How Powerful was the Japanese Empire?

The history of Japan is a long and complex one. But this is a history of Japan's empire.
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[@bobolobo9487]

The Russian fleet really had to fear those Japanese torpedo boats in the north sea

[@tamamatu6395]

@@condorX2 Korea should be glad Japan annexed them same as Taiwan. If not the whole of Korea would basically be North Korea and Taiwan wouldn't exist.

[@condorX2]

@@tamamatu6395 You're wrong mate. The Korean resentment for the Japanese is still very strong for their atrocities. It was the UN and US that intervene that help divided the Korean. The North was stream rolling and plowing the south. They almost unified the country. And check out the countries that the west intervined and gave them Demoncrazy. It's mind blogging. Here is the global suicide rate ranking. I just throw some numbers for you to feast on. #1 is the highest. South Korea rank 10 Taiwan rank 18 Japan rank 30 US rank 34 China rank 103 Barbados rank 183 Source en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

[@condorX2]

@@Crashed131963 It was was really old, like the old chosen Era where Korean had their own king. One of the side suggest to the king to be pro Japan and break away from China. Japan saw a crack in Korea internal struggle and took advantage of it.

[@sayeedhusseinsadat3284]

I think you pice of shit forget Afghanistan. we are the first nation that defeated Britain 3 times before anyone else . cheek the Afghan-Angle war.

[@kurousagi8155]

condorX2 lmao, did you really just say that South Korea would be better under Northern rule rather than the North under Southern rule? At least when you commit suicide, you pick if you die. I’m pretty sure North Koreans don’t even get that much.

[@manolitobenzon6903]

When youtube wants the world to be ignorant of history for demonitizing historical content creators

[@hilpha]

Yes coz it portrays the USA as a bully, which in fact is still true as F* today.

[@jurtra9090]

@@hilpha Japan is also used to be a bully to the Asians

[@jiguo773]

@@hilpha especially the part where european colonization wiped about tens of millions and possibly as high as 100 million native americans and then turned it into about eating turkey and mash potatoes and gravy.

[@ultron-5600]

Lord Of Onions a lot of Germanic tribes were barbaric and evil, they raped Roman women and constantly raided villages under the Roman Empire’s protection. The Native Americans were pretty barbaric too but a lot of the tribes were also quite peaceful and they engaged in trade with other tribes. It was mainly the Apache and Comanche tribes that were savages. The others like the Anasazi even built cities under the Mohave desert cliffs.

[@burburoliver6513]

Yeah

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting how in many history videos about the Japanese conquest of South East Asia the conquest of the Dutch East Indies is barely mentioned. Interesting enough, thís area was because of its rich oil fields on Borneo, Java and Sumatra the main goal of Japan. In fact the Japanese promised Indonesia independence but ruled it with an iron fist. When Japan surrendered the Indonesian nationalists quickly used the situation to declare an independent Indonesia.

[@GhostMacross01]

The Indonesians obtained their independence from the Dutch due to large part by stay-behind Japanese forces that did most of the fighting and training the Japanese-trained Indonesian national army. The British nearly defeated the Vietnamese before 1948 but was prevented by the United States. The British was also in Indonesia and from their intelligence gatherings the national Indonesian army would be brutally crushed while the Dutch Colonial forces would be medium bled but remain ultimately victorious if the Japanese stay-behind forces did not get involve. However today's Malay films and literature show the Indonesian independence was done almost entirely by the Malays themselves without much help from foreigners, a blatant distortion to portray their Malay superiority. The majority of the Japanese who fought beside the Indonesians did so to avoid returning to a defeated Japan for the time being. Many never fought against the allies so this was their opportunity in defiance of the Emperor's Orders. Very few actually willingly fought for Indonesian independence as Europeans and Japanese have seen the Malays as unreliable violent primitives who are good for manual labor or limited semi-skilled labor. The whole idea was pretty much for the Japanese to give the European colonial powers the middle-finger.

[@jacopofolin6400]

@@condorX2 nanking was in china

[@travelleryu]

@@condorX2 The Korean conscripts were happy raping China alongside the Japanese though.

