Pearl Harbor: The Road to Infamy

Several scene cuts from the 2011 film Isoroku Yamamoto: C-in-C of the Combined Fleet, depicting the events and preparations leading up to the pre-emptive strike on American soil.

[@samspencer582]

Yamamoto liked the USA and he had been living there for a quite long time. He knew they couldn´t win the war, but he was a soldier and a soldier must obey. I don´t understand why so many still dislike this great man.

[@aland317]

People dont take the time to really read and understand the facts. Yamamoto knew a war with the US was "unwinnable". Not only did he live in the US, he went to Harvard and studies mathematics , he was keenly aware of America's untapped industrial might..." All we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant...and filled him with a terrible resolve"...

[@stevek8829]

He was respected greatly by US leaders. That's why he was whacked. Just business.

[@afjsns]

Yamamoto didnt like many things Japan at the time had approved. Main thing was Pearl Harbour. He himself knew that they wouldnt win against the US. He also didnt approve of the construction of the Yamato class Battleships. But yeah, he was indeed a great man, he couldnt voice his opinions against the orders as he was merely just a soldier (and it was Imperial Japan lol, Honour comes first was the mindset).

[@user-jw1hp2jx2e]

Gff6z&

[@11B30Inf]

Ask any survivors of Pearl Harbor what they thought of him kid. Never step on the griffin tail, for if you do, be prepared to be STOMP!

[@zacharyzier314]

The actor who plays Yamamoto absolutely nailed it. The guy speaks with incredible authority and poise, exactly what I would envision the real Yamamoto himself would have been like.

[@theoneVVV]

Zongtao Li umm no... yamamoto is the guy talking at 9:12

[@davidhalevy4965]

Yamamoto stayed at the hotel now known as the Sheraton Commander in Cambridge,Massachusetts when he studied at Harvard.

[@samspencer582]

It is Yamamoto at 9:12 and the balled officer is Osami nagano.

[@MajorKirrahe]

Koji Yakusho is the actor who plays him

[@Soonerking]

FDR forced their hand though. USA and GB can have colonies but not Japan?

[@oohlala444]

I love how you can almost see Yamamoto's inner conflict at 4:45. You can just feel the immense weight that was just put on him

[@Morder1a]

My thoughts exactly. When I read prepare to attack the U.S, England and Holland, I couldn't help but feel Yamamoto's inner cringe. Like, this is such a BAD idea. You would think they would ask the opinion of their top admiral who just happened to actually have BEEN to the country they're planning on declaring war against...

[@stevenlarrabee3438]

One of Admiral Yamamoto's most famous quotes. After a meeting of the General staff where the Army commanders insisted Americans were weak and would be push overs for the "Samurai Spirit." Yamamoto urged against a war with America stating that our industry and innovation would make a war a losing proposition. The Army commanders got their way. Yamamoto came out of the meeting and told an aide "The Imperial Japanese Army has pushed us into a war the Imperial Japanese Navy will have to fight."

[@bluetopguitar1104]

He was educated at American universities and knew what America was capable of. A realistic man.

[@rouka_s8276]

May be you are wrong, that is perspective of Navy side. Historical fact is not like that. The Real history was more complex.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@rouka_s8276 either way i don't know if those army realized if the army do anything to jeopardize the Navy. Then their homeland would be welcome by invision and the army who still far away can't do anything. If their Navy falls the army is useless and yet they still fighting like child.

[@WizzRacing]

@@rouka_s8276 He was right.. He said they had only 6 months to get America to Sue for Peace. Only June 7th the United States Navy sunk 4 Aircraft Carriers at Midway. It was 6 months to the day. I find that prediction spooky...

[@agwhitaker]

Inter-service rivalry happens between the armed forces of every nation - but it was apparently really toxic between the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy.

[@martinsoublette95]

10:26 that reminded me a real quote Yamamoto really said: "A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten"

[@user-gh7go3nx9i]

America did not learn from Yamamoto. And lost in Vietnam and Afghanistan.

[@nonchant]

3:36 Yamamoto's grandfather, who was a samurai of Nagaoka, died in a battle against Satsuma and Choshu.

[@shivmalik9405]

@40seen s17gil11 Yes.

[@user-ek5xr1ry9j]

おお！よく知っていましたね。 日本人として驚いています。 日本の歴史の授業では1900年代は5回くらいで終わってしまう為山本長官のことを知っている若者は少ないです。

[@gradstalin2654]

그는 양자 였습니다.

[@rocistone6570]

Yamamoto's line about "Drill That into your guts" was exactly how The C-inC spoke when his emotions were up. Remember that Yamamoto had WALKED thru Oklahoma and parts of Texas while he went to school at HARVARD (Yes, that Harvard!) Yamamoto was against War with America because he knew from the 1920's that Japan could not win. But he was also a Naval Officer. So when he was ordered to undertake the planning for the attack in Hawaii, he did as ordered, knowing that only a gamble might succeed. He told officials in Japan before Pearl Harbor that he "would run wild for six months. After that, he had no expectation of victory." Six months after Pearl Harbour was June 1942 and that battle was Midway.

[@samsmith2635]

Midway is after a lot of losses by the US in the South Pacific and Midway was a pure luck scenario.

