Thanks for watching! 😊Remember to *Like & Subscribe* if you enjoyed the video and click the *Bell Icon* to never miss an upload. *Sources* used can be found in the description and *Timestamps* can be found below: 📽 *Timestamps:* Intro: 0:00 Japan’s Surrender Introduction 0:46 *PRELUDE: JAPAN’S DREAMS OF EMPIRE* 5:00 Conquest of the Pacific 5:11 Japanese Atrocities 6:54 American Industry 8:27 Turning the Tide 10:17 The Bushido Code 12:15 State Shinto 14:13 *PART 1: THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE* 20:12 Firebombing Japan 20:24 Firebombing of Tokyo 21:40 The Bombing Continues 22:51 American Strategy 24:25 Operation Downfall 25:49 Japanese Defensive Plans 27:36 Kamikaze 28:46 The Manhatten Project 31:20 The Potsdam Decleration 33:42 No Response 37:26 Dropping the Bomb: The American Perspective 38:14 Primary Reasons 38:37 Additional Benefits 39:56 Hiroshima 41:44 Nagasaki 45:40 *PART 2: THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE* 48:55 Role of the Emperor in Japanese Politics 50:17 The Supreme Council 51:40 The Sakomizu Report 54:24 First Signs of Peace 57:16 Soviet Ambassador Malik 59:40 Back to War 1:00:47 Kido Breaks Protocol 1:02:38 An Ambassador to Moscow 1:07:18 Ketsu-Go 1:10:16 Potsdam: The Japanese Perspective 1:11:40 Negotiating with Stalin 1:14:40 Hiroshima: The Japanese Perspective 1:15:47 The Soviet Invasion 1:18:07 “Let us end the War” 1:21:08 Nagasaki: The Japanese Perspective 1:22:29 One Condition vs Four Condition Offer 1:23:16 The Cabinet Meets 1:25:33 “To Bear The Unbearable” 1:27:48 Hirohito Speaks 1:32:20 The Byrnes Note 1:35:00 Mayhem 1:36:57 August 13th 1:39:22 The Fate of Japan 1:40:56 The Coup 1:45:23 Hirohito’s Speech to the Nation 1:51:38 Aftermath 1:55:03 *The Real Reason Japan Surrendered* 1:56:35
There are so many videos about the end of the war in Germany. This is the first one I've seen that goes into so much detail about the inner workings of the Japanese leadership during the last before before their surrender. Outstanding documentary!
So, the real reason Japan surrendered is revealed by the narrator himself at the end to be the capitulation of Hirohito himself. And the full text of Hirohito's speech reveals the central motivation for the capitulation: The two atomic bombs. The speech reveals a number of other things, certainly. But the central motivation for Hirohito, not the befuddled second-guessing of historians, was the near obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by atomic bombs.
I think a large causing leading to it but maybe not the main cause was loss of faith in the emperors divinity had the people pushing for it to a breaking point
@@profiscusafter Nagasaki was destroyed they were scared that Tokyo would be next even tho it was spared.Cause that's where the imperial family lives and those loyal to him knew very well that they can't protect anymore.To make matters worse they became trapped by two superpowers like Poland was and with nukes raining down from above it was foolish to continue.
I saw this pop-up on my feed and thought it was a compilation of a couple of WW2 documentaries from years ago that'd be nice for some background noise, as I hadn't checked the page that posted it. But I noticed the quality was good, the voice was familiar and that it was one, coherent, well-edited piece. THEN I SAW IT WAS LIFE GUIDE! I'm so happy you're posting again, so far this documentary seems well worth the wait, your channel is an utter gem! Love from South Africa 💙🇿🇦
You have absolutely the best channel on RUclips. The only videos I watch that are two hours that I look forward too. Two hours of keeping me captivated!