[@sayeedhusseinsadat3284]

I think you pice of shit forget Afghanistan. we are the first nation that defeated Britain 3 times before anyone else . cheek the Afghan-Angle war.

[@soro31337]

The main reason they lost the War was because they didn't get to the oil field in Balikpapan (Borneo) before the Dutch burn it all up... They got to oil field in Sumatra (Padang) but it didn't have enough oil to power their war machine... After that, they started to fight a very static defensive war... They didn't have enough oil for their planes and ships to conduct extended sweep.

[@ongzhenglin8956]

Seems more like a brief history of Japan than how strong the empire was

[@guozhou8114]

Ong Zheng Lin S.korea always lie and try to fabricate their history. But it's truth that korean and their culture were part of china and they stole them. 🇰🇷==🇨🇳 Kpop is poor imitation of American and japanese sub culture.

[@user-ix3vu6um4p]

@@guozhou8114 lol koreans do not want to have pigtail culture. Korea has K-pop, but China only has low-quality travelers and the image of an autocratic communist state.

[@veterankeyboardwarrior6808]

@@user-ix3vu6um4p I am not supporting anyone here but that is a very weak counter argument you made there.

[@user-ix3vu6um4p]

@@veterankeyboardwarrior6808 If you really didn't support anyone, you should have been quiet or told the one who started it. Do you want me to do the same? "I'm not a racist, but your people look really low quality ^^ㅗ"

[@veterankeyboardwarrior6808]

@@user-ix3vu6um4p Haha🤣 I am not Chinese bro and I am not Japanese either..

[@himpower4549]

My great great uncle was a commander for the Japanese fleet during the Russo Japanese conflict. Essentially the reasoning they won was a modern fleet combined with British sea warfare tactics. My great great uncle was sent to the UK for training and learned from the best commanders in the British fleet. On the other hand the Russians commanders were chosen based on loyality to the Tsar and not for there ability’s in strategy.they were too cocky and in the end lost. This in turn led to the people of Russia wanting to overthrow the Tsar and the flame for the Russian revolution was ignited.

[@samarkand1585]

When I see the title 'How powerful was the Japanese Empire' I'd expect numbers, statistics of their military and industry, a detailed state of their politics and diplomacy, for example a description of the rivalries between the different military branches. Instead I got a typical and superficial chronology of the main events, disappointing

[@AJMerrick]

Thank you for the feedback, I will be implementing your ideas into future videos

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

@@LucidFL agreed, I liked the video, but it wasn't quite what the video title promised.

[@kaisermuto]

Almost foreigners think Japan had become modernized nation from retarded country so suddenly. It is very surface knowledge. Before Meiji restoration, Japanese literacy was 60% and even farmer or casual low class civilians could read and write Japanese sign and Chinese character. More over they could use mathematics with abacus. When Perry arrived at Edo bay he surveyed the bay , and he was surprised for a map of Japan which was made by Japanese INO,TADATAKA. The Ino's map was brought by German Von Siebold secretly from Japan. Perry bought the map from Siebold and he wished to investigate how much correct the map is. The Ino's map was extreme correct. Perry comprehended Japanese ability. His diplomatic attitude was changed from prejudice as well as to another Asian country. Perry's diplomacy became to be polite.

[@Embracehistoria]

Good job dude, I love the map transitions.

[@Srab23]

Fantastic video. Good sound and visuals, gold naration and content

[@unifieddynasty]

The US contributed a ton to the defeat of Imperial Japan by opening a second front against them, but what is often glossed over is that most of Japan's military was deadlocked fighting in China. Notice how Japan's advance into China halted after a while? It's because they lost 3-5 million casualties fighting against the Chinese and Allies in China.

[@travelleryu]

Also the British trapped them in India

[@unifieddynasty]

@@travelleryu Yes, the British and Indians and all Allies helped a lot. The Chinese wouldn't have been able to hold back the Japanese without Allied help. Respect where respect is due.

