Why Japan Decided to Attack America - Pacific War #0.7 DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

Pacific War Podcast: thepacificwar.podbean.com Pacific War Prelude 0.1 - How Europe Colonized Asia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3bKenuEa5iioLc Pacific War Prelude 0.2 - How the Meiji Restoration Turned Japan into an Empire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHnKk3pnfdh8qLs Pacific War Prelude 0.3 - Rise of Ultranationalism in Japan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bae0Z6Gud7d6mpo Pacific War Prelude 0.4 - How America Became an Empire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoqVdIiXr6aUl7s Pacific War Prelude 0.5 - China at War: China at War: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip-8eZhuZb-peNk Pacific War Prelude 0.6 - War in Europe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2WolXd5j5mjeaM

[@الداءوالدواء-ج8ذ]

I hope you add arabic language to the translation in the next sections your followers are from the Arabs and thank you

[@owo5869]

Loot all and burn all in the wrong position qwq

[@hoangvu9360]

Wonder what the title of next video is

[@gra4279]

Please don't forget to mention the naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor as well, the Japanese had begun bombarding the entire town of Pearl Harbor that fateful morning due to a large naval vessel stationed out in the ocean. This is verified by men that were there on that day, civilians and servicemen shared the horrors of war together

[@kaltaron1284]

Just binged the last few videos. Great work. Out of curiosity I checked different Wikipedia articles on the 2nd Sino-Japanese War on what they had to say about the conquest of Nanking. The results were interesting. German: At least 300k casualties English: 40,000 to 300,000 between 13 December 1937, and late January 1938 killed or wounded Japanese: No numbers, they kill it 事件 (Jiken, incident/event) and mention discussion and controversy and link to subpages for both the "event" and the "discussion", I haven't checked those yet. To be fair the page for the war is really bare-bones and is more a timetable than an article. Fascinating how different they are. I wonder what the Chinese one is like but I don't speak Chinese but they seem to talk of "the slaughtering of at least 200k until January 38".

[@TheMaltesefalcon204]

When you play too much Hearts of Iron IV, and you instantly recognise it's focus icons.

[@bewertsam]

You can never play too much HOI4

[@vinnie19971]

Man, Imagine if they could combine HoI4 with Men of War. And you get something like Total War.

[@ShahjahanMasood]

HOI4 is opium. We are China. A match made in heaven.

[@Latinkon]

@@vinnie19971 Still waiting for that dream strategy game that has a campaign map with the Paradox game mechanics but with the real time battles of franchises like Total War, Men of War, etc.

[@michaelguay-lachapelle4546]

@@bewertsam Or play at HOI3 Black ice mod because we like complexity and not being held by the hand. HOI4 is too easy.

[@wardreken]

This series has been absolutely amazing, the work you guys do can definitely rival documentaries made by big organizations, keep it up guys!

[@AriusBLK]

True

[@pedroperez6676]

Rival?? More like put to shame!

[@alijade3521]

and its only getting starteeeed

[@northernlegolas]

Totally agree

[@shanebraaten9553]

Already got them beat in my book...

[@juankovacs6033]

16:50 Yamamoto knew very well the industrial capabilities of the US and opposed the war. Said himself that they have around 1 year (not yearS) after the attack at Pearl Harbor to invade SE Asia and Oceania before the American Navy could retaliate. He travelled to the USA before the war, graduated at Harvard, visited the Detroit and Chicago industrial areas and the Texas oil fields, and lastly was designated naval liaison in Washington for 3 years, so he knew what he was talking about.

[@juankovacs6033]

@jim not talking about those quotes. I'm talking about the fact he knew Japan would have 1 year (not years as stated in the vid) after the attack before USN could mount any strategic offensive. I think he was the only one who understood the economic and industrial power US was. But I agree it was the begining of the end for the Japanese Empire.

[@kaltaron1284]

@jim AFAIK that quote is apocryphical. And I don't think Yamamoto "decided" to attack the USA, he just planned a way to attack them that would buy Japan the most time. And for that it wasn't too bad. If they'd focused the oil reserves more and the CVs had been present, it would have been an even greater success. But once the USA emargo started, Japan was boned whatever they did.