I had three close family members live through WW2. One from Europe and two from the Pacific. Both Marines said the same thing: "We knew we were dead if we had to invade the mainland". "Those two bombs saved us." Signing a paper is one thing but convincing the population the war was over was more difficult. MacArthur was raised in the far east. He knew the mind set. When he set up an office in Tokyo, as he drove in his staff car the people would turn their backs. His aid was getting mad and Mac told him "They turn the other way because they are ashamed and can't look me in the face. Mac asked them to have the Emperor come to visit him. They told him the Emperor never left the Palace in his life. Mac said "he will this time or I will send the Marines to escort him." The Emperor did visit Mac and by that gesture the people realized the war was over and they had lost. (As I remember it)
I can confidently say this is the most captivating presentation regarding a piece WW2 that I’ve ever seen. The way you can tell a story is a gift. Please keep uploading!
Your videos on history have influenced my entire personal idealogy. Whenever a video of yours comes out I make it a priority to watch it as soon as possible.
This was so well put. Thank you for explaining it in meticulous detail. I will be saving this to show my kids and grandkids. P.S. - I did not skip a single ad. Please continue to upload, you have a staunch subscriber now.
The Japanese lost the war on December 7th, 1941. They obviously miscalculated the lengths America would go to bring them completely to their knees...great video though.
Hello The Life Guide ! I am really very happy and exited you're uploading again. I had a question : how many people work to make for documentaries like this one. Thank you for your answer. Benjamin.
A nicely edited and balanced presentation. My father commanded an LST in the Philippines and was training and preparing for invading Kyushu in Operation Downfall when the bomb was dropped. The decision likely saved his life.
Just found this channel. And I have to say before I hit play I looked the number of views and I was hesitant about it. Then the video starts and I heard the voice and I’m like i wish it was Prof David Reynolds. 😅 But I grew on me the voice 😂 And I have to say this is the most complete and well made documentary on the subject. Keep it coming man you did an amazing job.
Awesome job, thank you very much for sharing this. Our worlds history must be protected and remembered so that we all can avoid the mistakes of the past.
Hi love your uploads.. lots of people say this is part 3 what are part 1 & 2 titled??? So I have watched it all please. Also please keep uploading thank you for all your work bringing these to us 😊
I think this is actually Part 4 or maybe even Part 5. The first two are titled “World War 2 Explained Part 1” & “World War 2 Explained Part 2”. I’m almost certain this isn’t the anticipated Part 3.
As the war in Europe had recently ended, the Soviet Union was amassing multiple armies to invade Japan. The Japanese high command reasoned that if there was an American presence in Japan, the Soviets wouldn't invade.
It still surprises me that people question the use of the atomic bombs on Japan. The country was ruled by zealots! Fanatical zealots that would have burned Japan to the ground costing millions of Japanese lives and likely thousands of American, British and Soviet lives along with them. Japan had suffered even worse fire bombings in cities like Tokyo before the Atomic bombs were dropped yet, the military wanted to fight on. Just think of what the land invasion would have looked like. How many would have died... needlessly... because of ideology and nothing more. Japan lost the war the war the day they bombed Pearl Harbor. It just took four long and brutal years of death and destruction for them to realize it. The creation of the atomic bomb has ensured since it's creation that another world war doesn't happen. Sadly...I fear today...the stupidity and egos of our current leaders will lead us ass backwards into another world war or ... A nuclear exchange. But, I still doubt it as well. It's hard to ignore the concept of MAD. Mutual assured destruction. This is what has prevented the use of these weapons again because even the most radical of zealots can understand, there is no winning a nuclear war. I wish people like Oppenheimer knew today that the work he lead, was ultimately a net benefit. It has prevented the massive death tolls of world war 1 and 2. War is as much a part of human nature as anything else. We still do it, regardless of our ability to reason. An ability we sometimes even use. But, I believe the threat of nuclear annihilation has kept us from repeating our history. Especially that of the last century. Now, I wish at least one political party and movement in America today, and of many European countries, would learn from those examples and abandon this game of race based politics in their blood lust for power. I hope that next week, enough of America is wise enough to pick the lesser of the two evils and get us back on a path that rejects these policies and political games. It's as if we learned nothing from the last century. We need to and quickly before it's too late.
1:25:46 so, the emperor saved his country from a third bomb. If I remember correctly the US already had enough fissile material for at least another A-bomb.
