Japan Attacks the Continental United States - Pacific War #34 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues with another video in the series. Last week, we covered the Japanese Biological Warfare against China. This week's video will be dedicated to the attack on the continental United States, as the Aleutian islands were not the only territories in North America to be attacked by Japan. About a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 9 submarines of the Japanese 6th Fleet arrived off the North American Pacific coast. They were tasked with performing reconnaissance and disrupting shipping lanes. Some of these submarines would go a step further and carry out attacks on the mainland of North America. This episode will be the War on the American Pacific Coast.
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Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: • Attack on Pearl Harbor...
Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: • Japanese Invasion of M...
Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake, and the Philippines: • Japan Attacks Everywhe...
Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: • Japan Continues Attack...
Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: • Fall of Wake Island - ...
Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: • Battle of Kampar - Pac...
Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: • Battle of Slim River -...
Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: • Battle for the Dutch E...
Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: • Invasion of New Britai...
Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: • Fall of Malaya - Pacif...
Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: • Battle of Makassar Str...
Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: • Fall of Singapore - Pa...
Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: • Japanese Invasion of S...
Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: • Japanese Invasion of T...
Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: • Fall of Java - Pacific...
Pacific War #16 - Fall of Rangoon: • Fall of Rangoon - Paci...
Pacific War #17 - How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor: • How the US Responded t...
Pacific War #18 - Hideki Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: • Hideki Tojo: Bringing ...
Pacific War #19 - Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean: • Japanese Raids in the ...
Pacific War #20 - Fall of Bataan & The Bataan Death March: • Fall of Bataan & The B...
Pacific War #21 - Doolittle Raid: • Doolittle Raid: Americ...
Pacific War #22 - Japanese Advance on Burma Road: • Japanese Advance on Bu...
Pacific War #24 - Battle of the Coral Sea: • Battle of the Coral Se...
Pacific War #25 - Fall of the Philippines: • Fall of the Philippine...
Pacific War #26 - Fall of Burma: • Fall of Burma - Pacifi...
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Pacific War #30 - Japanese Attack on Sydney: • Japanese Attack on Syd...
Pacific War #31 - MacArthur and the Philippines Disaster: • How MacArthur Caused t...
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Wizards and Warriors: kzbin.infofeatured Cold War: kzbin.info/door/CGvq-qmjFmmMD4e-PLQqGg TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@kingsandgeneral Pacific War Podcast: thepacificwar.podbean.com Cold War channel: bit.ly/2UHebLI Modern Warfare series: bit.ly/2W2SeXF Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKu2Yo13qtGjpbs Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GleIh5bbSde5Y Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake, and the Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4uXlWqHmt6crM0 Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5m0o6luZ617pJo Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjXkpqbrMikgdE Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3i8kpqefqikobs Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5a6cn-notiLrtU Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onPam5qbqKumfLc Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIavZmZunp2Co9U Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGiukoGqo5emfNE Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnuwqaVteqlrqqs Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDbdmd5i6xmqLs Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKVeX6XmtprrZY Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqnYamqapdgrLs Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Cye5aoZ6mEibM Pacific War #16 - Fall of Rangoon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/parYaK1trLaBp8k Pacific War #17 - How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF6TnZyJjqZpZq8 Pacific War #18 - Hideki Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeyZaJjg5eZgc0 Pacific War #19 - Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2iYmautfMd5fqc Pacific War #20 - Fall of Bataan & The Bataan Death March: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYvWqaOdg9yrj8U Pacific War #21 - Doolittle Raid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioWwY3uIaLKnr9E Pacific War #22 - Japanese Advance on Burma Road: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJWtkGZtaLOsg6c Pacific War #24 - Battle of the Coral Sea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX67aIxsg8-Wb6M Pacific War #25 - Fall of the Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3baeWulhtBpfpo Pacific War #26 - Fall of Burma: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqqrooGPlNVlbbs Pacific War #27 - Operation Sei-Go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEkJiropqbmrc Pacific War #28 - Battle of Midway: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmLUfKKkZ9eXsM0 Pacific War #29 - Japanese Invasion of Alaska: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZLcl3-iqtBgndE Pacific War #30 - Japanese Attack on Sydney: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-8nmqGabSsn9U Pacific War #31 - MacArthur and the Philippines Disaster: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpe6cn6QmcqfqM0 Pacific War #32 - Attacks New Guinea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSZq56FapuVpqM Pacific War #33 - Biological Warfare in China: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2XalJKpr5uLfsU

