Japan's Unlikely Allies in WW2

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Apperently, Poland was also an unexpected ally to Japan during WWII. Through shared distrust towards the Soviet Union, Japan supposedly relied on Polish spies, and the Japanese government even rejected Poland's declaration of war. Prime minister Tojo Hideki argued that the UK and USA forced the Polish government in exile to make that declaration and considered it legally null and void.

[@mynameisvisutinnadda]

US did the same thing with thailand lol

[@NeostormXLMAX]

The alliance between germany and Japan was a miracle. Germany was allies with nationalist china and its entire army used the stalhelm and German equipment. While Japan and poland were allies since few years after the Russo japanese war. Both of them actively impeded on each other's interests and allies. And Italy fought against germany in ww1

[@cosmosyn2514]

@@NeostormXLMAX Didn’t the Germans also supply arms to the Ethiopians, due to Mussolini’s objections to the Anschluss? And then Japan and Ethiopia also had good relations, with _royal marriage_ being something that could have actually happened, had war with Italy and general objections by other european powers not happened. All in all the axis powers were a clusterfuck before actually allying eachother.

[@stomper2888]

Poland was under German occupation they weren't anyone's ally

[@suppanutjaroanphan3527]

Thailand also ally with the Japanese during WWII

[@mantic1008]

The animations are getting better now! I subscribed to Simple History when the channel is still getting large with a thousand subs and now i keep watching it because of the animation. The thing is i watched the History of WW1 in Simple History and The animation is somewhat new and now Simple History grew and grew with more subs and more views the animation and background change over the past year! Keep the good job Simple History finding new kinds of History for the Viewers.

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

You literally joined a year ago

[@matthewfergusons4318]

I think can you imagine if Japanese backed in that area travel back into the future it deserved China's ideas the future Chinese Communist party I think they can learn a lot from the future Communist party used in soft power

[@moose2143]

True tht brother 🫡🫡

[@berkkarsi]

I love Simple History too but the only change that they made that I didn't like is they are making exagerrated clickbaity thumbnails now like a lot of KZbinrs instead of using an image from the video itself. People will click on the video for the thumbnail and see it was not actually in the video.

[@Makafushigi]

Man joined 1 year ago, not doubting you because this isn’t my first account either but it’s kinda funny.

[@killerrogue]

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was an interesting character himself. He was very logical in terms of the reasons for Indian independence, but at the same time left a troubled legacy by allying with the Axis, who considered him as the "Indian Samurai" and someone who could spark a revolution once on the Indian soil. He was a great threat to the British Empire. He is a respected personality both in India and Japan. Even the airport in Kolkata is named after him. A lot of web series and movies are dedicated to him which can be found online. He deserves his own video for once.

[@aaryagathani]

He never supported the axis , the axis supported him. Thats the difference which makes him a hero.

[@killerrogue]

@@aaryagathani, exactly. But the Western sources tell that INA and Free Indian Legion fought was forged to fight the Axis, but they were actually created to fight for their own cause alongside the Axis.

[@Im-fq1mn]

There is a monument to Chandra Bose at a shrine built by Meiji Emperor in tokyo And There is a bronze statue of Chandra Bose at a temple in Suginami ward, Tokyo.

[@turbo11]

@@Im-fq1mn it's amazing that they honoured him with statues

[@dahakaFish]

Enemy of my Enemy is my friend : his thought

[@Thomas-rl9xd]

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel. Thank you...

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The incorporation of the Manchukuo army into the Chinese Red Army became one of the biggest mistakes Chiang Kai-shek made, as they went to him first but he rejected their service because of their collaboration.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Exactly. Talk about shooting one’s self in the foot.

[@brianlong2334]

Yeah but 200,000 men wasn't going to win the war alone.

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

I don't blame him tbh,most Chinese people don't have a good view of Japanese collaborators (for good reason)

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

Should have let Japan keep it's parts of china we'd probably all be better off now

[@NightPhoenix.Y]

Tbh his massacre of the fourth new army and breaking the united front alliance.

[@squadcode71]

There are another two of Japan's allies that haven't been mentioned: One is Thailand, who paved way to Malaya that lead to Japan's success Two is Second Philippine Republic, another puppet state under Japanese rule

[@bricklingtonlego]

Were they allied or was it just forced cooperation.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

You mean Siam. Thailand didn't exist yet like how you said Malaya because Malaysia didn't exist either. Anyway, yeah they sold out to Japan

[@no.stop.6894]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j Did Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram not rename the country to Thailand in 1939

[@odtuhan]

Only less than half of Philippines were allied with Japan, Philippines have guerilla figthers fighting for freedom against American Colonist that time but the Government is pro American.