Actually, I'm not entirely sure of this, but the U. S. didn't have a 3rd bomb! I think they went along with a convincing bluff, which ultimately had the desired effect on the Japanese. Like I said, I'm not sure about this claim though....I just saw it in a similar war documentary or heard of it somewhere.. 🤦🏼♂️
Apparently only under the single condition that the imperial order would remain intact. At the end of the documentary it stated that if the allied forces weren’t going to honor that one condition then the emperor was willing to continue the war. That means the emperor wasn’t making decisions that would best preserve his people but rather best preserve his own position.
Very well narrated and nicely balanced. I'm very pleased to say that there exists no personal or national animosity in the US towards Japan or Japanese 80 years after the end of that war. May we continue to be friends, cooperators, and allies.
Authoritarian governments don’t care about their general population. Mao killed 25 million by starvation because he thought switching to wheat from rice was a good idea. The Japanese war fanatics never realized that fighting to the death in every battle motivated the U.S. to bomb the Japanese cities to ensure the Japanese leaders that they would never win. Again the civilians suffered. Thousands of Okinawans died because the japanese army used them as shields. Germany was a terrible enemy to fight in WW2 but nothing compared to the outright animalistic behavior of their soldier. The Japanese army also murdered hundreds of thousand of Chinese.
I watched the whole thing and wow, I know that the main cause of surrender was welfare of the whole Japan due to the advance technological power that can wipe any country. But actually watching the whole council on how it happened as a narrative like this based on documented history really makes it more important for me to know. I am a weeb and knowing this, I am very thankful that the emperor made his decision. I would never want to see without a Japan today. At the same time, I respect their beliefs till the end because any people values their tennets in you know? But also knowing when is enough is also important. I really would like to travel to Japan soon but not just for the pop culture I love them for, but also with the great motivations to be what they were and to what they are today. I always am looking forward to your every uploads and you delivered phenomenal again thank you TLG!!!
Thank you! I have heard and seen bits and pieces of these events, this seems to be a much better description of them. One video that I saw indicated that the atomic bombs used on the Japanese cities were also meant to be a sign to the Soviet Union of what could happen to them. I have always wondered why the USA did not use them on military targets.
People focus too much on the couple of hundred thousand lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While, these were regrettable, what was going on at the same time was that hundreds of thousands and millions of Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Malaysians Indo Chinese were dying of starvation by the month at that time of the war when Japan had drained East Asia food resources. These millions of saved lives were saved by the A bomb. Any lengthening of the war, even for a few months would have resulted in tens of millions of starvations, including Japanese civilians. Americans continue to be criticized for dropping the bombs, But if you ask the east Asians, what they thought about it, they would have told you that the Americans where the great saviors and heroes of the starving people in their countries. The Russian angle is a red herring. They only goal was to grab some land and islands north of Japan. That’s how Russians are, even today. They love to grab land. The Emperor, in his announcement, clearly stated the main reason for “surrender “ (he didn’t actually use the word surrender“) was the atom bomb. This gave the stubborn and suicidal Japanese military, an “honorable” way out. You might read the book “downfall” if you want the full detailed day by day, history of what was going on with the Japanese leadership in the few days after Nagasaki.
Very true. But please do not forget the people from Australia & the United States who were starved and terribly mistreated. Some were children whose parents were diplomats in Manila. Horribly despicable.