[@mahuyakhastagir3091]

Hello Kings and Generals..... can you make a series on the War of the Spanish Succession. It is an interesting one.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns! Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what? Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack! Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his P-40's guns] AHHHHHHH!!! 😂

[@jamshaidmushtaq1811]

Hello. Please make a week-by-week thingy on the US Civil War, and the American Revolutionary War as well.

[@PerfectDanceVideos]

Biological Warfare in China is actually #33

[@mariuszmiroslaw2290]

@@PerfectDanceVideos As if he had it in the bombs ... wait 2020 ...

[@tomaslopez2940]

Idk if Germany or Italy would've cared about an attack on Christmas, but it would've definitely doubled the rage America felt after Pearl Harbor.

[@seanmac1793]

Well the US fleet wouldn't have been there on Christmas

[@nogibertv4824]

Not to mention Hitler himself has a penchant for attacking during that time of HOLY festivities.

[@armaholic5949]

I mean Hitler was one of the few German soldiers of WW1 that was against the Christmas Truce of 1914 so yeah

[@irenebradley6288]

It wasn't so much to avoid offending Hitler or Mussolini directly but instead the local German and Italian citizens of America who could potentially communicate back to their home countries.

[@invalidusername201]

@@nogibertv4824 nothing holy about those festivities

[@brendanhenderson6999]

Mad respect for that bomber. He flew straight into the heart of the enemy alone with a biplane, twice... To start something California has every year.

[@flashgordon6670]

Mad respect for a mad attack!

[@grillodofus]

Tobacco giants had caused millions of times more death and forestal damage to the US than ALL the efforts of the Japanise empire combined!

[@HKim0072]

But, California gets little rain, so fires are easier. The NW is the complete opposite.

[@Shadowkey392]

Yeah, but this was Oregon.

[@adriandeere847]

This was 15 miles from the california border. We get a lot of rain in norther California ​@HKim0072

[@keith1410]

Nobuo Fugita was a great story. It was touching to see how Brookings reconciled with him. This resonated with the past where the US used the compensation from the Chinese Qing dynasty to run a school preparing Chinese students studying in the States.

[@STM1066]

I went there years ago and saw his sword that he gave the town as a gift. He originally planned to commit seppuku with it if The citizens of the town still felt bad blood about what he did. Instead he was made an honorary citizen

[@jonbaxter2254]

I love stories of enemy combatants meeting their old enemies and becoming friends.

[@Harthorn]

The University you are talking about is Tsing-hua university, one of the top in China. But with communists in power... Well.. China would love to see the U.S destroyed.

[@guydreamr]

The reconciliation between Fujita and the officials of the city he bombed has to be one of the most amazing and heartwarming ever.

[@Mantisisland]

Native Oregonian here and that Brookings/Fujita story never fails to lift the heart. Firebombing sky samurai turned Azalea Festival Grand Marshal and friend of Oregon.

[@MGood-ij1hi]

The fact that young Fugita tried to kill American strangers and old Fugita gave those same strangers a 400 year old family sword as a token of regret , and even had some of his ashes entombed in a town of his former enemies, who now considered him an honorary citizen shows the utter stupidity of war.

[@flashgordon6670]

Yes especially being the loser of the war.

[@MateusToussaint]

I've loved to learn about Fujita story, it is good to know that something good got out of these

[@jonbaxter2254]

Wholesome too

[@lafeelabriel]

Fujita's post war gestures were a fitting epilogue to this. Shows that, for all their actions at the time, both sides were ultimately humans.

