf, Lai Khe Vietnam.
@@sharonw2475 thank you for your service
The videos are amazing really interesting stuff. How about a video of what happened to the few Japanese soldiers that did surrender.
Many were surprised by the humane treatment that most received as they had been indoctrinated by their officers and government that the enemy were Barbarians who engaged in torture and cannibalism. See if you can find the story of the last Japanese soldier to surrender in 1974. Pretty interesting.
@@portecrayon4083 yes I know that story really cool, but what I was thinking of was like the old military footage of Japanese surrendering on the islands. I think they only said like only 3 would surrender of a Garrison of thousands.
@@Sovietghostdivision While I didn't wish death on that guy (the one that kept fighting till the 70's and only surrendered because they got his superior officer to tell him the war was over) I got to tell you I also feel for the family of the people he killed during those 30 years. They gloss over that part, that his "missions" sometimes meant he killed people he thought were the enemy.
Great video - it covered so many aspects that I had never thought of, like the firstborn rule. Thank you
You could say they had explosive personalities. The end result might have gone up in smoke, but they made sure they had a blast before it was all over.
Boom
Eh
Ms. Frizzle's Class: "Carlooooos!"
Lmao what a dynamite comment.
u could say it was the bomb
"You must sacrifice yourself."
Ehh... Oh NoOoOoOo my plane no longer go 'brrrr'. Such a shame. Well! Anyway, off to lunch!
Lol! Exactly!
After this, you should make a video about the japanese-americans who were assigned into a single battalion and thrown into the european front of the ww2 as canon fodder.. poor fellows..
The Purple Heart Battalion.
4:07 what game is that?
The one time coming home as a veteran isn't a badge of honor.
Actually, no. Black American veterans weren’t treated or seen as honorable when they returned to the states during that time either.
@@shakemagilbert2739 that's you in your profile picture
hello, generally enjoy your channel, but was wondering, at 1:19, the image showed looks like Japanese American soldiers, not Imperial Japanese soldiers....
helmets look American, I could be wrong though, but could be from 442nd?
The image at 2:46 is a famous photo of the Japanese-American 442nd regiment in Vosges, France. You can see the American flag held on the left.
@@harukanoe man, that's what I thought. Not turning this into a federal case, but as the grandson of a veteran of the 442nd, this makes me facepalm a bit.
Very short and explosive
I come to to have fun while I learn, but you guys sure to pivot well when the matter gets more serious. Great episode!
so many innocent lives taken for no real reason... it's awful and sad
Very good video btw
Japan was losing the war by the time the Kamikaze originated. They thought this "self-sacrifice" strategy could win them the war. They were wrong....
Nice piece buddy 👍
My great-uncle was a Montford Point Marine and he fought in the Battle of Okinawa.
Horrific! Great video--
Mom and dad, do not cry for I will fall upon our enemies like a cherry blossoms petal. I’ll be the divine wind that protects our people. Be joy for my destiny, because there is no bigger purpose.
To die for your country and people is an honor for your soul.😊
Brainwashed af
And the USA will complete the destruction by dropping, not 1, but 2 nuclear bombs. The Kamikaze pilots died, for nothing. Hindsight is such an exact science.
Short.
Thank you
It is quite a strange way to force someone to show their patriotism by having them do suicidal attacks.
Would you go into battle if it was some kind of Stalingrad type situation where your country is being invaded by literal Nazis, knowing you have a pretty high likelihood of death? This was an act of economic inequality more so than anything, young men fight desperate wars where they are likely to die all the time. Japan only turned to this specific measure because their navy was basically gone and this was all they had to strike back against American naval power. Keep in mind during this time we were doing devastating fire bomb raids on their cities. The nukes we dropped were not even close to as destructive as dropping thousands of pounds of fire bombs on a city made of wood and paper.
Awesome History story telling
I actually wonder how many mechanics purposely made some planes unflyable because they knew the pilot and didn't want them to die.
Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job
My great grandpa was on a submarine, I’d like to learn more about that experience since he’s gone
Have you ever done a video on the Bataan Death March?
I think that pilot who had 'engine troubles' three times in a row wasn't lucky, or I imagine he had a hand in making his own 'luck'
Hi weird history. I dk if you’ve done this before but I have an idea. Compare throughout the centuries of how soldiers were fed and how often did they get clean clothes, shave etc. Thank you.
