The Japanese people should pay tribute to that pilot who fought day by day with unmatched courage and determination to defend Japan from the terrible American bombings, my greatest respect for you sir!
There would have been no bombings if the Japanese government simply surrendered. The war and bombing were military responses to Japan's War. It was the Japanese government which chose war over of peace and sent a whole generation of Japan's best to die in China, Southest Asia, the Philippines and Pacific. Those men deserved better, as did millions of others who died because of Japanese military aggression.
@@Zerox_Prime you obviously don’t know anything about Japan in ww2. Surrender and quitting just wasn’t in them. Right or wrong choices, they see it through. 99% of them were that way. The 1% who would be ok with that were considered deviant, weak, cowards, puss13s and worse.
@@r47168411 The cowards were the drones who gleefully carried out mass murder in China, wherever they invaded. Bayonetting babies was not an act of courage, nor was murdering 250000 Chinese in retaliation for 150 Japanese killed in America's Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. You suggest that Japanese had no humanity and were coerced drones of a homicidal, bloodthirsty military. Tell them that. Japan denies the Rape of Nanking and countless other atrocities. The pilot in this video seeks adoration for being part of Japan's greatest, most foul error. He was no hero and prolonged the destruction of Japan.
@@Zerox_Prime I’m not suggesting anything essay boy. Don’t try and put words in my mouth. Take your anti Japan bullshit and ram it up your twat. This comment section is about a ijn aviator. Nobody cares what your views on imperial Japanese army policies in China is.
5:30 For a soldier and a pilot, nobody dies for nothing. Even for those who dies during training, Those who dies during the test flights, those who dies while investigating a crash incident, those who dies on landing or on take off from carrier and airfield. Nobody dies for nothing. The same can also applies for construction workers and Motorsport racers in todays world. However, dying to protect your homeland and to protect those who can't fight is a whole lot meaningful even if the war was lost.
Thank you very much for translating these videos into english and publishing them on youtube. They are great and very informative. Please keep uploading more videos.
The Japanese are a truly great people. Twice in 100 years they came from a huge disadvantage to being a great power, this is a testament to their incredible national character. It is a shame that their rulers lead them to disaster, it was the flavor of the times. How they treated British prisoners was disgusting, I will not comment on the war in China.... We are products of our environments and as such victims of fate; this makes forgiveness all the more important. Forgiveness is how we can correct errors and enforce the rational.
I absolutely agree with what he is saying about "what Japan has today is because of the sacrifices made by those who fought to the death!" What the hell do the"Naysayers" mean when they criticise what he is saying about the sacrifice of those who gave their lives? Easy to bullshit, when you don't really understand!
@@surak24 that's why weak filipino got colonize by spain and america 400years if japan was can't fight against western power,asia is still western colony even now filipino can't fight back against white man,always warship and kneeling .give their woman for free,now their women are crazy about white man and east asian man more than coward short filipino man All they can do is play tough guys on the internet you guys always just minor role in world history
@@surak24 Why is the Philippines getting ODA and money every year from a shamed country like a beggar?? Why does the Philippines get development help from that shamed country?
Very nice! Though, I get the impression that they heavily edited or censored allot of things he wanted to say. Whether to shorten time or for political reasons I can't tell
Pretty good guess. Same as any other countries Japanese are also sensitive about WW2 or Pacific war. So it happens so many times.And as it mentioned in comment below of original video,the reporter in this video is unbelievably crap. How can you ask the veteran to "Didn't your comrades die for nothing?"?
excellent, wish the pilot would have gotten to speak more though. The editing allowed enough time to both read and look at the photos. this is a man I would like to sit and speak with for a lot of hours.