[@leexingha]

"both sides were ultimately humans" - this is a naive thinking. ah dont mistake it. i have nothing against you

[@lafeelabriel]

@@leexingha In this war they were at least. With all the flaws that that can imply after all.

[@leexingha]

@@lafeelabriel easy for you to say. ur lack of empathy and true understanding. well, why do u care anyways

[@flashgordon6670]

@Xing ha Lee: “ultimately humans”. Yes they were all ultimately humans it’s correct. I know it sounds a bit crazy looking back from today, but in those days people believed all kinds of silly nonsense like enemies in wars not being human. This was partly propaganda to make it mentally easier to kill the enemy.

[@leexingha]

@@flashgordon6670 tell that to fat boy and small watever

[@lelandrobbins2310]

Thank you for exploring the details of these Japanese attacks on North America. We don't learn about this stuff in school

[@kagar3465]

Japan committed heinous crimes towards Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders, Russians, and the Chinese got the worst of it. They still haven't apologized for all their crimee... but hey they make Anime now so that's cool 👍🏽

[@ricklopez8431]

@@kagar3465 His comment was based on the Japanese naval attacks on North America. I understand you're attempting to bring awareness of the Imperial Armys crimes in the Pacific, but using anime (as usual) as a reference is just plain retarded. Anime was around long before WW2 occurred and pretty much every allied nation used animation as propaganda (Tokio Jokio by US)

[@maximipe]

@@kagar3465 At the risk of goin off topic, same with the US tbh. I have yet to see the 'beacon of democracy and freedom' apologize for war crimes committed practically worldwide and even organizing coups on democratically elected governments.

[@voodootrucker1896]

@@maximipe USA never committed any War Crimes, Japan didn't follow the Geneva Convention

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

@@voodootrucker1896 Saying "USA never committed any War Crimes" is like saying "a Lion never kills his prey".

[@denniscleary7580]

I’m not sure exactly the details but I believe a Japanese pilot was also tasked with flying over the Pacific northwest region and to drop a bomb over a highly dense forest area to start a massive wildfire. Also I believe they were trying to put bombs attached to balloons to float high in the atmosphere and then gradually descend over the United States causing random damage. Great content as usual kings

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

One of those balloon ones actually hit by my home town. Omaha! Crazy one could float that far but the us military simply told people that it was a small factory fire and not a Japanese action to keep them calm. It was discovered after the war however and was simply a lucky shot that they couldn’t repeat.

[@grahamholton8542]

they bombed the forests hoping to set them on fire. A Japanese general, trained in the US, thought brush fires would demoralise the Americans.

[@neki0playz12]

Those are mostly late war planes, if you think that's crazy look up cherry blossoms at night

[@SEAZNDragon]

The balloon bombs are somewhat successful and started several wildfires. The all black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion were airdropped over the fires to put them out and were the first smokejumpers. However, their mission was kept secret as were the balloon bombs to keep the US population from panicking.

[@ericburton5163]

The Fugo bombs. Super interesting!

[@blockmasterscott]

That's really cool about the Japanese pilot becoming friends with that American town. I like that, I really do.

[@irenebradley6288]

Same here! I thought it was odd at first just on the randomness of it but upon hearing the relationship that developed really warmed my heart

[@blu3508]

Literally cannot believe we get this god tier content for free

[@jonbaxter2254]

K&G are the true kings...

[@Livinlivin836]

You didn’t

[@Livinlivin836]

@@blu3508 no actually you didn’t 😂. Where are your ancestors from I bet you don’t even know 😂

[@scottkrater2131]

Japanese attacks on the California coast were dramatized in the 1979 comedy film '1941' starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [after parking his P-40 fighter plane in front of a gas station with the engine running] Fill her up! Ethel! Gas Mama: Where?

[@user-gw2kq5kq1n]

Maybe the real Fujita's attack was the friends he made along the way

[@moosefromsky3986]

And the Christmas cards he suddenly finds in his mailbox.