[@kaltaron1284]

I remember it as him saying that he could guarantee victory for half a year if they struck first and dealt a heavy blow. That was also an estimate of how long Japan could keep up most of the war effort and industry without oil imports. What baffles me a lot is that Japan (neither IJA nor IJN) really thought about supply lines. The IJA was often of the oppinion thaty soldiers could live off the land and worrying about supply lines would slow them down. Worked for the early campaigns quite well but in some of the jungles or islands... not so great. the IJN never had enough convoys or convoy protection so once the USN started uboat raiding... bye bye supplies from conquered territories.

[@piggyback8367]

@jim yamamoto didnt want to attack US, he knows japan cant win against US for a long war.. his higher command wants it.. he just appointed as the general that leads the attack.. well this appointment costs his life just 2 years after the attack tho..

[@piggyback8367]

@@kaltaron1284 you know IJN never really care about IJA's supplies because of the IJN IJA Rivalry right? another thing that makes japan will lose to USA hahaha

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“It would take them years to build another fleet.” USA: *You underestimate my power!*

[@skuggsja6020]

*Doom music kicks in on factory intercom system*

[@TheZachary86]

The Japanese didn’t even completely destroy the fleet. Most of them survived.

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

@@TheZachary86 You are correct The USS Nevada served in D-Day Fleet and bombarded Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944.

[@barbiquearea]

@@TheZachary86 and they were able to build many more warships, with superior technology and armaments than the IJN.

[@aizseeker3622]

@@JohnJohn-pe5kr Upgrade people, upgrade

[@jlvfr]

Another excelent video! Just a head's up: the Portuguese flag you use for Macau is the old one from the monarchy (notice the crown on top...). We had been a republic since 1910...

[@badluck5647]

I assume there are over a 1000 dislikes due to this grave error. Thanks to KZbin, we will now never know.

[@rinoamenna]

@@badluck5647 did they remove us being able to see dislikes lol feel like i saw them just a few days ago

[@jlvfr]

@@badluck5647 indeed. I am tempted to call the manager :D

[@jlvfr]

@@rinoamenna yeah... I guess some people whined about being offended with someone not liking what they post. So now actual authors can't properly judge the aceptance of their work.

[@jlvfr]

@@lucaskalebef não. não foi.

[@stoneruler]

This is the first time i've seen a video on the pacific war describe the delicate complicated relations between the nationalist and communist factions in China. Well done!

[@Mr2Reviews]

CCP did f*ck all to stop the Japanese.

[@neloverg3774]

@@Mr2Reviews they had the most to gain. Japan fucked the nationalists, and actually fucked the allied powers by destroying the nationalists. They also fucked themselves in the long run what with a giant pieced together china now exerting it's influence and on bad terms with Japan who committed atrocities during their invasion

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

@@Mr2Reviews they're responsible for the Japanese butchering civilians because their guerilla tactics. They did worse than nothing.

[@silviaroasttm5847]

@@Mr2Reviews CCP kept infiltrating the nationalist government to spread communism and stabbing NRA in the back while ROC were fighting Japanese.

[@NightPhoenix.Y]

@@ProtomanButCallMeBlues The nationalists hiding among civilians is what caused these butchering, the soldiers left by Chang hid themselves among Nanking causing the japanese to kill civilians to get to the soldiers, if they had made a last stand they've at least would've seemed honourable.

[@nyantakyibannor9328]

I'm sure you guys started the buildup to this series at this time so you could tell us about Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour on its 80th anniversary :-). I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and will continue to do so; kudos and keep it up.

[@florinivan6907]

The funniest thing about the oil is that Japan had oil. Manchuria is home to the Daqing oil field. But in 1940 no one yet had any idea it existed. Had the japanese discovered it circa 1933 they would have had no reason to start a war 8 years later. They were sitting on a goldmine all this time.🤣

[@leeo268]

Those oil fields are so huge that China is still milking those today.

[@christianvalencia4489]

What if Pacific War 🤣

[@thelionsaber5231]

@@ballsligma108 As a Chinese I can guarantee its true haha.Japanese began to search for oils since they consolidated their military and economic presence in Manchuria after the first sino-Japanese war, but they took years and found nothing.A fun point is that western colonizers also tried before Japanese and reached the conclusion that China is lack of oil. Finally after the establishment of PRC, people found super huge oil fields in Heilongjiang Province(Manchuria) / Shandong Province (also in the sphere of influence of Japan Empire)which made China become one of the top oil sellers in the world.