[@rocistone6570]

@@samsmith2635 I must disagree. American forces did not blunder into Japanese forces at Midway. Your statement discounts the work of American code breakers, who were able to provide the name of "AF" (Midway) which was the target of the operational strike. America did not win at Midway purely on luck. They won on a mixture of work and luck. The battle came down to a broken radio on a Japanese scout plane launched from the Japanese Cruser Tone (Toe-nay) That plane could not report the position of the American Carriers to Kido Butai before the Americans found the Japanese.

[@kempaku982]

Sailor not soldier. He was a navy man.

[@samsmith2635]

@@rocistone6570 The way that they came upon the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy and the damage that they cause was very much chance. Yes, they both intended to meet each other there eventually, but the way the events unfolded showed uncanny luck in favor of the Americans

[@rocistone6570]

@@kempaku982 I stand corrected. Yamamoto had an abiding dislike for the arrogance of the Army, and their fixed thinking. He would have never considered himself a soldier.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

Not sure about the rest of it, but 2 things they did get right. The order not to bomb civilian residential areas was actually issued and their belief that an attack without warning would ruin the name of their navy was valid. They actually did send a warning but there was a delay in the translation rendering it useless. And the Japanese high command was devastated when they learned of this. They truly did not want to attack without issuing some kind of warning.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

All of that warning stuff was just cosmetics. I believe that they had planned to attack like a minute after the warning was issued? What kind of a warning was that?

[@MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny]

@@antonioacevedo5200 dont you watch the video? its like kicking your pillow before they murder you in your bed.

[@gerryleb8575]

This guy was so brilliant and so valuable that we risked the Japanese discovering that we had broken their Naval codes in order to make sure he was killed. By the way, as soon as Yamamoto heard that the Pearl Harbor raid had yielded zero carriers, he exclaimed, "the war is over." He knew his country was doomed.

[@osolsl9321]

Yes. He knew it would be no chance if the war had not ended in short period

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@osolsl9321 and in the battle of Midway he lost 4 carriers. While the only price is the Yorktown. His at least 1 years fighting back have been shorten.

[@kamkam_99]

The attack on Pearl Harbor was not aimed at an aircraft carrier. This is because the simulation (war game) that was done many times in advance had the result of losing in a decisive battle with a battleship. In the Imperial Japanese Navy, battleships were the main force of the fleet, and aircraft carriers were the vanguard to reduce the enemy fleet before decisive battles on battleships. It was from the Battle of Mariana that aircraft carriers became the main force.

[@gerryleb8575]

@@kamkam_99 I am not sure what this has to do with Yamamoto's reaction to the result of the attack. Your point seems to accord with my memory of my graduate studies, but it has nothing to do with my comment.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@osolsl9321 For some stupid reason the IJN thought they were fighting Russians. The last time the US agreed to negotiating a peace treaty was when the White House got burned down by the British.

[@dobermanpac1064]

Interesting how men of war will fight to the death yet still have a sense of what’s morally right. Too bad politicians don’t have this virtue.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

They've never had that and now a days it's even worse. Politicians concern themselves more with re-election and looking-good than they are concerned with taking responsibility.

[@Halo4Lyf]

Probably because politicians these days are, only rarely, men of war. There are few veterans among those who consider themselves our betters.

[@noahhughes2501]

@@Halo4Lyf America has a draft Dodger as it's president, and he has the nerve to call himself a patriot.

[@C3Corvette1982]

@@noahhughes2501 Oh for the love of god just shut the fuck up. I'm not really a fan of trump, but calling him a draft dodger as if there something wrong with that is stupid. The draft was wrong and hundreds of thousands dodged it, just saying. Why do you people even care?

[@knightlife98]

Although, that morality doesn't carry down the ranks, every Country has their horror stories.....

[@user-wl9vg8qf5p]

3:30~ In the civil war of 1868-69, Satsuma and Choshu were the winners, and Nagaoka was the loser. Currently, the superior is from Nagaoka, and the subordinates are from Satsuma and Choshu. 　So that the chief officers were laughing. This is very hard for non-Japanese to understand the conversation .

[@MechaWolf0]

In that context, that actually is funny.

[@dai9626]

For American context, it would be akin to a Carolinian leading an Army group consisted of Ohioans and Massachusites in WW2

[@Thraith]

When I lived in Japan, I used to use my "samurai" voice, all the time. I loved their samurai dramas/gekijo. I used to imitate Sanada Hiroyuki as I loved his Hibiki whiskey commercials. God this brings me back.

[@jonfranks6902]

Admiral Yamamoto was a true warrior. Loved his country and his men. He singlehandedly revolutionized naval warfare by using planes as a primary weapon instead of an auxiliary one. Much respect for him. Never wanted war with America but nevertheless did his duty. He was a legend. If there was a Naval hall of fame he would be first ballot. ❤️🤍🇯🇵🎌

[@SirHumphryDavy1]

東郷平八郎が第一や

[@alohano69]

Right up to the point he got taken out.

[@JB-yb4wn]

So much a warrior that he ordered crews of merchant ships to be killed after the IJN subs torpedoed them. Lucky he got shot down, he would have been hanged as a war criminal.

[@philipthecow]

First ballot? That belongs to Nelson.

[@PoppysGuitar]

Actually the Brits had done it at the battle of Taranto? when they sunk several Italian battleships. It was already understood that the carriers were the future before Yamamoto's Pearl Harbor attack.

