The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - Part 2

[@Max-px5ym]

7:47 so this dude got nuked on a business trip, went home, got nuked again, and carried on his life for the next 65 years. And I complain about my job

[@adriennefried5368]

No dude a nation that started a war on December 7th by attacking Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Honolulu..

[@Max-px5ym]

@@adriennefried5368 I'm only talking about that one dude, the unluckiest guy in the world

[@DarthAverage]

What's more, he was _in the middle of describing_ what he experienced in Hiroshima to his boss when the Nagasaki bomb went off. 🙄 Yamaguchi-san: "So there was this blinding flash..." Boss (pointing out the window): "Like that one?"

[@leannsaint6754]

Q​@@adriennefried5368

[@LiPo5000]

@@DarthAverage , I wonder what his brain was thinking as he was pointing?

[@nahlejdrappah6231]

Imagine the arrogance of government level officials. They care not about your well being, but only about their own societal status.

[@AlexanderM-h3b]

I'm fairly certain this comment is in regards to our current Administration in the United States😂

[@nahlejdrappah6231]

@@AlexanderM-h3byes!

[@TimeTraveller010]

Your comment also applies to Jap nationals. They expect the world to maintain a once a year awareness of the day the nukes happened. Then why do government officials also honor the war dead? Reminder* Japans generral were in full agreement to the genocidal murder of non-japanese.

[@Yk1000-]

@@AlexanderM-h3b I understand but you Americans saved millions of your own people by dropping those nukes. Also the reason why Japan is what it is today a peace loving nation who loves all things cute and cuddly,you may not be perfect but your way better than North Korea who citizens are neglected like animals.

[@TheTravelingLawyer]

I visited Hiroshima 2 months ago to visit the bomb dome + memorial + museum. It was really a humbling and surreal moment just standing there right where the bomb detonated. Such a lovely city. Rip to all the people who died that fateful day.

[@brandenmaniaci5842]

You know you just lost 5-10 years of your life just by breathing in over there?

[@mqnk3]

Well Japan was so stubborn that we had to do it in order to stop the war

[@Akaneblaze1345]

​@@brandenmaniaci5842why live though this world has gone down the drain

[@DiscernmentNow]

​@@mqnk3bull

[@mqnk3]

@@DiscernmentNow huh

[@jimkluska253]

Thank you for presenting an honest vid of what took place.

[@JEWinTx]

So you are accepting a youtube western view and perspective as the gospel truth, with no curiosity to cross reference and to objectively listen to another point of view? So you believe in what you want to believe in. Not actual objective truth

[@ciybersal3499]

Western view, lacks honesty

[@kaganyuksel-xq1yo]

watch the video "no, we didnt have to nuke japan"

[@Rich-yj4ub]

My father was at Sea & was able to see the second bomb go off at Nagasaki. To those who don't fully understand why the bombs were dropped. My father explained that every man, woman & child would die for their Emperor. Not only every Japanese would die but a lot more American Soldier's would die if they had to invade. Which they were preparing to do. After Nagasaki was hit Japan still wasn't going to surrender. My Dad said Truman sent the Emperor (Hirohito) a Telegraph stating that Tokyo was next but with a bigger yield. It was then the Emperor stepped in & over threw the 6 Generals in charge. My father said he didn't care if every Japanese died. He didn't want anymore US soldier to die. He said a lot of great men died already. Including his best friend who was torn in half on the ships 🚢 deck from a Kamikaze Airplane ✈ hitting & skidding across the deck.

[@yaboyfrresh]

He is a liar and only telling you wat was told to him....listen to the damn survivors SPEAK Your dad was a POS follower and liar Also an American with knowledge

[@Dmaj089]

Applaud your father. But war is stupid. How many more die over nothing? I mean we're the worst of creatures. When the world understands that different cultures operates differently everything will change

[@coolcat6303]

Yeah that’s what the US government and warhawks have said for decades. But I highly doubt that every Japanese citizen would’ve sacrificed their life for the emperor. No matter how powerful or beloved someone is, there’s always gonna be citizens who don’t like them or believe in the war. Also, the US may’ve been justified in attacking Japan but the amount of force we used was at the very least excessive and at most a war crime. The US lost 2403 soldiers in Pearl Harbor and Japan lost 240,000 just from the 2 atomic bombs alone.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

@@coolcat6303 Isn't it odd that people's views change when they are actually there & went through it? I guess that's what happens when you see your friends Torso slide past you.

[@KnaxcIshere]

dogs cats goats trees and other living organisms died

[@frankesposito2182]

All of the World ...we must pray for these people and their families and that it never happens again !!! 🙏

[@sheezy2syd544]

True

[@vincentkeller4725]

Prayer don't do diddly squat! Grow up

[@trumpwins2024-e4i]

Made in America, Tested in Japan

[@barbaraendicott3666]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@sheezy2syd544]

Many people unnecessarily died

[@JesseAvila-ce6eo]

⁠@@sheezy2syd544thats what happens in war,, learn to live with it

[@MrTexasDan]

@@sheezy2syd544 "unnecessarily"? I don't think so.