[@piggyback8367]

@@muhammadfarhun1197 well the northern expansion plan aimed for siberian oil. they never really though that Manchuria have that big chunks of oil. because they've searched and never find it lol

[@cortobrown7919]

Finally we have all the pieces. Nothing can stop this now. 😔

[@bobbyrehman5197]

Absolutely stunning information/knowledge we are gaining from you guys. THANKS! I hail from the North Eastern part of India, the state of Assam. It was so easy for everyone to watch and for you to narrate. I grew up hearing tales of these horrific tales of how my grandma's sister was raped by tens of invading Japanese soldiers, how my another sister of my grandma was kidnapped and taken to Burma without trace until this day. My dad was a toddler and the trasiting US soldiers would toss him butter tins and candies as he watched them bathing in the small local river. My dad and his brothers would run around wearing garrison caps aka wegde cap or service cap (given to them as gifts by the American soldiers). The reason why my dad and his 2 brothers were the only friends (in that small town) with the soldiers was because they all spoke English well just like my grandpa. So there you go, English IS INDEED the global or universal laguage haha The farmers and loggers from our village farm told me that there are heavy army artilerry and tanks rusting and rotting beyond the mountain range which surrounds our farmlands....the hardwares they say belong to China and Japan both..... I attemped to go but there are tigers and leopard and Asiatic lions so I was told a "city-boy" like me wouldn't make it alive so I stayed. Now I am 50, maybe when the Covid situations eases, I will attemt to take some drone shots of those places FPV would be cool huh! CHEERS Kings and Generals!!

[@lycaonpictus9662]

Sorry to hear about all the suffering your aunts had to endure. It's a horrific story, but thank you for sharing your families' experiences & keeping their memory alive.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Wow, very sorry for what your grandparents family had to endure, hope nothing like this happens anytime soon

[@bobbyrehman5197]

@@thalmoragent9344 Thank you sir yes indeed war always brings you pain and sufferings.... Only the mentally unstable would celebrate a war..... God bless you all PEACE & LOVE ALWAYS

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@bobbyrehman5197 Same to you, God Bless 👍🏾

[@firecracker739]

Note for Phibunsongkram’s name. “PH” when used in most English spelling (Romanized?) of Thai names usually pronounced /pʰ/. The same goes for “TH” as Thai language does not has /θ/ and /ð/ so it is usually pronounced /tʰ/. I noticed a while ago that it would make people confuse or pronounce them wrong, which it did, but maybe they wanted to emphasize the /ʰ/ sound because P and T pronounced differently from those above.

[@planetarysolidarity]

Wait. Do these people actually care about pronunciation?

[@Armorchin]

I just realized that his name literally means "Great War" in Thai, Damn.

[@firecracker739]

@@Armorchin Also his first name is Plaek, literally means “weird” or “strange”. Phibunsongkram is his given last name. His actual last name before that was Khittasangkha (ขีตตะสังคะ). Most Thais know him as ป. or P. (Por) from his initial.

[@sisophon1982]

Us cambodian call him Vibolsongkream for some reason

[@firecracker739]

@@sisophon1982 If you means like /w/ I think it’s because they’re Pali/Sanskrit which Thai and Cambodia loan a lot of words from. /w/ and /pʰ/ are kinda interchangeable if I understand correctly. For example Suvarnabhumi and Suphanburi, both use “Suphan/Suvarn”.

[@juanbustamante8427]

You guys are literraly making my childhood dreams true. The Perfect way to explain such an interesting topic, I absolutely will be here with you guys for the next 4-5 years. Mark my words people.

[@atakinpowa]

remind me in 5 years lol

[@helloworld0609]

At the time, Japan could invade Soviet's Siberia for oil, but they did not because of their earlier defeat By Zhukov in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol (also an episode in this channel). If they had invaded Siberia in any case, the world history would be quite different as the Soviet would fight two wars at the same time. The Soviet spy Richard Sorge stationed in Japan got the information that Japan would invade south instead of into Siberia, and transmitted it to Stalin. Stalin then relocated large Soviet force from fast east to the front line with Nazi Germany, which saved his country. A lot of coincidences in the ww2.