[@iikagenoyaji]

『我々が100年兵を養うは何の為だと思ってるか？ただ国家の平和を守らんが為である！』この言葉にすべてが詰まっている様な気がします。野心や野望を持っていた訳でもなく、ただただ国家の平和の為に尽力した。本物の日本の武人の姿に感動しますね。

[@ganamigauri7480]

平和のため。😂精神が傷んでる奴が現代にも多すぎる

[@kimiokadota8740]

おっしゃるとうりです。ちなみに、大東亜戦争について、戦後、占領軍の最高司令官マッカーサーは、日本が戦ったのは、Their purpose, therefore, in going to war was dictated by their own security 、すなわち、自衛戦争だったと米国の上院で証言しています。付け加えます、「裏切られた自由」を読めば、日本がアメリカの罠に嵌って戦ったことがフーバー大統領が綴っています。

[@ganamigauri7480]

@@kimiokadota8740 Naziと協力して隣国を植民地化し虐殺を行い人体実験を行なった狂った国は自己防衛を云々する資格はありません。

[@user-rt5hp6vz6z]

​@@ganamigauri7480 どういう意味でしょう

[@ganamigauri7480]

@@user-rt5hp6vz6z 戦争起こして平和云々ロシアとそっくりですね。

[@Caracajou]

Looks like a great movie. Enjoy listening to the Japanese. Beautiful language.

[@Redmow51]

I am glad that today we are all friends. I love how the Japanese Navy carry themselves.

[@Redmow51]

@天王平家万歳 Mauro Mejias LOL! You wouldn't happen to play the boardgame "Empire of the Sun" by GMT Games, would you? We could game WWII in the Pacific and see if Japan could change history.

[@Redmow51]

@天王平家万歳 Mauro Mejias Well, that was a total waste of time. Boring conversation anyways.

[@grizzly8356]

Barry Maynard... yeah, I don’t think he’s right in the head.

[@grizzly8356]

天王平家万歳 Mauro Mejias, I don’t think you’re aware of the atrocities Empire Japan committed during WW2.

[@grizzly8356]

天王平家万歳 Mauro Mejias, I can understand where you’re coming from. But, the men who attacked the US were Kamikaze’s. And Kamikazes didn’t really have a choice. Japanese soldiers were told that their lives hold no value. And that their sole purpose in life is to protect and serve the Emperor. The men who died fighting Pearl Harbor did what they had to do to have any meaning in their lives. Yes they were brave, but their whole lives were a lie. It’s not something to be proud of. I think Modern Japan is something to be proud of.

[@blockmasterscott]

Those special effects are incredible! It actually looks like real ships, especially the battleship at the beginning of this clip. I hope the guy in charge of special effects got a good paycheck.

[@blockmasterscott]

@Peter Lorimer I researched the behind the scenes of The Battle of Britain. They actually used real German planes from the Spanish Air Force. I was impressed!

[@wangtim3599]

Totally agree with you sir

[@waltertaljaard1488]

Yamamoto knew about the Western (Anglo-American) perception of honour in warfare. Therefore he was aware that there would be hell to pay when the attack would come BEFORE war was officially declared. Their spirit would not be one of the vanquished, but of vengeance. They don't fight to the death when it can be avioded, but they will fight ON. Best summed up in Winston Chruchill's motto; Never, NEVER give up.

[@gbonkers666]

The irony of the attack on Pearl Harbor was the destruction of the battleship which forced the Americans to rely on their aircraft carriers. Naval doctrine of the time still favored the battleship.

[@joshuadesautels]

And yet the Japanese subsequently held THEIR battleships back, thinking that it would still ultimately come down to battleships.

[@noneyobiz1988]

The actor who played Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto should have received an Oscar for best Actor in my opinion.

[@whiteknightcat]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yakusho

[@northsentinelisland4763]

It's a shame that the Oscar's don't really look outside the United States but I know nothing about the process. For a admiral that attacked my country I have the most respect for him.

[@billolsen4360]

The Oscar selection committee has devolved into a clique who gives each other awards. It's been like that since the 1950's.

[@canman5060]

Isoroku Yamamoto was the one who most reluctant in heart to under take this mission of surprise attack at Pearl Habor. He went to West Point and lived in the United States for severla years and knew all the ins and outs of the US military power.The question still remain is this really a 'surprise' attack.

[@JB-yb4wn]

To answer your question - yeah it was a total surprise, they said so in Kimmel's court martial hearing.

[@francispacheco5687]

as early as feb 1941, the sacked commander in chief of the US navy James O Richardson forecasted that the Pearl will be the subject of a surprise attack

[@beefsmusicchannel5404]

​@@francispacheco5687it was mentioned by General Billy Mitchell some 20 years beforehand that Japanese ships carrying aircraft would attack Pearl Harbour.

[@crispinjulius5032]

“By the time you command this fleet...” it will be at the bottom of the Pacific.

[@SMN-ct9gl]

"Work hard and protect Japan by ramming the enemy ships"

[@muyangcheng3874]

technically, yamaguchi died before yamamoto

[@tacticalfall4505]

well assuming one isn’t killed before

[@user-wf6yp4pm4y]

戦艦登場するとすぐに大和だ大和だ、言う人多いけど最初の方のシーンで登場したのは長門。 大和は開戦前はまだ就役してない。

[@user-go1cj6fl3m]

本当それ

[@kikekike2558]

Wtf?

