Enola Gay The men,The mission, The atomic bomb

Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Production Companies
Viacom Productions
Distributors
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH (all media)

[@koatlga]

Thanks for posting this movie. I remember watching it on TV in 1980

[@tyronebowie1495]

Hello! Vets! Is there a movie about Box Car???

[@adamkabaka716]

I loved this move,I looked for it everywhere not until I found it here ,it's very memorable to the world 🎉

[@ciscoj33]

I am glad to see that this movie is on here as it has brought back a LOT of memories. Both of my grandfathers were in key places during WWII. As I'm sure most men did, they pretty much sidestepped talking about the war but I did learn that my dad's father was in the Battle of the Bulge. There has been some commentary here about how the bomb saved lives. I have to wonder if it just might be a contributing reason for me being here today. After the surrender of Germany, his unit was brought back to the states for some much needed R&R. However, they were given a two week notice that they would be deploying to the Pacific to take the fight to Japan. Needless to say the atomic bombings of Japan and their eventual surrender made that deployment null and void. Analysts had estimated that even on the low side over a million American lives could have been lost invading the mainland of Japan and affecting their surrender. Will never know but it is definitely a sobering thought. My mom's father was working the ground crew at Tinian when they brought the plane over. He was present on the field for the plane's departure and return from the bombing mission. While he did have an opportunity to meet and speak with Tibbets and some of the other crew members, as you may can imagine the commentary after a mission like that was pretty limited and the mental impact of what they'd done still mind numbing.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

My late Uncle received either the Bronze or Silver Star, and the Purple Heart at Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge). Other than knowing he was a Master Sergeant in a Mechanized Cavalry unit - Half Tracks, none of us in the family know any of the particulars. We either knew, or in my case as a young teenager, 13, told not to ask. My late Father was a 1st Lieutenant, Army WW2. But he was stateside. Towards the end of my service, I was at one of the same posts as he (still a dive, just modernized). America didn't create hostilities with the Empire of Japan. What's the popular phrase "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes"... Japan won Little Boy and Fat Man (names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki). I share your sentiments that the bombs saved both American, allied, and Japanese lives and shorted the war. It's a 50/50 deal that all of us who are the children of WW2 vets may / may not have been here except for the bombs. I won't ever criticize America/ President Truman for them. ATB !

[@Thompson-xp1mk]

I am from Korea which was liberated from Japan in 1945 owing to your mother,s father . Thank you.

[@alvinb1959]

Thank You for the upload (sharing). I saw this only once when it aired on TV decades ago. Now I have a copy thanks to you Graham, I gave up looking for it on VHS and DVD years ago.

[@golfhound]

Thank you for posting this film. I remember when it was first released in 1980. I always liked this film and could never find it on vhs or dvd.

[@ericseal4453]

Outstanding Movie!! The 1st part of the movie, was filmed @ Davis-Monthan A.F.B. (By Tucson, AZ.) Thanks for posting!!

[@billb2479]

Saw this when originally broadcast. Always remembered it. Thanks for upload.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Thanks for posting this movie that depicts a very important piece of world history. I was fortunate to meet Paul Tibbets & other members of the 509th in Wendover Nevada at the presentation of the 509th memorial back in the 90's. Freedom comes at a cost.

[@sushimmukerji515]

Truman made the correct decision. Japanese army was dead set against peace, even the night before the emperor's announcement for surrender the army made many killings just to stop the emperor's announcement; they wanted to fight till the end and make every last child and woman die with them, fighting. The bomb was a life saver.

[@majorrgeek]

Sushim Mukerji - wrong - this is what Emperor Hirohito said on August 17, about 8 days after Hiroshima bombing "Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence With that in mind and although the fighting spirit of the Imperial Army and Navy is as high as ever, with a view to maintaining and protecting our noble national policy we are about to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Chungking." the facts are clear the Japanese surrendered for their reasons not yours so quit blabbering nonsense on KZbin

[@sushimmukerji515]

@@majorrgeek You have a way of putting down others- no wonder you insist calling yourself a geeek. Hirohito said what he said because of fear from the army officers/ leaders; they were out to kill him- you have to read books to know that. The atomic bombs and Truman's subsequent announcement of death raining down on Japan did the job. The army still wanted to fight till death for themselves and women and children. Don't repent for dropping the bomb on Japan; they deserved it. In the meantime you could keep campaigning for Bernie (he doesn't have a chance).

[@majorrgeek]

@@sushimmukerji515 - the evidence proves you wrong - both leaders of Japan categorically stated they surrendered due to the Russian (Soviet army) attack on Japan so quit blabbering - BTW Truman was a dem and I certainly do not campaign for Bernie you moron

[@majorrgeek]

@@sushimmukerji515 - can't you read? Hirohito said he would surrender because "Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence" nothing to do with bombs - in fact terror bombing has not won any wars to date

[@majorrgeek]

@jaydee040 - on August 10 Japan sent this message to the Allie command it reads "In obedience to the gracious command of His Majesty the Emperor who, ever anxious to enhance the cause of world peace, desires earnestly to bring about a speedy termination of hostilities with a view to saving mankind from the calamities to be imposed upon them by further continuation of the war, the Japanese Government several weeks ago asked the Soviet Government, with which neutral relations then prevailed, to render good offices in restoring peace vis a vis the enemy powers. Unfortunately, these efforts in the interest of peace having failed, the Japanese Government in conformity with the august wish of His Majesty to restore the general peace and desiring to put an end to the untold sufferings entailed by war as quickly as possible, have decided upon the following.” if you have a problem with that then take it up with the publishers but you pushing your shit here is just that, pushing shit

[@normanpowell6831]

The video quality on this one is far better than another I saw here.

[@thomaswilson8634]

I thank you for this movie. In 1980 I was more interested in cruising an chasing the cheerleaders an football. I never knew it was made.

[@angelakeeney4330]

Loved this when I first saw it as a kid! Thanks for the upload, And a great movie!!!

[@michaelmurray7199]

I will admit this movie, specifically the dropping of the atom bomb near the end was real “Nightmare Fuel” for me when I was younger.

[@dfbishop1545]

Classic Movie! Haven't seen this in a long time. Used to have it on an old VHS tape that I recorded off of Cinemax or a smilair channel in the mid 80's. Thanks for posting.

[@karlpresler7342]

I had the honor of meeting General Paul Tibbetts on 12 June 1999 while still in the Military. A very very polite and kind man. He honored me by allowing me to have our picture taken together, me in my BDU's. I had this picture framed and still have here in Jan. 2020. Of my over 20 years service I love this picture over all the others that I have.