[@firepower7017]

The Soviets are why Japan stopped. The Japanese was steamrolled from the superior Russian weaponry. The BT-5 was their nightmare.

[@unifieddynasty]

@@firepower7017 lol, I reiterate, all Allies helped a lot.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@unifieddynasty yes the burma campaign tied down 300,000 japanese troops which if not had kept the british and indians entertained would have attacked china

[@TuskanDelight]

Great video. A good overview of Japan (my country). I still hope for world peace.

[@iraqimapper8625]

Nice to see you upload again

[@Sly88Frye]

Thank you so much for this video! As an American who has studied some history but not all, I am well aware would happen in World War II but it was still nice to see this anyways and I didn't know a whole lot about what happened in Japan before besides the fact that they were on our side in World War 1. So it was before that that I didn't really know much at all so I'm glad to have seen this

[@Titus921]

9:06 when youtube join japan and italy in the axes of evil 😂

[@theelvensong4328]

Haha

[@AzureRT456]

Axis.

[@trevorwoolson3860]

Good and Evil is purely subjective :P

[@theelvensong4328]

@@trevorwoolson3860 It's not. Loving your neighbors as yourself is good. The actions of Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan during WW2 are clearly more evil than their counterparts.

[@trevorwoolson3860]

The Elvensong Ah yes, becouse America the hero’s of all time have never ever committed genocide or ever targeted civilian targets or racial/religious minorities especially not blacks, Jews, or Japanese Americans during ww2. I’m not saying they’re good, no ones good, history is written by the victor that’s all that sets us apart in history. We all turn to dust in the end we’re all made of the same sin

[@austin9988]

The illustration for the Japanese army on the thumbnail and used in some parts of the video is actually not Japanese army but Japanese naval infantry (Kaigun Rikusentai)

[@NoKOzKamui]

The Empire of Japan didn't only last 50 years. It lasted 79 years from 1868 to 1947.

[@shawnv123]

that’s decent

[@my_other_side473]

They still had the Emperor though

[@vladmirlenin4167]

The monarchy was the same since the BCs

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

@@shawnv123 Its more than decent considering Japan was fighting literally every super power at once.

[@saiko9472]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k fighter US and Allies

[@orionpax13]

Very accurate and thorough, thank you.

[@sadiqrahman8723]

Americans : "Open the country up and stop having it closed" ~Bill Wurtz

[@neilsumanda1538]

the japanese call it Gunboat Diplomacy.. "open up ur country for trade, or will fire.."

[@eodyn7]

@@neilsumanda1538 That's what the British called it. The tactic was made famous by the British.

[@shortscouture1]

Great quality.

[@pyroraptor4537]

Japan didn’t take every country in Southeast Asia in WWII. Thailand signed agreement and joined Axis .I saw the picture

[@crazymaniac7474]

They made them sign it and it was better for them instead of fighting and sustaining lose.

[@DanielK1213th]

Korea signed the paper too but was colonized. Paperwork is just a formality for appearance’s sake. Are you that naive?

[@pyroraptor4537]

Daniel Kang What Japan did to Korea was completely different from what they did to Thailand.after France lost to Germany ,Thailand wanted land from Laos and Cambodia.and Thailand let’s Japan passed to fought in Burma and Malaysia

[@c.j.8263]

@@pyroraptor4537 for most countries during WWII, he is right. signing "peace" treaties that let the Soviets station troops in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) is what led to their annexation.

[@x.ruizcastillo5624]

Thailand didnt exist, The commonwealth of Thailand did, it's like a Vassal they were force to join or they will be invade.

[@lillyie]

This is more of a History of the Japanese empire instead of actually telling how powerful it is

[@metalfuk1]

Lunatic Lunala what’s the difference

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@metalfuk1 Maybe more on the statistics on their armed forces (Like troop numbers), industrial capacity, force projection, diplomacy and economic standing. But this video was alright.