[@moiv8]

Maybe he met the sons of the Japanese soldiers that invaded the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

The maps are beyond magnificent in these videos... especially this one.

[@_smurilogs]

I wonder how they make them

[@S-tank_]

Stories like that last guy giving up his 400 yr old family katana and the town forgiving him and making him a citizen man that makes me so dang proud to be an American!! Gets ya right in the feels

[@Gameknight10]

The Pacific War Kings And Generals Soundtrack Heroes will Fall - Bonnie Grace The Dominion - Bonnie Grace This is Our Land - Bonnie Grace The Battle of Mount Valor - Jon Björk The Hourglass - Jon Björk The Race - Jon Björk Force Matrix - Jon Björk Save Her - Jon Björk Eyes of Time - Reynard Seidel

[@julianariasrodriguez9728]

I was looking this for so long, thanks!!!

[@danielramirez1529]

Too bad this doesn’t include the pacific war series intro song.

[@Gameknight10]

@@danielramirez1529 Nobody asked.

[@danielramirez1529]

@@Gameknight10 in that case, pretty please 🙏

[@GUN1GRAVE]

runaway weather balloon casuing panic is pretty funny in a grim way.

[@snagwolf9268]

I love learning all the stories I never knew. Thanks for all the work and care you all put into this series.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard of Warrant Officer Fujita and the Oregon Town. It's a lovely story of former enemies becoming the best of friends. I think stories like this are always wonderful to remember. Great video.

[@Slickshapiro13]

I’m man enough to admit that last story brought me to tears.

[@jtgd]

lol tries bombing their town. Fails to cause massive fire Gets invited back after the war by the town. Becomes fire chief for the festival, where there’s no major fire. I bet both sides involved had fun moving on from the war with no hard feelings at all.

[@AlbertComelles1970]

Wonderful story about the Japanese pilot regretting his bombing actions and giving his Katana as a present! Thank you!

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

I have to say I felt for the Japanese pilot who was so afraid of a hostile reception he was prepared to commit sepuku, but went anyway and reconciled with the former enemy. Pretty awesome on both sides.

[@theawesomeman9821]

An amazing story

[@brandonsirochinsky3732]

I get so hype when I see you guys have added a new video to this series. Thank you

[@ElTIBURON826]

Wholesome Ending

[@brianschwarz]

Excellent work. Thank you.

[@lurker7808]

KaG, your work is truly an inspiration. Thank you for bringing such insanely next level quality content to youtube, you produce some of the greatest history videos ever! :)

[@paulceglinski3087]

Another excellent video, K&G.

[@BreweryDuke]

Excellent! The effect of unique, small actions such as these on the national defense outlook of the USA during the early part of the war cannot be understated. Well done. This was very educational.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the information in this video

[@markaxworthy2508]

Whar about the later incendiary balloon attacks?

[@mariuszmiroslaw2290]

👋🤡

[@Von_Der_Tann]

HA HA HA! At 10:40 I heard 'Kirov reporting". Nice one K&G.

[@oontgrad]

As a Californian, thank you for this history. Japanese Americans and Japanese companies are hugely impactful to the great Californian economy. Our ancestors fought each other to the death, but in the end we are at peace and thrive.

[@CptChaosSidekick]

Brilliant series from a great channel. Always look forward to Tuesday's when a new episode drops!

[@esmenhamaire6398]

An excellent episode!

[@hlmhistory]

This series has been phenomenal so far! Keep up the good work!

[@Sgtklark]

Thanks!

[@blackpowderuser373]

With the amount of special topics in recent weeks, it may be safe to assume that Japan and the Allies are recovering and regrouping for the upcoming battles in 1942 onwards. Great work as always, K&G! Also, the Brookings story was wholesome.