His day is gone....his type of warrior probably gone as well....I suppose it's hard to know what would happen by today's standards.... current Japanese pilots would most likely do thier utmost to defend thier island. But this guy is on another level.....
saw this as a kid after reading after the battle magazine. where is the shiden pilot who ditched? what was his name? 5 of his squadron mates disappeared that day. was it against b sans (b29 superfortress) or f6f hellcats? b sans i think. goddess bless those mia pilots. those japan shiden fighter pilots fighting the americans say the same thing as english fighter pilots fighting the germans. there were empty seats at the dinner table. no jokes...
Onboard the USS Midway I met a veteran F4U pilot who shot down an N1K2 that was on its way to crash against American ships. He said the Japanese pilot hardly knew how to fly the plane. Putting such capable aircraft to use in suicide missions shows how desperate things had become for Japan.
IIRC the N1K2 was never used for kamikaze. It was far too precious a plane. Although Ki-84s (which were also very capable) were used for suicide missions near the end.
From watching these excellent videos, I get the impression that they used mainly "Zero" fighters and other craft that had similar capabilities: easy to fly, very maneuverable, and - expendable.
Pardon me, but I am a little simple when thinking about whether men who fought and died in a war, died in vain or not. Many Japanese pilots perished during the war of attrition that Japan knew it could never hope to win. Bear in mind though, that a lot of American pilots were killed or went missing in action during the many air battles over the Pacific. It may have been some consolation to the families of those American pilots that the US of A won the war. But still, the killed American pilots are as dead as the Japanese pilots who lost their lives. Mr. Tomokazu was fortunate enough that he survived the war. He saw his country in ruins but he also lived through the times when it was rebuilt and turned into a powerful ally of the US of A. Of course he must feel indebted to his dead comrades who never made it back to base. That is why he claimed that they did not die in vain. To me, it makes little difference. Those who died, never saw the end of war. What I mean to say is that for the individual airmen, it didn't matter for which side you fought. American, Japanese, they all died in vain.
You did not participated in the Pacific War. You were born after the war came to an end. So you have no right to say that these men who fought for their nation died in vain...period.
AudieHolland: I think your post brings up the right questions about war. If someone thinks country and honor come first then war is worth it. If you think countries are just artificial economic constructs that mostly favor the few at the top, then dying and destruction is a huge waste of talent, material, and everyone's time. To me WW2 answered the old idea that lives in the minds of all economic elites: "Either I become or if necessary orient towards the dominant economic nation". The only alternative path for all of us is to imagine an alternative to domination. It's not easy, but war is always about economic competition by physical means and an end to war will only come through international or post national democracy.
Yeah, Japan needed a new fighter to stop America from bombing the country? How did that work? A simple surrender stopped the bombing. This man's participation in that war should be pitied, not celebrated.
The Japanese people should pay tribute to that pilot who fought day by day with unmatched courage and determination to defend Japan from the terrible American bombings, my greatest respect for you sir!
There would have been no bombings if the Japanese government simply surrendered. The war and bombing were military responses to Japan's War. It was the Japanese government which chose war over of peace and sent a whole generation of Japan's best to die in China, Southest Asia, the Philippines and Pacific. Those men deserved better, as did millions of others who died because of Japanese military aggression.
@@Zerox_Prime you obviously don’t know anything about Japan in ww2. Surrender and quitting just wasn’t in them. Right or wrong choices, they see it through. 99% of them were that way. The 1% who would be ok with that were considered deviant, weak, cowards, puss13s and worse.
@@r47168411 The cowards were the drones who gleefully carried out mass murder in China, wherever they invaded. Bayonetting babies was not an act of courage, nor was murdering 250000 Chinese in retaliation for 150 Japanese killed in America's Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. You suggest that Japanese had no humanity and were coerced drones of a homicidal, bloodthirsty military. Tell them that. Japan denies the Rape of Nanking and countless other atrocities. The pilot in this video seeks adoration for being part of Japan's greatest, most foul error. He was no hero and prolonged the destruction of Japan.
@@Zerox_Prime I’m not suggesting anything essay boy. Don’t try and put words in my mouth.