[@reinhardalexander567]

She is

[@megalodon3655]

Please talk about how powerful was the Ottoman Empire,the Safavid empire,and the Mughal empire please do how powerful was the three gunpowder empires and please do how powerful was the rashidun ummayad Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates and the timuruid empire please VC3productions.Nice awesome op great work never give up keep doing what you love doing work hard and have an amazing awesome op day peace.

[@condorX2]

The Koreans probably regret being Pro Japan. They got used, got their country enslaved and cause so many death to their Asian neighbors. Rape of Nanking, unit 731 and comfort women come to mind when ever I heard of the Meiji restoration.

[@roxycorner1358]

@@condorX2 pro japan? KOREA is ANNEXED IDIOT

[@ericwong4960]

@@roxycorner1358 don't call someone idiot if you don't have the intelligence to understand the video.

[@ericwong4960]

@Lord Of Onions because it was mentioned in the video, some Koreans being pro-China and some Koreans being pro-Japan because Japan promised to fight for Korea and give them independence. But the independence was short lived before Japanese annexed them. Thus he mentioned the pro-Japan Koreans probably regretted supporting Japan. Calling someone idiot without understanding the whole video is a no-no.

[@RIFLQ]

@@ericwong4960 I was expecting the reply section would be full Islamaphobes and wasn't expecting anti-Japanese lmao

[@owand5017]

Please make videos about the ottoman empire, the tsardom of Russia and the Dutch trade empire!

[@persimmon93]

Very general brief history of Japan.

[@TheNuclearKnight]

Think that picture at the end was of Chinese soldiers, not Japanese

[@roxycorner1358]

@@condorX2 pro japan? KOREA is ANNEXED IDIOT

[@tamamatu6395]

Yeah Chinese where using Germany equipment. Not many people know the Germany wanted China as an ally and even sent officers to train Chinese troops but when Japan attacked they had to choose a side and Japan was likely to win.

[@condorX2]

@@roxycorner1358 You obviously never pay close attention at the beginning of this video. The Korean had to choose, pro China or pro Japan. They made the wrong choice and suffer the consequences. Ah typical idiot lol.

[@magnificent9784]

@@condorX2 can see why they choose Japan cause china was in absolute shit.

[@zhu_zi4533]

@@condorX2 Friend, you can only do this when you command with a knife. Now North Korea and Japan are still fighting against each other. If not for the presence of the United States, the relationship between them might be even worse.

[@1986tessie]

What was the other flag in the axis? I can't remember....

[@thecoffeeengineer]

Loved the puppies 😍

[@UpcycleElectronics]

8:53 Ha. Sad. I've never monetized. I assume the system must be telling you when/where/why it's not monetized in order for you to edit the upload. That would suck to deal with. The puppies are a funny option though.

[@greywolf845]

How about the brief empire of the Iroquois Confederacy, The Cherokee, The Cree, and the Ottawa Confederacy

[@condorX2]

The Koreans probably regret being Pro Japan. They got used, got their country enslaved and cause so many death to their Asian neighbors. Rape of Nanking, unit 731 and comfort women come to mind when ever I heard of the Meiji restoration.

[@roxycorner1358]

@@condorX2 pro japan? KOREA is ANNEXED IDIOT

[@Paskovitchz]

They weren't empires...

[@DukeoftheAges]

Those weren't empires.

[@ripntear8487]

So basically the rival europeans ganged up against tiny japan.

[@williamfontoura]

They feared the rise. Their colonies kept getting away of their hands. The fear was real. Too real

[@jameskwon9996]

You said that Japan wanted to protect Korea at one point. That was never the motivation. Japan wanted to conquer Korea in order to conquer China.

[@juryota1174]

nope that was the reason they did it to protect and to get the chinese to recognize korea, korea asked help from japan

[@HabuTaizan]

Koreas was not civilized poorest region that time, claimed by Russia Chinese and other Western countries. Japanese saved Korea for industrialization. After WW2, US allow Korea to be independent from Japan. That was great mistake, but one of strategy to be the interfering country between US, against China and Russia. If the Japanese annexation continue, Koreans had much more civilized, safe and peaceful country with great technology advance. But now, Korea never be the politically independent country from the past, now, nor for the future.

