Third Atomic Bomb Attack - Japan 1945

If Japan did not surrender on 15 August 1945, a third atomic bombing was planned. In this programme we examine how Japan's surrender was a complicated and difficult process involving a military coup and how America was reluctantly faced with potentially using the third bomb - but which city was to be targeted? And would it have ended the war?
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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[@thomaswilkinson3241]

I read the title, frowned, and then realized it was a Mark Felton Documentary, so it couldn't be anything but fact based content.

[@AshtonTheAyyylien]

I’m grateful that these stories are not completely lost to history, and they never should be either.

[@evand6817]

My grandmother, who was Japanese, was 13 when the war ended. She told me how when it was announced the Emperor was going to speak on the radio everyone was both excited and stunned. So much so that when it came time for the broadcast she said everything came to a stop. People stopped working, cars stopped in the street and the speech was broadcast throughout schools. She was in class at the time. She said when he announced Japan's surrender, kids in her class, even the teacher began to cry. After the speech she said the principal sent everyone home for the day. The real kicker I get from this video is how close my grandmother came to never experiencing this. She lived in Kokura.

[@feeberizer]

This is the first time I've seen this video. It's also the first time I've heard someone acknowledge the additional bombs. My father was in the TR-5 (Spectrographic and Photographic) Group at Trinity. He would have been the cameraman on the 3rd drop. When I asked him which city was the target, he claimed to have "forgotten" but I'm certain he was continuing to protect still classified information. I moved to Doña Ana County in 2011 about 90 miles due south of Trinity. Sadly, my father had passed in 2003, so I wasn't able to tell him that I went to the April open house and saw many of the photos he'd taken that I grew up with. I also got to find out the name of the US Cavalry horse he would ride when he accompanied the unit doing perimeter patrol. His name was Argo, Dad.

[@AYVYN]

Even though I’ve heard the less-detailed story, your superb narration made it seem like they would never surrender. This is history.

[@normangerring4645]

These programs should be required viewing in our schools.

[@SamVillano]

“His plush, underground bunker.” I smell a future episode.

[@LairAstro]

When I went to Hiroshima I visited the eternal flame and the museum it was pretty surreal, the amount of people there and how quiet it was really left a mark.

[@kennethbolton951]

My Uncle, who joined the Marines at 17 fought from Makin island from Nautilus submarine raid, Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima as a scout sniper, out of his company of 250 of which only three made it to the end of the war showed me a medallion which showed a mushroom cloud titled "Peace for Japan". He said, "if not for this I wouldn't be here today". It is more than ironic that at 15 in 1963 my Dad would be stationed there and I would be going to HS and playing basketball with Japanese kids.

[@TheMohawkNinja]

"The Americans wanted to abolish the monarchy"

[@sr633]

When the record of the emperor's surrender was broadcast to the Japanese people it was the first time his voice had ever been heard by the population.

[@dnfrank1]

My father served under General Clark as part of a field artillery division which liberated Naples during WWII. After continuing northward, his 5 man team was shipped back to the US (having served his 6 month your of duty) just in time to receive a telegram ordering him to standby for further instructions....he was to return to Ft.Hood (now Caravos) , Texas for training for the invasion of Japan. The bomb dropped, saving his and the estimated 1 million US fatalities...and allowing me to write this.

[@jameshoran8]

All I know is that my mother was a captain in the Army Nurse Corps stationed on Okinawa who was firmly convinced she would die with the invasion of Japan. The two devices dropped on Japan stopped that invasion and saved my mother's life. I took my mom from Philadelphia to Cape May New Jersey in August of 1995 to meet Colonel Paul Tibbets. Her reaction to meeting him and the kindness that he showed my mother I will never forget.

[@travelinben1966]

I’ve never been more interested in history since I began watching and listening to Dr. Feltons work.He is an international treasure.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bryannelson6139]

Another great video. I learned so much from Mark Felton. I am well read on World War II, but I continually learn new things from Mark’s videos. I had no idea the surrender of the Japanese was this complicated and messy. Wow, the war could’ve easily gone on longer.

[@loganlorn]

Thank you for all your efforts Mr. Felton. I was wondering if enough info exist on Hirohito's bunker worth an episode? Sounds fascinating.

[@WayneTheSeine]

Great production. At 73 years of age...I am learning important facts that were never taught but should have been.

[@davidd1057]

As a guy who likes history I grow weary of simplistic explanations like, "it was racism!", or "it was to scare the USSR!", or "it was to test the bomb!", or blah, blah, blah. Real history is never so simplistic and one-dimensional. Mr. Felton always displays his deep understanding of history by exploring the many complex forces that came together to produce any historical event. He not only teaches us about these events (which would be worthwhile enough) but also that history is never a simple melodrama of "good guys vs. bad guys". He helps us see the world and human experience in greater depth, which is what shows him to be worthy of the title, Historian. Thank you, sir.

[@TabbzManiaGaming]

Brilliant content that deserves the medal of honour for creating pleasant interesting factual content thanks for the hard work you put into this Fragments of History

[@mickpilsworth1]

As always, a really fascinating take on history we thought we knew.....thank you Mark, once again!