[@JuannyRum23]

USA history should be taught - both that is favorable and unfavorable to the USA. This is how were learn from mistakes

[@addisonsmith7949]

I think the battle of Los Angeles what a UFO

[@Cailus3542]

Next up is the Guadacanal campaign, I believe, the first major US offensive of the war, which occurred a couple of months after Midway. The Japanese were still reeling from the destruction of their carriers, forcing them to rely on their surface forces to combat the US offensive. There was also the horrific offensive in China, where the Chinese military and civilians alike suffered unimaginably, and the British/Commonwealth forces were defending against a Japanese invasion of Burma.

[@blackpowderuser373]

@@addisonsmith7949 Nah, weather balloon.

[@blackpowderuser373]

@@Cailus3542 Yes. I think the Guadalcanal episodes for K&G will begin on the first week of August.

[@nickames3808]

FUJITA'S Pilgrimages story IS INSPIRING

[@delftac]

I'm learning so much from this series!!

[@thomasbrandenburger3491]

Superb. Been subscribed for awhile. Love it. I had no idea these events had taken place.

[@chaosXP3RT]

Thank you for this! This is very interesting!

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Fun fact: Fort Funston near San Francisco, which was reinforced in the event of a possible Japanese invasion, is now a dog park. But you can still walk past and through a large number of concrete bunkers and abandoned gun platforms that have now become overgrown with foliage or simply fallen off the cliffs into the sands of the beach below. It's oddly poetic that a location once dedicated to war has now become a simple place where dogs run and play to their heart's content

[@flyingeagle3898]

Wow that is a lot of highly ineffective attacks which I knew little to nothing about. The LA Panic/Battle of LA is the only thing here that gets any amount of regular coverage in most WWII documentaries. Edit: Ironically it was the only thing here that was not actually a Japanese action at all.

[@MrSinclairn]

Is not this whole event satirised in the Spielberg-Belushi action-comedy movie '1941'! 😉

[@jonbaxter2254]

It caused more deaths than any other Japanese attack on the mainland... and it didn't have any Japanese.

[@benjaminrush4443]

Wow. First time I've viewed anything concerning the historical context in this Video. Excellent. Thank you.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank yooou 💜💜💜

[@s38paul]

Love getting info on the more obscure operations of the war.

[@mattiatenaglia9457]

Thank you very much for the video

[@AdmiralKodai]

that was awesome. I had not know of these battle. Keep up to good work.

[@hfdole]

Spielberg's "1941" with Belushi captured this brilliantly.

[@SA-xf1eb]

Very interesting.

[@jamesforreal]

Love the story - Fujita Nobuo, and the respect and peace that former enemies move to. They took him as one of their own.

[@DaFroBroforeal]

Great content. I didn't know about this campaign before.

[@bruhmomento6239]

Very good content

[@PalmelaHanderson]

1942: Japanese military literally drops incendiary bombs in a Pacific forest during the summer and the fire doesn't spread 2022: Drop a lit cigarette west of the rockies during the summer and half the state is set ablaze

[@mycodelic3554]

Almost like something is changing

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Very nice documentary

[@robbabcock_]

I very much enjoyed this episode. I'll admit, I love the stories of former enemies embracing as friends. 🙏

[@marvinamann4969]

Wow, the end was really emotional!

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

An ingenious plan that never failed

[@craigwilleto5674]

Ypu need to do a documentary on the Navajo Code Talkers. There are many WW2 documentaries but nothing about the Code Talkers.

[@irenebradley6288]

Probably because they were done to death in the 90's when I was a kid upon first learning of them. Not to mention the film "wind talkers" or something starting Nicolas Cage in early 2000's

[@craigwilleto5674]

@@irenebradley6288but does this generation know anything about them?

[@CLSSCHOOL]

Very interesting!

[@mihajlo961x]

9:25 - Excellent work as usual K&G! One very minor and pedantic correction. I presume you mean the only Purple Heart recipient on _continental_ US soil, as I'm sure there were many Purple Hearts given at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere. Forgive my pettiness, and keep up the great work!

[@WaterShowsProd]

Hawaii was not a state during World War II, so it was not U.S. soil; in the same way that today Puerto Rico wouldn't be referred to as "U.S. soil".