[@Karma_IV8-L]

And Vietnam which was under occupation by France

[@danielnavarro537]

A famous quote, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

[@coleboone8826]

I feel like a part two would be needed since Siam and Indonesia didn’t even get mentioned and could have used more explanation on the Koreans and Chinese since they felt a little rushed

[@NishiMiyamura]

Also the Philippines we had a bureau of constabulary working and assisting the Japanese in anti guerillas

[@SiPakRubah]

@Safwaan Thailand wasn't really being concquered, but rather agreed to let the Japanese to use their country as a route for them to conquered Maritime Southeast Asia as long as Japanese allowed their country to not only stay independent (because they don't have foreign power because they're not a colony of the European), but also get the old border that they lost towards British and French, much like Sweden towards German when they want to conquered Norway except they didn't get anything from Germany

[@ferriswalcc]

because siam was never taken over by japan

[@ferriswalcc]

@Safwaan siam was not conquered, we fought a war with japan and ended in a stalemate then signed a alliance with them and allowed japan to pass through our country, also fought war with french (french indochina) and beat them and took back a lot of land from modern day cambodia and laos but they kicked us out of the UN and demanded cambodia and laos back

[@bumpermanthesecond615]

@Safwaan our troops did fought the burma campaign and the struggling advance to india alongside the japanese forces until the end of the war

[@theoneandonlydetraebean8286]

"You save us, Japan!" "Saved? Oh I wouldn't say that! More like *under new management*. "

[@joeerickson516]

"New management?" "My allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!"

[@joeerickson516]

"Shocking!"

[@joeerickson516]

"Only a Sith lord can deal with absolutes and I have to do I must?"

[@joeerickson516]

"It's over Anakin, I have the high ground!"

[@aleksandarvil5718]

"LIAR!!!"

[@OnMePro2000]

Never thought this video would happen. Thanks Simple History!

[@emrekocak7931]

Same

[@samsmotzzz2171]

Post WW2, many Japanese military officers, soldiers, and pilots stayed in Indonesia after the nuking. They helped build the Indonesian Air Force with leftover Zero's, Ki-84s, Ki-43s, and D3A1 Val Bombers. Japanese volunteers played a vital role in the liberation of Indonesia from Dutch colonial rule.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Allied propaganda always paints axis as evil. Winners write history. Most people dont realize the japanese trained Viet Minh which became Vietcong. Before they left to help them resist the french and English if they tried to reoccupy them. This isnt an action done by a country that eats children and wants to take over the world

[@lottenetzel8751]

Yes. It's an interesting part of Indonesia that I like the most. Had the Philippines not have been too loyal to the US, they might go the same path as Indonesia.

[@kenjiprasetijo1099]

and german help aid kar 98k and mp 40

[@unconscious1076]

So Indonesia is Argentina in eastern hemisphere 💀

[@kenjiprasetijo1099]

@@unconscious1076 Yes maybe The weapons Mentioned are probaly from the weapons suply from john lie.

[@kilotun8316]

Likely a tall tale, but apparently when Aung San met with the British general to ask for help kicking out the Japanese, the Englishman (who I believe was Sir William Slim) mentioned that the Burmese only seemed to support the British when they were winning. The prompt reply was "Of course! Why would we support you when you're losing?"

[@darthkarnage7538]

My grandma told me that during the occupation, the Korean conscripts that Japanese brought over where even more brutal and terrifying than the regular Japanese soldiers.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

There were many soldiers who joined the Japanese army including tons of chinese soldiers as well

[@derblitz5837]

bullshit

[@randomtanker4355]

@@ii4826 any reason for why they were so harsher than ethnic Japanese themselves?

[@letter5330]

Its the koreans fault japanese is a saint and just want to liberate the asians "peacefully".😂

[@TV-jg2kj]

@@randomtanker4355 한국인들이 잔인한게 아니라 그들은 대부분 만주군에 입대했고 일본의 초급장교와 부사관으로 근무하거나 일반병,노동군으로 쓰였다. 조선인은 고위직에 오르기 매우매우 힘들었다. 그 예로 1945년 해방될때 일본군 출신으로 장군이 된 조선인은 단 한명뿐이었다.

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

I have seen Man in High Castle, I think of how they faced massive uprisings as their allies: Burma, Australia , India and China have rise up to end their tyranny.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

That show made no sense in terms of uprisings were concerned. (Never mind the fact that Germany nor Japan ever wanted to or could conquer the world). How on Earth did the BCR get AK-47's and other Soviet technologies when the entire Pacific shipping routes were controlled by Japan? Wtf was the BCR even there for? Hollywood Diversity brownie points? China in real life barely survived Japan and without the important aid they received from the Soviet Union and US they would be left with no weapons to use against the Japanese. I dont recall the other nations even having an uprising in the book or show.

[@thitran1362]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k according to the show, China isn't fully under control yet for some reason. AK47 could be reason that remaining Soviets fled to China and could assist them in developing weapons. And about the BCR? I dont even want to mention them lol.