Take your anti Japan bullshit and ram it up your twat. This comment section is about a ijn aviator. Nobody cares what your views on imperial Japanese army policies in China is.
ありがとうございます！日本国民として嬉しく思います！
5:30
For a soldier and a pilot, nobody dies for nothing. Even for those who dies during training, Those who dies during the test flights, those who dies while investigating a crash incident, those who dies on landing or on take off from carrier and airfield. Nobody dies for nothing.
The same can also applies for construction workers and Motorsport racers in todays world. However, dying to protect your homeland and to protect those who can't fight is a whole lot meaningful even if the war was lost.
It was a beautiful airplane. Glad they found it
Thank you very much for translating these videos into english and publishing them on youtube. They are great and very informative. Please keep uploading more videos.
The Japanese are a truly great people. Twice in 100 years they came from a huge disadvantage to being a great power, this is a testament to their incredible national character. It is a shame that their rulers lead them to disaster, it was the flavor of the times. How they treated British prisoners was disgusting, I will not comment on the war in China.... We are products of our environments and as such victims of fate; this makes forgiveness all the more important. Forgiveness is how we can correct errors and enforce the rational.
I absolutely agree with what he is saying about "what Japan has today is because of the sacrifices made by those who fought to the death!"
What the hell do the"Naysayers" mean when they criticise what he is saying about the sacrifice of those who gave their lives? Easy to bullshit, when you don't really understand!
They sacrifice for nothing, placed Japan in shame.
@@surak24
that's why weak filipino got colonize by spain and america 400years
if japan was can't fight against western power,asia is still western colony even now
filipino can't fight back against white man,always warship and kneeling .give their woman for free,now their women are crazy about white man and east asian man more than coward short filipino man
All they can do is play tough guys on the internet
you guys always just minor role in world history
@@surak24
Why is the Philippines getting ODA and money every year from a shamed country like a beggar??
Why does the Philippines get development help from that shamed country?
thank you very much. more please. :)
Thanks for the video! Very interesting! ;)
Thanks for these videos :)
やはりメディアを感じる。最後のあの戦争が何だったのかについて、切り取り編集し過ぎだ。
取材の受け答え全容が見たいと心から思う。
Very nice! Though, I get the impression that they heavily edited or censored allot of things he wanted to say. Whether to shorten time or for political reasons I can't tell
Yeah I would love to watch an unedited video of just the questions directed at him, no matter how little the cut out.
Pretty good guess. Same as any other countries Japanese are also sensitive about WW2 or Pacific war. So it happens so many times.And as it mentioned in comment below of original video,the reporter in this video is unbelievably crap. How can you ask the veteran to "Didn't your comrades die for nothing?"?
Maybe it's about the shorten time.
excellent, wish the pilot would have gotten to speak more though. The editing allowed enough time to both read and look at the photos. this is a man I would like to sit and speak with for a lot of hours.
Have you not seen this? ruclips.net/video/hxaj_MQ2Svw/видео.html
I agree, in his other interview on this channel you can see his personality more, seems like a great guy to be in the presence of
His day is gone....his type of warrior probably gone as well....I suppose it's hard to know what would happen by today's standards.... current Japanese pilots would most likely do thier utmost to defend thier island. But this guy is on another level.....
無駄なんかじゃない……
無駄なんかじゃ………
彼らがいたからこそ今の日本があるんや…
saw this as a kid after reading after the battle magazine. where is the shiden pilot who ditched? what was his name? 5 of his squadron mates disappeared that day. was it against b sans (b29 superfortress) or f6f hellcats? b sans i think. goddess bless those mia pilots. those japan shiden fighter pilots fighting the americans say the same thing as english fighter pilots fighting the germans. there were empty seats at the dinner table. no jokes...
They where heroes, and now we know, they where on the right !
菅野直さんがイケメンすぎる‼️
Kore arigatō o7
Cpt Toastman I've seen this name in Warthunder I think
Onboard the USS Midway I met a veteran F4U pilot who shot down an N1K2 that was on its way to crash against American ships. He said the Japanese pilot hardly knew how to fly the plane. Putting such capable aircraft to use in suicide missions shows how desperate things had become for Japan.