[@garygartenzwerg9870]

It's a good video, but why don't you include borders?

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

1) The Meiji Restoration began on 1867 (formally), actually in 1868, not in 1865. 2) It's Port Arthur, not Por of Arthur. 3) Te Russians fired on english fishing ships on the Northern Sea believing to be enemy (japanese) ships... On the Northern Sea. That happened. In case you felt stupid.

[@Joshua_23]

it was actually 1869 you fool

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@Joshua_23 No. The shogunate negotiated a compromise in 1867 to handle the power back to the Emperor (with the former shogun presiding a council) which wasn't accepted by the Satchou alliance. Then, in 1868, after the defeat at Toba Fushimi, the shogun resigned. 1869 marked the end of the Boshin war, but the Emperor was already in power by then. You fool.

[@Joshua_23]

Said Toshimaru r/woooosh

[@KingGeorgeV1914]

The borders are a bit iffey but a good video non the less

[@dickheadnumber1]

thank you

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

During WW2 the had the element of suprise the never announced war like the normally do same with Germany never announced war either during WW2

[@propagandabuster255]

11:30 This is an image of a Chinese soldier. It is not an image of a Japanese soldier.

[@GamerFrisco]

Same thing

[@angel00690]

@@GamerFriscoshut up😭

[@Sovietube]

9:39 japab yes yes yes

[@bursnatch8617]

Japanese people are very hard working, very disciplined and very loyal to their country, the only mistake they got is that they got in incompetent leader. But they still bounced back and is now one of the best countries in the world

[@firepower7017]

Yeah but Asia hates them. And I mean the entirety of Asia.

[@bursnatch8617]

@@firepower7017 hate? do you mean during war or in todays timeline? coz if its the latter, I got no choice but to call you ignorant.

[@firepower7017]

@@bursnatch8617 Chinese Communists over thrown the Chinese Republic due to the lack of aid from the naval blockades. What ensued was revolutions of the wrong reason throwing most of Asia into economic poverty.

[@firepower7017]

@@bursnatch8617 And look at the Korean War. Japan played all this. But for what?

[@firepower7017]

@@bursnatch8617 Funny thing that I'm Cambodian. What next. You'll say Socialism is good for us?

[@karner1541]

Good Video but how strong was imperial Japan now ? Compared to great britain or Nazi germany ? Could they habe defeated China without the oil Embargo?

[@imgvillasrc1608]

No, cause the IJA will have to fight the Communists under Mao, since he let the Kuomintang under Chiang do most of the fighting. Even then, the Rape of Nanking and other horrendous IJA war crimes in China motivated the Chinese people to fight.

[@condorX2]

@@imgvillasrc1608 hello, I just wanna put this out. 神州 Shenzhou: What do you even know about Chiang? Chiang even served in the Japanese Army from 1909 to 1911. He purged communists from KMT and their removal of Communists from within the ranks allowed him free reign to give himself what amounted to dictatorial power over much of China. Source: 11 Things You Should Know About Chiang Kai-shek theculturetrip.com/asia/taiwan/articles/11-things-know-chiang-kai-shek/ When the Japanese invaded Manchuria, Chiang refused to face the Japanese invaders, until two of his subordinates, Generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, had to kidnap him to get him to ally with the communists in a united front against the Japanese. (Xi'an Incident) Additionally, the Communists actually saved his leadership, and it’s often forgotten that without the Communists’ help, Chiang would never have survived as a political force, since was the communists who convinced the officers to release Chiang and allow him to take control of the government once again. Chiang’s efforts against the Japanese gained him some influential friends. And although the Communist General Mao was responsible for much of the damage inflicted upon the Japanese, it was Chiang who got the credit mainly from Britain and the US. When civil war broke out in China, Chiang expected help from the allies, but after a long campaign against both the Japanese and the Germans, the US and Britain were reluctant to get involved in a civil war. His Western ‘friends’ literally abandoned him. He suppressed local culture in Taiwan (White Terror) and was responsible for the imprisonment of 140,000 Taiwanese. These people were taken captive for their alleged opposition to the KMT. At this time, anyone openly criticizing the ruling party was deemed a Communist sympathizer. He held the Taiwan presidency for 25 years. He held the Taiwan under a permanent state of martial law, thus ensuring his power was absolute. In fact, the constitution only allowed for two terms in power, but with martial law as his excuse, Chiang could rule indefinitely. So what makes you think China would have been the wealthiest nation under Chiang? And Chiang was clearly a dictator who jailed and executed dissidents and political rivals.. . .