[@gsenski]

Too late to meet the General but I do intend to visit the Enola Gay and Bochscar after I retire.

[@majorrgeek]

Karl Presler - there's no honor meeting a war criminal

[@karlpresler7342]

@@majorrgeek of course you and many others play keyboard turff guy. By dropping the bomb over approx. 6 million nap and 1 million American lives were saved. I bet you never served in the military and have no idea what war is like.

[@majorrgeek]

@@karlpresler7342 - how did killing 250,000 Japanese civilians (of whom only about 20,000 were IJA ) which still left 5 million armed IJA on the home islands save 7 million lives???? - maybe you should write fairy tales

[@johnflorio3052]

@majorgeeek: You would prefer a million deaths or more while conducting a land invasion?

[@Willysmb44]

I haven't seen this in decades, thanks for posting it. I remember seeing this B-29 the year after this was filmed, you could still make out Enola Gay through where they'd painted over it

[@WMJCPA]

One of my favorite tellings of this story. I particularly liked the exchange between Tibbets and FDR, when Tinbets tells.FDR I believe we are duty bound to end this war as quickly as possible.with whatever weapons we have at our disposal.

[@waynepatterson5843]

WMJCPA --- One of my favorite tellings of this story. I particularly liked the exchange between Tibbets and FDR, when Tinbets tells.FDR I believe we are duty bound to end this war as quickly as possible.with whatever weapons we have at our disposal. Wayne Patterson --- Tibbett's response was based upon the the Laws of War. See: RULES OF LAND WARFARE, War Department Field Manual FM 27-10, War Department 1 October 1940. CHAPTER 1 BASIC RULES AND PRINCIPLES... 4. Basic Principles.---a. The principle of military necessity, under which, subject to the principles of humanity and chivalry, a belligerent is justified in applying any amount and any kind of force to compel the complete submission of the enemy with the least possible expenditure of time, life, and money....

[@lukestrawwalker]

LeMay said the same thing... when you have hundreds of thousands of men in the field, whether they're in combat or not, you have dozens dying every day, of disease, training or other types of accidents, etc, to say NOTHING of combat losses. So LeMay was saying in an interview that if you can do anything to stop it, you have to do it, because every week and month that goes by means you're saving hundreds and thousands of lives... Later! OL J R :)

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@lukestrawwalker This is something so many people don't understand.

[@emedel5772]

It was their duty to their country and they carried it out magnificently.

[@urdumboo7657]

Thank u sir I watch this film so many times.

[@chirellealanalooney7895]

I think that B29 Superfortress is a gorgeous, beautiful and fantastic looking airplane!!!

[@FLIXYPLAYSSTUF]

POV : Ur evil

[@RrR34025]

never saw this THANK YOU! fantastic movie ! and wow to see Billy Crystal at super-young age

[@ElmoUnk1953]

I haven’t seen this since 1985. Still powerful.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

I saw this film many years back and eventually was able to record it as a two part piece. Transferred to disk now

[@Dark_Knight_USA]

I would like a copy or FTPL. I knew 'Dutch' (RIP). My brother's father (RIP) worked with Robert Oppenheimer (RIP). I am a WW2 fanatic and the 29 is my 'Diana Ross'. I watched this and found many discrepancies. Such as I am meticulous, these things seem 2 jump out at me. However I did find it entertaining and liked the footage. Thx 4 the upload.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Haven't seen this since it was first broadcast. Thanks for posting it!

[@jack01380]

Hey guys, I just put a movie up that was hard to find. No other reason, no other intent. It's only a TV movie so i wouldn't get too excited about how accurate it was/is being a TV movie of that period, Just a reasonable flick to pass the time. No other agenda was in mind.

[@skeeter763]

Good Job I have been waiting to see this from along time ago. Great historic story and was done very well.

[@oilsmokejones3452]

Graham Jackson

[@Kabul81]

Graham Jackson Very appropriate for the 70th anniversary! Jman

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

+Graham Jackson yeah actually not being on a period is good mon Amis

[@oilsmokejones3452]

No reason to apologize...just assume there will be many nonobjective reactions..

[@gunnyoneshot69]

I would like to thank 'Graham Jackson' for posting this very interesting movie. I can honestly say that I did not enjoy it, however it was a good movie. How can anybody enjoy the sight of war? In my career I have been involved in three conflicts, and many operations. War is UGLY, and War is HELL, and War rages on, and always will!! GOD BLess us all!!!! SuperSniperSal USMC Disabled Vet

[@buzaldrin8086]

It's history, mate. Whether YOU "enjoy" it or not is only relevant to your personal bias. BTW, SniperSal, how many kills?

[@lindamoses3697]

Thank you for your service to our nation. May God protect and help you and your loved ones. We have a family member that served and says the same thing about war.

[@karlpresler3442]

I met General Tibbits in June of 1997 at Mott's Military Museum I was still in the Air Force and asked him if I could have my picture taken with him. I have that photo frames on my wall still today.

[@majorrgeek]

Karl Presler - what was it like meeting a real war criminal like Tibbets?

[@majorrgeek]

Sam Houston totally agree Hirohito was a war criminal so why did we let him go? he should have been tried and hung instead we let him go and even gave Hirohito a free ticket to visit Disneyland and meet Mickey Mouse something even I missed out on - the other allies wanted him hung even the Russians had the right idea they took over 600,000 IJA POWs back to Siberia while we took no prisoners - work that one out

[@randyjohnson805]

majorgeeek He wasn't a war criminal. Atomic attacks on Japan saved lives, yes saved lives. The Americans and Russians were going to take Japan at any cost .They would have fought city to city. 100s of thousands of lives lost on all three sides. Japan would have been slaughtered. Yes the atomic bomb saved lives. It would have been worth it if it saved one America soldier.But the bomb saved 1000k Americans and probably 2000k Japanese. Get your shit straight

[@edwardmartinez199]

majorgeeek None of your business idiot when did you get elected president. We don't answer to you.

[@dehoedisc7247]

Tibbets and his crew were SNIPERS several Miles up in the sky, and they MURDERED Civilians by the hundreds of thousands FOR HIRE !!!!! And the same for the bastards who SNIPED at Nagasaki !!!!!

[@bnktogether]

Thank you very much. I had been trying to find this movie for many years.

[@hr5811]

Really?