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📽 *Timestamps:*
Intro: 0:00
Japan’s Surrender Introduction 0:46
*PRELUDE: JAPAN’S DREAMS OF EMPIRE* 5:00
Conquest of the Pacific 5:11
Japanese Atrocities 6:54
American Industry 8:27
Turning the Tide 10:17
The Bushido Code 12:15
State Shinto 14:13
*PART 1: THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE* 20:12
Firebombing Japan 20:24
Firebombing of Tokyo 21:40
The Bombing Continues 22:51
American Strategy 24:25
Operation Downfall 25:49
Japanese Defensive Plans 27:36
Kamikaze 28:46
The Manhatten Project 31:20
The Potsdam Decleration 33:42
No Response 37:26
Dropping the Bomb: The American Perspective 38:14
Primary Reasons 38:37
Additional Benefits 39:56
Hiroshima 41:44
Nagasaki 45:40
*PART 2: THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE* 48:55
Role of the Emperor in Japanese Politics 50:17
The Supreme Council 51:40
The Sakomizu Report 54:24
First Signs of Peace 57:16
Soviet Ambassador Malik 59:40
Back to War 1:00:47
Kido Breaks Protocol 1:02:38
An Ambassador to Moscow 1:07:18
Ketsu-Go 1:10:16
Potsdam: The Japanese Perspective 1:11:40
Negotiating with Stalin 1:14:40
Hiroshima: The Japanese Perspective 1:15:47
The Soviet Invasion 1:18:07
“Let us end the War” 1:21:08
Nagasaki: The Japanese Perspective 1:22:29
One Condition vs Four Condition Offer 1:23:16
The Cabinet Meets 1:25:33
“To Bear The Unbearable” 1:27:48
Hirohito Speaks 1:32:20
The Byrnes Note 1:35:00
Mayhem 1:36:57
August 13th 1:39:22
The Fate of Japan 1:40:56
The Coup 1:45:23
Hirohito’s Speech to the Nation 1:51:38
Aftermath 1:55:03
*The Real Reason Japan Surrendered* 1:56:35
Were any Kamikaze pilots ever taken prisoner, if their bombs failed to explode, or they missed their target and bailed out?
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
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There are so many videos about the end of the war in Germany. This is the first one I've seen that goes into so much detail about the inner workings of the Japanese leadership during the last before before their surrender. Outstanding documentary!
Your just not looking.. Just as many options
So, the real reason Japan surrendered is revealed by the narrator himself at the end to be the capitulation of Hirohito himself. And the full text of Hirohito's speech reveals the central motivation for the capitulation:
The two atomic bombs.
The speech reveals a number of other things, certainly. But the central motivation for Hirohito, not the befuddled second-guessing of historians, was the near obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by atomic bombs.
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VERY well constructed. In my humble opinion it is the best documentary on the subject of the Japanese surrender in WW2 I've ever seen.
Thank you!
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
Absolute truth
This deserves so much more views, I’ve only just discovered your channel. Greaaaaaat content, thanks man
*What do you think was the main factor in bringing about Japan's Surrender? Comment below* 👇
I can't be bothered to watch a two hour video. Let ,e guess, it was the destruction of their army in China by the Soviets?
I think a large causing leading to it but maybe not the main cause was loss of faith in the emperors divinity had the people pushing for it to a breaking point
@@profiscusafter Nagasaki was destroyed they were scared that Tokyo would be next even tho it was spared.Cause that's where the imperial family lives and those loyal to him knew very well that they can't protect anymore.To make matters worse they became trapped by two superpowers like Poland was and with nukes raining down from above it was foolish to continue.
Russia declared war right after nagasaki and hiroshima .. a 1.2.3 knockout
The Japanese couldn't handle a two front war. The Soviets declaring war was the nail in the coffin.
I saw this pop-up on my feed and thought it was a compilation of a couple of WW2 documentaries from years ago that'd be nice for some background noise, as I hadn't checked the page that posted it. But I noticed the quality was good, the voice was familiar and that it was one, coherent, well-edited piece. THEN I SAW IT WAS LIFE GUIDE! I'm so happy you're posting again, so far this documentary seems well worth the wait, your channel is an utter gem! Love from South Africa 💙🇿🇦
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Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
Please make a part 3 to your WW2 documentary. They're incredibly well done.
You’ve come back!! I’ve been waiting 3 years for part 3 😭😭
Ya I’m sure he’s been thinking of you lol WTF
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
You have absolutely the best channel on RUclips. The only videos I watch that are two hours that I look forward too. Two hours of keeping me captivated!