[@mihajlo961x]

@@WaterShowsProd then I stand corrected!

[@edward1676]

LOVE THESE HISTORY LESSONS ❤

[@clmk28]

It takes guts to operate thousands of miles from home or any logistics bases. The IJN was a scary foe.

[@manuel_II]

The untold side stories make this more interesting to watch ....

[@C0UGARSLAYER69]

I never knew Japan attacked the mainland, they never taught us this shit in school. Only thing they taught us was Japan bombed Hawaii then dipped, then the U.S. attacked some small islands and dropped the nukes. That was all they taught us in school, the main focus was Germany and D-Day.😂

[@theawesomeman9821]

The Pacific War is really underrated. Its ashame that the US focuses more on the European front.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

The only portrayed Japan as the instigators in bombing of the Pearl Harbour and the US forces started winning every battle after Mid Way to end of the war, that's basically it. None of the reasons leading up to Pearl Harbour or thesee US mainland attacks lol. Talk about subtle propaganda

[@Green.P3]

@@maverick7291 Well it did kill 6 people

[@rezapahlevi5056]

​@@maverick7291 yes, and don't forget the indonesians 😢

[@john_the_realest_doe_]

Serio

[@PyroK8]

What a great story to end on!

[@TrungNguyen-du9cn]

Awesome video. Very touching story about Fujita and the town of Brookings. This video reminds me of the war movie/conedy with John Belushi “1941”.

[@stevebozrecreations]

I "get" the targetting of merchant shipping, but the subsequent targetting of life boats is actually disgusting and infuriating! Those men weren't even soldiers!

[@UnNuclear]

Even the German raiders in the Atlantic and Pacific didn't target lifeboats. They would capture them as POWs, but rarely were they killed. What the Japanese did was evil.

[@Cailus3542]

Horribly, the crew of the submarine USS Wahoo did the same thing in 1943. The men they slaughtered were soldiers, but they were in lifeboats and even in the water all the same.

[@tylertipton5354]

Then I would not recommend watching last weeks episode lol

[@theawesomeman9821]

targeting life boats doesn't sound like something Japanese Bushido would approve of.

[@minoru5760]

You'd remember that the Doolittle raid scared IJN. On the raid some B25 flew low on purpose, then shot unarmed schoolboys and civilians by machine gun.

[@maxdoubled4800]

Just north of the Columbia across from ft Steven's is another battery looking down from the hills on the Rivers entry to the pacific. We were ready.

[@specky2926]

I learned so much more from your channel than school.

[@tombarreras6880]

Japanese navy bombs an Oregon wilderness. As lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest accustomed to seasonal fires this is hilarious, the equivalent of bombing the Gobi desert. Can't believe they didn't mention the balloon bombs launched from mainland Japan, that actual did kill a few people in Oregon.

[@abcdef27669]

Japan during WWII: "Oh, look, it's Britain-Junior. Gonna cry?" USA during WWII: "You picked the wrong house, fool!"

[@tomaslopez2940]

lol Japanese Bully Maguire vs USA Big Smoke XD

[@jonbaxter2254]

I wouldn't want to fight me neither...

[@paul5475]

You see the Japanese destroyed British forces in Malaya Burma? Bully who? Even the British despite having more man power than the Japanese still defeated.. British had the most shameful defeat of their Empire History.

[@paul5475]

Japan also had a war with China which is had a 10 or 5 million Army, while simultaneously waging war with the U.S Britain Dutch.. The Germans on the other hand had many allies in Europe. While Italy wasn't even worth mentioning.. LoL

[@Spacemongerr]

I'll never understand people who act like war is a funny pissing contest. "LOL" ..

[@420JackG]

I'm glad that we all ended up as friends.

[@Itachi41348]

New k&g video nice

[@davidoldham1946]

The Battle of Los Angeles is documented in the film 1941. It's actually a comedy starring John Belushi and many others.,..