[@carolynnewhouse7185]

Thanks for the upload, I enjoyed it. I just wanted to comment about the guys wife leaving him and taking the children to mother. No good reason. I she wasn't being beaten or abused mentally, not being cheated on, her life not in danger. To many times people are intolerant of their mate, and the parents interfere and just let them come home. They SAY in sickness and health, rich or poor, but they don't mean it when it comes down to it. Or, because the vows don't include, "unless I get tired of my spouse, or if I get lonely and want someone else, they are not willing to work things out or keep their commitments. Heck, people don't even make commitments hardly anymore, except admirable worthy people, and seek counseling and books on how to make it work. Pr guy is just trying to support his family.

[@gailcarey3597]

I read a very prophetic entry in Paul Tibet’s book Enola Gay written prior to 9/11. He wrote that Pakistan was to be feared. Nuclear Pakistan has just received a gift with a big red bow from our own President. God have mercy on the free world.

[@roanhielkema5714]

Thank you for a movie that portrays general Groves like the genius he was.

[@kennedysingh3916]

I've been looking for a movie like this for year, thanks Graham. I understand that the training for the dropping of the bomb took place in Cuba and I wish that was mentioned.

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

Kim Darby was just great in True Grit.Surprised to see her in this.She looks grown up.

[@davidhackney2889]

When he was first told about the project , he was told he might even go to prison, but he took on the project anyway!

[@Lassisvulgaris]

How many ALLIED soldiers were convicted for war-crimes after WWII...?

[@kevinbyrd4441]

I thought Threads and The Day After were the only nuclear war-based movies. Great to see another. Thanks for upload

[@jonrabben3007]

I visited Hiroshima a few years ago for what was a sobering experience. It took a while for me to get my head around the idea that one explosion could make a city vanish in seconds. I was also impressed in how the Japanese had completely rebuilt the city so that, other than the A-bomb dome and nearby Peace Memorial Park, there was nothing indicating what had happened there. It's scary to think that if a nuke is ever used again, the bang will be much bigger and there will be more than one.

[@michaelmurray7199]

And we helped them to some extent. As my mom puts it, after we bombed them to oblivion, we ended up building them back up better than we could ever be. I think we gave the Germans and Italians similar treatment as well after the war.

[@notthatdonald1385]

@@michaelmurray7199 My WW ll vet father lived in Brooklyn, NY. He claimed that the Japanese built war machines with scrap metal we sold them from the 3'rd Avenue "El" elevated subway in NYC. Never changed the story.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@notthatdonald1385 Yes that was the two biggest things that we shut off the supply of through economic sanctions against Japan which led to war... They bought huge amounts of scrap metal from the US, and we were the primary supplier of oil. Japan is very resource poor-- they have no oil, no iron ore, very few mineral resources at all. They would melt down our scrap metal to make steel for their economy and war effort. At that time the US was the biggest oil exporter in the world, the Middle East was an undeveloped backwater when it came to petroleum production at that time. SO, our refusal to supply them with oil and scrap metal, which would seem outlandish today, was a crippling blow to them back then-- without steel they couldn't build more warships and armor and weapons, and without oil to fuel their industry and war machinery, they couldn't keep fighting long term. Hence their "rampage across Asia" in early 1942 to take the oilfields of the Dutch East Indies, the rubber plantations of Malaya and the Phillippines, etc. They already had conquered Manchuria and Korea and could get some iron ore and steel from there. Of course transporting it all from their conquered lands back to their indusrial heartland in Japan was another matter-- the US submarine force basically destroyed their merchant shipping and sank most of the materials headed back to Japan, so much so that by the end of the war they had schoolkids practicing spearing US troops with sharpened bamboo sticks and throwing themselves under tanks with satchel charges to blow them up along with themselves, when the kids weren't out in the hills digging pine roots to make synthetic "gasoline"... What oil/fuel they had left was being carefully hoarded for the final invasion of Japan, and for kamikaze missions and things of that sort. Later! OL J R :)

[@rasempress9724]

@@michaelmurray7199 n the Vietnamese

[@jimclark6256]

@@michaelmurray7199 The some extent was 100 % of US DOALLRS.

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

B29 used to land across the street from our house at the Air National Guard in Hayward is Calif.

[@Johnnyred51]

Robert Oppenheimer, "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

[@johnjusko4789]

What a amazing fil footage and yet it was the real deal when we dropped a A bomb over HIROSHIMA later on started the atomic age .

[@huh98]

OMG thank you for posting this Graham. I've been looking for this for a long while. I can remember watching this movie when I was young.

[@deltaboy767]

Heros like these don't exist anymore.

[@twstf8905]

It's set in the Summer of 1945, but there are telephones from the early 80's, There are Japanese people speaking English to each other lol with nobody but Japanese speaking people in attendance, there's a C-47 in the background when Tibbets is giving his speech atop the P-38 Lightning that's painted with the white stripes used for the aircraft during the D-day invasion, (the previous Summer,) (to help prevent friendly fire incidents,) There were no C-47's in the Pacific Theater painted that way during WWII, it was a uniquely European Theater of War thing, and, (as if that's not enough lol) there's General Groves talking about Naha, (on Okinawa,) "where our people lost over 5,000 a day." during Tibbet's visit to the White House with President Roosevelt, but the invasion of Okinawa didn't begin until April 1st., and the battle of Naha occurred several weeks later, long after President Roosevelt's death on April 12th. 1945. Meaning there's no way Groves could have mentioned a battle claiming the lives of "5,000 a day," during a campaign on an island that hadn't happened yet. Unless this movie has time travel going on, as well. (Just a few minor technical errors lol nothing significant, really.) 👍 😇 Still, quite entertaining nonetheless. ✌ #ConstructiveCriticism #DontShootTheMessenger

[@Dark_Knight_USA]

Greetings: Good catch. I saw that also. We can go on and take it apart. Me being technical, I know I could. Example: They show "Little Boy" rolling out. It was "Fat Man" that was dropped 1st.

[@Dark_Knight_USA]

Greetings: Good catch. I saw that also. We can go on and take it apart. Me being technical, I know I could. Example: They show "Little Boy" rolling out. It was "Fat Man" that was dropped 1st.

[@jonm.hutchison4009]

My father was stationed On Tinian Island and was there when the Enola Gay Took off To Drop The First Bomb on Hiroshima. Although They were to far to see the explosion , they heard it. that must have been one hell of a bang.