[@user-ii7ib2fz4e]

当時のBIG７の１艦ですね。 長門、陸奥、コロラド、メリーランド、ウェストバージニア、ロドネイ、ネルソン。

[@user-vb7ey3sz2i]

ヤマトは宇宙に行ったやつなのにな

[@HS-yb4rf]

大和は戦後まで国民によく知られてませんでしたからね。 big7の一つだった長門こそ、国民の誇りでした。

[@aburakadabura2]

After Great War end, the Netherlands military was stationed in substitution for the Japanese military. Some Japanese militaries delivered a large quantity of weapons to Indonesian anti-Netherlands independent guerrilla against the order of the occupation army. And participated in Independence war from the Netherlands with a guerrilla by oneself while giving a guerrilla military training. Several thousand Japanese officers were sacrificed before independence was accepted Indonesia by the Netherlands. The most of Indonesians to know the fact thank for Japan.

[@JB-yb4wn]

The arrogance of the Netherlands to think that they would waltz in an reoccupy Indonesia, learned NOTHING from the 5 years of German occupation and how people hate being occupied.

[@Liam-ly8rv]

This looks like a really good movie. Well shot, acted.

[@headshotsongs9465]

Japan has always had a proud military tradition. It's in their blood.

[@mariancoste6272]

Proud, stupidity and fanatique. Today, if someone crash a plan in a ship is called terorist but then? They blow up themselves hanging on us soldier to die togheter. Today, if someone did this is terorism. Different way to judge the same attitude.

[@koreancowboy42]

Yamamoto one of the rarest humble and admirable commanders we've seen on the opposite side of the war.

[@kaka-rq5zd]

Many Japanese were confident that the Japanese military would win if the United States had not resorted to underhanded tactics. And the British and American governments also did not think that they could defeat Japan. This is because Japan had overwhelming military power at the time the war began. In 1935, Japan was the first in the world to organize an aircraft carrier task force, and was able to execute tactics to sink enemy battleships with carrier-based fighter planes and bombers. On December 10, 1941, the Japanese military sank two British warships (Prince of Wales and Repulse) in just two hours in the Battle of the Malay Sea with torpedoes fired by fighter planes. The British and Americans had also researched aircraft carrier task forces, but had not yet reached the stage of actual combat, and were surprised by Japan's military operational capabilities. So why did Japan lose? 1) Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, was a spy for the US State Department. 2) Japan lost four aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway because it underestimated the US Navy and let its guard down too much. 3) The United States was dependent on the United States for 90% of its fuel and 70% of its food, but it was placed under economic blockade. Shipments from the Middle East were also halted, and by 1944 fuel supplies were cut off. Pine tar was extracted to refine oil, which was used to power fighter planes and warships, but the torque was low, and fighter planes could barely fly, even with experienced pilots.

[@azgrapefruit]

That’s quite an amazing statement that Adm Yamamoto was a US spy! Any documentary proof?

[@thomasromano9321]

Yamamoto was a great military tactician and leader. Like so many great leaders he was also humble. He also did not want war with the U.S., but knew he had to do his duty when called upon. When his plane was being shot down over Bougainville Island he knew it was the end, but went down with a quiet dignity. A truly great man.

[@f430ferrari5]

thomas Romano he wasn’t that good. He made huge mistakes at Midway by not utilizing his full arsenal at hand.

[@baseplate7566]

@@f430ferrari5 Yamamato didnt participate in midway

[@f430ferrari5]

@@baseplate7566 as CIC of the IJN Yamamoto approved the battle plan for Midway. Yes? He and the other naval officers blew it. He wasn’t a great military tactician and leader. Just stop with the lies and falsehoods.

[@baseplate7566]

@@f430ferrari5 Yagumo commanded the force in midway lol

[@baseplate7566]

@@f430ferrari5 and yagumo is a trash adminiral, he didnt have a brain. If i was nagumo i would have bombed midway, then 3 carriers were spotted. i would have bombed those carriers with my reserves, and we would have won the battle

[@cat-lw6kq]

Japanese are so formal and polite, just that way I spent time in Japan. didn't matter if they were an Admiral or a taxi cab driver they are formal.

[@Alias1983]

They are polite. But they keep you at arms length. Once a gaijin always a gaijin.

[@jamesharris3481]

Admiral Yamamoto was a brilliant leader. He had a real sense of foresight and he saw how conflict with America would end.

[@Surfer041]

He was left to rot in a jungle after my grandfather's buddies shot him down.

[@PoppysGuitar]

To be fair any idiot could have seen how the conflict would end. Japan's economy was 10% of the US economy and they had 72 million people vs 132 million in the US. Moreover the US had vast natural resources that were readily accessed by the US economic powerhouse. The US also had an ally in the UK empire that closely coordinated with the US. Many leaders in Japan saw the problem but believed that the US was soft and would seek an immediate peace once their naval fleet was decimated at Pearl just as the Russians had in 1905. They would learn that angry nation of primarily English-German people is not the same as the Russian empire.Their "surprise" attack at Pearl absolutely infuriated the US people and made sure that war wouldn't end until Japan was completely destroyed. The Japanese leaders, a country that had never lost a war, that had never been invaded, could not conceive of an enemy that would not stop until Japan was completely crushed and occupied. Moreover, while Japan had cleverly avoided a war with the Soviet Union, (thus letting their "ally" Germany fight on alone) that peace would only last until Germany was destroyed. With the Germans vanquished the Soviets quickly declared war on Japan and attacked in Manchuria. The Japanese knew all too well the Russians' reputation for raping and pillaging occupied countries. The Japanese had no qualms about committing atrocities on occupied peoples as long as they were doing the raping and killing. Occupation by the US was repugnant to the Japanese but occupation by the Russians was an unthinkable nightmare. Allegedly one of their unspoken terms with the US was that there would be no Russian "zone" of occupation.

