The Repercussion of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima | FULL DOCUMENTARY

In the summer of 1945, the nightmare is ending for thousands of soldiers. In Japan, the situation is desperate. The Empire of the Rising Sun no longer has the means to continue the war. It can't stem the American advance. Its centres of industry have been systematically destroyed by the US Air Force's bombardments, its supply lines all cut off.
The people of Japan are preparing to face the unthinkable; and in the corridors of power, too, many of their leaders are resigned to the war being lost. But the ministers cannot accept the shame and the risks of an unnegotiated surrender.
They must maintain the Emperor on his throne, to preserve the very essence of Japan and the military traditions it represents.
Documentary: History Uncovered - Hiroshima: The Defeat of Stalin
Directed by: Cédric Condon
Production: Cinétévé
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[@edwardgabriel5281]

I'm 95. Went to Japan in 1945 to replace combat troops. Landed in Yokohama to the view of devastation everywhere. I cried throughout the video because the world hasn't learned a freaking thing.. Young American lives lost. Young Japanese lives lost. The hate and animosity was huge. I was offered rank and other stuff to reenlist and go to Korea. I'm glad I didn't because after Korea was Viet Nam, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine (we are up to our ears, there), Gaza, I can still remember WW1 disabled veterans. My brain cannot comprehend the talk I am now hearing of Atomic threat. The scriptures tell of a war in Heaven before people came to earth, It looks like it spilled onto the earth. All that I have mentioned above is kindergarten stuff compared to what can befall us, momentarily. I tenaciously cling to the belief that truth and goodness will triumph in the end. Stop and think for a minute - what else but the return of Jesus Christ can save this earth? Cheers.

[@jeffandbernadinecostello1146]

It seems so strange to me. I have been watching WWII documentaries since I was ten. Now for the first time in this doc, the movie clips of dead soldiers or injured civilians being treated for their burns- are blurred. the images now too disturbing to view. Really? I didn't realize I had become so fragile to need to be spared these images. It is a disservice to anyone injured or scarred by what they endured. Don't hide the past. This is a good documentary.

[@heysailorreedy6651]

I wish one day there will be no war . every country should treat their own people with dignity and respect and respect of others.

[@dougbourdo2589]

My Marine father-in-law fought on Iwo and short stints on other island campaigns before being shot. Upon recovery he was assigned as an MP during Japan occupation. t his death at age 89 he felt extreme hatred for the Japanese because of the horrible tortuous atrocities they committed to American POWs.

[@peterclancy3653]

My father was a POW in Mukden, after the first bomb the japs had the POWs dig mass graves but before the executions could happen the second bomb happened and the japs disappeared. The Chinese and Russians came to the camps followed by the Americans. So here I am!!!

[@fayprivate7975]

I was born, in America, in the middle of all this history, on March 8th, 1943. From infancy, I learned of the atrocities both in Europe and in the Pacific. Always safe, here in America, I still could imagine the depth of the misery that all living beings, people and animals, were put through in WW2 because of the depraved greed for power of a handful of leaders and their followers. Yet, we are constantly on the brink of repeating these tragedies. It is heartbreaking.

[@annawhitis4251]

My father ,Walter Earl Phoenix , was an Army Coast Artillery Sgt. , stationed , on

[@susannewheatley7447]

You forget the way your military people treated our soldiers. My great Uncles were treated so badly it was an absolute disgrace. They were starved and beaten 😢

[@benjamindover4033]

There was no mention of the attempts by the Japanese military command to prevent the Emperor’s concession speech. The military was resistant to the end despite the loss of life.

[@tibbar1000]

A friend of mine from high school said bombing Hiroshima did not save a single American life. I told him that the US simultaneously prepared an invasion force to take Japan if the nuclear weapons failed or were not used. He laughed and asked me where I heard that.

[@neaturexiong]

It's always the old men who dream of wars, and it will always be young men who will sacrifice their lives to see it through.

[@FrankD-fo2be]

Had the Japanese the atomic bomb first they would not had a debate on the immorality of using the bomb. They would use it without blinking an eye. You can be sure of that.

[@bbmtge]

One of Japan's ace pilots, Saburō Sakai, said that if someone had told him that bombing two American cities would end the war, they would be crazy not to.

[@jerryumfress9030]

A friend of mine called the Japanese the Empire of the setting sun, he was fighting in Europe, but was going to be shipped to Japan when Germany surrendered. Thankfully he didn't have to after the bomb was dropped

[@margaretfry7818]

I find it ironic that while General Tojo expected his troops to die rather than surrender, he was hanged as a war criminal. Looks like he didn’t practice what he preached.

[@jeffersonwright6249]

Strike 3: Truman was NOT a timid man. Modest yes but he was a decorated artillery battery commander in WWI and once he’d weighed all the options he never hesitated to drop the 2 bombs.

[@bryanblack526]

Prime example of 'don't start none and there won't be none'

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

My 5 uncles all fought in the great WW2.3 in europe,2 in the pacific.Claude was one of the first special forces soldiers and retired a master sargent in 62.Jessie was captured at normandy on the 7th of june 44.Charlie fought from new guniea to the phillipines.Shirley fought with patton from north africa to germany.Howard was on the big E,enterprize aircraft carrier as a chief aircraft machanic.

[@hortonwilliams1160]

THE ONLY THING I COULD SAY WOULD BE I WISH ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD COME TOGETHER AND EVERY ONE GET ALONG AND WORK ( TOGETHER ) ....

[@arajoaina]

The Japanese public forgot that they were the aggressors that started the war and made themselves into victims….By the way, surrendering to the US was a blessing for Japan and Germany bc with US support they both became a economic power house