[@thecoldhardtruth2986]

@@yassinhafez1337 Agreed, Khalkhin Gol would not matter at all if the Chinese didn't fight as hard as they did, and thus prolonging the war for far longer than the Japanese could ever anticipate, for they were well prepared for war, but not one of attrition. Imagine if the Chinese fell before Germany started their Blitzkrieg invasion of Poland, we'd all be speaking German, Italian, or Japanese today. Most people focus too much on the contributions of the USA, or the USSR, and not enough on what the Chinese did, I'd say they did the most by far. As mentioned constantly in this series of Pacific War videos, both the Japanese, and the rest of the world, underestimated the Chinese greatly. The Japanese lost the war because of it, and the Allied forces were saved because of it, or else they would have never had the required time to build up and prepare for the Pacific War as much as they did and most likely lose the Pacific to the initial surprise attacks by the IJN.

[@AquaticSkipper]

@@yassinhafez1337 nah

[@devereuxbirdzell]

Some of the best production value on KZbin. Just pure excellence K&G, as always. I nerd out every time a new video drops. Thank you!

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm" - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (山本 常朝)

[@Chadmeleon]

Famous last words.

[@robertfaler1947]

All of the Persian warriors may have been worthless but they still ended up winning the battle of Thermopylae.

[@sonofdust66]

"Fxxk your ancestors, Yamamoto!" - Yunfei Chu(楚 雲飛)

[@seventh-hydra]

For the people who, for some reason, STILL don't know why Imperial Japan attacked the US while still fighting in China... *TL;DR* They had no oil. So they either had to surrender in China, or get oil by going to war with the US. They literally could not continue operations in China. Their only options were to either abandon the war entirely, or to take the Dutch East Indies for the oil they needed. An attack on the Dutch East Indies came with a large risk of the US getting involved. And if the US did get involved, they'd have been absolutely smashed, due to the IJA and IJN being spread thin. Especially with the Philippines allowing the US to rapidly deploy anywhere they wanted in the SEA theater. Taking on the US immediately was their best chance. Defeat in China wasn't an option. The US would have likely attacked them if they made a move on the DEI. They couldn't "wait and see" because if the US *did* counter-attack, they'd have gotten obliterated. Even if the US didn't immediately step in after invading the DEI (unlikely), they would have eventually gone to war regardless. And with a consolidated US Naval force based out of the heart of their territory, that would have been... Bad. Instead, they could get their oil, destroy the US Pacific Fleet, and delay the US long enough to win in China. Consolidate their position, fortify the hell out of the Pacific, hope for an eventual cease-fire. Obviously that didn't happen but hindsight is 20/20. It's still honestly the best move they could have made, I don't see any other potential strategy that's better.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@@Haijwsyz51846 get oil in the DEI but strike America pre-emptively to destroy the US Pacific fleet. This buys time to secure their position in Manchuria. Such a risky strategy though.

[@seventh-hydra]

@@Haijwsyz51846 The US was coordinating it's forces with the Dutch and working closely with their military. FDR was also eager to get involved in the Pacific, he'd been trying to get Congress to go to war for a while. One more invasion could have been the tipping point, like Poland in Europe. It wasn't a 100% sure-fire thing, but it was a very likely outcome. Attacking Pearl Harbor didn't get them oil. Taking the East Indies did. But attacking Pearl Harbor meant they could stop the US Fleet from coming in from behind and wrecking them in a counter-attack, once they invaded the East Indies. The general idea was "They're already getting ready to attack us, so we'll stop them first. Hopefully finish off China, and then consolidate before they can rebuild their fleet." edit: So no one gets the wrong idea, not saying "Japan was in the right" by *any* means. Just putting their frame of mind at the time into context. Otherwise it doesn't make any sense.

[@charlie8344]

@@Haijwsyz51846 US could easily cut off the Japanese from DEI so they had to make a choice

[@imgvillasrc1608]

Another alternative Japan could have taken was an earlier Operation Ichi-Go. I had this idea when I first read how much destruction the IJA did to the Kuomintang even by 1944. Japan did have French Indochina by 1940 when they bullied the Vichy French into accepting occupation so a 1941 Ichi-Go doesn't seem like a terribly bad idea considering that it would have the same objectives, except having anything to do with Burma this time.