[@buzaldrin8086]

> they heard it I don't believe that for a second. Distance: 8,554 miles 13,766 kilometers 7,428 nautical miles

[@MaresaEngo]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@jonhutchison8535]

My Father was an army air corp chaplin who served with a B-29 Squadron on The Island of Tinian. as a child when he told me he was on Tinian the day both the Enola Gay and Box Car took off to drop the bombs , as a child my first response was did he see the explosion . as a child I had no idea how far Hiroshima was from tinian. He said no he didn't see the explosion but he heard it , It wasn't until I obtain a computer I was able to find out , that tini an was a little over 1500 miles from Hiroshima, he did tell he heard the explosion, But as he told me , no one at that time , ever heard of an atomic bomb ! If he heard the explosion that must have been one hell of a BANG! As he told me many of the men thought that an ammuniton ship had blown up at sea.

[@WalterDWormack214]

I have VIGOROUSLY SEARCHED for this MFTVM, for THREE DECADES! Thank you for uploading it. I really, really think, it's time to re-release this movie on DVD. Without any of the 'revisionist tampering', that tends to happen to movies these days, by the "budding C.B. Dementeds" who think THEY are better able to explain history, than the original makers of the movie.

[@WMJCPA]

Me too. Saw it on TV in the 70s and it inspired me to learn more about Paul Tibbets. I then.wrote to him. Never got a reply, but still I came to admire him, and what he did for us. A little trivia. His Grandson is a general in the Air Force and currently commands the 509th based in Missouri. They are the group that fly the B2 Stealth Bomber. They are the only bomber group in the world to wear the insignia of the atom on their uniforms to signify they were the only group ever to mount an attack with nuclear weapons. Sadly they will likely be disbanded as the Air Force retires the B2.

[@WalterDWormack214]

@@WMJCPA Do you know if General Tibbets Sr., ever got the opportunity to take a ride in the B2 Stealth bomber, with his grandson? Talk about a 'historic' event!

[@WMJCPA]

That I do not know. This was from a news article about 4 or 5 years ago, and they did not elaborate on that detail. It was mainly about how Grandson Paul and Grand Dad got past certain people who made terrible remarks about what Paul Tibbetts, Sr had done. Amazing how some people in America have chosen.not to know about WWII. I will not disparage Japan at all. In the last 3 or 4 decades following the war, Japan has been one of our staumchest Allies. Yet our own people will blame us for ending the war. I'm sorry, I just get so fed up with the lack of understanding of history. Sorry to say history is history warts and all, you cannot revise.and sugar coat it to suit your own agenda. Sorry I digressed. By the Way, while morons tried to disrespect Pau Tibbets, Sr. He never let it bother him and never once felt guilt or remorse for this action. I believe the proof of the growth of mankind lies in the fact that we have now lived with these weapons for 75 years and nobody on the planet has ever used them. This is directly related to the fact that the bomb was first used in war and we saw the utter death and destruction in its wake from that use. No demonstration could ever have captured that.

[@Bazzer2121]

It would be great if this film was restored to HD quality so the film image is far clearer and crisp

[@scottleeper5645]

Walked in the "Peace park" in Hiroshima in 1971 on my way home from Vietnam.

[@Ubique2927]

Were there any pictures of Nanking, Manila, Singapore Etc Etc. NO? I wonder why?

[@pendoor131]

Thank you for putting up this movie, lets hope we don't have to use a one again.

[@bryanfowler7202]

GREAT MOVIE I ONLY HOPE KIM OF NORTH KOREA WATCHED IT AS WELL MIGHT MAKE HIM THINK TWICE . THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS MOVIE.

[@coltonbrantley9713]

2:17:15 To 2:18:31 THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN,LORD COLTON

[@michaelmurray7199]

“Now I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer

[@kenclark9888]

Captain Parsons didn’t die on an aircraft carrier. He died in Bethesda Maryland of a heart attack after finding out that Eisenhower blocked Oppenheimer from accessing records of his work on the project he was upset and had a heart attack

[@leoperidot482]

What many may not know is that Paul Tibbet was NOT the mission commander. It was USN Captain Deak Parsons, played by Robert Pine.

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

I liked the young Billy Crystal playing a serious role.

[@rrhone]

That really must have been a sight, to see all those brand new B29's coming to Tinian.

[@kystars]

I met Paul Tibbets in 1996. in Dayton, Ohio at the air force base. He was 87 then, had a hearing aid but seemed to be in good health at the time. we shook hands and he said my name I have a photo with me and him together. interesting day for me.

[@majorrgeek]

kystars - you shouldn't shake hands with a war criminal

[@kystars]

majorgreeek you have a mental problem. just because YOU have some problem with history, doesn't mean everyone else does. I can do as I want and did and also what else do you do other than act like some representative for the poor bomb victims. what did you think about the bombing of Tokyo , Japan at the same time? were all those bomber pilots war criminals to you ? do you even know what type of bombs they dropped?

[@majorrgeek]

kystars - Telford Taylor's point (not a ruling) softening strategic or "terror" bombing was made at Nuremberg while Tokyo trials the US war crimes were never made the issue even though the city was victim of catastrophic US bombings - there is more than sufficient legal matter in just the 1899 Hague documents alone to incriminate USA ( or any side) in aerial bombing war crimes during ww2 - the fact that it was swept under the carpet at Nuremberg for obvious reasons doesn't mitigate USA - Truman specifically targeted defenseless civilians, women and children and said we are going to kill them to save the lives of soldiers yet you and I both know Truman's other option was not to nuke Japan they were already beaten blockaded and presented no threat to the USA that required killing their citizens with weapons of mass destruction - the nukes were not to stop Japan, Japan was done, they were to show the Soviets what their new weapons could do - you can't find a better example of a war crime and an act of terrorism - consider yourself well and truly mythbusted, "mental problem" is an idiotic comment in any case would be you

[@kystars]

let me guess.. you thought Japan starting the war and bombing Pearl Harbor was ok? civilians were there too. are you Japanese? and sorry, NO PRESIDENT ever sat down with his staff and said.. you know, I think it's a good idea if we target the women and children of the city. yeah lets do that. it was WAR TIME.. there was a declaration of war on both sides... war is war.. and then some 70 years later little pee brains like you run around crying about it when you actually know NOTHING. No need to keep answering your pathetic posts. what are you going to do about the past anyway? you want everyone to agree with you and say they were war criminals? then you will be happy? ATTENTION all the WORLD.. a little man on youtube posted he wants us to all believe ONLY the USA committed WAR CRIMES during world war 2. everyone will say.. OH MY REALLY? OK yes, then we ALL AGREE with him. there you go , are you happy now? everyone on KZbin and the world and now me agree with you. they are all war criminals and there should be a huge sign for everyone to read before any video is show of them speaking. you WON the war. congratulations

[@majorrgeek]

kystars - not interested in your flippant 'guesswork' - facts are what counts and fact is Truman specifically & deliberately targeted defenseless civilians, women and children and said we are going to kill them to save the lives of his soldiers and if Hitler had said the same you'd be the first to call it a war crime - Hitler also believed killing civilians would accelerate his victories and preserve his army you condone him too ? - there were clear rules during ww2 which protected civilians and were the guiding principals of the war and the post war tribunals which sent many to the gallows and if applied evenly and fairly also incriminate Truman a war criminal and a coward and you sir are no better for condoning him

[@lkanan3869]

I pray that this will never happen again.