[@roxycorner1358]

@@condorX2 pro japan? KOREA is ANNEXED IDIOT

[@oniichanmk7346]

Considering the damage done to Kuomitang in the 1944 offensive with just a fraction of Japanese air and tank force, most likely china would loose without outside support.

[@condorX2]

@@roxycorner1358 Did you even watch the video? I was talking about the beginning of the video where Korea was making a decision to pro China or pro Japan.

[@davidkuntze7992]

The picture of troops in the German style helmets were Chinese soldiers, not Japanese.

[@Zen-sx5io]

I noticed they looked a bit off.

[@danielyusukeshimizu8802]

Who else noticed that it’s Ark:Survival Evolved Oil?

[@phoenix_am3400]

How did kingdoms work around the 1800s? I've never heard anyone refer to a kingdom from the time as feudal, but if it isn't feudal then what is it?

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

Please, Qing was not China, the Chinese Xinhai revolution was meant to expel the Manchus and restore China hence the slogan of Xinhai revolution : “expel the barbarians and restore China. Republic of China did not see the Qing as a legitimate Chinese dynasty, Mr sun yat sen said countless times that Qing was a foreign regime which had enslaved the Chinese nation.

[@ziggystdst]

Yeah, it's like calling British Empire India.

[@Ok-ix3hm]

@@ziggystdst noo

[@zhangwan2362]

From a modern angel, it is. In the same year of Xinhai Revolution, the republic union conference held in Shanghai accepted the "meaning of five-nationality unity for a republic" and the five-color flag as the national flag. That's exactly what happened at the beginning of the Republic of China. Let alone the later People's Republic of China that consists of 56 nationalities. Plus: It's more like conflicts between Scottish and English.

[@alexcao7502]

@@ziggystdst it's the opposite: it's more like calling India the British Empire

[@sincereeastman6972]

I’d say the strongest weapon ever developed of the Empire of Japan was the Soldier, can live off a pouch of rice in a disease ridden jungle, he doesn’t care if he dies all he has to do is at least take one Marine/Soldier with him to death Now coming from a country who was isolate they made an aircraft that could go on Par with Army Air Force and Navy Air Force aircraft the Mitsubishi Zero without the capture of the Zero I bet it’ll take year or two to find out how to counter the Zero used up to 1945.

[@user-gh34fgh]

great 👍

[@-socialcredit]

4:50 "Japan declared war" Me: *Doubt*

[@roxycorner1358]

@@condorX2 pro japan? KOREA is ANNEXED IDIOT

[@condorX2]

@@step1497 Watch the beginning of the video. I'm talking making a decision for their king. It was ancient Korea talk.

[@NRV0]

I wonder what the east would've looked like if Japan was a lot to keep some of its territories like Manchuria and Korea?

[@Zen-sx5io]

Those areas might not have fallen to communism, but they also would be hotbeds of Pro-Independence movements.

[@Jjjuserjjj]

It is said Japan will act like Spain or Portuguese during Cold War if there was no ww2. They could barely keep their government but there will be many riot or independence movement in Korea and Manchuria then Japan would give up these territory anyway.

[@j.w.century3693]

Can you make video about why Siam is independence state in the imperials age

[@AntiochusDC]

godd damm ur voice is good

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

Puppy alarm @8:53 what is it with covering up painful history in Asia? China is still angry for this at Japan, but if you would do a video about China you would have to show puppies again if you reach 1989.

[@historysquad]

F

[@neilsumanda1538]

thanks for pointing out...