[@lycaonpictus9662]

They could have ended the war in China. That would have been an embarrassing end to that imperialistic venture, but so what? Japan had no right to conquest in China and the war was from the very beginning an unjust one. Moreover, by expanding the war via the Strike South strategy Japan would ultimately suffer many more losses than it did in all the previous years of war in China, see it's cities reduced to rubble, and experience the even greater humiliation of unconditional surrender and foreign military occupation. Japan had plenty of choices and it chose very poorly. Pride goeth before a fall.

[@dfw3288]

Once again, blown away by the quality! Thank you, K&G.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Like many others here, I'm really impressed with all the coverage you're giving to the conflicts on the mainland. It's not often you see detail on the Sino-Japanese War or the fighting in Southeast Asia!

[@Demostravius]

I'm hoping they cover Burma, my Great-Grandfather served in the 'Forgotten Army' and it's named as such for a reason.

[@MrAhnassi]

Will you make a separate video about the evolution of the IJN from the Meji period to the end of WW2 (Ship development, tactics, development of a carrier force, Long Lance topredos etc)?

[@4sakenreaper42]

Another great video in a great series. Always makes my Tuesday breakfast that much better👍

[@collintrytsman3353]

always look forward to this each week, great stuff

[@kaneknight4606]

One of my favorite series you guys have made. Really great stuff

[@sof5858]

Loving the Pacific Series 👌🏻

[@lishiping84]

Oh, it's 80 years. No wonder. I almost forgot. Worth mentioning that the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army are also under the banner of the National Revolutionary Army. And this channel neither overestimated nor underestimated the contribution of CCP in the 2nd Sino-Japanese war. Really great work. Also, my grandfather passed away this May at age of 101. He was a member of the New Fourth army. He was pretty proud of what he did during that time. He was not a frontline fighter but more like an intelligence worker. Later he became a military intelligence officer in PLA (not a field agent, Thanks to him I got terrible eyesight lol). After I become overseas and received stories from the other side. I decide not to dig too much about the truth about the notorious struggle between New Fourth Army and the Nationalism army in that area anymore. Because neither CCP nor KMT would like to expose their bad side and both of them like to play innocent.

[@user-bk9tl3pt5c]

Respect to your grandfather. To be honest, it was KMT who shoot on CCP's back firstly every fucking time

[@piggyback8367]

@@user-bk9tl3pt5c well.. that is how an enemy works haha.. KMT and CCP never really want to cooperate with each other.. only the "talks" ..

[@lishiping84]

@@aznhomig Yep, that always happens. And China during 1911 (The end of the Qing Dynasty)-1941(the start of the pacific war) was a great showcase for this kind of scenario. All kinds of different factions trying to gain more control in China by relying on different foreign powers.

[@lishiping84]

​@@user-bk9tl3pt5c In most of the time, history is grey instead of black or white, only the winner gets the chance to define the color.

[@user-Rising-Knight]

@@user-bk9tl3pt5c 常凯申但凡有半点诚意都不至于把土共逼上梁山，还指望他不背刺呢🤣

[@jerrycramer4132]

Another banger of an episode! Keep up the superb work

[@StarWarrior91]

Can’t wait for the next episode! This has been such a fascinating series so far

[@overlordover114]

Japan: -not finished war with China, -war against European colonial powers, yes its time to start war against USA Banzai!

[@seventh-hydra]

Literally couldn't continue the war against China or European colonial powers without the resources from the Dutch East Indies; which likely would have resulted in US intervention. It was actually a smart move from them, they just botched it terribly.

[@LarryWater]

I just need oil.

[@carnifex2005]

@@seventh-hydra The smart move was to not start war at all. Completely idiotic to depend so much on US trade and then start actions that would surely bring about war with them.

[@seventh-hydra]

@@carnifex2005 Yeah, totally agreed. Invading China was doomed to fail because of that reason exactly. I just meant, for the position they were in at that point of the war, it was 'logical' for their leadership to attack the US. It wasn't some random act of violence because they didn't like the US, but a strategic necessity, because resources.