[@SpencerLemay]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k "(Never mind the fact that Germany nor Japan ever wanted to or could conquer the world). " I'm pretty sure they wanted to if they could, and obviously would plan to do it in stages.

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k The BCR are a joke

[@wisdomleader85]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k The book's story has parts that don't make sense as well. Nazis and Japan divided the entire earth but Canada was still a country.... Because reasons.

[@Beans-wr3hu]

oh good, i was bored. this was exactly what i needed today. Thanks Simple History!!!

[@briancherry3838]

Your expansion map from 2:40 shows Taiwan being taken over by Japan, "in the early 1930s". It had been a Japanese colony since 1895 when it was ceded by the Qing Empire after the first Sino-Japanese war. Taiwan wasn't a Japanese ally, it was a Japanese colony. Use of 'Inner Mongolia' for the Japanese vassal state is misleading, since that didn't conform to the boundaries recognised either at the time or now. It was made up of some Mongol tribal lands and some Chinese prefectures from Mongolia and Shaanxi.

[@couriersix2663]

During World War II Japan had an "ally" in Indonesia called PETA or Pembela Tanah Air (Defenders of the Homeland) an Indonesian volunteer army founded on October 3, 1943 in Indonesia by the Japanese occupation. The Japanese intended PETA to assist their troops in resisting a possible invasion by the Allies.

[@petermmm42]

Wow I never knew Peta had a dark past I just thought they helped animals and are Karen s

[@whyareyouevenreadingmyname950]

Another reason why PETA sucks.

[@kadruninsaf5467]

PETA was founded on the stage in japan's critical moments. They were formed after the battle of midway, the battle that turned the tides against japan when they lost their best ships and aircraft carriers, and also they lost their best officers notably isoroku yamamoto. So in conclusion, PETA was founded not too long ago, they founded just when the situation were dire against them.

[@kadruninsaf5467]

​@@petermmm42gladly none of them were committed war crimes against their fellow indonesians, they murders their fellow indonesians as per order from their japanese officers.

[@kadruninsaf5467]

@@petermmm42 don't mistake it, the PETA mentioned above is 'Pembela Tanah Air' or in English called 'Defender of Homeland'. It is a volunteer unit that formed by Japanese military by recruiting the locals mostly the peasants and youths with intention to assist the Japanese against the allies, but it's not worked well for Japanese since most of these volunteers were worked as a cannon fodder and were hardly to get promotion to higher ranks.

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“They took Guam, the Gilbert islands, hong king and the Philippines. They forced Thailand to join them so they can move their troops into Malaya. They sweated through Singapore, North Bornio, the East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomons and they were now threatening Northern Australia and the boarders of India.”

[@adahcp4031]

Well that's quite an oversimplification.

[@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu]

Uh we all watched the video, was there a reason to copy and paste what was said

[@ginger15103]

thank you

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

You mean Siam. Thailand didn't exist yet like how you said Malaya because Malaysia didn't exist either. Anyway, yeah they sold out to Japan

[@ancientmachine9070]

k cheers

[@mfinland2767]

There's also Indonesia/Dutch East Indies. They never saw fighting the Allies during WW2, but there are military conscription and brutal labor activities. Due to very high populations, Japan promised them for independence, especially Sukarno (Indonesia political activist before becoming president). He became Japanese trustworthy propaganda tool, so the local citizens can join and follow the Japanese military conscription. The Japanese trained them in how to use riffles, vehicles, and tanks. After the war, the Indonesian soldiers that had been trained by Indonesia are put into use in the Independence war against the Allies, who wanted to reclaim back their Japanese lost territorial control in Southeast Asia. There's also Thailand, the most notable Japanese ally during the war. Contribute in the fighting against French Indochina and Britain in Burma and Malaya. They were invaded by the Japanese in 1941, but only for 5 hours until ceasefire was announced. Not know much from that, but they were Japanese only bestie during that war.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Notice how the only free nation in Asia sided with Japan directly? While the colonialists didn't?

[@jejepangetsu3133]

Actually Indonesian who joined Japanese military organization fight against the allies directly or non direct. For example they served on Anti-Aircraft unit but most served auxiliary roles like ammo bearers .

[@Violetenist]

@@NeostormXLMAX notice how every colonialist nation was invaded?

[@kadruninsaf5467]

Your overall opinion almost correct, but you need further research to make it completely correct.

[@jessnalulila5552]

@@Violetenist China was colonialist?

[@pdenigma9444]

There should be a part 2, there are many more collaborationist organizations to cover In Vietnam there were the Cao Dai In the Philippines, there were the MAKAPILI and the Bisig-Bakal ng Tagala In Malaysia there were the Giyugun In Indonesia, there were the PETA and the Hei-Ho

[@OnionIlan]

Yes ikr i feel like simple history keeps ignoring Indonesia for some reason

[@zzzmeta4555]

I’m sorry PETA?!?