[@wolfattacker1]

Nice

[@unifieddynasty]

Did I miss something? When did France, Britain, and Germany take over those regions of China? Unless that map was referring to preferential trade?

[@comradeofthebalance3147]

unifieddynasty Unequal treaties? Heard of them?

[@unifieddynasty]

@@comradeofthebalance3147 Those unequal treaties didn't cede that much territory. They negotiated for trading rights and coastal trading ports.

[@kevinpavelchik9189]

9:37 The United States was Catapulted into WWII, not "Capitulated"!

[@OceanHedgehog]

There's a lot of mispronunciations. He keeps say "Equip-ted" instead of "equipped"

[@AJMerrick]

Thanks for Watching Everyone! Stay Tuned for another video in two weeks! Leave your comments on other countries/empires I should cover

[@nathanb.8114]

At 11:29, is the Kuomintang, Chinese Nationalist Army in around July 1937. They pushed back almost every fierce Japanese wave attack in Shanghai before they were completely wiped out by Naval artillery and carpet bombing. And also the concern of several tanks in the streets of Shanghai.

[@tjs2014]

Well the Soviet Union on top of entering war with Japan breaking the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, also invaded Manchuria, and each day quickly defeating the Kwantung Army, Japan's largest fighting force, which was a larger reason for their surrender than the atomic bombs.

[@RIFLQ]

The First "FBI Open Up" Meme

[@maxleigh781]

thanks jimmy

[@maxmahusayjr7258]

One thing why I dislike this video was he never mentioned the era of Toyotomi clan where he finished was Oda Nobunaga desire to unified the Japanese people then afterwards they invade the Korea even though it was a great loss that's why Tokugawa clan reclaimed the title Shogun and closed off the country, after they heard that the China was already rape by the European nations (specifically the British empire)?!!

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

as for militarywise i support japan remilitarising for safety concerns specifically china they are currently the only power in the region that can reliablydeal with china south korea will eventually reach there but for now we depend on japan

[@Sephivoiceactor]

I love how he just kind of downplays the entire Bakumatsu war....

[@yousefbaradee9070]

Japan annex Korea on 1910 not 1911 but you do great video Good job

[@continuumboy2570]

Americans to Japanese: It's either you accept our services or you die

[@90A2133036K]

Japan was founded in 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu, who was said to be a direct descendant of the sun-goddess Amaterasu. 2019y. 126th Emperor

[@mam1459]

日本の歴史はそんなに長くない。 日本書紀や古事記のようなファンタジーの歴史を史料に基づいた虚構だ。 日本の祖先は韓半島南部に住んでいたが、鉄器文化を受容した三韓により1世紀に追い出された。

[@KatariaGujjar]

They never tell us in school about the American who came to Japan with thd "open up or war" ultimatum.

[@HSMiyamoto]

Japanese names are not hard to say by anyone who can speak a European language. Read the names like they were Spanish or Italian, and avoid stressing syllables unequally.

[@khalee95]

Japan had a very good friend from Europe, it was the Dutch. The only European nation that had exclusive trade rights with Japan. Help the empire through the turmoils of European occupied China.

[@austinbosh7402]

So, is no one going to mention how the illustration of Russia is inaccurate. It depicts the USSR (including Finland for some reason), not the Russian Empire.

[@imgvillasrc1608]

There is nothing wrong with the map. That is the true size of the Russian Empire post-Alaskan Purchase.

[@louisthe15th92]

EMPIRE OF JAPAN

[@Chris44sun]

I know this shouldn't be my take away from this, and it ultimately mean nothing but...'Equipped' not 'Equipted.'

[@bensyson3438]

Babs44sun glad I wasn’t the only one 😅

[@LodiJP]

Annoyed the hell out of me in an otherwise great video.