[@mekbibbekele213]

I am indebted to all those people who have generously uploaded the history of WWII. I have learned a lot out of their documentaries. I have also understood man's insatiable nature for hostilities.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Yamamoto was an incredible man. He knew the risks and what the outcome would be if the US carriers were not destroyed. I wish he had survived the war (much like I wish Rommel and Patton had). The knowledge he carried was irreplaceable.

[@kidbilly2914]

My grandfather was right, being a Japanese enemy during world war2, that not all japanese are bad. Many are still good and stood with reasons. I salute you sir!

[@JB-yb4wn]

Yeah, boy I bet a lot of the Chinese thought that as well when they were being systematically slaughtered wholesale in Nanjing.

[@YUKI-xk7jm]

@@JB-yb4wn I'm sure the Uyghurs felt the same way before they were put in concentration camps.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@YUKI-xk7jm You mean like the Japanese did to their POW's?

[@YUKI-xk7jm]

@@JB-yb4wn My point is, aren't there good and bad people in every country? I am saying that there are good people and bad people in every country. The Chinese are doing to the Uyghurs and Tibetans what the Japanese did to the Chinese, and the Americans are abusing prisoners of war in Iraq. The Germans and the Russians all have their bad guys and their good guys. You seem to have a special ill will towards the Japanese, is that a sentiment you feel you should pass on to the current generation? History should be taken seriously, but if you overload it with emotion and pass it on to the next generation, isn't that a crime worse than any war crime?

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

This was an excellent film...the guy who played Yamamoto was perfect for the role. While the actor playing Yamaguchi was good, he was too young.

[@predalienplush780]

He was actually only 3 years younger at the time than Yamaguchi was in real life. He's aged well, I suppose.

[@OSOJOSHO]

Which movies is?

[@predalienplush780]

@@OSOJOSHO It goes by many names, but most of the time it's just called Isoroku (2011)

[@OSOJOSHO]

PredalienPlush thanks

[@WeissVogel]

Hiroshi Abe looked very lithe to play Adm Yamaguchi. He also played another military officer in the dorama series A Cloud Upon a Slope: a general in the Russo-Japanese War whose brother was Adm Togo’s senior staff officer at the Battle of Tsushima.

[@jayblack5231]

That was absolutely lovely CGI

[@user-jc4ko8mr8l]

おじいちゃんと観に行って、普段表情変えないおじいちゃんが泣いてた

[@fbn7075]

ダルビッシュ株 この映画の歴史観は捏造されてるけど気づけ

[@nkmm4265]

F BN 日本語をきちんと使いましょうね？

[@user-vb3nl5sq7w]

おじいちゃんに敬礼！

[@user-vr1zd2yf2r]

@@fbn7075 捏造！貴様は洗脳されたバカやろうが

[@Elite_Troops1]

@@fbn7075 韓国人か？

[@tomservo5347]

Yamamoto understood perfectly well the outcome of a war with the US. He lived there as a student and made quite a few friends with his fun and cordial personality. He knew he had to go for the jugular and hope American isolationism would hold sway. Instead when the Japanese ambassadors showed up the next day (not knowing of the attack) 'breaking off diplomatic relations' it was like salt in an open wound and only stirred the hornet's nest even worse. It was quite a thing a few years ago when a Japanese warship entered Pearl Harbor with flags raised and sailors on deck saluting.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Truth is stranger than fiction.

[@osolsl9321]

Bro America knew it coming, they stopped the natural resources supplies to Japan what do you expect. They wanted a reason to start a war bruh

[@WeissVogel]

The Japanese ambassadors didn’t know of the real importance on why they had to deliver the 14part message at 1PM EST on December 7, and that was 7AM Hawaii Time. The JPEMB Washington DC typist who drafted the message was horrendously slow in creating the final message and May have retyped it all at some point. To my recall, no other embassy staff helped him that morning at least those who were cleared to read the coded traffic and translate to English

[@tomservo5347]

@@WeissVogel I really do think higher ups knew full well of the imminent attack. Look at how we mobilized in the wake of the 'sneak' attack.

[@WeissVogel]

@@tomservo5347 and it only goes to show you placing your trust in misguided narratives of the kind peddled by Stinnett and Toland.

[@jmrodas9]

Very interesting to see the planning before Pearl Harbor. The scenes are very good, and having read something about Yamamoto, the things he said in the scenes are likely to have been said. What failed miserably was attacking before declaring war. That ignited the fury of the Americans, who called the Pearl Harbor attack "the day of infamy"

[@Augustus98]

I love the japanese navy uniforms...its so elegant and classy

[@georgechen7368]

You must be stupid.

[@lc7327]

George Chen how so the guys right simple yet full of grace and class

[@Nikitas1978]

Hiroshi Abe is cool! One of my favorite Japanese actors!

[@loiuslew3925]

阿布宽

[@philipmarler5704]

Yamamoto counseled against war against the United States. He had witnessed the economic and industrial might of the United States first hand when he lived there as a naval attache. He bowed to the wishes of his government and designed the attack on Pearl Harbor although he knew the only possibility to win the war was to run rampant for a year and hope the Americans would sue for peace. Unfortunately he and the rest of the Japanese leaders did not realize absolute horror a pissed off Democracy could unleash and they also refused to admit the United States' military would be willing to fight until either they or Japan was completely destroyed or exhausted.

