Hiroshima: After the Bomb (Short Animated Documentary)

[@jonbaxter2254]

How utterly terrifying to be a recon plane to check out a city you swore was there yesterday

[@scottydu81]

"Dude, I swear, I had shit to do there tomorrow!"

[@bangscutter]

And see a mushroom cloud over where the city was supposed to be. It's a sight never seen before by most people, and probably resembled that of a volcanic eruption to someone who saw it the first time.

[@mathewkelly9968]

The US had razed most Japanese cities to the ground anyway . Hiroshima and Nagasaki where left alone just so they be nuked .

[@MichaelJ44]

Jon Baxter It’s true. I was the yesterday

[@frozengrip2609]

@@mathewkelly9968 Pretty much. The Firebombing of Tokyo killed and destroyed more people and structures than the nukes.

[@NolaWarNerve]

Just looked him up. Died in 2010 born 1916 man lived through 2 a bombs and for 94 years. What a legend

[@B3RyL]

The simple fact that he's the only person in history to become the victim of two atomic bombings is mindblowing enough. The fact that after all that he lived a full life until the tender age of 94 is just unbelievable. He truly IS a legend in every sense of the word.

[@bletrick3352]

God had to Nerf him somehow so he used two atomic bombs to injure him otherwise the dude would’ve lived forever

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

That man has a better claim to immortality than jesus.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

@@B3RyL well radiation is good for your live expetancy apparrently

[@B3RyL]

@Henry Bushell He probably wasn't the only one who left Hiroshima for Nagasaki, but he's the only Nijou Hibakusha (double atomic bombing survivor) to have been confirmed by the Japanese government. There is actually a documentary which claims that there were more than 160 Nijou Hibakusha or something like that, but their accounts could not be verified. Many people died of post-bombing wounds and complications too, so the line between "survivor" and "casualty" gets kinda blurry. In any case, he's the only one who was officially recognized as a 100% confirmed Nijou Hibakusha.

[@AjarTadpole7202]

"He was able to escape Hiroshima" WOO HOO! "He then moved to Nagasaki" OH NO!

[@kimjongun329]

"But he survived" WOO HOO!

[@Misquif]

@@kimjongun329 "but later in his years he got, Leukemia, Cataracts and Stomach Cancer. OH FUCK NOOOOOOOOOOO"

[@tacolepaco]

@@Misquif What happened next.

[@yamato3894]

@@tacolepaco He died in 1990 if I remember correctly , making him the oldest survivor of an atomic bombardement and one of the only survivor of two bombs.

[@tacolepaco]

@@yamato3894 Wow

[@nathanjohnwilliamson7675]

Can’t decide if Yamaguchi is the luckiest or unluckiest guy to ever live tbh

[@tomasziskierka9557]

Yes, that a tough one.

[@aaronhenderson670]

By the sound of it, a bit of both

[@KorriTimigan]

Por que no los dos?

[@Player-rv8ph]

Both

[@clarky23]

your answer is yes.

[@SivakAurak]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi when arriving in Nagasaki: "You wouldn't believe what just happened to me, there was a big bright flash kinda like that one over OH FU-"

[@weijiafang1298]

Yamaguchi: A bomb had completely destroyed Hiroshima. Boss: There is no way a bomb that powerful can be constructed. I cannot believe you unless I see it...

[@PyroPuffs777]

Weijia Fang he never saw it because the flash ended everything in an instant rip in piece.

[@LeuKang]

"Yesterday I was in Hiroshima and a bright flash occurred and the city was gone" "That's bs" *Bright flash outside boss's window* "You've got to shitting me"

[@deadby15]

Weijia Fang This got me thinking.. probably there were some people who were sent to both a German death camp AND a Soviet Gulag.

[@freddiemercury8625]

@@deadby15 I believe there should have been at least some Polish military personnel that probably did that since, both, the Nazis and the Soviets wanted the Polish command to get eradicated e.g. the Katyn Massacre for the Soviet Union (a lot of Polish military officers and higher ups died there, so I imagine somebody must've made it out and got caught by the Nazis).

[@adamesd3699]

I read about Yamaguchi. He was obviously traumatized by his experience in Hiroshima, so went back to his hometown of Nagasaki to recover mentally and physically. When Nagasaki got bombed, he at first wondered if the great fire he had seen in Hiroshima had somehow followed him to Nagasaki. Just imagine that.

[@triumphantking8549]

If someone wants to know why we see a Catholic priest multiple times in the video, it’s because the South of Japan was where a lot of Christian communities were formed and survived through the centuries, even during the 2 and a half century of Japanese ban on Catholicism. When this period ended, Catholic missionaries came back to the country and built a lot of schools and hospitals. In fact, Nagasaki was founded and developed by Catholic Portuguese priests and traders in the middle of the 16th Century and the city had about 200000 Catholics in 1945.