Sorry man, my engine shits the bed every time I go on one of these missions
"Sorry y'all I'm running out of.. carburetor..."
@WeirdHistory
Can you make a video that tells us about the living conditions of the Japanese soldiers and the US Army during the Battle of Peleliu. Such as health conditions, what foods are consumed, what diseases are infecting the soldiers. I want to hear it from your video.
That divine wind didn’t protect against two nukes
Nor white supremacy
Can you do a video on Pearl Harbor?
Ur video seems well produced n researched until seeing an archival picture that looks like soldiers of the Japanese Americans of the 442 Regimental Combat Team of the U.S.
Army. Yikes seems to give the impression they were part of the forces of Japan during WWII ! Please double check the picture of them standing at attention @ frame 2:45.
Thanks
So far about six people have found different picture mismatches. Personally I was surprised to see that Kamikaze pilots flew US planes. Ha ha. Unfortunately it's about par for any documentary, whether youtube or bigger budget. People making ones on different topics wouldn't spot things that viewers more familiar with the subject might. Other times I think they are aware, but just figure they'lll get away with it. Sourcing and checking pictures and film clips takes time and the end result is probably not earning millions.
Can you do Korean History? Like the dynasties Joseon, 3 Kingdoms of korea, Goryeo and many more.
Good suggestion. Most suggestions here are about things that have already been covered a million times.
"Even if Japan won the war, my family would still suffer in the gutter and I would not be there to support them" a situation too common around the world for most Vets that put their lives on the line in battle for a country that turn their backs on them after they're gone
Under T**** a combat soldier's mother was deported while he was deployed. Also since the Revolutionary war it has been customary to grant citizenship to foreigners who fought for the US and that was also canceled under T****. Not to say that the US hasn't turned its back on its soldiers before then, because that would be a lie. Regardless of who is in power we do owe a debt to those who fight and even die for this country.
Short. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
What it’s like to be a writer and narrator for a RUclips channel called “weird history”
yes please do more WWII vids, as much as you can do, id also love to see vids about the korean war, that is not a war that is much talked about, all the ''fame'' goes to wwii, and 'nam
Please respect the lives of people who fought in ww2
@@petemullen842 it’s not their fault they’re brainwashed pal. You’d be in their same spot if you were born in their place, you don’t gotta respect them but at least have some sympathy
@@petemullen842 if you think about it it was a nice strategy, one pilot could take down a ship full of hundred of enemies. you'll tell me its crime war but in war everything is permitted
@@petemullen842 Youre a fool. They hated too and look where it got them?
@@petemullen842 so you hate all Japanese people even though there was a war out there and that what happens to you when you get caught
but not all Japanese people are like that
@@petemullen842 hope you suffer the same pain as your uncle until you forgive then 😄☺️
You need to turn down the music. It shouldn't be the same volume as the speaker.
Dear sir. I would like you to make a video on the contribution of Sikhs and Indian soldiers in the world wars. As that was the largest volunteer army assembled. The various battles they were involved in
The kamikaze units were actually more about being realistic. The Japanese military realized that sending their inexperienced pilots in dilapidated planes against American corsairs were essentially suicide missions.
"Why am I dying to liiiiive if I'm just living to diiiiiiie"
Thank you for this! ⛩️
'You wanna DIE or do you wanna DIE?...'
"I guess I'd just die then"🤗
A+ video!
LOVE IT! What an incredible history, so much honor!
Anime and sushi aside Japan was a cruel place throughout history. Sad to learn about the university student pilots. What a waste.
I've had the privilege of visiting the Chiran Peace Musium honoring Kamakaze pilots in Southern Japan. The memorabilia on display there allows great insight into the minds of these heroes. It's quite an emotional experience to read the letters they left behind.
People be like “American soldiers are brainwashed”… not this brainwashed
Bullshit just look at how many suicide charges on machine gun nests received medals of honor during that very campaign let alone after.
There's definitely qualitative differences, but plenty of young men would be happy to volunteer for suicidal missions like this if the war went a different way and D Day was fought in New York. There's already enough American movies that put patriotic tunes over this exact sort of thing.
@@ashfox7498 Yep. And if other historical events that are inexorably tied to specific geographic locations occurred in different, illogical origins, such as the Chicxulubub impact, things would be different as well.
Make an episode on the inventions that came out of WWII such duck tape, sonar, amphibious vehicles,etc