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I had three close family members live through WW2. One from Europe and two from the Pacific. Both Marines said the same thing: "We knew we were dead if we had to invade the mainland". "Those two bombs saved us." Signing a paper is one thing but convincing the population the war was over was more difficult. MacArthur was raised in the far east. He knew the mind set. When he set up an office in Tokyo, as he drove in his staff car the people would turn their backs. His aid was getting mad and Mac told him "They turn the other way because they are ashamed and can't look me in the face. Mac asked them to have the Emperor come to visit him. They told him the Emperor never left the Palace in his life. Mac said "he will this time or I will send the Marines to escort him." The Emperor did visit Mac and by that gesture the people realized the war was over and they had lost. (As I remember it)
I can confidently say this is the most captivating presentation regarding a piece WW2 that I’ve ever seen. The way you can tell a story is a gift. Please keep uploading!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍
This production is better than what you would see on the history channel! 😂 well done sir.
Glad you enjoyed it
Talk about saving the best for last. That last paragraph is mindblowing.
Thank you 👍
Best ww2 docs on RUclips. Still waiting for part 3 of the overall ww2 one. Thanks for posting again and your hard work!
I missed y’all a lot, but man I’m glad that you’re back. Good content.
Your videos on history have influenced my entire personal idealogy. Whenever a video of yours comes out I make it a priority to watch it as soon as possible.
Wow, thank you! Hope you enjoy this video 👍
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
This was so well put. Thank you for explaining it in meticulous detail. I will be saving this to show my kids and grandkids. P.S. - I did not skip a single ad. Please continue to upload, you have a staunch subscriber now.
The Japanese lost the war on December 7th, 1941. They obviously miscalculated the lengths America would go to bring them completely to their knees...great video though.
Your an idiot.
God of War.
Greetings: Very true...as did Germany. Thx 4 the share.
They attacked the British Empire as well along with fighting the Chinese and Dutch. The Soviet entry sealed their fate.
Two fatal mistake
1. Germany invaded Soviet
2. Japan attacked America's ships
@@ESRAELGeleta they attacked British first by invading Malaysia an hour before Pearl Harbor.
It's brilliant to see you again!
Great documentary! You can tell why this channel uploads one or two videos per year, the quality is unmatchable
The part that is hard to believe is the Soviet Union could conduct a beach landing and keep it supplied.
This is not true
@derek6579 so when did the Soviet Union do a beach landing?
@@Dularr Afghanistan
@billyfox6368 not a beach landing. Plus by then the Soviet Union has a significant heavy lift air corp.
@@Dularr 🤦♀️ It was a joke because Afghanistan is landlocked...
My man you are a legend! Keep it up brother and take care! :)
Been waiting 3 years, much appreciated will be watching many many many times.
Hello The Life Guide ! I am really very happy and exited you're uploading again. I had a question : how many people work to make for documentaries like this one. Thank you for your answer. Benjamin.
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Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
One of my favorite history channels it’s so great to see another amazing upload and the quality is incredible
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
Please don't stop uploading. ❤
Well prepared and presented documentary. I appreciate all the effort and efficiency in making this documentary.
Wow, welcome back! 🙏
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Your videos are such high quality. Thank you, and what other videos are you working on?!
Thanks for your work Sir.
Congrats! Great work 💪🏽
Time to rewatch the other parts to get caught up! Cant wait to watch this one.
One of the best channels on RUclips returns. Maybe Spooksandooks will upload now
You’re my favorite RUclipsr! Your videos are the best!!!
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OH MY GOD HE RELEASED ANOTHER VIDEO. Stoked
Waited 3 years for this
Thank you the life guide!!!🎉🎉
Great video. They don’t teach this in school. That why I love RUclips and content providers like you.
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Thank you for creating this documentary
Wow Finally you're back!!
A nicely edited and balanced presentation.
My father commanded an LST in the Philippines and was training and preparing for invading Kyushu in Operation Downfall when the bomb was dropped.
The decision likely saved his life.
Wow. Excellent, and I just stumbled over it by accident. Subscribed.
Hitler and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina. Watch the docudrama film Greywolf and Mark Felton videos; Find the Fuhrer, if you don’t believe me.
Welcome back Sir
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Best history channel on RUclips
Just found this channel. And I have to say before I hit play I looked the number of views and I was hesitant about it.
Then the video starts and I heard the voice and I’m like i wish it was Prof David Reynolds. 😅
But I grew on me the voice 😂
And I have to say this is the most complete and well made documentary on the subject.