[@lycaonpictus9662]

@@carnifex2005 ...or once having started a foolish war, finding a way to get out of it when it was clear they were never going to completely conquer China & that continued escalation was only going to lead to war with Britain and the United States. Sometimes you have to know when to fold a losing hand. Japan didn't. There was nothing smart about any of it.

[@faceofsarcasm4947]

This is great! In American history classes we're taught that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor so they can get resources in the Pacific and that's about it. It's framed almost as if America forced their hand, neglecting to mention what Japan was up to prior to December 7th. This is so much more insightful. Well done.

[@EmptyMan000]

Indeed. It wasn't randomized act of unwarranted violence. It was a buildup of events that led to a tragedy. Figures Americans would leave that part out.

[@lucks4fools978]

@@EmptyMan000 the victors write the history books.

[@山田次郎-e8i]

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, residents and military personnel were unaware that the attack would take place, but President Roosevelt and some politicians knew it because they had broken the code.

[@winters1942]

@@山田次郎-e8i I heard about a story where a German double agent working for the British had a note saying that the Japanese where going to attack Pearl, but when he went to Hoover, head of the FBI, Hoover thought that he was just a German spy, not a double agent, and was trying to plant false info.

[@lucks4fools978]

@@山田次郎-e8i if that is true, then that is a crime. Then again, FDR needed a valid reason to get the US involved in the war. As if the lend lease program isn’t an act of war in it of itself.

[@josephdee4649]

Love how u also cover the Sino Japanese war while talking about everything else at the same time~ As a Asian, I heard so many stories of our elderly ppl going through this suffering time of the Asian holocaust....but it's somehow pretty underrated in the media.

[@anjujason9415]

My grandparents lived through the Japanese occupation in the Marshall Islands, so this series hits home for me. Thank you for making these videos and I can’t wait to see how this turns out!

[@mikestafford6900]

I've been loving this series! So cool to find out about the build-up to war on that side of the world

[@jkasiron2275]

Your maps have become beautiful! Thanks, these prelude videos provide a lot of necessary context. Looking forward to the next one!

[@KHK001]

Amazing video! as always

[@luislugo1289]

Muchas gracias por tan extraordinaria serie!

[@ceridangitp]

Another great video.

[@sidjhajharia92]

''for the preservation of democracy around the world'' hahahaa what a joke, more than 75% of the world was under European colonial rule what democracy you are talking about. at least do the propaganda right.

[@lethalcgreen8048]

Y'all been pumping out content thankyou

[@prvdntus]

I love how you timed this prelude series to finalize now and to begin the series on December 7th

[@ostanesirp9297]

Thanks a lot for your nice work and dedication to telling the truth and narrating the history almost as a neutral man. 👏

[@ounkhamHybrid]

cant wait for the next chapter, you did very good interpretation and animation after saw your vdo is better understanding like read plenty of pacific war history books

[@RigbyWilde]

10:35 me playing hoi4 calmly, when all in the sudden..... THIS IS TALK ON NATIONAL SECURITY

[@DragoshBarbu]

Excellent work on the prelude episodes for the War in the Pacific. The graphics are amazing and the amount of information makes one look at the episodes more than twice. Keep up the good work, it is an immense addiction for History buffs!

[@spssy]

The English and Japanese words in 5:20 are mismatched, "焼き尽くし" means "burns all", "奪い尽くす" means loot all

[@lyhthegreat]

yeah they were swapped...even someone who can only read chinese and not japanese can tell that it looks wrong.

[@adrianthegreat8190]

ive been loving this series

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Props for mentioning the underreported Thai involvement in WWII, though I would like to correct that it's more proper to refer to the Thai Prime Minister of the time as Plaek Phibunsongkram, with "Phibun" being a nickname and not the actual last name.

[@thepurplephoenix6423]

Never thought I would be interested in wwii history. This is great. In this part of the world, we are mostly taught the western-centric perspective and place the US very high on the pedestal. In my experience, grade-school and high-school students don't learn much about the events that led up to the attack on Pearl Harber or the involvement of the Asian nations. Learning more usually involves a deep dive in college or on your own time.

[@amiirezashojaee5291]

that part about americans striving for " Preservation of democracy across the world " was the best joke I've heard in past few days. thanks for making my day.