[@birdick1307]

@@zzzmeta4555 wait till you hear about who the MILFs side with

[@justoliver77]

@@zzzmeta4555 I read it up, it’s short in Indonesian for “ Defenders of the Homeland “, but funny acronym indeed

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

what is Giyugun?

[@GauravMuralidharan]

You omitted the part where when the British practically Handed over Indian soldiers to the Japanese to be taken as POWs ... Hence the soldiers felt betrayed by the British Empire for whom they fought

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Also didn't mention that Indian troops who had joined the Japanese were often in danger of being shot out of hand by if captured by Indians still loyal to Britain. Or that they have been treated as Heroes by the post-independence government while troops who remained loyal were snubbed.

[@kishascape]

Nothing new under the Anglo sun.

[@adamaki]

@@siin9522 wtf

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@vorynrosethorn903 Both imperliasts

[@Squitwort448]

@@vorynrosethorn903 I wouldn’t say “loyal to Britain” more like loyal to the Indian army even though they took commands from the brits. I do pity the INA and Indian Army because both wanted independence just chose different sides. Also joining the INA sounded a lot better compared to Japanese torture.

[@paleoph6168]

I remember reading this book in 3rd Grade titled "Barefoot in Fire: A World War II Childhood". In one of the chapters, the author described how scarier the Koreans were to them than the Japanese. Having been annexed by Japan since 1910, I think it's no surprise that the Koreans would be perceived as such.

[@ArmedPit]

According to my grandpa most of the brutal members of the Kempeitai are Koreans while their Japanese counterparts are more accommodating.

[@johnmason1239]

Sadly collaborators driven by blood feuds etc are often more brutal in many conflicts& civil wars are often the worst

[@Im-fq1mn]

Reading your comment reminded me of the Lai Dai Han of the Vietnam War.

[@Im-fq1mn]

Old Filipinos who experienced the Japanese occupation gave testimonies identical to those you point out. I will buy 'barefoot in fire a world war 2 childhood'.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

During Vietnam War, South Koreans Were Scarrier to Regular North Vietnam Troops and Vietcong THAN American GIs !!!

[@brianlong2334]

The majority of the Manchuria army was Japanese, and the majority of them surrendered when the emperor ordered it, the invasion of Manchuria by the Soviets was right at the end of the war an estimated 40k Japanese and Soviets even got to shoot at each other, a pretty small amount seeing as there was about 660,000 Japanese in Manchuria and 330,000 in Korea, with about 200,000 Manchukuo and 40,000 Mengjiang troops, vs 1.5million Soviets. The Japanese military was 7.6million strong when it surrendered and it also had 1million allies/ pupets so a total of about 8.6million.

[@authentic_ametin]

9:19 I am Burmese and this video summarises our war efforts in WW2! Thank you Simple History! P.S Yeah everyone calls Italy turncoats but what about us Burmese?

[@thurahtetaung5600]

yes I am also Burmese and fan of simple history

[@EukalyptusBonBon]

My grandpa serve in the Kyōdo Bōei Giyugun or Indonesian Homeland Defenders in Mrican 1st Battalion. They are trained and funded by Japan but lead by Indonesian to defend the archipelago from the Allies. These soldiers were mainly equiped by captured Dutch weapons (mostly Mannlicher M1895) but somehow my grandpa got his hand an British Sten gun in which he later use to fight the returning Dutch.

[@fun18222]

Glad that you kicked Dutch out just can't understand why youre country men are so in to their culture

[@kadruninsaf5467]

​@@fun18222excuse me, whose culture you mean?

[@No_Man_Is_An_Island]

ROC: Did we win the WWII Finals? KMT: Yes. ROC: What did it cost? KMT: *...Everything.*

[@HWDragonborn]

Except Taiwan

[@uncommon_name9337]

@@HWDragonborn PRC stares at you.

[@nikill3ss970]

I like the longer episodes now, keep up the good work

[@marijanhorvat4253]

Respect man. This channel has helped me a lot. Very good knowledge.

[@SlickEd91]

Finally a video that talks about somthing else other than the same old same old. Awesome informative video

[@lucianoosorio5942]

0:20 “Everybody knows you’re at home like ‘Thank God for Pearl Harbor.’” Theodore Roosevelt

[@VINNICENTE]

Yo you kept getting better in animations each video you upload so good

[@reloadenjoyer9674]

Simple history taught me more than school

[@picklerickahstly802]

Loving the animations SH, keep it up!

[@hmk5123]

2:05 Although the Menshiviks had anti-Communists, Czarists, and Modernists, the main ideology that the Menshiviks fought for was Communism. The only real ideological difference between the Menshiviks and the Bolsheviks is that the Menshiviks wanted to work with the private sector to slowly abolish it over time, while the Bolshiviks wanted to abolish the private sector completely and immediately.