Keep it coming man you did an amazing job.
Wooow this is the definition of Documentary. Just simply amazing
This video deserves more likes. I appreciate the work u put into this man good documentary.
Great video!
Does anyone know what the music at 1:39:23 is? Been looking for it everywhere
Hidden, by Ardie Son
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Subbed.
Thanks for uploading, i thought you lot were done..i loved the mythology videos
Awesome job, thank you very much for sharing this. Our worlds history must be protected and remembered so that we all can avoid the mistakes of the past.
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Hi love your uploads.. lots of people say this is part 3 what are part 1 & 2 titled??? So I have watched it all please. Also please keep uploading thank you for all your work bringing these to us 😊
I think this is actually Part 4 or maybe even Part 5. The first two are titled “World War 2 Explained Part 1” & “World War 2 Explained Part 2”. I’m almost certain this isn’t the anticipated Part 3.
You are correct. Ww2 part 3 will be a separate video 👍
As the war in Europe had recently ended, the Soviet Union was amassing multiple armies to invade Japan. The Japanese high command reasoned that if there was an American presence in Japan, the Soviets wouldn't invade.
This video is Soo detailed. Thank you for giving us this for free.
I love your videos.😊
It still surprises me that people question the use of the atomic bombs on Japan. The country was ruled by zealots! Fanatical zealots that would have burned Japan to the ground costing millions of Japanese lives and likely thousands of American, British and Soviet lives along with them. Japan had suffered even worse fire bombings in cities like Tokyo before the Atomic bombs were dropped yet, the military wanted to fight on.
Just think of what the land invasion would have looked like. How many would have died... needlessly... because of ideology and nothing more. Japan lost the war the war the day they bombed Pearl Harbor. It just took four long and brutal years of death and destruction for them to realize it.
The creation of the atomic bomb has ensured since it's creation that another world war doesn't happen. Sadly...I fear today...the stupidity and egos of our current leaders will lead us ass backwards into another world war or ... A nuclear exchange. But, I still doubt it as well. It's hard to ignore the concept of MAD. Mutual assured destruction. This is what has prevented the use of these weapons again because even the most radical of zealots can understand, there is no winning a nuclear war.
I wish people like Oppenheimer knew today that the work he lead, was ultimately a net benefit. It has prevented the massive death tolls of world war 1 and 2. War is as much a part of human nature as anything else. We still do it, regardless of our ability to reason. An ability we sometimes even use. But, I believe the threat of nuclear annihilation has kept us from repeating our history. Especially that of the last century.
Now, I wish at least one political party and movement in America today, and of many European countries, would learn from those examples and abandon this game of race based politics in their blood lust for power. I hope that next week, enough of America is wise enough to pick the lesser of the two evils and get us back on a path that rejects these policies and political games. It's as if we learned nothing from the last century. We need to and quickly before it's too late.
Fantastic documentary. Thanks!
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That black and White intro was way more dramatic than I expected😮
Thank you for this comprehensive documentary.
This is the best, most densely packed explanation of the subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you for this excellent presentation. 😅
Glad you liked it 🙌
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Yes, have unfortunately been locked out for the last year after forgetting the password in a tragic boating accident
1:25:46 so, the emperor saved his country from a third bomb. If I remember correctly the US already had enough fissile material for at least another A-bomb.
Actually, I'm not entirely sure of this, but the U. S. didn't have a 3rd bomb! I think they went along with a convincing bluff, which ultimately had the desired effect on the Japanese. Like I said, I'm not sure about this claim though....I just saw it in a similar war documentary or heard of it somewhere.. 🤦🏼♂️
Apparently only under the single condition that the imperial order would remain intact. At the end of the documentary it stated that if the allied forces weren’t going to honor that one condition then the emperor was willing to continue the war. That means the emperor wasn’t making decisions that would best preserve his people but rather best preserve his own position.
@raoke69 yep. I agree.
Very well narrated and nicely balanced. I'm very pleased to say that there exists no personal or national animosity in the US towards Japan or Japanese 80 years after the end of that war. May we continue to be friends, cooperators, and allies.