[@amiirezashojaee5291]

@@raphaelostrowski6336 Not ten years after his so-called " Arsenal of democracy" speech, the USA staged a coup in my country that brought down a newly established democratic government which nationalized our oil and mineral industries, and replaced it with a corrupt puppet monarchy who would continue to sell oil to UK and US with only 10% of it's revenue returning to us. So bold of you to assume that 'tis existence of corrupt leaders that demand USA intervention in our countries and not the other way around!

[@rafimuhammadzakaria482]

Funny when the primary sponsor of terrorists and suppressor of democracy comes in the middle east feels cute enough to lecture America on being democratic. USA ain't perfect but at least it ain't Iran. Go back to your corner and stick to your propaganda broadcast next time.

[@amiirezashojaee5291]

@@rafimuhammadzakaria482 I like how you use fallacy to change the subject.

[@planetarysolidarity]

@@raphaelostrowski6336 This American wants you to stop swallowing US propaganda as fact. Since World War 1, the greatest destabilizing force on the planet has been Washington.

[@rafimuhammadzakaria482]

@@amiirezashojaee5291 I like your hypocrisy.

[@Ryzexus]

One of the best history channel

[@vinaykarnam]

This is the best prelude video!!!

[@kennyhagan5781]

Impeccable timing. Watching this on December 5th.

[@sirzedi]

Good job bro..loving every second of the video..😄

[@leexingha]

at 0:47, "for the preservation of democracy around the world" - mind you? dont get me disappointed "Kings and Generals"

[@NightmareRBLX]

So 5 days left 😍

[@zechuanzhou4183]

Thanks for this great content! Just an advice: exchange the position of "loot all" with "burn all" to correctly correspond to their Japanese words.

[@cai11tube]

Still waiting for this week's pacific war video... That's how much I love this channel

[@marksittner602]

"This was risk was worth taking for the sake of democracy around the world." Oh, stop it. Power and recourses. There is no high road in politics.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G

[@progressivessuck7995]

Terrific. Thank you

[@MayuriK_it]

I love this serie, I can't wait for the next episode!

[@tonythesopranos5310]

There's a huge mistake at 5:22. 殺し尽くし - kill all (this is correct) 焼き尽くし - burn all (this is incorrect, you're written loot all underneath) 奪い尽くし - this means loot all You've mixed up 奪い尽し and 焼き尽くし

[@Ilimar1]

This series is so good and can't wait for the weekly additions. I've restarted it to see if I missed anything.

[@JD-ql9fs]

Sānguāng (烧 shāo ,杀 shā ,抢 qiǎng光) is Kuomintang's slogan. It’s not IJA's

[@approximatelybalut3653]

@5:14 there is a mix-up in the English translation. "LOOT ALL" and "BURN ALL" should be interchanged.

[@prakashghumaliya3960]

Thank you for video sir

[@tokysobukanla]

Great video as usual. Keep up the good work!

[@suprhomre]

Absolutely brilliant documentary.

[@redsamurai192]

Yet another interesting video. Is there a chance that you might be covering Vietnam War in the future? I feel that it's another topic worth exploring, from the time the French colonists leave Vietnam and the following years leading to Vietnam War.

[@dinisrino975]

Historical mistake in the video: Portugal was at the time a republic so ithe flag should be red and green and not white like the one of the monarchy

[@brianschwarz]

Great series of videos!

[@Sven6345789]

Very well done. If you keep up this kind of quality, this series might well become THE SERIES about the pacific war.

[@markroyhetgarcia5748]

Been waiting all day here, but now its night here, worth it HAHAHAHAHA

[@florianlecarrour5992]

French : about to win against Thais Japan : I Am going to do what's call a pro gamer move

[@johnspizziri1919]

Great job! never knew how much trade we had with the Japanese Empire

[@Nicholas-p6m]

Great series guys!

[@exudeku]

Manila: HEY! DONT BOMB ME! I'M A FREE CITY! IJA: ha ha ha, Im just acting...... *(stares)*

[@nunyabiznes33]

Corregidor: I'm a frontliner IJA: Nope

[@aaronmarks9366]

Just these 7 prelude videos are better than everything that aired on the so-called History Channel in the last 20 years, maybe ever. Well done, K&G.

[@doanphat1480]

Next week will be the 80th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

[@barbiquearea]

And this was a great tribute.