[@lkanan3869]

@Roger Baker Either you have sarcasm down pat or you are delusional. Either way God bless your little heart.

[@lkanan3869]

@Roger Baker I'm just saying I feel sorry for those that are innocence that's all.

[@lkanan3869]

@AquaticBoardwalkEngineer actually it's working for me and my wife. It's perfectly clear why you don't. You're faith depends on weather you believe it. With out faith or God in your life you're life will be miserable. It's obvious you have no faith and maybe you need proof.

[@lkanan3869]

@Roger Baker this is why God touches our hearts. If you doubt the Lord then you must pray and kick that devil out of your life.

[@lkanan3869]

@Roger Baker banks do not pull money out of circulation. Only the Feds do that. It is apparent by your posts you are a very frustrated person. Perhaps some cookies and milk and a hard slap upside your head will cure you.

[@OctoPlaysPiano]

I can't even play this on my computer because I can't play 5K quality videos XD

[@jamesfrost5261]

Dont for gwt the men of the USS INDIANAPOLIS, they delivered the bomb and then were forgotten as their ship was torpedoed and sank. The ones that survived had to endure numerous shark attacks and days in the water, it was by pure luck a navy aircraft spotted the oil slick and seen survivors.

[@jack01380]

well i didn't know that . it's somthing never told.

[@elainemoreland3908]

They were on a secret mission.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@jack01380 Didn’t you see the movie “Jaws”?

[@piotrd.4850]

Take off scene and music stayed with me for all the time since wathich this first time, years ago.

[@martytaylor7043]

Thank you Harry s Truman for dropping the bomb you saved my dad's life

[@finchborat]

Also made the lives of many in future generations possible. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z would be smaller in size had the bomb not been dropped and the fight against Japan dragged on. That's something atomic bomb critics need to realize, especially if their father, grandfather, great-grandfather served in WWII.

[@majorrgeek]

Marty Taylor - that is so sick - how can you possibly condone killing 250,000 innocent civilians? - you lack mental hygiene

[@majorrgeek]

@@finchborat - you need to realise the bomb saved no one for the simple reason it did not stop the war but it kept going till the Russians made an even bigger impact on the Japanese - learn your history and drop the propaganda nonsense talk

[@finchborat]

@@majorrgeek The atomic bombs did end the war and it did save at risk lives. The Soviets went after Japan when it was too late. My grandfather fought in WWII. Fought in Europe, but I'm sure he would've been sent to Japan had the invasion happened. There's a chance he could've been killed and as a result, I don't exist.

[@majorrgeek]

@@finchborat - nonsense - the a bombs did not stop the war not from the Japanese point of view - read what Hirohit the emperor of Japan said on August 17 about 1 week after the bombs "Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence With that in mind and although the fighting spirit of the Imperial Army and Navy is as high as ever, with a view to maintaining and protecting our noble national policy we are about to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Chungking." - Seal of The Empire - Signed Hirohito - August 17 - so here is some grade 5 reading comprehension - he clearly states on Aug 17 the war was still on and he was going to "make peace" now that the Russians have declared war on Japan - also if he says "I am going to make peace" but all his troops continue fighting a huge war to the death in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Kuriles is a bit like Schrodinger's cat - how can they have surrendered if they are still fighting? also he makes absolutely no reference to the atomic bombings so you have no argument

[@lonnyfuller7830]

Those the foget history are doomed to repeat it.

[@christopherdibble5872]

We have awaking a sleeping giant!

[@christopherdibble5872]

And as Japan said "we have awakened a sleeping giant"!

[@andreraymond6860]

The depiction of the Manhattan project on film is a favorite topic of mine. From the early research in physics that made the bomb possible to the practical creation of it in New Mexico and elsewhere, the decision to use it and choice of target to delivery of the bomb (the Indianapolis story) to the Enola Gay, through to the Japanese experience. All very interesting. We often think of WWII as men with guns. I think of it as men with chalk. They changed the world. This made for tv movie seems to have had a pretty decent budget when you consider the production values on screen. The cast is also good. Their performances are not bad. Lapses in historical accuracy in parts are made up for in other parts. was it Parsons who armed the bomb in flight? Probably one of the most harrowing moments in history. Okay so the movie isn't perfect. Neither are many of the "classic" war movies from Hollywood. "Miday" "Battle of the Bulge" "Pearl Harbor" etc. Until the movie gets a decent dvd and official release this is about as good as it gets. Thanks for posting it.

[@andreraymond6860]

Good list. Loved most of those. Haven't seen Angels One Five. Will look it up. Thanks

[@michaellogan6873]

jaydee

[@ssgus3682]

Compared to the Battle of the Bulge this movie is a documentary.

[@doakvanzandt7281]

To anyone not knowing and asking about the name Ebola Gay. It was general Tibbets mother's name

[@patrickmonahan-rj2kn]

Enola Gay

[@johnsmith-zh1bt]

billy crystal in an unique dramatic role

[@johnburke5529]

This bomb most likely saved my life. Say what you will my life is very important to me.

[@majorrgeek]

Liam whitcombe - funny both Japanese ww2 leaders said they surrendered due to the Russian August Storm attack on Japan - maybe you should read it too because it would prove to be an attack on your ignorance

[@majorrgeek]

Geostrategic there is no evidence the bombs forced Japan to surrender - BTW Hitler too believed killing civilians would accelerate his victories and preserve his army - you condone him too?

The obvious evidence is Imperial Japan did surrender after the second atomic bomb was dropped, due to the Japanese military high command believing America had more, maybe many more atomic weapons, capable of sending Japan back to the stone age, thus the surrender.