[@zion3335]

correction, not just a democracy, there were many. the sheer might of free-market capitalism powered the war, the largest industrial base that the world had ever seen. The US govt had the might of the free market American industry to power the war, no other country even came close.

[@travelleryu]

Yah like the communists weren't in Roosevelts office, thats a famous story now. Like the US never imposed sanctions on Japan. But let us jingoists overlook our nations wrongdoings all together and play a victim the entire time

[@chuckysmaria6466]

"Imposed sanctions on japan" Yes, because they were conducting, undeclared war and have conducted it so brutally. You mights not know this but the embargo wasn't the 1st time US and japan came to blow. During japan's campaign to china, japanese planes sunk 3 US ships with 3 flags raised. Japan was not peacefully drinking tea when US embargoed them.

[@aburakadabura2]

The purpose, a motive made the war that Japan, whatever it is, resisted Western powers realize that colonialism was not eternity for them. The achievement is grand truly.

[@masatofurukawa6207]

日本人の誇り高さ、西郷どんの時から受け継がれてるんですね。 命懸けで平和を築いていただいた先輩達、ありがとうございます。

[@Alias1983]

The japanese people I respect most are the ones willing to apologize for events like the nanjing massacre.

[@user-lz7gw9xj9t]

​@@Alias1983shut up

[@kuboanti]

@@Alias1983 早く被害の詳細を明らかにしてください 0〜30万と幅が大きすぎるし便衣兵なのか民間人なのかも曖昧だ

[@naginigi3317]

​@@Alias1983 In an editorial in China's People's Daily (December 2002), Ma Licheng, a senior council member of the People's Daily, said, “After the war, Japan has already apologized to China 25 times. China must change its attitude of repeatedly demanding an apology from Japan. Japan no longer needs an apology." You need to think carefully about why the Chinese people do not know this fact, which is known by the senior council members of People's Daily. The Japanese people are aware of the sinfulness of the Chinese government against the Chinese people. The Japanese people look at your ignorant attitude with pity. You, who keep posting comments like this like a child begging for sweets over and over again, should quickly realize how shameful you are.

[@naginigi3317]

​@@Alias1983 In an editorial in China's People's Daily (December 2002), Ma Licheng, a senior council member of the People's Daily, said, "After the war, Japan has already apologized to China 25 times. China must change its attitude of repeatedly demanding an apology from Japan. Japan no longer needs an apology." You need to think carefully about why the Chinese people do not know or pretend not know this actual between two governments, which is known by the senior council members of People's Daily. You, who keep posting comments like this like a child begging for sweets over and over again, should quickly realize how shameful your are.

[@bigsouthwind3949]

Japan: bombs Pearl Harbour Axis Forces: *Why do I hear boss music?*

[@user-rw2ll7ly8n]

but the usa pushed the japan to attack and pearl harbor is justified kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5-3p3Vuj7dniZI

[@HummelHamster]

And Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified.

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@HummelHamster no ty weren't, it was weakness on display from US

[@robgeorgia8801]

@@hiteshadhikari "Weakness".... You are absolutely right. We should have dropped at least two more bombs and squashed that weak little shaman of an emperor.

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@robgeorgia8801 oooh tough guy attacks civilian population.

[@user-qw9su3np5c]

映画だから見れるけど自分がその時代にって想像しただけで恐ろしい気持ちになったのに、祖父母世代はリアルに体験してる。小さい頃戦争の話や迷彩服を嫌っていたのを謎に思ってたけど。思い出したくないよな。平和であることがいかに幸せであるのか。

[@user-nt1rk6tb3j]

この頃って開戦なった時、大人も子供もみんな万歳万歳喜んでたと思うんですがね。 今の日本人の考えてることと全く違うと思いますよ。

[@user-qw9su3np5c]

@@user-nt1rk6tb3j よくそう言われてるけど、それは表向きって聞きました。世間様に戦争なんて嫌だなんて言ってたら非国民とか腰抜けって周りから見られてたそうです。もちろん本当に万歳万歳という人も多くいたとは思いますけど。

[@amasam2005]

Full appreciation and respect for the men who defended their land with courage and strength to the last moment

[@NarrowKilla]

Always interesting how it's going on the other side of conflict, we're all humans after all...

[@bp_cherryblossomtree723]

This is better than the American version

[@iamokitemasusmile]

I think so too

[@rawisdan]

I agree. This clip makes me want to see the whole film.

[@oodeezydeezy6629]

オキテマススマイル same lol

[@travelleryu]

No, far better

[@MattTrudden]

This is really good where can I find the whole movie really interesting

[@lordvoldemort8904]

The Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku planned the attack with great care.

[@pervertt]

Don't give him too much credit. Minoru Genda did most of the hard work.

[@mikebronicki6978]

Yamamoto was a dinosaur. His battle tactics were overly intricate and prone to defeat because of divided forces. His defenses were biased toward what the IJN was good at rather than what his enemy excelled at, i.e. torpedo bombers instead of dive bombers. And he never grasped how to use *or* defend against submarines.

[@SD-qw4xx]

5:19

[@aboyheigrujam2375]

Movie name plzzzz

[@johnsouto5221]

Lord Voldemort One of the reasons was because, he was a strong supporter of naval aviation, he took the time and listen to the advice of his younger junior command officials, like Minoru Genda.