[@lima1234ification]

Well I live next by the Pearl Harbor And I live in Hawaii

[@leocasteel]

This was awesome!

[@Ilostmycactus]

So many fronts. The scale is mind boggling.

[@altinmares8363]

Please post more videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander The Great -Plutarch biography of Alexander The Great -Ottoman Empire (ulema) -Ottoman Empire astronomy and science -Judaism origins and teachings -Ancient Greece wisdom and philosophy

[@CodeElement190]

Aw man the dislike count is officially gone! Not that anyone would in their right mind would dislike this video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

aliens

[@jlvfr]

@@KingsandGenerals or the so-called History Channel...

[@christianmartins9629]

Thank you for such content , creators like you make this plataform still relevant ! Your work is an absolute masterpiece! I am grateful to have the privilege of watching your documentaries. The best channel on KZbin without any doubt, we as fans recognize how much passion and care are present here! Please K&G if you agree with my quote , leave a like .😁

[@jordanmorris5827]

It's a shame that channels like this recieve a fraction of the views and recognition that less deserving channels get.

[@christianmartins9629]

@@jordanmorris5827 Totally agree !

[@robbabcock_]

Awesome video!

[@Jcknight7996]

Love these videos

[@davidb3155]

Wow, what an awesome release with December 7 just around the corner.

[@loreuniversechannel9984]

RECOMMENDED: Watch the History Channel Documentary series "Dogfights!" episode entitled "The Flying Tigers", revealing the exploits of The American Volunteer Group (AVG)...

[@user-bk9tl3pt5c]

I want to share more details on why CCP didn’t assist KMT army in South ShanXi battle. 1. 1939 West ShanXi accident, the commander of KMT’s 2nd war area - Yan Xishan build up an anti-Janpan group with CCP together in 1936 (牺牲救国同盟会), and the group developed to a strong organization in 1939 with an army of 70 thousands soilders. The problem was that most leaders of the group were communist, and this army controlled by CCP. Yan thought this army should be governed by him because he was the top commander of this area and it’s him who proposed build this group, while CCP just don’t obey. Finally, their cooperation turned to military conflict. 2. 1941 South AnHui accident, KMT accused the CCP’s New Fourth Army didn’t fight with Japanese army instead of only developing themself. Then, New Fourth Army obeyed orders of KMT to move their troops on the North side of Yellow river and attack Japanese. However, they were surrounded and fired by KMT on the moving way, only 2,000 survived. 3. After Peng Dehuai’s 100 Regiments offensive, defense Minister He Yingqin suspended the supply of ammunition and pay to the Eighth Route Army in December 1940 on the grounds of it’s unauthorized expansion (KMT was shocked CCP developed so many troops). Thus, the willing of CCP to assist KMT was passive. Finally, Japanese destroyed KMT army in South ShanXi battle, KMT lost over 70 thousands, Japan only lost less than 3 thousands. Anyway, the united front was not really means they united. The civil war was just at a time-out.

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

I would like a similar series on start of colonization

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

Supernova in the East brought me here. This video does an excellent job with visual aids, all of the information is right in front of you the entire time.

[@zddxddyddw]

Please could you make a video or series on the life of Jose de San Martin? He was as important to South American independence as Bolivar but is always overshadowed by him.

[@Truly1Tom]

Prior to WWII the US produced over 50% of the world's crude oil. Japan 🇯🇵 🏣 imported over 90% of it's oil 🛢 from the US 🇺🇸. They also bought millions of metric tons of scrap iron from the US 🇺🇸. From which they manufactured approximately half of the IJN Combined Fleet. (What in their then naval nomenclature meant their TO&E of Naval Fleet Units)

[@brokenbridge6316]

This video was excellent. And I need to check out that show on Magellan TV. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing video

[@-JA-]

Thank you.

[@JC-mx9su]

I can't wait for the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in this series. I am a fan from the Philippines and I am learning a lot of history from you.

[@TheManFromWaco]

That conflict in Indochina between Thailand and Vichy France sounds like a Mark Felton video waiting to happen.

[@Aginor88]

Interesting series.

[@brahmsabraham4107]

A non-boring documentation for WW2, getting interesting as it goes.

[@0909ttt]

China be like: after all these years, you finally realized that Japan was having war with us lol