[@xjdjaws]

The more you know.

[@reset123451]

There is a film by Martin Scorsese that tells about the first Portuguese priests in Japan "silence"

[@joshuakevinserdan9331]

didn't know this, thanks!

[@Nirkhuz]

And don't forget that Pedro Arrupe, one spanish jesuit (and doctor) working in the outskirts of Hiroshima survived the bombing and made an campaign hospital in the jesuit novitiate in the aftermath of the bombing.

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

Also, the most common type of Catholic priests present in Japan were the Jesuits, which is why you see them so often in Anime and Manga.

[@michaelrizka]

"If I had a coin for each time I've survived a nuclear bombing, I would've had 2, which is not much but very strange considering the circumstances" - Yamaguchi, probably

[@CityState_of_Valletta]

More coins than any non-military personnel right? Assuming being miles away in a bunker counts as surviving and not cheating. Otherwise; he easily holds the record.

[@emilsingapurcan8054]

Is 2 alot? Depends on the context. Coins? No. Survived nukes? Yeah definitely.

[@roadent217]

In the land of the destitute, the 2-coined man is king.

[@jacktheflash8478]

Mousazz okay

[@jacktheflash8478]

Falfo N ?

[@keauxgeigh]

A few years ago a U.S. mayor visited Hiroshima and asked his counterpart why Hiroshima's roads were so organized and orderly while other cities in Japan were so chaotic. Reportedly the Hiroshima mayor said something like, "Well, we had some help from (you) the Americans".

[@andrewcopple7075]

US elected officials don't seem to have much in the way of brainpower or historical education. That does not bode well for America.

[@willhaney96]

As in rapidly disassembly or rapid reconstruction?

[@JackHankeAnd]

@@willhaney96 Probably both.

[@Vertutame]

Which is kinda bad to japan's policy, really. They are disencouraging people to use car. I did live in Seno city [Higashi hiroshima] went to Hiroshima from time to time, the street were big and has many lanes but pretty empty. Most people are just using public transport anyway so. not really a good thing.

[@hazardeur]

that US mayor seems not to be the sharpest tool in the shed. not suprising

[@fakechloe207]

Everybody asks "who is James Bizzonett?" But no one asks " how is James Bizzonett?"

[@luminica_]

When is James Bizzonett?

[@stevenchoza6391]

Luminica I’ll do you one better: Why is James Bizzonett?

[@melonschooleducationandlea4653]

But the FBI ask: WhErE iS jAmEs BiZzOnEtT?

[@Zombie1Boy]

@@stevenchoza6391 WHAT IS JAMES BIZZONETT?!

[@alejandrojoserodriguezarre45]

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS *deep voice * James Bizzonet?

[@scottmalkinson9545]

He survived Hiroshima so he moved to nagasaki big oof.

[@ggggyedidad1395]

This is the best history channel

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

So he moved to an isolated island north of Russia in 1961 *Even bigger oof*

[@garybrown2039]

Yea that sucks . But at least he survived to tell the world about it.

[@makaveli6873]

LMAOOOOOOO bruh I burst out laughing at a store and mfs looked at me like 😳

[@MisterCynic18]

unluckiest man ever to live

[@donk5058]

"...decided to seek shelter in his home town, Nagasaki." Me: Wayaminute

[@TheRandomInfinity]

Kaboom?

[@Brysvfx]

@@TheRandomInfinity kaboom.

[@josephdoria5237]

@@TheRandomInfinity yes Rico, kaboom.

[@Oof-th5hz]

Kaboom.

[@hilmigold1233]

Kaboom

[@GarlicPudding]

This raises a (very video-worthy) question: *What was life like in Occupied Germany and Japan?*

[@alanpennie8013]

You can read A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro to find out about life in Nagasaki after the bombing. A very spooky book.

[@TheGenericVideoGamer]

james bizzanett

[@Scarletraven87]

Memories of a Geisha had something on the subject, but it's a novel so not necessarily accurate.

[@odysseusrex5908]

There are several that have already been done on both.

[@Pfisiar22]

@@odysseusrex5908 Life in occupied germany was pretty awful, particularly in berlin where food shortages and inflation were rampant. Not helping this was an ongoing and escalating feud between the US and Soviet Union over what to do with germany. Eventually, the USSR blockaded Berlin and the cold war began as a result.

[@daltonthompson3083]

“We are in possession of the most powerful bomb known to man. If you are in any doubt, make inquiry to the events of hiroshima.” - leaflets airdropped over japanese towns pre-nagasaki

[@kelpthing5209]

Must have been scary

[@kyleplatter8954]

Dalton Thompson “lol, they brought a single bomber!” -some Japanese guy, Hiroshima (probably)

[@23tovarm5]

@@kyleplatter8954 oh sh- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[@Nothing-1w3]

Wait is it geting brig- *immediately gets burned*

[@jasonhenry8067]

Kyle Platter “Shit, they sent only ONE bomber!” - some other Japanese guy, probably.