[@Keimacuhna]

Noo. Actually atomic bom is made by Jewish people for palistian

[@its.Andy1]

I wonder if the people living in Kokura at the time ever found out that they were the intended target and are lucky to be alive.

[@Ryan2022y]

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of them civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria. The Japanese government signed an instrument of surrender on September 2, effectively ending the war. In the final year of World War II, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of mainland Japan. This effort began with conventional bombing and firebombing campaigns that destroyed 64 Japanese cities. The war in the European theater ended when Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, and the Allies turned their full attention to the Pacific War. By July 1945, the Allied Manhattan Project had produced two types of atomic bombs: the "Little Boy", an enriched uranium-type fission weapon, and the "Fat Man", a plutonium-type explosive nuclear weapon. The United States Air Force's 509th Composite Group trained and equipped with a special Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and deployed to Tinian in the Mariana Islands. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration of 26 July 1945, the alternative being "immediate and total destruction". The Japanese government ignored these two words. British approval was obtained for the bombing, as required by the Treaty of Quebec, and orders were issued on July 25 by General Thomas Handy, acting chief of staff of the United States Army, for atomic bombs to be used against Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki. This target was chosen because it is a large urban area which also has important military facilities. On August 6, Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, a Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. Over the next two to four months, the impact of the atomic bombs killed 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki; about half occur on the first day. For months afterward, many people continued to die from burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, plus disease and malnutrition. Although Hiroshima had great military power, most of the dead were civilians. Scholars have studied extensively the impact of the bombings on the social and political character of world history and subsequent popular culture, and there remains much debate regarding the ethical and legal justification for the bombings. According to its supporters, the atomic bomb was necessary to end the war with minimal casualties and ultimately prevent greater loss of life; according to critics, the bombing was unnecessary to end the war and constituted a war crime, giving rise to moral and ethical implications. Little Boy was the name of a type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 during World War II, making it a weapon The first nuclear weapon used in war. The bomb was dropped by a Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay piloted by Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group, and Capt. Robert A. Lewis. The explosion had a force of about 15 kilotons of TNT (63 TJ) and had a blast radius of about 1.3 kilometers, causing widespread deaths throughout the city. The bombing of Hiroshima was the second nuclear explosion in history, following the Trinity Little Boy nuclear test developed by Lieutenant Commander Francis Birch's group at Manhattan's Los Alamos Project Laboratory during World War II, a reworking of the abandoned Thin Man nuclear bomb. Like the Skinny Man, this is a pistol type cleavage weapon. His explosive power is derived from the nuclear fission of uranium-235, while the Thin Man is based on the fission of plutonium-239. Fission is achieved by firing a hollow cylinder ("bullet") at a solid cylinder of the same material ("target") using nitrocellulose propellant powder. Little Boy contains 64 kilograms (141 lb) of highly enriched uranium, although less than one kilogram has undergone nuclear fission. The components were made in three different factories so no one has a complete copy of the design. In contrast to explosive design, which required sophisticated coordination of explosive shapes, the weapon type design was considered almost certain to succeed and was never tested before its first use on Hiroshima. After the war, many additional components for the Little Boy bomb were created. By 1950, only five complete weapons had been built, and these weapons were discontinued in November 1950. Little Boy was developed by Lieutenant Commander Francis Birch's team at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, reworking their Thin Man nuclear bomb which is abandoned. Like Thin Man, he is a pistol type cleavage weapon. It derives its explosive power from the nuclear fission of uranium-235, while the Thin Man is based on the fission of plutonium-239. Fission is achieved by shooting a hollow cylinder ("bullet") at a solid cylinder of the same material ("target") using nitrocellulose propellant powder. Little Boy contains 64 kilograms (141 lb) of highly enriched uranium, although less than one kilogram undergoes nuclear fission. The components were created in three different factories so that no one would have a copy of the complete design. Unlike the burst design, which required sophisticated alignment of the shaped explosive charge, the gun-type design was considered almost guaranteed to work so it was never tested before its first use at Hiroshima. After the war, many components for additional Little Boy bombs were built. By 1950, only five complete guns had been built, and these had been completed by November 1950.

[@15multiventure51]

LI misinfo ... a robot's rant

[@rs646dd]

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are famous, but other than that, many of Japan's major cities have been burned by air raids. For example, the bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 killed 100,000 people, many of whom were not properly buried and still remain underground in Tokyo. Therefore, it can be said that Tokyo, which is prospering now, is a huge graveyard. The incendiary bomb dropped by the B29 contained gasoline and was effective in burning up a wooden Japanese house. The attack method was to drop a bomb on the outer circumference of the city, surround it with fire and prevent the citizens inside from escaping, and burned 100,000 people to death. In this way, by the end of the war, more than one million civilians had died.

[@MVProfits]

I knew about these fire bombings but not this "The attack method was to drop a bomb on the outer circumference of the city, surround it with fire and prevent the citizens inside from escaping...". Yet, no one on the winning side was ever judged for war crimes... German accounts reveal that the US liked to do two 2 bombing raids in a row, so that the 2nd would also kill those coming to rescue victims of the 1st one. And they had bombs that exploded with delays so that the damage yet continued. All in civilian populated areas BTW. Some will say "yeah yeah THEY deserved it" as if all citizens are deserving of what their governments did. At least don't lecture others on war crimes.