IIRC the N1K2 was never used for kamikaze. It was far too precious a plane. Although Ki-84s (which were also very capable) were used for suicide missions near the end.
All I can say is that the veteran identified it as a "George".
Might've been an N1K1 (N1K2's predecessor), although I'm not sure if they were officially used for kamikaze.
That's entirely possible.
From watching these excellent videos, I get the impression that they used mainly "Zero" fighters and other craft that had similar capabilities: easy to fly, very maneuverable, and - expendable.
በጣም ጀግና አብራሪዋች አሉዋቸው ወሬ አታብዙ።
まだ戦後洗脳は解けてないようだな。
アイツらはよくやった。そして、もしその時が来れば今度は俺が行く。
テレビ局が制作するのはこんなんばっか..
Great kanji you got there bud.
戦時中の洗脳は？
@@TT-dl7of
既に19世紀末から、主に日本人のことを指し「黄禍論」といって黄色人種を差別迫害し、また眼鏡・出っ歯・チビのレッテルで日本人を徹底的に侮蔑した欧米人のそれは洗脳と言わずに何と言うの？
自分達を差別してくる相手に対し敵愾心を抱かないのであれば、自ら進んで欧米人の奴隷になって靴底を舐めておけばいいよ。少なくとも犬のように餌は与えてくれるだろうから。
あなたは悪い人じゃないかもしれないけどハッキリ言って馬鹿ですね。戦争中の洗脳？それならお互い様だね。
guides.library.fresnostate.edu/c.php?g=636720&p=4459994
@@feAt.tAkuyA
戦時中の洗脳は認めるの？
こんばんわーことばがでてこないですーおしえこまされたーそこくあいーこおこくしかんーせんごのてのひらかえしーいぞくのかなしみ（がくとしゆつじん）大日本帝国ー？
Pardon me, but I am a little simple when thinking about whether men who fought and died in a war, died in vain or not. Many Japanese pilots perished during the war of attrition that Japan knew it could never hope to win. Bear in mind though, that a lot of American pilots were killed or went missing in action during the many air battles over the Pacific. It may have been some consolation to the families of those American pilots that the US of A won the war. But still, the killed American pilots are as dead as the Japanese pilots who lost their lives. Mr. Tomokazu was fortunate enough that he survived the war. He saw his country in ruins but he also lived through the times when it was rebuilt and turned into a powerful ally of the US of A. Of course he must feel indebted to his dead comrades who never made it back to base. That is why he claimed that they did not die in vain. To me, it makes little difference. Those who died, never saw the end of war. What I mean to say is that for the individual airmen, it didn't matter for which side you fought. American, Japanese, they all died in vain.
no i don't think so. none of them died in vain. they died for their country and for their believes. i don't call that dying in vain.
You did not participated in the Pacific War. You were born after the war came to an end. So you have no right to say that these men who fought for their nation died in vain...period.
@@iamedyson Why not
AudieHolland: I think your post brings up the right questions about war.
If someone thinks country and honor come first then war is worth it. If you think countries are just artificial economic constructs that mostly favor the few at the top, then dying and destruction is a huge waste of talent, material, and everyone's time.
To me WW2 answered the old idea that lives in the minds of all economic elites: "Either I become or if necessary orient towards the dominant economic nation". The only alternative path for all of us is to imagine an alternative to domination. It's not easy, but war is always about economic competition by physical means and an end to war will only come through international or post national democracy.
The American pilots were indeed Brave.
that all I can say. enemy or not? They fought like hell.
Yeah, Japan needed a new fighter to stop America from bombing the country? How did that work? A simple surrender stopped the bombing. This man's participation in that war should be pitied, not celebrated.
Your lack of knowledge is reflected in the comments. Oh, poor you.