[@vtv0109]

Bolsheviks are cool

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

@@vtv0109 evil

[@vtv0109]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 No.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

@@vtv0109 cope

[@vtv0109]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Communism is good.

[@吳聲杰-f7u]

Another fact that history seldom mentions : There are 400 thousands of Korean and Taiwanese served in the Imperial Japanese Army or Navy during World War II whether as a soldier, a sailor, or in another non-combat capacity Because both Taiwan and Korea were Japanese colony since 1895 and 1910 After ww2 ended,Taiwan & korea broke away Japanese rule Due to some nationalism problem ,this history has became the dark past of both countries In Taiwan,school never teach this part of history until 90s

[@mint8648]

Taiwanese have colonial mentality?

[@吳聲杰-f7u]

@@mint8648 yes we have,and it’s still a major problem among us There’s still some people (probably a lot of them)in Taiwan believe life in Japan is 100% better than us They even hate republic of China 🇹🇼(nationalist one,not the communist one) because they took Taiwan’s opportunity of being part of Japan away

[@juilkeyaru405]

@@mint8648 Yep, a lot of it. In fact, they have as much of it as Filipinos

[@tonysuthechineseguy]

@@mint8648 very heavy mentality japan had presence there even before ww2

[@johnyricco1220]

The father of the current president of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen served as an aircraft maintenance man for the Japanese military. The previous president, Lee Teng-hui had a brother that volunteered for the Imperial Navy and was killed by Americans in the Battle of the Philippines. Lee Teng-hui himself considered becoming a kamikaze.

[@lucianoosorio5942]

Germany: Anyone else want to be friends? Franco? Spain: Nah man. Japan: I do! Germany: Who says that?

[@cann0708]

It's Japan and they've just taken over Northern China

[@V1nce_man]

It’s Japan!

[@yourboishitposts]

@@V1nce_man and they've taken over northern china

[@Gordonjamesheneryproductions]

@@V1nce_man they took it over northern China

[@ZeroRequiem47]

Wow one of the best videos yet! I like watching stuff in the Asian theater. Topics like the European theater are over covered in my country and it gets repetitive. This is fresh and new

[@swinsfrins1851]

Italy and Vichy France: *Switch Teams* Philippines: I'm gonna do the pro move

[@wilbertting9211]

I'm surprised Thailand, known as Siam, wasn't mentioned in this video. I thought they were pretty much (though by force) an ally of Imperial Japan?

[@nanderwinthant1655]

Yep!Thailand was a major supporter and puppet for imperial japan in the SEA Theater.(Was also thinking of them missing).

[@CyberKid-1995]

Likely a mistake and or they can save it in a future video. EDIT: And neither is Ethiopia.

[@mason7645]

They switched sides later.

[@dreamprediction8417]

Siam Talk

[@edison7300037]

true, they joined the axis, but were more like a business partner than an ally.

[@VersusARCH]

By far the unlikeliest ally of Japan in WW2 was Poland. And Japan was actually the only country Poland declared war on during WW2 after Pearl Harbor (all other wars on Poland were declared by others on them). Japan refused to accept the challenge 😂. By that time Poland was already occupied and the declaration was symbolic, made under pressure from UK which the exiled Polish government depended upon. Yet Japan and Poland continued to cooperate in espionage against the USSR.

[@beachboy0505]

9:06 Although the British Indian Army captured the INA, the British realised that they would have to foster good relationships with India 🇮🇳 which is a huge business market.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Another great video.

[@Rizu181]

korea and japan teaming in ww2?, damn thats true friendship

[@Discosaturn]

Korea was a Japanese colony from 1910 to the end of World War II.

[@richardstephens5570]

Friendship? The Koreans were forced to help by the Japanese.

[@brianlong2334]

@@richardstephens5570 Giving over 100,000 people weapons you forced to do things is probably not a smart move... but then again it's not as simple as they were forced some were some were not it's not black and white it's all gray. Over 600k to over 1million red army troops changed side's and fought for Germany in ww2 only some 60k changed back the majority of the rest died fighting for Germany... Things aren't ever as simple as they appear at first glance.

[@3ColorJaguar]

@@richardstephens5570 400,000 taiwanese+koreans served the japanese army

[@Im-fq1mn]

Have you read 'Anti-Japanese Tribalism' by a professor at Seoul National University, South Korea? According to his research, there were a very large number of volunteers for the Japanese army at the time. By the way, the number of JPN soldiers the war dead was 2.3 million, kor were 20,000. However, Japanese communists are offended by the claims of this Seoul University professor. They should have a public debate.

[@funrun07haan50]

Love this Channel and all the amazing info plz never stop making videos

[@SomBohDe]

Japan for an Asian country back at its time was very impressive at how quick it expanded over Asia

[@Ezekiel903]

@UCNJOTkFYOCHuUW4QlCLBnbg the Japanese were no worse than the British, they should make a video about their crimes! British propaganda, it's funny because as Japan was defeated, the British had the balls to remain in India, but this time they failed miserably and India became indipendent!