[@earldriskill3505]

​@@MVProfitsThe Victors always get to write the history. Not surprised, war crimes, especially in a war as large as WW2 are commonly committed by both sides. The bombing of Dresden, in Germany I thought was unnecessary. The war was nearing the end, yet the allies decided to go ahead with it. I believe at least over 50,000 died in that attack.

[@Mer1912]

Don’t forget, this was after 10+ years of Japanese attacks, and tens of millions of civilian deaths outside of Japan, because of Japan.

[@Mikemonoa-hz2rz]

Despite the hundreds of thousands already dead in Tokyo from fire bombing the city was lucky it didn't get nuked as well cause there would have been nothing left of Tokyo plus america had no more bombs left well I think they weren't ready so lucky I guess

[@BigBoy-ql5rn]

@@MVProfits Soldiers don't fall out of the sky. They come from the people. They came from Japanese families, homes and schools. Had there been different Japanese persons in those soldiers' shoes, do you think anything would have turned out differently? I don't think so. The people as a whole are responsible for what their country's military does during wars.

[@smokerise]

This American does not feel the least bit sorry for that bomb, they should have never attacked Pearl Harbor.

[@stavrophotography]

The Japanese expansionism and the U.S cutting off the Japanese oil supply. Sealed their fate.

[@shadh2530]

Pearl Harbor was a military attack on a naval base. This was a deliberate mass murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Hardly justified.

[@JohnWayne-w2g]

Pearl harbor was a MILITARY installation! Well within the rules of engagement!

[@AimzBenzi]

That’s not true… a lot of Americans didn’t want kids and newborns to die. Yes Pearl Harbor was bad but it was men against men. USA murdered pregnant women babies etc I promise you every general etc at that time is burning 🔥 in hell rn. Children should never be involved in war killing

[@Polynasian808]

Sad all around. I live in hawaii and my grandmas sister died from a bomb exploding from a Japanese plane

[@pouthaimei]

In the year 2008, I saw a short movie about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was well made. Have been searching for it since then, but never come across it again.

[@fransiclark1770]

great video, well organized, and your voice is good for a history video.

[@mauricentambu6066]

May all the innocent souls who did perish during the war continue resting in internal peace 😢😢😢 From Zambia, Africa.

[@connordoyle502]

Came for the video, stayed for the comments.

[@christophermarriott1681]

According to Japan, winter came early.

[@adriennefried5368]

Military and American politicians made the right decisions to save American lives and end the war.

[@zsmith4853]

No. They didn't, delusional BS.

[@saschaberger3212]

It's only a war crime if others do it right. Delusional indeed

[@Yk1000-]

​@@zsmith4853Yes they did and it saved millions and millions of lives including 10m Japs and 1m Americans otherwise the Invasion would've been the MOTHER of all battles way worse than Okinawa or Europe.

[@deletdis6173]

​@zsmith4853 Yes they did. Facts don't care about feelings.

[@strafer8764]

@@deletdis6173soldiers lives don’t come before non combatants. They are off limits

[@iitzfizz]

The electrical safety plugs _were_ the arming system of the bomb so it wasn't live until they were removed and replaced with the red ones. If you mean it was live like it had its core in then yeah.

[@robertfindley921]

"As Boxcar approach Nagasaki, a lucky break in the clouds..." Was it lucky or unlucky? For the people of Nagasaki quite unlucky.

[@chrisnipper8573]

I read a book about the bombings, there was a man with a horse and cart and whipping his horses with a whip when the bomb exploded on a bridge, the man the horse cart and whip were etched onto the bridge

[@aadhunikfacts2280]

Where do you get high quality images for your thumbnail? How to make thumbnails like Science Time?

[@Shinzon23]

I never knew about the letter that they dropped; I knew Alvarez had some friends from before the war who were Japanese but I didn't realize he'd actually written a letter that arguably probably could have got him charged for treason and had it dropped

[@robertmartinez4174]

Japan was given a chance to avoid those bombings but declined the chance.

[@PhilLongley]

If Russia gave the US the same request, the US would decline and many Americans would too be lost.

[@Akaneblaze1345]

American propaganda actually, there was lots of propaganda back then

[@robertmartinez4174]

@@Akaneblaze1345 like the propaganda of my uncle Ricardo having his ship The Indianapolis sunk with most of the crew lost to the ocean and sharks 🦈

[@Akaneblaze1345]

@@robertmartinez4174 just like the 90,000 to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki who had they're lives leveled Because the U. S. DECIDED TO kill civilians on a biblical scale, the U. S. Isn't full of Angels Kiddo. Keep believing in The military propaganda your grandparents feed you, WW2 was a political war behind the scenes and I'm sure people know this. The U.S. Wanted to flex by killing innocent civilians when they could've Stopped already after taking Okinawa. So they could scare Russia at the time, which I believe is the biggest mistake now because now in the world we live today it's time the U. S. GETS THE TASTE of they're own medicine.