[@luftwaffeZG76]

one of the best japanese movies ever

[@jonfranks6902]

I love this clip. Would love to watch the entire movie with English subtitles

[@user-gv3ch8vj4o]

この映画感動したなぁ…

[@404Dannyboy]

The last clip made me chuckle a bit. It implies that Yamamoto was unaware of the other times Japan's navy had attacked without a declaration of war.

[@anti-loganpaul7827]

*cough* Port Arthur *cough*

[@tryomama]

This shows how different the IJN and the JA is and also probably the reason they have arguments on each other very often.

[@janetpate8294]

Imperial Japanese navy and Japanese army

[@tyrannosaurus3774]

In a war, there's nothing better than an honorable enemy.

[@BHuang92]

If this clip is from the movie "Isoroku", then why does KZbin put Pearl Harbor to watch for $3.00?

[@logan9920]

Isoroku

[@aboyheigrujam2375]

Bro movie name plzzzz

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

I saw this classic movie and I like it. It was done well in high quality. The story line writing was done very well. Many modern TV shows and movies are just garbage junk food for the brain.

[@ELCADAROSA]

What movie is it? I've seen clips referred by different names/titles.

[@williamjenkins691]

excellent video

[@user-ou5kr5pq6t]

9:00、山本五十六のセリフ今の政治家に理解できればなー

[@cesarguzmanibanez1967]

Notice how Yamamoto mentions the importance of not only attacking Pearl Harbor, but the relevance of destroying US's carriers. Unluckily for them, the carriers weren't in the place during the attack.

[@xuliang2121]

The former uniform of Japan Navy is so beautiful.

[@timtheskeptic1147]

True, but high collars like those are terribly uncomfortable. Most militaries that have them call them "chokers" due to how restrictive they are. I can verify that they are just awful to wear.

[@xuliang2121]

@@timtheskeptic1147 Agree, if you visit Japan, current male school uniforms have collars in this shape still. You know this kind of formal uniform is just for good looking instead of function.

[@timtheskeptic1147]

@@xuliang2121 most of us wouldn't close the collar until getting to the event requiring that uniform. They are very uncomfortable. The only person I've seen wear it for hours straight was the Captain was being promoted to Admiral.

[@HighTopMyers]

Of course KZbin would recommend us this video today...

[@robertmyers6865]

He was an honorable, and great warrior!!!!!!!

[@user-pg2xv5rc1x]

大丈夫かぁこの英訳、日本語独特の情緒と気品のある言葉ばかりやぞー

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Yamamoto was a great man! Yes he was an enemy to the United States, at the time of his death, but that does not alter the fact that his heart was true. A brave warrior indeed.

[@jphaolai526]

The respect and dedication of a Japanese soldier is incredible.

[@JB-yb4wn]

The imperials were outright murderers! WTF you see in those animals?

[@alanfoster6589]

"Care to stay for dinner?" Yamamoto loved good food and company.

[@billolsen4360]

Avoid people who don't enjoy those things!

[@crucisnh]

I've never seen this movie, but from this clip and others, I must say that it has a very good look to it. I won't speak to what I think of the portrayals of the Japanese side, largely because I haven't seen the entire movie. But I am quite impressed by the overall look.

[@CharlieLeal13]

Great show We are friends forever with Japan.

[@lechurross4849]

@Александр Lmao no. You think Japan would do that again?

[@lechurross4849]

Александр As a matter of fact. No. Japan may have a Military now, but they’re literally named “Self Defense Forces”, and they’re far away from even going toe to toe to the U.S. Plus, the GHQ changed Japan so dramatically after the war, Japanese people aren’t the same from the time in World War 2.

[@lechurross4849]

Александр Judging from your comment, you have poor knowledge of Japan’s History or modern politics.

[@lechurross4849]

Александр Hmm.. Okay. Why do you think Japan has the capability to wreak havoc with the U.S. during these times?

[@ace10229]

I know that Yamaguchi's line to Yamamoto was creative license, but indeed, the Imperial Navy was forever changed by him.

[@broccolifan6971]

I was gonna stop in the middle of this video. I didn't and continue to the end. I found the best part was always at the end of story.

[@aoihigo599]

山口さんには飛龍と一緒に沈んでほしくなかった。

[@ry19850723]

近年稀に見る良作！

[@54blewis]

Yamaguchi has always struck me as the most capable and best commander of the carrier strike force,his rational approach to naval warfare was a compliment to his steadfast and stoic demeanor, he was definitely a solid officer and would have made a excellent successor to Yamamoto,his lost at Midway was great blow to the imperial navy…

[@joejayaung5579]

I think if Yamamoto didn't die in the American ambush, the kamikaze attacks wouldn't happen and the Japanese wouldn't been so desperate to continue the losing war because the wise men like him would surely persuade the emperor no to do so.

[@pikiwiki]

the part about not attacking residential neighborhoods rings true. I know three people who witnessed the attack from a residential neighborhood. Each one said the plane just flew over and the pilot even waved at one of them

[@user-qw5cq1pf4j]

個人的にこの映画は好き

[@stanburk7392]

The only version I could find did not have subtitles. I'll keep looking seems to be a good show and the acting is superb.

[@Wanderer628]

6:04 The reason they were able to fix that issue was because they studied the British naval attack on Taranto and stole the fix the British used to stop their torpedos hitting the sea floor in shallow waters.

[@subhadeepbhatta1212]

how did the steal?

[@user-pw8lr8xw6g]

泣いた

[@stargame6234]

Glorious Japanese Navy.