[@ChrisJones-ij3xp]

I remember when my Japanese-Canadian friend was sorting through some hoarded stuff of his mother's (whose father hailed from Hiroshima), and he showed me a 1945 letter he found which ended with: "We had made plans to visit the old hometown once the war ended, but have now decided against this." That was all.

[@TheJaviferrol]

"Lightning doesnt strike twice in the same place" is clearly an expression Tsutomu Yamaguchi never heard

[@merrittanimation7721]

Or at the very least would laugh at.

[@Yora21]

Well, the people who stayed in the ruins of Hiroshima didn't get nuked again, so joke is on him.

[@SixteenJacobsCreams]

to be fair it didn't strike in the same place, just the same person

[@TheJaviferrol]

@@SixteenJacobsCreams The point is he should have stayed near Hiroshima

[@panachevitz]

Lightning maybe not, but apparently nukes follow you like a bloodhound.

[@Danandria]

1:00 "Seems Nukey" History Matters, the best channel for finding a way to put humor with something horrible.

[@FlagAnthem]

Green humour is best

[@rwboa22]

Or when they are about to die, they would say, "Later Nerds."

[@hongxiuquan69]

@@FlagAnthem Hey, look who it is!

[@Twinrehz]

What about the "Chalkboard for days"? Had me laughing at the most horrible part xD

[@Senzawa69]

never heard dark humour?

[@spartandud3]

Just imagine being that pilot sent to investigate. After a while you see a peculiar shaped cloud far off into the distance where you're supposed to go. But as yet get closer it begins to dawn on you that it's the aftermath of a bomb of a magnitude you have never even thought possible and the city you're meant to investigate has been destroyed.

[@SonnyBubba]

It’s impossible for us to imagine a world where atomic bombs don’t exist. It’s even more impossible to imagine the shock and horror of that pilot who just saw the impossible.

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

cloud of AMEIRCAN MIGHT

[@IceSpoon]

And all of your instruments are starting going off because the radiation is increasing rapidly.

[@patchworkfellow]

Tsutomo Yamaguchi must’ve been like _“These gosh-dang Americans have it in for me”_ after Nagasaki...

[@Toni29360]

Ew gacha

[@patchworkfellow]

dat doggo no offence meant, but can you please reply something _relevant,_ instead of insulting my profile-picture?

[@aliensinnoh1]

The bombings of the cities were just a cover for the true American objective: killing Tsutomo Yamaguchi. That was the true objective of the entire war.

[@Toni29360]

@@patchworkfellow literally looks like shit and it's hella cringy

[@miker.9138]

What if both bombings were actually just targeting him? Heh.

[@thetooginator153]

As a boy in the sixties, one of the first “grown up” books I read was “Hiroshima” by John Hersey. It was pretty terrifying, but I recommend it to everyone. Hiroshima was almost as recent then as 9/11 is now, so it felt pretty recent. It was pretty frightening to know that a person had been vaporized, and only his shadow remained. I believe that the book “Hiroshima” made the world take nuclear weapons more seriously, and may have saved the world from nuclear war - so far.

[@edgarratsep3631]

I am very sorry for sounding rude but the bombing of Japanese cities did jack shit to make people realise how powerful nuclear weapons were(they knew it prior to nuking Japan). The bombing took place to show off the force of those bombs. There was even a plan to annihilate Russia in 1945 but the soviet military presence in Europe made the USA's and UK's question such action. In 1949 Russia created their own nuclear weapon which helped the world maintain relative peace. Mutual annihilation guarantees peace.

[@naxergss2625]

ah yes 9/11 is comparable to Hiroshima true

[@thetooginator153]

Andrew Mitchell - That is exactly what I meant. Thanks.

@@edgarratsep3631 There were plans, but the actual willingness to enaxt such a plan was non-existent. The Americans were still semi-isolationist and had no will to invade the USSR just to nuke it for peoples it was not allies with. The US also had numerous war plans for Britain, France, China, Japan, Austrailia, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Italy prior to WW2 -that's not the same as actual state policy however. This is a common falsity based on the ignorance of people thinking military readiness = official government policy.

[@Tushii]

I remember we had a chapter regarding that book. It had the exact same line (in my native language) a person vaporised and only the shadow remained in a rock

[@makichandes]

I grew up in a small town just outside of Hiroshima. My grandmother was saved because she was on holiday at a cousin's house on an island off the coast. She remembers seeing the light from the bomb and wondering what it was. So grateful that she wasn't home when the bomb fell. She was so young. For me it was very hard growing up there as a half Japanese. Even now there is still lots of sadness and pain but things are getting better. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know any older generations of Japanese. Good video. Glad you didn't make it humorous. Thank you

[@skeletonjanitor]

@UpSideДown Most eastern Asian countries got over it, I’m just Nanjing got over it too.