[@mqnk3]

​@@Akaneblaze1345 sure there was

[@keithpearson7059]

I went to a garage sale in the mid 90's and a elderly man having the sale said he was in one the two planes that dropped the bombs over Japan and he said his photo was in the St.Paul Airport . 😁😁

[@DocReasonable]

The USA nuked two Japanese cities because Russia was just about to invade Japan and take it over. Also, US wanted to test their two different kinds of nuclear bombs (uranium and plutonium) on civilian populations while there was still a war going on. The Japanese would have surrendered before the nukes if America had agreed to let them keep their Emperor in place. But no, the Americans refused to do that -- but only until right AFTER they nuked the two cities. America allowed Emperor Hirohito to retain his throne and duties for the rest of his life, which ended in 1989. Also, the actual Japanese war criminals of Unit 731 in Manchuria were allowed to go free and were PAID by the Americans for the reports of their atrocities. Those war criminals went on to have long, successful careers as doctors in Japan. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed by American nukes and in hundreds of firebombing attacks that nobody seems to know about

[@s.henrlllpoklookout5069]

How was Russia going to invade Japan? They didn't have a navy. They could have kept taking land in Manchuria, but that was it

[@TomFynn]

On Aug 6, the Red Army had not moved. And the Great Artiste took off before the Red Army moved. And no, Japan was not on the verge of surrender. Even after two nukes, the Big Six were still split 50/50.

[@kaganyuksel-xq1yo]

watch the video "no, we didnt have to nuke japan"

[@raulvallo556]

What if your one (1) nuke bomb of 3rd generation is 3k times more powerful than atomic bomb.

[@LotJonathan-jb3ys]

The reason why USA bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki is, first Japanese tried to expend its empire in most of the Asian countries like Korea, Manchuria but USA did not want Japanese to expend its empire and become powerful like themselves so they gave economic sanction to Japanese and also Japanese was facing economic crisis and asked USA for supplying resources that he needs but USA refused, that Time, Japanese bombed pearl harbor in Hawaii, which was the head quarter of USA supplies, in return, USA bombed the two cities which were Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

[@DavidAdrian-cr9pu]

USA already admitted that Pearl Harbor was a false flag operation

[@FRizzoOntheG]

My Father was part of Building "FATBOY" &RECIEVED An Award Certificate from " The Department of Wars " He didn't really Talk about it because of the MAJOR DEVASTATION it Did.. I'm Proud of this CERTIFICATION & IN AMAZEMENT

[@DiscernmentNow]

EVIL

[@stavrophotography]

Do you mean Fatman ?

[@15multiventure51]

[@DocReasonable]

Before he finally died at the ripe old age of 92, Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the plane who a-bombed Hiroshima, killing around 200,000 civilians, was selling a 'Little Boy Bomb Replica signed by Pilot and Navigator of the Enola Gay,' for $350 plus $15 for shipping and handling. The blue bomb replica was lovingly 'hand crafted from solid mahogany,' 1/12 scale, approx. 10 inches long. Paul Tibbets said he never once had a moment of remorse over nuking the families of Hiroshima.

[@lenucarusu8196]

Remuscarile,pot exista doar la oameni !

[@geoffreylee5199]

There was a fight over naming of Bock’s Car. The pilot wanted to name the plane as many other pilots had. As mission leader, the choice was his. The pilot protested to higher ups, who ignored the protest. As a result, the name was not painted on the plane. A more proper and fully prepared story most likely exists elsewhere.

[@YThome7]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were first of all experiments, proving grounds for new weapons. It would be interesting to read about the process of American command selecting those targets: about criteria, real military value of those two targets, justification for bombing largely civilian targets.

[@nigel900]

“The Sun Shall NEVER Set on the Japanese Empire.” ~ Japanese Mantra

[@TakRatanak]

@nigel900 "The SUN shall NEVER set on the japanese EMPIRE" ~Japanese Mantra.By my thinking and spiritual that connecting to the flag of JAPAN .The sun always thines everytime.The sun always moves in the correct border .The sun always support the light to everywhere in the Mikey Way Universe .The other earth , moon,..ect.They move around theirseves and move around the SUN.The SUN always gives birth the universe lives and looks after lives in the Universe well. But SUN ligth is the mistake of SUN for the other ways that useful less.The japanese people are the lovely people !!!Thanks .Good luck !❤❤❤ Bye bye !

[@amazinghappsandevents]

So tragic and evil.. Many civilians died in these bombings.. So unfair and injustice for innocent childrens and their families..

[@YThome7]

Stalin, as he promised to Churchill and FDR in 1943 in Teheran, entered the war against Japan 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 1.6 million strong Soviet forces in Manchuria at the war theater bigger than the size of Western Europe, defeated one million strong The Kwantung Army - Japanese were retreating in fear and surrendering. Red Army defeated The Kwantung Army in two weeks. There are interesting accounts of Japanese POW where they explain that Japanese soldiers could not mount a resistance against Russian because they had some sort of mystical fear of Russians that they had not felt when fighting Americans.

[@adsomuch]

Watching this, makes me feel ashamed to be a human being. 😢

[@avtomatkalashnikova9388]

Why?? You don’t know nothing about Japan invasion Asia and Australia. You should be ashamed didn’t learn history. Go to school.