[@utecastronoova863]

Got their ass handed to them. Bitch slammed.

[@colintraveller]

Brilliant film this ..... as well Eternal Zero

[@4dimension46]

水まんじゅう食べてる時とギャップがすごい

[@sac1933]

空母落とせなかったのが痛いな

[@lotcam4046]

Even if you could then also your fate was defeat

[@persistenthustle]

Yamamoto is absolutely the best portrait of a great general: 1. Great strategic oversight 2. When assigned a task, produce the best possible plan (gamble) regardless of his own opinion. 3. Ruthless execution.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Funny thing is that he was an admiral.

[@doraemon61377]

Yeah patton macarthur would be in that category. Someone who was fearless of defeat.

[@persistenthustle]

@@JB-yb4wn In Japanese it's all 「大将」

[@dougalmacrobbie1918]

ADMIRAL. NOT a general. Glaring ignorance.

[@olentangy74]

This movie looks fantastic. Is there anyway you could download the whole film? Thank you.

[@saemushailstorm3135]

interesting how relaxed & smiley they all are - huh ! never saw that before in anything else

[@SavingM777]

6:50 三十対二百隻の片殺しか・・悲嘆極まれり。

[@user-zo3lz7tz9j]

I respect to Isoroku Yamamoto

[@kaka-rq5zd]

Many Japanese were confident that the Japanese military would win if the United States had not resorted to underhanded tactics. And the British and American governments also did not think that they could defeat Japan. This is because Japan had overwhelming military power at the time the war began. In 1935, Japan was the first in the world to organize an aircraft carrier task force, and was able to execute tactics to sink enemy battleships with carrier-based fighter planes and bombers. On December 10, 1941, the Japanese military sank two British warships (Prince of Wales and Repulse) in just two hours in the Battle of the Malay Sea with torpedoes fired by fighter planes. The British and Americans had also researched aircraft carrier task forces, but had not yet reached the stage of actual combat, and were surprised by Japan's military operational capabilities. So why did Japan lose? 1) Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, was a spy for the US State Department. 2) Japan lost four aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway because it underestimated the US Navy and let its guard down too much. 3) The United States was dependent on the United States for 90% of its fuel and 70% of its food, but it was placed under economic blockade. Shipments from the Middle East were also halted, and by 1944 fuel supplies were cut off. Pine tar was extracted to refine oil, which was used to power fighter planes and warships, but the torque was low, and fighter planes could barely fly, even with experienced pilots.

[@htakemoto6301]

空母艦上の搭乗員との会話、長岡と薩摩と長州・・・山本の出身地である長岡は薩長と戦って酷い目にあったところだからな。

[@park-sy2ov]

思えば戦争から70年前は江戸時代だったんだよな　考えてみればそりゃ長州や薩摩みたいなかつて小さな国々だった地域の呼び名が残ってますよね

[@savokisan]

9:35 that piece of word is what makes me admire admiral Yamamoto even though this was just a film

[@erwinrommel9137]

Upload full movie.

[@nosorab3]

Yamamoto knew exactly what he was doing attacking Pearl Harbor: buying Japan 6-8 months of supremacy in the Pacific. He hoped that the IJN and IJA would be able to make enough headway in that time to make it worthwhile, but he knew better. Yamamoto was a man of duty and honor, and we can acknowledge that much, even in our enemies,

[@irawilliams343]

Attacking Pearl Harbor was the biggest mistake the Japanese made since they basically woke up a dormant dragon

[@lc7327]

James Henderson no they weren’t...

[@lc7327]

James Henderson for who to shoot who on sight? The Americans were not involved in the war except lend lease

[@subhadeepbhatta1212]

woke up a dormant giant not dragon

[@albertcamerato7673]

The lesson ignored. 6/11/40, RAF Vickers Wellesley single engined, long range bombers, attacked the Italian naval base in Italian Somalia. Carefully planed, the bombers ignored the ships and submarines in the harbor and concentrated on the oil and gas storage facilities. They destroyed 11,000 gallons of fuel, crippling the offensive capabilities of the East African Italian forces. While the Japanese IJN studied the Taranto raid by the RN closely, they seem to have overlooked the much more effective raid in Africa.

[@madannoshasyu]

8:15　「南雲、全艦無事に戻してくれ」これで第二波攻撃が中止になった訳か。

[@sdsd461]

タイトルが気に入らねえ

[@npurnaparvathi3069]

Huuu sgigxst ftyhj suihv

[@f6p47k5]

@@sdsd461 なんでん

[@hutaenokimami]

@@sdsd461 悪意あるよな

[@user-ih3gd5wb3w]

山本五十六さんの南方作戦に集中してる間にって言うことを考えたら、たしかにそうだなって思った。当時は航空機が強い。先に空母や航空基地を潰さないとって思うと本土空襲が怖いよね

[@ciccioformaggiopuzzo]

Great Japan, samurai warriors

[@balancedactguy]

Yes....always bring a SWORD to a GUN FIGHT!

[@srei1636]

Alex Nara 👍

[@buster117]

They were not traditional , japan after its overthrow of shogun began westernizing , And no I don't say that because Hollywood movies

[@user-jw1hp2jx2e]

:Zoecxd @@ to 'U

[@saemushailstorm3135]

cult of 'samurai' largely fairy tales for fanboys - grow up

[@pajil8444]

,the bunch of old men with a spirit and bravery without remorse declared war. but the young men who took up arms went to the battlefield with courage or fear and between life or death...