[@majorrgeek]

Geostrategic - unless you can provide some real documented evidence I don't recall reading anywhere that Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Suzuki of Japan surrendered due to the bombings - stopspreadingthecrap

[@johnspradling7906]

Majorgeeek, your hindsight is most ordinary. Your problem is that you refuse to accept the overwhelming sentiments of the time. You may hate the bomb and hate the American decisions that were made to drop it, but in the thinking of the times, the choice to drop it was virtually the only direction to take. You accomplish nothing by condemning those who took action, or those who choose to agree, after the fact, that the right thing was done.

[@JohnWest-zq5gs]

It's saved a lot of American lives and that was a good reason to drop it

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Was it.

[@Gusinabus]

Big bomb or millions of smaller ones. No good choices in war

[@violinoscar]

Even after the Hiroshima bomb the Japanese did not surrender; it was only after the 2nd atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki that they gave up the fight.

[@Bazzer2121]

Watched this movie with great interest as it is sad that USA dropped the atomic bomb on japan as it killed thousands of civilian woman and children (non combat persons) but i can understand why they dropped it but could there of been another way of ending the war with japan...scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer who created the nuclear bomb once said he is the bringer of death and right up to his very last day on this earth he regretted ever creating such a weapon and unleashing it on mankind after the 2 bombs was dropped he lived a sad life for what he has achieved this film helps to explain why and with such weapons has changed the earth thanks for uploading.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

2:07:27 Great recording of the B29, looks nice and great quality!

[@milesarcher8502]

Starting from the beginning of the project, the atomic "pile", up to the moment the bomb as used, this was arguably the greatest single scientific and engineering achievement in history to that date. Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Hanford, Wendover, and many more, all working towards this one conclusion.

[@majorrgeek]

Rick Blain - the atomic bomb was actually meant for the Nazis but they had surrendered in May so they turned their murderous attention on the helpless civilians of Hiroshima

[@milesarcher8502]

@@majorrgeek You are truly full of shit. Perhaps you remember the murderous intent exhibited at Pearl Harbor, Nanking, Bataan, or Manila??? Oh, no, you just want to bitch about America, despite your glaring ignorance about that period of history.

[@majorrgeek]

@Bernard de Fontaines - last century the Chinese CCP democided over 75 million Chinese civilians of which 10 million were killed by USA backed KMT forces while Soviet also slaughtered about 50 million civilians yet both were our WW2 Allies - if you stop to think for a minute you'd realize the Allies had much worse humanitarian record than Germany and Japan combined - you idiot

[@majorrgeek]

@@milesarcher8502 - sure Japan did commit many atrocities Nanking, Unit 731, Bataan, etc but unlike the atomic bombings no one is claiming these crimes were justified - but at least you got enough sense to realize Hiroshima too is a war crime

[@milesarcher8502]

@@majorrgeek Your ignorance is your greatest feature. The Japanese people were sworn to fight to the last man, woman and child, asshole. Films of them training school cildren to fight with bamboo sticks have been released by them. Now, what is YOUR estimation of their chances of surviving agaisnt soldiers with M-I rifles????? Pull your head out of your ass long enough to look HONESTLY at the whole picture, and perhaps even YOU will see that America saved the Japanese people from ANIHILATION. Or perhaps you'd prefer that they HAD fought to the last Japanese? WELL????

[@liketocriticize2210]

As I heard, pilot and crew personally selected and supervised the special modifications to a B29 at the Martin factory in Omaha, Nebraska. I also heard they trained at bases near Bruning, Harvard and Fairmont, Nebraska. FYI.

[@buzaldrin8086]

The plane as modified was called the Silverplate. Look it up.

[@markmayfield2228]

I don't know if anyone noticed this, but I think that the "Hiroshima" bunker area is the same one used as the US Naval Intelligence bunker in the movie, Midway.

[@TheIsreal0312]

Interesting to see Billy Chrystal right before his movie career, Patrick Duff right before Dallas and Gregory Harrison right before Trapper John MD

[@herondelatorre4023]

TheIsreal0312 : You made a mistake about Patrick Duffy. This tv movie came out in 1980. Patrick Duffy starred in Dallas two years before in 1978.

[@landsea7332]

1:37:07 - This part is critical . The Emperor was considered a divinity and Japan's military government - the "Big Six " ruled through him. The Potsdam Declaration of July 26th , 1945 , made it clear that the Truman and his advisors wanted to remove Japan's military government for all time , and bring in human rights . In other words , the US wanted to change Japan's Constitution . Truman fought in WW I and his advisors were well aware how Germany rose up again . They did not want to repeat the mistakes of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles . When the "Big Six " initially agreed to the Potsdam Declaration on August 10th, 1945 , they did so on condition that the prerogatives of the Emperor were maintained . The Americans identified that this would mean they would not be able to change Japan's Constitution . While under US occupation , Japan's 's Constitution was changed in 1947 and it became a Constitutional Monarchy modeled after Britain's Westminster System . The status of the Emperor was changed to " Symbol of the State and Unity of the People . " .

[@MJK90210]

The Japanese Military's knowledge of their own Atomic Bomb is what led the military to refuse to Surrender after Hiroshima was bombed. The Japanese are very intelligent and innovative, and have been advanced in many areas, like Robotics. They have always had to search far and wide for resources to import to their island country and knew where to find what they needed. Since the two separate Japanese Atomic Bomb groups were working independently and secretly, and were apparently unknown to each other, and it was the Tokyo group that the German uranium was headed to; it was unnecessary since the Tokyo group was destroyed and no longer could use the German uranium anyway. The Japanese, Korean group's progress was far ahead of the Tokyo group; the Korean group also had "Korean slaves" for labor. American Politicians arrogantly believed that Japan, a pagan society, was not capable of developing effective weapons, and the US, a Christian society, would out-invent the Japanese that would end the war. After WW2 we found that Germany wasn't even close to making an Atomic Bomb, they were going in completely wrong directions. While Germany had resources to make Atomic Bombs, they didn't have the know-how, which is why they offered Japan some uranium materials that Japan asked for. Japan could have given Germany their Atomic Bomb knowledge but didn't want anyone else to have it. The US Atomic Bomb program had to overcome this same problem Germany had, and the US infrastructure was so large because so many people, and personality and political conflicts were involved, that they pursued too many different ideas and manufacturing ideas because everyone had different theories that had to be tried. The Japanese scientists didn't have these setbacks to overcome and didn't need the huge infrastructure the US was forced to develop. North Korea has made and exploded Atomic Bombs with far less resources than Japan had, and far less infrastructure than the US had in WW2. The US didn't know that, in 1945, Japan was just as far along as the US was in developing an Atomic Bomb; Japan actually exploded a test Atomic Bomb on an island off Korea before our test. Japan had 2 independent groups developing an Atomic Bomb program; one in North Korea and the 2nd at Tokyo University. (Why North Korea has Atomic Bombs now) Japan's plan was to take an Atomic Bomb by submarine into San Francisco harbor and set it off, hoping to sue for “Conditional Peace” instead of the “Unconditional Surrender” the US was demanding. So we dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, and because Japan still would not Surrender we dropped the 2nd Bomb on Nagasaki. Japan thought we had more than just those 2 bombs and could just keep dropping Bombs on city after city, so they “Surrendered Unconditionally”.