[@VIP-Foto]

If you're American, you should be ashamed. To this day, they haven't even apologized.

[@TT-rq9vj]

as a japanese?😂

[@VIP-Foto]

you deleted my comment and that is supposed to be democracy??? "freedom of speech???" Yesterday it was the Americans, now China is in power and tomorrow it will be someone else.

[@joseph4301]

Try watching videos on unit 731

[@adriennefried5368]

Japan surrendered due to this second bomb ...

[@zsmith4853]

Mistaken bulls**t

[@IronMoose95]

No they surrendered because MacArthur sent a message on a private channel to the emperor shortly after the bomb dropped. He stated he was going to "-put Japan in a full nelson."

[@terryhalford3549]

No they didn’t it was because the Soviet Union declared war on Japan just before the second bomb and invaded Manchuria

[@David-Dingo]

No they surrended because Russia officially declared war on Japan, and knew they'd be fucked.

[@Randall1001]

Well, everyone here is wrong (but partly right). In fact it was a combination of the bombs AND the change in Russian policy towards Japan, and its subsequent sweep into Manchuria. 1) without Russian intervention, the Japanese may or may not have surrendered eventually. But surely a third atomic bomb WAS going to be dropped, and the more bombs dropped, the more the argument (made by a few in the Japanese high command) that the US only had "two or three" of these bombs was rendered doubtful. Of course, the truth is that up to this point there WERE only three cores, and two had already been used... one at Trinity, and one at Nagasaki. But then again, more cores were already being readied, as they were also meant to possibly be used in the invasion... so in time, more of Japan could have been nuked. No one can say what this realization, or at least the thought of it, might have done to the minds of the various Japanese leaders... especially the emperor. 2) without the atomic bombings, but WITH a Russian invasion into Manchuria... there is little reason to think that the Japanese would have simply capitulated out of fear of communism and Russian invasion of the home islands. The Japanese already knew an Allied invasion (of Americans/British/Australians etc.) was coming. They were willing to face it and take as many Allies with them as they could. Russia in itself, then, was hardly any scarier a proposition to these people who were willing to commit mass suicide of their entire nation rather than admit defeat. Russia's entrance into the war simply removed their hope for a negotiated settlement, and meant that an invasion was thus certain. Of course, there is also the consideration that Russia was not well equipped for a sea-borne invasion of the kind that the US and UK were well-practiced at, and the Japanese knew this. At most Russia could hope to get a foothold on Hokkaido... but a full scale invasion of Honshu by the USSR was highly unlikely. Long before that, the invasion of Japan proper by the Allies would have begun. It was the realization that they were facing total destruction on all sides, with no hope, that finally made the Japanese---and particularly the emperor--realize that all was lost. People who think it was only the bombs, or only the Russians... do not understand the kind of fanaticism that gripped the Japanese leadership at that time. These are people who literally allowed countless thousands upon thousands of their citizens die not only in the atomic bombings but in the regular fire bombings of their cities... and all for the sake of their insane code of Bushido.

[@sergedeleon9592]

The pilot did not silence his conscience about what happen in dropping this bomb

[@DocReasonable]

Paul Tibbets said he never once had a moment of remorse over nuking the families of Hiroshima.

[@GheorgheManole-h7h]

🙏Bunul DUMNEZEU să ne apere și să ne păzească !

[@Dimitri-e3f]

How many crimes have this people committed against humanity when a man's life is measured less than a gallon of oil

[@zenaidagonzales9933]

Many Americans viewed the atomic bombings as a form of retaliation for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which had deeply angered the American public. (The debate continues)

[@matthewhansen9423]

Maybe it's me but this video could've been shorter and better produced. Still great info.

[@terryschaaf4410]

we had no choice, they would not surrender....so

[@alistarmanley607]

Who is we you was in the plane with the pilot

[@kaganyuksel-xq1yo]

watch the video "no, we didnt have to nuke japan"

[@Dmaj089]

​@@alistarmanley607Exactly bro the hypocrisy in these comments man

[@Dmaj089]

What about the innocent civilians? What about generations cut short. What about children and women and hard working men busting their backs off for food or whatever the hell they had of essence back then?

[@kennethprice5628]

I know that thousands of American lives were spared, but still feel sick watching this😢

[@crwillis101]

This narrator needs to check history. The first atomic bomb was exploded July 17, 1945 in New Mexico.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Debatable. Trinity wasn't a bomb. It was a test device.

[@davidfalconer1442]

Where's part 3?

[@jeffreyerwin3665]

Those two A-bomb attacks most likely were not necessary. With the USSR's invasion of Manchuria and with Truman's acceptance of the Japanese condition of amnesty for the Emperor, Japan would probably have surrendered without the A-bomb attacks. But we will never know for sure because Truman refused to wait a week or two before nuking Japan. He jumped the gun, so to speak, and gave away the USA's advantage in nuclear developement. Now, we are all paying the price, and there is no turning back.