[@AntiTMG]

Janab

[@sauceyeti4381]

*Long live the Empire of Japan!!!!*

[@lmac7633]

Anyone notice the KZbin logo in the place of the nazi flag? There are no coincidences

[@baatar]

Switch to a decentralized streaming service

[@samwatson8108]

9:39 spelling error

[@dart763]

Why did the generals wear glasses? Because they could not see their victory

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

that's not funny. isn't that the reason why the British troops lost when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong at midnight? one British commander actually believed that and told his surviving subordinate over the phone "are you a fucking idiot? J@ps can't see at night!" and he hung up.

[@AdrianDucao]

japan: "size doesn't matter, it's the performance" *thicc japanese accent*

[@theepicmaxgod9648]

4:44 that's a map of the USSR

[@cheradeninezakalwe5957]

Not exactly, because the USSR didn't include Finland, but it isn't the Russian Empire either, because it has Galicia, which was under Austro-hungarian rule, and the border in Poland is also off.

[@realchad7200]

THE REAL LIFE OF FIRE NATION 🔥

[@michelle.j6791]

I hv a question: Why Japan isolated themselves from other countries? And why Commodore Matthew want Japan to open up??

[@algerianprophet9654]

The life and death of Shinto Japan. Similar fate to other warrior countries...

[@zacchew4232]

It's a good vid but way tooooo short cut. Sometimes history be told in details or it will be misleading

[@neilsumanda1538]

also when the emperor died, his poathumous name wud be the period in which he reigns. for this case, the Meiji Period, i.e. the emperor wud be known as Meiji Emperor, not emperor meiji.....

[@cutecat7172]

It was huge!

[@johnmarkmangoliado2367]

Japanese impire saves Asia.

[@fbn7075]

Japan liberated ASIA from western colonies and chenged the world

[@guozhou8114]

F BN Ong Zheng Lin S.korea always lie and try to fabricate their history. But it's truth that korean and their culture were part of china and they stole them. 🇰🇷==🇨🇳 Kpop is poor imitation of American and japanese sub culture.

[@quocvietophu1627]

@@guozhou8114 They gotta put their hate on something

[@staas1737]

Liberated Asian nations by enslaving, raping and killing them lmao

[@quocvietophu1627]

@@staas1737 Yes

[@alexcao7502]

Imperial Japan: BANZAI!! Modern Day Japan: Sempai

[@rxzzh8074]

A few years later they annexed Korea (subtitle)

[@kiDkiDkiD12]

Russia, a nation obsessed with power but with little of it.

[@richardrotshtein9586]

Hmm.. ww2, napoleonic wars, the northern wars, ottoman russian wars and many more.. yes very little power. and russia having the largest amount of nukes and the 2nd best military

[@Joshua_23]

@@richardrotshtein9586 USSR ANTHEM INTENSIFY

[@Joshua_23]

@@richardrotshtein9586 TSAR BOMB PREPARED TO LOCATE TARGET

[@jamesoleary2476]

Phil Ad except Russia has also crushed world powers such as Napoleonic France, the mongols and Germany in WW2

[@discardingsabot9136]

Jj O,leary I don’t remember Russia crushing the Mongols, did I miss anything?

[@annykurniawati7484]

Why youtube is axis?

[@mrartdeco]

World : your empire has ended Hirohito : oh no. anyway……… We have this thing called Anime

[@asaasaalmirol4348]

How powerful is Japan. Upto now they are powerful.

[@aaronhpa]

Well, the soviet invasion is what actually capitulated them but good video.

[@icrushchildrensdreams4556]

The map of Qing china’s Xinjiang border is inaccurate and it seems that Tannu Tuva has suddenly disappeared!

[@loonshill1974]

Why is no one talking about the Civ V refrences

[@propagandabuster255]

In the first place, if the United States did not open Japan, Japan did not have to do "imperialism". America is self-centered.

[@maybe8156]

Exactly lmao, they awoken the GODZILLA rather. A sleeping super country, that they had to nuke it to tame it and the only country to experience such destruction.

[@Testosterooster]

9:04 lmao, very sneaky

[@essereferrari16]

0:13 What is that on his head

[@yourownazog8069]

Japan is amazing

[@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017]

9:36, Japab, you mean Japan on the side note.

[@yanliu6662]

That accent,you from England?