[@Troonielicious]

Disciplined and hard worker, also very prominent warriors in the past, Japan was always fighting

[@vtv0109]

Yes, Japan almost destroyed the US

[@BRAINFxck10]

That's because Japan saw China get colonized during the Opium Wars so Japan began militarizing themselves 100 years before WW2

[@Ezekiel903]

@@Troonielicious absolutely, They were good observers too, they said about the Cossacks that they are a bunch of drunkards and are not a threat in a modern war, after analyzing the Turkish-Russian War

[@wealthybone2990]

Honestly I didn't read a lot about Asia in ww2 or even know that Japan had over 7 million + allies in Asia during ww2, I'm surprised they lost especially being allied to many different countries in Asia, still I wonder what their plan would've been if they have succeed but happy that they didn't quite brutal what they did. Thank you for this video as I learned more about Japan and Asia in ww2.

[@brianlong2334]

When they surrendered they had over 7.6million military personnel and 1million allies/ pupets so 8.6million. They also had a huge amount of conscripts over 31million almost half of the population of the Japanese home islands at the time, men, woman and children as young as 8, they were armed with just bamboo spears and were going to be used in massive kamikaze attacks if the USA attempted to take over the Japanese home islands by force. The Japanese planed from memory to be the dominant power in Asia so no one could conquere them, they wanted land population and resources, there idear was better us then them. Basically same kinda idear as the Nazis however they wanted Eourpe, this idear of world empires doesn't hold up, sure they want to be the most influential like the USA is now but only there nabours were to be incorporated as part of the empires, conquering distant lands is a lot harder then your nabours.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@brianlong2334 the British invaded every country in the world except 5. And killed 50 million indians in the span of ww2. Ironic that the rulers of the world pax Britannia. And pax Americana now accuses the axis of taking over the world. What next? China is gonna take over the world? Or is 🇺🇸 angry it cant take over china

[@lesdodoclips3915]

@Sukarno Yahudi got a source for that?

[@bingobongo1615]

They lost because of three things: 1. Industrial capacity: Japan build up Korea and Taiwan quite well in the prior decades but all the new conquered territories had zero war industry capabilities so the US simply outproduced Japan easily. 2. The Allied unrestricted submarine warfare which completely strangled any inner Asian trade and let millions perish from famine across Asia and by 45 also had Japan strangled without food, resources and no way to transport reinforcements 3. inefficiencies from totalitarianism. Since Japan was a totalitarian state by the 30s, a lot of decisions were made for idealistic reasons or just by rank in society so Japan was never as strong as it grew post war

[@No_Anime_No_Life.]

@@lesdodoclips3915 IWG report 2007

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

the INA siding with Japan, is peak 'grass is greener on the other side' mentality

[@Sumit-Sh]

7:50 India indeed got independence because of Netaji Subash Chandra Boss. There’s popular British propaganda about non-violence and M. Gandhi, now people are getting to know the real truth that British left India because of rising discontent amongst the Indian soldiers in Britain Indian military. In 1946 the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny really hastened the British exit from India.

[@senakaweeraratna741]

Sinhalese in Malaya and Singapore joined the Japanese for the sole purpose of liberation of their motherland. There was a rebellion in Cocoa Island when the Sinhalese soldiers staged a revolt against the British in 1942. But it was quickly crushed. Had Japan invaded Sri Lanka it is quite possible that the majority of the Buddhist Sinhala people would have welcomed the Japanese soldiers in a manner similar to the warm welcome the Burmese gave the Japanese when the latter enter ed Burma in early 1942. Both Sinhalese and Tamils from Sri Lanka joined the Indian National Army of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose with a view to liberating Asia from Western colonial domination. Japan's war paved the way for Asia to gain freedom finally

[@RosinGoblin]

Congrats on 4 million subs!

[@SlyCooper1920]

Have you done the Battle of Tsushima yet? And I must say the Japanese must've got pretty lucky with it's allies like all of these just simply fell in their lap

[@No_Anime_No_Life.]

all because FDR fault

[@Redatcarndal]

I’ve been noticing that simple history has been kinda going back to their roots with the animations and sound effects and all most everything

[@klaus1815]

Don't forget about Thailand, they were allies for the Japanese empire and the Thailand government during WW2, granted them access to cross their lands to invade British Malay.... Though the reason for the Thai-Japanese alliance was due to japanese threatening the Thailand government.

[@elidesportelli325]

1:22 very interesting. I love so much these videos about the imperialism of japanese empire

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening national parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill

[@tomaslopez2940]

"You were born asthmatic; you're going to choke hard while I wake up every day and chain smoke cigars!"

[@mint8648]

Saving planet from bengalis

[@blockmasterscott]

“If Rushmore was a band, than you’d play bass!”