[@chimangotitobanda1162]

Pearl Harbour had to be avenged to send a strong message

[@JamesRamsey-p1v]

My Uncles my mother's brothers were detained in internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor they finally were allowed to go and fight in Europe with the 442 go for broke regiment ❤

[@lindameek3191]

I taught school with a Japanese woman, wonderful person, whose family was living in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. They all were moved to an intermit camp in Arizona. She was a little girl at the time. A most horrible experience 😢.

[@ajitk4627]

USSR was on Japan's doorstep about to invade it. This was relayed to Japan. The prospect was unthinkable so they decided to rather capitulate to the US.

[@MrTexasDan]

Ok sure whatever you want to believe, but the Russians weren't going to be invading Japan. The Japanese knew this. The Russian's entire strategy was based on heavy weapons ... tanks and artillery. They had zero transports or landing craft and had never done an amphibious landing.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

​@@MrTexasDanRussia declared war on Japan in August of 1945. So, by your logic the Russian's were just going to just sit there and stare at the Japanese with a menacing look on their feces, I mean, their faces?

[@YThome7]

@@MrTexasDan Stalin, as he promised to Churchill and FDR in 1943 in Teheran, Soviet Union entered the war against Japan 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 1.6 million strong Soviet forces in Manchuria at the war theater bigger than the size of Western Europe defeated one million strong The Kwantung Army - Japanese were retreating in fear and surrendering. Red Army defeated The Kwantung Army in two weeks.

[@MrTexasDan]

@@YThome7 Ya, ok, but this has precisely nothing to do with invading Japan. Do try to stay on subject please.

[@Roma-oo5wp]

​Приятно когда есть люди которые знают историю!Эти бомбешки Хиросимы и Нагасаки были преступлением@@YThome7

[@zoffwolfgung2933]

I like how some of the generals names are still around today like Suzuki and Toyota there legacy lives on making cars and motorcycles

[@neithus1]

those suzuki and toyota (as men) for cars and other vehicles were not generals. they just provide war machines.

[@Penny7143]

Remember Pearl Harbor

[@c0nspiracyth0t98]

Imagine the feeling those pilots had once they released the bomb? Jesus

[@mattrodgers4878]

Paul Tibbits said he slept very well. I have seen many interviews of the crew of these planes, all said they were honored to be part of this.

[@tabuilder]

Relief. Gen. Paul Tibbits when asked, "Are you proud of what you did" answered, "Yes I am" (source: Atonic Heritage Foundation). Remember the invasion of Okinawa resulted in 50,000 US casualties and 250,000 Japanese killed. Invading the "home island" would have meany 10 times that number on both sides.

[@LiPo5000]

@@mattrodgers4878 It was later when they regretted it!

[@DocReasonable]

Paul Tibbets said he never once had a moment of remorse over nuking the families of Hiroshima.

[@DocReasonable]

@@tabuilder That's wartime propaganda and a load of BS.

[@MarcGoudreau]

The Japanese as early as 1944 had been attempting to sue for peace with the US and had enlisted the Russian embassy to appeal on their behalf (the US had a no-communication policy in effect with Japan) but to no avail. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian targets with women, children and old men left after most of its young men had died in combat. We've sanitized one of the most heinous acts in human history and covered the fact the US wanted Russia and China to know it had the big stick and was willing to use it..... even Robert Oppenheimer came to understand he'd opened up Pandora's Box and tried to warn Truman of the folly of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thus destroying his career and isolating him within the broader science community for the rest of his life. A true reflection of world history being written by the winners :(

[@Cybersawz]

BS! Don't attack another country, and expect treatment with kid's gloves.

[@MrEjidorie]

I totally agree with you.The ostensible purpose of this United States to drop A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to urge Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration or unconditional surrender. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. A lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties. However, leaders of both the United States and Imperial Japan knew Imperial army could not fight to the last ditch on Japanese mainland. When Imperial Navy was annihilated at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944, Japanese leaders had to recognize that Japan`s defeat was inevitable, and their objective was to capitulate to the United States under favorable conditions as possible. Imperial Japan expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the United States and Japan since Japan singed the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact. But the Soviet Union annulled the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact on August 9th, 1945 when the second A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and declared a war against Imperial Japan. This was the last straw for Japan, and finally she decided to accept unconditional surrender. If Red Army did not assaulted the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, Imperial Japan would never accept the Potsdam Declaration even if third and fourth A-bombs were dropped. The real objective of the United States to drop A-bombs on Japan was to intimidate Stalin and the Soviet Union. After World War II, it was believed that the Unites States would enter the Cold War era against the Soviet Union, and American military officers were astonished Russian aggressiveness and their excellent weapons after the fall of Berlin. So it was crucial for the United States to demonstrate their military edge to Russians. Therefore, A-bombings on Japan was unnecessary.

[@Rugerous]

Are you kidding me!!! We saved millions of lives its called sacrifice. That's why you'll never be in a position of power. Even the Japanese know better than that

[@letsgowinnietheflu5439]

these were attempts by low level officials who were not sanctioned by the Government of Japan. At no time in Trumans journals did he mention "Proving to the USSR" this is a myth.