[@conniemcmurry9589]

John, thank you for sharing that info and filling out the narrative very well!!

[@jameswsomers]

On both missions Kobe was the primary target,it was saved by rainy weather both days.

[@txnetcop]

Thanks for posting this to youtube...

[@majbelch]

Thanks! I saw this in the late 80's with my father. Tells the story better then any other film I have seen,

[@mattmcguire1577]

Another way of looking at it... Dropping two very small atomic bombs was much better than dropping the bigger ones that were developed later. Sooner or later a test on a live target was going to happen. The military can't have a new weapon and not use it. They dropped both because they had two different types. Plus no political or military leader would survive if it was found out that had a weapon that could have shortened the war and they did not use it. Regardless whether the Russians played a part or not, it would have been career suicide. This is only my opinion, not evidence based.

[@opinion4246]

Peace through strength..war is not good for the world 🌎

[@ExtremeWreck]

Thank you for uploading a movie that was released by Interglobal Home Video. Are the rest of their releases copyrighted by small companies?

[@billhuber2964]

Those two bombs brought my dad home.

[@danodamano2581]

I love the aviation shows back then using actual aircraft vs cgi which never gets realistic flight correct. The one thing that still stands out to me is there must have been some actors union rule that they didnt have to get military standard hair cuts to be in role. Patrick Duffy practically has a fro. And half the actors in black sheep squadron trying to rock a mark hamil doo. This is a great show but to a 31 year vet it just stands out.

[@ericsniper9843]

Dano Damano that's no fro, but I get your point as a vet. Those aren't regulation haircuts.

[@Thompson-xp1mk]

I have read history of Pacific War in which Enola Gay was commanding pilot,s mother ,which was right . The US had to drop atomic bomb into Japan because 500 thousand American soldiers would have been killed if they had attacked Japanese mainland . At that time Korea was Japanese colony where even schoolgirls had military drill in which they stabbed American soldiers with bamboo spear ,which my father has told me .

[@craigbowlby1465]

The scene where they met with President Roosevelt had one glaring flaw in it. The general spoke of losing 5o men per day in the battle of Naha, Okinawa. That battle didn't take place until after Roosevelt's death.

[@ericsniper9843]

Good eye.

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

The B29 maneuver right after the bomb was dropped is described in the move as a diving turn to the right as a way to get away from the blast area sufficiently quickly to avoid damage. It would seem to me that a turn to the left is what is required instead. The reverse torque on the aircraft caused by four engines suddenly given full power would reinforce a turn to the left and would impede a turn to the right. Aircraft engines (with the exception of those made in Russia) all turn clockwise as seen looking out from behind the wings. The reverse torque necessarily tends to force the aircraft to the left.

[@sleddog1935]

That has always been my impression.........

[@kevinvt4174]

I think they left out the part where we dropped another ??? The Japanese did not surrender right away so we dropped a second one.

[@ericminch]

"We"? I wasn't even born yet, but maybe you dropped it.

[@majorrgeek]

kevin vt - they didn't even surrender due to the second bomb - they surrendered early because the Soviet joined the war against them - read what Emperor Hirohito said on August 17, about 8 days after Hiroshima bombing "Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence With that in mind and although the fighting spirit of the Imperial Army and Navy is as high as ever, with a view to maintaining and protecting our noble national policy we are about to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Chungking." so you have no argument

[@majorrgeek]

@MyImList - unfortunately your analogy is a poor one because unlike the sun causing daylight there is no evidence the atomic bombing caused a surrender yet there is direct evidence the Soviet Union entry into the war against Japan was the decisive factor - if you read Japan's official Offer of Surrender sent to USA on August 10 the Japanese mentioned the surrender is due to the Soviet Declaration of War on Japan which took place on the previous day August 9,1945 - the bombs were not even mentioned www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/450729a.html#2 the ancient Greeks proved the earth was round over 2000 years ago yet Christopher Columbus's crew were fearful they would fall off the edge of the flat earth - you would be the descendant of Columbus's crew ?

[@dutchbrotherfan1284]

I recognize that actor discussing Hiroshima . He was Dr Klauss from Kentucky Fried movie called a fist full of yen. He’s funny

[@vanicecampos1013]

Chorei de dor...o ser humano é capaz de tudo,mas ainda consegue surpreender com sua maldade...

[@rherman9085]

Great share, thanks!!!

[@janedough8733]

Great movie,it's been a long time since I first saw it thanks for putting it up.Look what Japan did to Pearl Harbor, if the US hadn't did what they did ,who knows. That's the cost of war!

[@croatianknight1160]

Jane Dough 2.400 dead at Pearl Harbor. 300.000 beheaded at Nanking. With swords not Atomic bombs. 70.000 dead at Hiroshima 60.000 at Nagasaki. 250.000 boiled alive at Dresden by Royal Air Force.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@croatianknight1160 ...WAR IS HELL-

[@johnmilligan6605]

Pearl harbour was a military target so in return the USA murdered babies kids and women indescriminatley that is not an act of war that is an act of racially inspired barbarism!

[@marthashartzer6669]

@@johnmilligan6605 Acknowledging there were civilian casualties from this bomb and birth defects for many future births after this. I can not help but think there would have certain manufacturing in that area or it would not have been selected. After hearing the calculation of the current deaths of both Americans and Japanese, the fact that it was estimated that Japan would have continued for another 10 years without that bomb, it is almost logical that the bomb would shorten the war. It would have taken 4 months to gather World support to not drop the bomb and the Japanese Colonel for the Japanese figurehead of authority saying man, and child would fight until there was no one left...it was inevitable to resort to the bomb. I realize the human bodies on the targeted ground were vaporized, and pictures of some walls left standing had rough blackened bodies profiled as if sufficient heat to immortalize those vaporized even no body parts were found. Very sad thoughts.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@johnmilligan6605 An estimated 15 million children were killed during WW2 which was started by Germany, Japan, and to some degree the Soviet Union. The war was started by countries that wanted land, resources, and treasure. ( basically greed) 65-80 million mostly innocent people were killed by the time it ended. Do you weep equally for the women and children killed by these aggressive countries???