[@indianajones4321]

Some video ideas: Mesopotamia Campaign WW1 Italian Conquest of Libya US Presidents who fought in WW2 Boer Wars Australia and New Zealand in the Vietnam War Boxer Rebellion Battle of San Juan Hill Battle of La Drang

[@Ezekiel903]

It would be time to report on the Brits, their cowardly attacks on De Boer, Zulu, Chinese and the false promises they made to many countries to join their side only to broke the promise afterwards! And they were never hold accountable, we German paid enough but the British tried to deftly dismiss the blame, they did everything to don't let this discussion arise until today!!

[@yoloi2470]

@@Ezekiel903 broke what promises?

[@AgnibhaSen47]

Excellent video.

[@shubharthidutta979]

Well to a note to all viewers, Subhas Chandra Bose never fully believed the Japanese. The biography of Netaji ( Subhas Chandra Bose known in India) written by his general Shah Nawaz Khan states that the ina was reading itself to detach from the Japanese once they marched in the Bengal plains . They had also strategies and plans to launch an offensive against Japan when the Japanese would cross their limits of intervention in Indian affairs. In India netaji is a very respected figure. His ina led the British Indian army soldiers to mutiny just after the end of WW2. As the Indian soldiers lost their remaining trust in British govt , British were forced to leave India with the fears of a combined soldiers and general populace revolt . Netaji is a very respected figure known for his resolute defiance and will to sacrifice anything for gaining freedom. He can be compared to sanada yukimura of Japan and srsly both have many similarities. Thank you Japan for your aid to Indian independence during WW2 🇮🇳🇯🇵 ( Also Netaji used the fascists power as a chair to reach his goal , he has no tolerance to fascism)

[@balpreetsingh6834]

Nothing to thank Japan for really. Japanese only seek their objectives and badly mistreated Indians on Andaman and Nicobar islands once they disagreed on tactical approach

[@vorynrosethorn903]

After the fact post-war one can write anything they want of their own intentions, as was done by many of the German generals. It is your actions however you must speak for.

[@NagalandHH]

I'm sure the Japanese would've left India alone and definitely not made it their own colony XD

[@arpanbhattacharjee3021]

I totally agreed with you.

[@oscarmicheal3677]

But ig the british were more worried abt the war in europe than in india , india was just a supply hub for them so they had to defend it , gandhi led the non cooperation n quit india movement at that time which restricted british economy n forced them to quit india !

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹 Great animation 👌

[@Discosaturn]

The Golden Buddha appears with a lot of gold bars at 3:02.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

Poor buddha

[@Thomas194.]

However, beside Japan's allies in the Pacific, Vietnamese people rose up and conducted guerrilla warfare against Japanese occupation authorities.

[@elidesportelli325]

9:40 very interesting. I love these argouments ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bd4246]

Can you talk about the Burma railroad of death during WW2?

[@SacredKantus]

only 70 views? nice vid btw

[@troyraymund8256]

By 1942 Philippines would’ve been independent, as granted by the US. By that time Philippines was sick of any foreign imperialist power thats why it has 2nd most destroyed city after warsaw after ww2 they fought teeth and nail for every inch of land

[@HUZZ_speaks]

Hi, I want to thank you for including I.N.A in the video, actually Netaji(it is the tittle given to Subhas Chandra Bose and it was given by Mahatma Gandhiji)was not a opponent of Mahatma Gandhi, both men respected each other and Netaji was a follower of Mahatma gandhiji before organising I.N.A

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

[@Hsinking]

I was born in the capital city of Manchukuo(Changchun), Henry Puyi was merely a puppet of Japan during WWII, though technically he was the head of state, he didn't have any real power. There was one time he paid a visit to the local zoo without noticing Japanese, and the latter right away started to search for him as if he was a prisoner; He once gave military promotion to his brother in law(Wan Jiaxi) who served in the Manchu army(Puyi was the grand marshal of Manchu Army), and it led to the protest from Japan, his brother in law was sent to the battlefront by Japanese later; his Japanese secretary called Puyi "he is like my child"...You can imagine the kind of life Puyi was having during WWII.

[@edison7300037]

Emperor of Japan however, was given immunity by the Americans, didn't even spend a single second in the court...

[@clarkvincentga-as]

Not to forget was the Philippine president Jose P Laurel and the 2nd Philippine republic which had collaborated with Japan

[@thurahtetaung5600]

As a fan from Myanmar (Burma) I really love to see my country was in your video and I was so furious

[@g4gaming809]

Great video! Although, one minor correction - that flag... It's not Burmese, it's Lithuanian. It's missing a star in the middle

[@justsomeguyonyoutube3258]

Not a star. It's a peacock.