[@montylc2001]

Please cite where you can find that Japan was wanting peace. Japan was at war with Russia as well and Russia was attacking them in the north territories. Your history is revisionist and WRONG

[@SeanMcdoogle]

Lots of books on this…. Read them

[@maajbadarpura9869]

Japan is taba to nagasaki and hiroshima

[@merenjungshi640]

Don't whoever is reading this text, think present ozone hole is the outcome for atomic bombing of Heroshima and Nagasaki by the u s, since instant n beyond result are deterimental. Just personal opinion

[@Jakez408]

Russia defeated Japan twice, in 1939 and 1945. US defeated it once in 1945 as they let Japanese forces spread all over the Pacific on numerous islands too weak to face the Imperial Japanese Forces.

[@MrEjidorie]

But death toll of the Red Army in Nomonhan Incident in 1939 was much higher than Imperial Army.

[@alexandertom5439]

Really? Wow...

[@SeanMcdoogle]

They had to get it $2,000,000,000 back then. Poor animals it was tested on I feel sorry for . Not that Japanese govt

[@andreylopez5368]

And this is how Japan and USA became best friends

[@richsilver1822]

In a war where your opponents accept defeat. You decided to use an atomic bomb on them just because they attacked pearl harbor was it a time of war. Yall could have attacked and destroyed this places without using a nuclear weapon. I’m glad Russia has no restrictions on his nukes

[@amuktadir1991]

2200,TRUE DOCUMENTARY OF WW-3.

[@AC-kw7xx]

Japan messed around and found out 🤷

[@zillsburyy1]

sweeney lived in Milton Ma.

[@tuyikorerefiacre2039]

Nothing good comes from war

[@lavonnesaye702]

If the countries leaders were on the battlefield...we would have wayyyyyyyyyy less war!!!!

[@IronMoose95]

0:42 Magic was the project name. Had to look it up. Thought they were wizards

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Yeah, I was wondering about that too! 😂

[@itjustlookslikethis]

The bombs ended the pacific war, did they not?

[@RPaton]

Worth reading The Forgotten Highlander by Alister Urquhart. He was a POW near Nagasaki when the bomb was dropped.

[@superman8380]

スリランカのおかげで日本は今日発展しているが、日本はその始まりを覚えていない。

[@wadewilson846]

World War II indeed ended because it was the USSR who declared war to Japan in 1945 but USSR not longer exist.

[@jasonkloos6348]

Sure. They changed their name and put in power a former KGB agent hell bent on recreating the USSR. He thinks he owns Alaska and half of Europe.

[@autocad3227]

To listen to the Japanese emperors surrender speech. He's specifically mentioned an infernal new weapon which was the atomic bomb. He didn't say, the Russians invaded. He didn't say his cities were fire bombed. He didn't say his Navy was sunk. He specifically mentioned the atomic bomb. His speech is here on KZbin.

[@TroyFlasharty]

Did you know it burn angels that are watching booming 😢

[@ClarkeVincent-n6y]

Ottis Glen

[@alphapapa9018]

Wow! Science is amazing!

[@POLITICALWORLDsb6xb]

Shame on you 🇺🇲 USA to become a humanity defender

[@TomFynn]

Check up on romusha, ianfu, Wenceslao Vinconz, Jacob C. Vouza, Hellships, ianfu, Sook Ching, Operation Sei-Go, 100 million shattered jewels, Unit 731.

[@bigblue7091]

Man still Figuring Out his Insanity of Power & Mistrust 🌍

[@takundaleopoldmusangeya8434]

The ruthlessness of these two bombs is in the league of Hitler's

[@TomFynn]

The 12+ million civilian dead by Japan's hand in SE Asia is in the league of Hitler.

[@maxeldutz2433]

Yeah there is only one Japanese soldier living within 30 yrs in some part of the island in the Philipines. He surrender in the time of president Ferdinand marcos Sr.

[@bigal25938]

Harry Truman was the last great democrat.

[@gojiragunplagramps936]

Japan surrendered to the US because the USSR declared war on August 9th on Japan and invaded Manchuria heading towards the Japanese mainland. Japan knew the USSR would not allow japans emperor to stay in power. The Americans wanted Japan to surrender before the USSR could get to Japan to have a say in how Japan would be dealt with after the war. So President Truman gave the go ahead to use the new weapon. The Japanese hurried to surrender to the US believing the terms of surrender would be better for them and their Emperor . The atomic bombings ended up being a big exclamation point ending the war. The surrender of Japan to the US before an invasion of mainland Japan saved millions of lives on both sides. There was a third bomb ready and another would be ready a week later. So many people wouldn’t exist today had that awful war continued.

[@adriennefried5368]

True this was Stalin s agreement at the Tehran conference. Russia fights Japan after Germanies defeat in Europe.

[@henkstoomflat8840]

history lesson for some people here.

[@Yk1000-]

Your right about the Soviets but the nukes were mostly the reason cause had they continued the war they would've said goodbye to their existence but the military vowed to continue the war trying to sacrifice everyone like robots in their millions but the emperor knew it was time to 🛑 gambling and surrender ending his people's sufferings also knowing they didn't stand a chance against Russia who would of massacred them like nanking.