[@alanbierhoff6831]

The ship my father was aboard delivered huge lead shields to Bikini Atoll as part of the testing for Operation Crossroads.

[@darkknight1340]

The incendiary raids on Tokyo killed a lot more than the little boy which hit Hiroshima,of course the effects were far more awe inspiring and it along with the use of fatman on Nagasaki undoubtedly negated the need to invade the Japanese home islands which would have generated an enormous amount of casualties.

[@majorrgeek]

Dark Knight 13 - wrong the attack on Hiroshima & Nagasaki civilians did not end the war or negate the need to invade Japan FYI Japan was already under attack from the Russians which started on August 8 and if you research properly you'd find the Japanese surrender was prompted by this new Russian attack so stop spreading the crap

[@majorrgeek]

@Sam Houston - please stop lying because neither the Emperor nor Japan in fact had surrendered due to the bombs in fact read the Emperor's speech he made on August 17 1 week after the bombing of Nagasaki ""Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence With that in mind and although the fighting spirit of the Imperial Army and Navy is as high as ever, with a view to maintaining and protecting our noble national policy we are about to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Chungking." now that should put to rest all that nonsense and propganda about the bombs ended the war - they did not so stop spreading the crap

[@majorrgeek]

@Sam Houston - wrong - even the ww2 Prime Minister Suzuki of Japan said on August 13 when asked why they could not delay surrender for a few days “If we miss today, the Soviet Union will take not only Manchuria, Korea, Karafuto, but also Hokkaido. This would destroy the foundation of Japan. We must end the war when we can deal with the United States.” - you can't beat fact with your crap

[@ninkbscott]

They actually dropped two.. . 💡💡

[@NinJadProduction]

Not the same day

[@motherofdoggos3209]

Spoke with a man whose father was an escort fighter who had to turn back. He saw the flash 200 miles away.

[@2sridhark]

Imperial Japan would never have stopped had it not been for the bomb, however inhuman this may sound. Japan had come all the way to Singapore and were not willing to stop.

[@majorrgeek]

Sridhar Kaushik - nonsense Japan was all done except for defending its home islands and terrorises of Manchuria and Korea it no longer posed any threat to mainland USA that required Us killing their civilians in droves - which didn't make a scrap of difference and didn't force a surrender anyway

[@majorrgeek]

Sam Houston - problem is you have to have evidence to prove Japan surrendered all due to the bombs which it didn't because the war was still running hot till the end of August - read what the two leaders of Japan said - ww2 Prime Minister Suzuki said on August 13 , 1945 about a week after Nagasaki “If we miss today, the Soviet Union will take not only Manchuria, Korea, Karafuto, but also Hokkaido. This would destroy the foundation of Japan. We must end the war when we can deal with the United States.” and Emperor Hirohito on August 17, 1945 "Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue the war under the present internal and external conditions would be only to increase needlessly the ravages of war finally to the point of endangering the very foundation of the Empire's existence With that in mind and although the fighting spirit of the Imperial Army and Navy is as high as ever, with a view to maintaining and protecting our noble national policy we are about to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and Chungking." doesn't sound like they took all that much notice of the bombs the facts are clear the Japanese surrendered for their reasons not yours or the propaganda of the USA who still to this day continue to maintain lies to whitewash the war crimes issues -

[@oldgringo2001]

Yet another error: At about 1:07, one of the characters says he's been accepted into the Imperial Air Force. There was never an Imperial Japanese Air Force. There was an Imperial Navy, which had its own air force, and an Imperial Army, which had its own air force. And its own navy, including some submarines. Admiral Yamamoto's original plan to take out Hawaii included landing troops, but the ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Imperial Army wouldn't provide even one division. Thank goodness we never went in for interservice rivalry like that.

[@michaelhewitt258]

Guess again

[@terryrussel523]

Did I miss the part where hundreds of thousands of leaflets actually were dropped warning the Japanese people that cities would be bombed AND giving a list of those cities ? A number of pertinent things were left out of this production. Especially troubling are some of the postings here that obviously lack any knowledge of the times and realities of fighting a culture that for almost 2,000 YEARS had based itself on absolute obedience to superiors, and literally, the worship of a Living "God" Monarch. No One was spared the "honor" of sacrificing their life for the Emperor and the military officers who wielded Actual control of the country waged the war drunk on there power and total belief in their superiority. Victory or Death. BTW : Those Japanese whom I know who have commented on it; those who survived the war, were and still are shocked and puzzled by the people, especially those Americans Today, who insist we must apologize for ending the war this way. They know better than anyone what an invasion of their homeland would have cost everyone involved. Hitler's NAZI Party and the Japanese Imperial Military, just to name a few of the most egregious aggressors in 20th century history, have always had one common trait. They have had to Lie, Cheat, Steal and Murder their way into power and did so with no thought of ever having to suffer for their selfish acts. . . .

[@terryrussel523]

jaydee040 had better put down the script and consult another source. I have seen 5 of the many documents in question. General Le May ordered an estimated 10 million leaflets dropped in May of 1945, 20 million in June and 30 Million in July alone.

[@raymondsaquet2922]

Hey Terry, well said but don't forget the REAL savages of Stalin's Soviet Union.

[@RK831]

1:00:11 "at 30,000 feet that inch is worth 500 feet off target." Even with the headrest, Tom Ferrebee still missed: the actual intended target was the "T" of the Aioi Bridge, and the actual detonation site was about 800 feet away. The bridge survived. However, despite the miss the mass destruction was still achieved. Can't figure why Paul was being such a perfectionist schmuck.

[@sailorx72]

All Tibet's knew were basic details on what needed to be done. Except for the Trinity Test which I don't think he was present before no one had experience dropping an A Bomb on anyone.

[@michaelmurray7199]

Some sources say it was about 440 feet off the aiming point. From that high up, that’s a pretty good margin of error. Also, keep in mind they didn’t laser guided or satellite guided “smart bombs” at the time.

[@stilltlrforlife]

Ka-BOOOOOOM!!! Mwuaaahahahahah...hahahaaaaaa.