[@voodoo_1_viper]

“Voodoo one, Viper’s on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot - the skies belong to me. Nowhere to run… Nowhere to hide.” “Tally, engaging bandit”

[@ErnetSwift]

I love the voice when you are saying Burma because I am from Myanmar (Burma)

[@speed8347]

Why you have Ukraine flag though

[@ErnetSwift]

@@speed8347 I support Ukraine and against Russian military because Russian president offers weapons to Myanmar Juntas to eliminate all People Defense Force (PDF) in Myanmar.

[@SwtorSateleShanFan]

Just a small point of criticism: why don‘t you rename the channel to “Simple Military History”? History is not just wars, weapons, tanks, warplanes, tactics, strategy, ww1 and ww2 you know…

[@aquatic4760]

A small point of criticism towards your comment: Simple History has a better ring to it for starters. There’s also the fact that we still call military history, well, history. Also they make videos that aren’t about military history. Literally just start scrolling to see.

[@1947airman]

They do cover other stuff in history too like the plague and the great beer flood in London.

[@_Mohit_Joshi]

Just if you get some spare time, please scroll through their list of videos. They've made videos on everything from military to innovation, and from plague to toilets!

[@SwtorSateleShanFan]

To all you guys above me: yes i know that they made these videos as well. But just look at the proportion of the videos that discuss non military topics with the ones that i just mentioned…

[@GOML27]

Love your videos

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

*If you think Japan had unlikely allies, then just wait until you see what kind of allies Germany had.*

[@-p2349]

Italy

[@thesovietduck2121]

they all left germany to join me

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

@@thesovietduck2121 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia says otherwise.

[@Gordonjamesheneryproductions]

@@thesovietduck2121 no you forced them to join you

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Ustaše From NDH; _Independent_ Slovak State; Collaborationists from Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Baltic states, Ukraine, India, Arab countries, Great Britain, France ; Cossacks; Chechens; Caucasian ethnicities; Spanish Blue Division; ETC.

[@BorisBurton]

9:20 Thank for explaining about our country. Thank a lot, really !!!!.

[@YAMUKASEN]

Can u do a video on the Burmese campaign WW2

[@ry1786]

Need part 2 There still more

[@oznelnavnaekal6679]

Even though this video is awesome like all the others, I’m kinda surprised that Thailand wasn’t mentioned in it.

[@justaviewer904]

Nice video.

[@Weeboslav]

Do video on Battle of Odžak(Ojak),the last battle of WW2 in Europe,fought in Yugoslavia between Yugoslav Partisans and ustashe

[@stevenicebear-robloxmore9975]

Nice video.You finally made a part of the history of our country,Burma! But I really want you to make a video about the present situation of burma , the coup vs civilians.

[@guynamedneko331]

You should do a video about Thailand of it's about japanese world war 2 allies

[@JAPAN4K]

Wow very good nice. I'm a big fan of you＋👍🔔

[@peelsherrif0995]

As an Indian, I say that netaji was not a political opponent of Gandhi, but sinply disagreed with him on the use of violence. He saw that the Germans and the Japanese were useful for throwing off the yolk of British rule. But Gandhi simply wanted non cooperation and independence through passive resistance.

[@user-dv8ld4qy5x]

Thanks Simple history for finally showing Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on ur channel

[@이동연-c6d]

5:33 The Koreans who serves the Manchukuo army all goes to South Korea and becomes a one of the members of founding fathers of South Korean Army.

[@yoloi2470]

And the koreans serving the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army all goes to north korea and becomes a one of the members of founding father of North Korean Army.

[@thurahtetaung5600]

Finally "Burma'' now in your video and i really happy to see that

[@emrekocak7931]

Hey simple history pls do more ww2 japanese videos and love youre vids(:

[@samunoto7_kyu]

0:09 to be precise, japanese planes didn't have a yellow painting for identifying if it's an ally or an enemy before 1942.

[@prothese9672]

What is with Siam?

[@khalonclayton5196]

Do a video on the battle of midway please

[@arober9758]

Very good job fellows!! Congratulations. Prime minister Tojo Hideki argued that the UK and USA forced the Polish government in exile to make that declaration and considered it legally null and void.

[@nathangaoiran5082]

Your video is going beautiful and smooth moves

[@normalplayer7377]

They did unspeakable acts to our people in Asia. In return, we gave them the power of the sun in the palm of their hands.

[@NASALunarLight]

Germany: We’re gonna demolish Poland! Japan: *Thats my friend :[*

[@toutii8554]

I was surprised to see Myanmar soldiers wearing ww2 Japanese uniforms in their latest military parades. I think they wore ww2 British uniforms as well.

[@hezekiahjhudielsantos8442]

Hello sir, can you make a video about ww1 japanese equipment and uniforms on the next video, thank you very much!!

[@cannonball666]

0:24 Japanese officer: "Enough of the flag-waving. You are most annoying"

[@user-jg3vc9lw4d]

Bro why the subtitle in the beginning of the video is so fucking big?