[@AeSyrNation]

*USSR

[@adriennefried5368]

@@Yk1000- True the Japanese according to hx felt they would get a better deal from the Americans and didn't want to fight the Russians not having the war resources...

[@muhammadazam7086]

Kanash desu, so sad.....

[@PatrickBaptist]

Sick how many children burned for that murikan pride, how people are so proud of this nation is disgusting.

[@gregmonks]

Everyone seems to have forgotten the 3rd city that was nuked, by the Soviets- Semipalatinsk.

[@Mogorman87]

That was a test set. Not a city full of people. Russia never nuked a populated area.

[@MrEjidorie]

The third victim of atomic bombs was No.5 Luckly Dragon fishing boat which was exposed to radiation of US nuclear test in Bikini Atolls in 1954.

[@gregmonks]

@@Mogorman87 It was and is a city full of people. It is a populated area. Russia nuked it 456 times. Do NOT try to miniimalise this horror. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIO7nmSbq6dliMk&ab_channel=RealStories

[@gregmonks]

@@MrEjidorie There was also a Navajo village next to a test site, where literally everyone has cancer.

[@gregmonks]

@@Mogorman87 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIO7nmSbq6dliMk&ab_channel=RealStories

[@chrisjernasalomon6629]

As Putin said, they let the genie out.

[@catholic3dod790]

Read the book "Atomic Bomb Secrets" by David J Dionisi. You will be shocked.

[@neilnysta4112]

This is nothing compare to the one in Bikini Island in the Marshall Islands where they destroyed our lives...

[@edsoninacio3846]

Tirar do inimigo a.vontade de brigar...não precisamos ter ética quando o inimigo não a tem......

[@joshuabergenstock]

America commited the largest terrorist attack in the history of mankind.. 😢

[@namenamed8879]

All of Japan was considered an enemy target, cuz they all would have fought in the case of an invasion. So it wouldn’t be a terror attack as they wouldn’t be considered non combatants

[@ronalynpadernal4838]

Around 500,000 Filipinos died after the Japanese invasion in the Philippines. Tsk. Tsk.

[@Cobblestone17]

By todays standards, dropping those bombs is considered some of the worst terrorism know to man. Back then, it was seen as a good time for americans.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Pretty dumb comment. Nobody has ever seen it as a "good time". Now if you want to define terrorism, look at the tens of millions of Chinese, Philippinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Indonesians, and Burmese, that suffered from Japanese atrocities. A hundred times more than died from the bombs. It wasn't Americans holding contests to lop off heads with swords. It wasn't Americans that abused tens of thousands of women and girls in Nanking, many of single digit ages, often to death. It wasn't Americans tying live civilians to posts for bayonet practice. You should try to actually learn about something before you speak about.

[@DocReasonable]

@@mikearmstrong8483 The actual Japanese war criminals of Unit 731 in Manchuria were allowed to go free and were PAID by the Americans for the reports of their atrocities. Those war criminals went on to have long, successful careers as doctors in Japan. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed by American nukes and in hundreds of firebombing attacks that nobody seems to know about.

[@igordidenko4354]

When americans were adults.

[@ProudIdahoan-y3w]

I feel sorry for children and animals killed by the bombings, japanese people supported Hirohito

[@HistoricalEditz1804]

3:47AM☠️

[@stevenbladeke6499]

But why did US lease that on civilian

[@momchilnenov5780]

Добрите Американци откъдето са минали трева не никне.

[@สิทธิชัยธนะวิศาล]

เครื่องบินทิ้งระเบิดปรมณูของสหรัฐอเมริกาอยู่ที่ผม1ลำลูกเดียวกันแน่แน่เป็นระเบิดต่อเนื่องและระเบิดเวลาที่แม่นยำมาก

[@KelliEagle71]

Jika zaman ini sudah mempunyai Rudal Ini tak akan terjadi

[@jainendebele-fr5fp]

Amazingly they've forgiven and forgotten, or not

[@kentdahl6941]

Big stink never showed up

[@solidbase77]

For the delay on Tinian with the scientist Robert Serber who wanted to get a chute instead a life raft before boarding to the 'Big Stink' piloted by Maj. James Hopkins. In result of this the 'Big Stink' did not arrive to the rendezvous point and arapproximately 50 minutes were lost. May be this was a real cause that Sweeney decided to drop the secondary target Nagasaki because the weather turned bad over the primary target and of course this became a big luck for Kokura.

[@nasirmuhammed6916]

This is the most terrible act in the history of mankind. And America is calling others terrorists

[@dietcoke6492]

Considering what Japan did in Asia, this was an act of mercy.

[@dougthompson5449]

Hey the Japs shouldn't have bombed Pearl Harbor. Good work Harry Truman, good work.

[@marioaias2283]

One sling of shot made the Japanese surrender

[@WingkeoZinga]

😢😢😢

[@UgochukwuBoyzyCollins]

Shameless US

[@bosox6554]

It was the lesser of two evils..At that particular time with Japan's pride not to surrender the two A-bombs brought an end to WW2..Who knows how long the war would have continued using conventional weapons and if there was a US ground invasion.