Great video! I'd love to see one about the beginning of imperial Japan.
KUDOS...GREAT DOCUMENTARY...SHORT, CONCISE, INFORMATIVE..
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Authoritarian governments don’t care about their general population. Mao killed 25 million by starvation because he thought switching to wheat from rice was a good idea. The Japanese war fanatics never realized that fighting to the death in every battle motivated the U.S. to bomb the Japanese cities to ensure the Japanese leaders that they would never win. Again the civilians suffered. Thousands of Okinawans died because the japanese army used them as shields. Germany was a terrible enemy to fight in WW2 but nothing compared to the outright animalistic behavior of their soldier. The Japanese army also murdered hundreds of thousand of Chinese.
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This is a great documentary ❤👍
This is very high-quality content
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Amazing, great documentary!
I watched the whole thing and wow, I know that the main cause of surrender was welfare of the whole Japan due to the advance technological power that can wipe any country. But actually watching the whole council on how it happened as a narrative like this based on documented history really makes it more important for me to know. I am a weeb and knowing this, I am very thankful that the emperor made his decision. I would never want to see without a Japan today. At the same time, I respect their beliefs till the end because any people values their tennets in you know? But also knowing when is enough is also important. I really would like to travel to Japan soon but not just for the pop culture I love them for, but also with the great motivations to be what they were and to what they are today. I always am looking forward to your every uploads and you delivered phenomenal again thank you TLG!!!
Keep it up we love your channel bro❤
Is this technically part 3 of the WW2 series then?? 🤩
No, part 3 will be a separate video
@@TheLifeGuide Consider me pumped then. Absolutely love your channel keep up the great work!
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Very good documentary.
You are unparalleled on RUclips. Keep it rocking and know everyone who’s seen your videos feels the same
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So glad you are uploading again! Love these documentaries about WWII. Can you please tell me the name of the song that plays at 14:14? I love it.
Excelent documentary
Yes. A really good documentary. BUT the BEST history podcasts are The Rest Is History. No contest
Three years 😭😭
Also, why is this not a 10 episode/season, 3 season series in Netflix!???!!
Content is freaking good 😭😭
This was an absolute banger!
Thank you!
I have heard and seen bits and pieces of these events, this seems to be a much better description of them.
One video that I saw indicated that the atomic bombs used on the Japanese cities were also meant to be a sign to the Soviet Union of what could happen to them. I have always wondered why the USA did not use them on military targets.
*Return of the King*
People focus too much on the couple of hundred thousand lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
While, these were regrettable, what was going on at the same time was that hundreds of thousands and millions of Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Malaysians Indo Chinese were dying of starvation by the month at that time of the war when Japan had drained East Asia food resources.
These millions of saved lives were saved by the A bomb.
Any lengthening of the war, even for a few months would have resulted in tens of millions of starvations, including Japanese civilians.
Americans continue to be criticized for dropping the bombs, But if you ask the east Asians, what they thought about it, they would have told you that the Americans where the great saviors and heroes of the starving people in their countries.
The Russian angle is a red herring. They only goal was to grab some land and islands north of Japan. That’s how Russians are, even today. They love to grab land.
The Emperor, in his announcement, clearly stated the main reason for “surrender “ (he didn’t actually use the word surrender“) was the atom bomb. This gave the stubborn and suicidal Japanese military, an “honorable” way out.
You might read the book “downfall” if you want the full detailed day by day, history of what was going on with the Japanese leadership in the few days after Nagasaki.
America the land grab kings 😂
Very true. But please do not forget the people from Australia & the United States who were starved and terribly mistreated.
Some were children whose parents were diplomats in Manila. Horribly despicable.
@@bearcatracing007. Oh boy. Probably an American Liberal saying this. 💯
WoW.
@shaneculkin7124 no not American at all, just someone that is smart enough to look up how much overseas land America has!
I think 🤔 you two are misunderstanding each other. It’s Americans and Aussies that were starved he’s talking about.
I was shocked at the quality as I listened. Then I noticed it was made by "The Life Guide" and it all made sense.