[@valentinbrescan288]

That ending was very thoughtful 👏

[@tnk3042]

That was a tear jerking ending to a roller coaster of a video. Good on him, not many would full face admit they may have overplayed their hand.

[@christopherhanton6611]

WELL, DONE KINGS AND GENERALS GREAT VIDEO ALSO GLAD YOU TALK ABOUT NOBUO FUJITA ALWAYS LIKE THE STORY AFTER WAR HE DID ALSO YOU DID NOT KNOW THIS BUT LATTER THEY NAME A NEW FORREST TRAIL AFTER HIM

[@HellenicWolf]

thanks

[@KristianKumpula]

10:45 If that was a weather balloon, it was a damn tough one.

[@tonaxetchie]

i remember if it was the same balloon portrayed from the movie battle: los angeles

[@addisonsmith7949]

It was alien

[@theawesomeman9821]

​@@tonaxetchie nice observation

[@maritasue5067]

Family members told me that they saw this “balloon”. It had wings with red circles. I first heard this story in the 1950s, long before any movie came out. Dad said the newspaper stories changed over the first couple of days after the incident.

[@Terrorspawn10]

I didnt even know that US-Mainland was attacked. Thanks for the Video

[@john_the_realest_doe_]

Same shocking right

[@Reignor99]

Unexpectedly poetic ending

[@Marcomarvoc]

That plot twist at the end.

[@anthonyxavier6300]

Loved the ending about the story of Fujita.

[@ianfitzpatrick2230]

My grandma was born and raised in San Pedro California, right on the water down south by LA, she said those communities had lived in fear around the war

[@john_the_realest_doe_]

Crazy times 😮

[@larcomj]

Its amazing how this is left out of the textbooks in the US. this is the first ive heard of it. growing up on the west coast its chilling to have been to most of the places in this video. I also wonder how this affected the internment of the Japanese living in the U.S.?

[@flashgordon6670]

What do you think would’ve happened to the Japanese in the USA if they weren’t interned?

[@internee9181]

@@flashgordon6670 Forcing the choice between lynching and concentration is not appropriate for citizens.

[@apexnext]

Yeah OP! I always heard vaguely of the failed attempts. I heard about them *trying* to start a fire in the forest. But all the American ships that were actually attacked, along with the battle of LA panic, the men who put the forest fires out, and even Fujita's story after the war. There is so much more! I feel cheated by my schooling. 😂 Thanks K&G. 😎👍

[@phoenix4977]

@@internee9181 No, it's not appropriate or acceptable, but in that time, that was the decision they had to take.

[@johnstaley6337]

Fascinating! Please consider relating the high altitude incendiary balloon bombs floated across- one of which exploded when discovered by a youth church group in Oregon.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Gotta hand it to the madladdery...

[@jacobgendron]

Was not expecting that ending

[@luislugo1289]

Gran video! Por un momento pensé que los japoneses llegarían hasta las costas mexicanas y el canal de Panamá en esta entrega

[@ericbateman54]

Good ww2 video

[@kakapoochie]

That's pretty cool how the city of Brookings and the bomber pilot who bombed near them made peace.

[@ryanmillichap8327]

'run away weather balloon' and 'war panic'. Something did happen that night but it was not the Japanese in the skies.

[@bevanml]

Never knew about this aspect of the war. Even though we've heard the American side of the story many times. Keep up the good work Kings and Generals!

[@minoru5760]

Brilliant movie as K&G usual! I knew submarines attack as mobilized reason of later US starvation maritime blockade to Japan, however didn't about bombing to forest. And I saw this series taught us postwar event perhaps first time. Waiting for episode the war criminal Gen Yamashita was killed by kangaroo.

[@gablp7257]

It was nice to hear of piece gesture after the war

[@westrim]

8:33 Something to fix for the inevitable supercut: The town to the northeast is Goleta, not Santa Barbara, which is five miles to the east. The attack is often associated with Santa Barbara, being by far the larger and more well known city, but those structures are all Goleta.