[@uzodinmankili9682]

Get over it, your nation did far worse

[@Copycat217]

Dont cry bro US people gets cringe too from two buildings falling apart 😂😂😂

[@GhostHalloumi]

@@Copycat217 by people they trained to fight someone else. Weird how the world works sometimes

[@jancyraniak]

@@scarzi6154 Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not bombed before the nuke, they were spared to be targets for the nuke.

[@77777Spooky]

I appreciate how they toned down the humor a bit for this one.

[@johnmccnj]

Not one Death Thump for the entire video.

[@EliAs-ub6yf]

"Seems nukey"

[@Crosshair84]

but Chalkboards for days...

[@jeandeauxconvair601]

@@johnmccnj no one died they just went to forever sleep

[@reffa2858]

Tone down!? Did we watch the same video. The hidden humorisism are everywhere in this video.

[@hexticblue]

I love how Admiral Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur is differentiated with the latter having a corn cob pipe

[@Yora21]

I always love how many world leaders I would probably recognize without being told their name, just from knowing what topic the episode is about.

[@ericlanglois9194]

Nimitz was an Admiral, not a General >.>

[@nobodyuknow2490]

@@ericlanglois9194 He was generally admirable? ^_^

[@awesomemcawesomeshorts9531]

Gen. MacArthur was a real one

[@yeahyeahyeah4488]

I believe he also had a button nose and two eyes made out of coal.

[@Patmanduu]

I shouldn’t laugh, but that look Yamaguchi is giving McArthur at 1:33 is priceless. Like, “see me after class...”

[@shinjisakuwafemaleshingodz6122]

True

[@Snoflakes_1]

"Really dude? It's like you're after me or something"

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

I greatly appreciate the humor of these. People can say it's bad taste all they like, but this is heavy stuff and it needs a bit of levity.

[@mazkas1476]

I am a simple man. I see History Matters, I watch.

[@minecesar0879]

Same

[@georgeamesfort3408]

*Good stuff ,yo*

[@mrrandom1265]

Me too but this one was not that good.

[@bificommander]

"Chalkboards for days" Well, all primary necessities taken care of.

[@kaisreece6491]

The thing about the military garrison stopping reporting in and the recon plane heading there only to see the mushroom cloud 100 miles away makes me shudder

[@vazeyo]

Now make a video called Nagasaki: After the Bomb. Because... Obviously.

[@logical5473]

@Michael Benedict no it wouldn’t this is Hiroshima and that’s Nagasaki

[@alanpennie8013]

@@logical5473 The Nagasaki bomb exploded right next to the cathedral, wiping out the large congregation who were hearing mass at the time.

[@xiaoka]

Don’t worry he already made it. The sign in the video says Nagasaki, not Hiroshima.

[@pauld6967]

The man moving from one target city to another reminds me of the man who moved from Manassas, Virginia to avoid the Civil War after the first land battle and went to Appomattox, Virginia where, a few years later, General Lee surrendered, effectively ending the Civil War.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Wilmer Mclean, Lee and Grant met *in his house.*

[@pauld6967]

@@odysseusrex5908 Yes, for the surrender at Appomattox, VA. Fate said "oh no buddy, you don't get to escape being a historical figure. You saw the first engagement in Virginia, so now you get to witness the end." Yes there was still some fighting afterwards but for all intents and purposes, Appomattox was the end of the Civil War.

[@Mr110074]

I remember the Ken Burns docuseries on the Civil War began telling his story.

[@parthbonde2106]

haha yes..it was also in oversimplified's video about the civil war.

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

yeaahh XD there was this man who continously move away from the war but war came close to him and at last general lee and grand met at his house

[@johnjiang487]

Oversimplified: goofy characters The Front: actual history History matters: waving signs

[@makiskotsampasis3223]

History matters: james bissonette

[@Sumschmuck]

KZbin History teachers in a nutshell oversimplified: uses comedy and silly characters The Front: teaches you the serious aspects of history and occasionally talks about star wars History Matters: uses signs and small pictures to help create understanding Simple History: uses detailed images to teach Sam O Nella: curses at the students and disappears for over a year Sabaton: burns the textbooks and just headbangs the knowledge into you

[@cursedex3755]

How to get likes on History Matters comment section: > *Insert comment about James Bizzanet* >People see it >??? >Profit

[@monarchistemu6054]

Lol. Nice South Park reference.

[@Ake-TL]

Likes of this commentary were sponsored by James Bizzanet

[@antoniocamacho4412]

Probably the only youtuber who's fans care about the names at the end of the video

[@JBTriple8]

you guys need to stop it

[@moshedajan2338]

James Bizzanet is the most hated man on this channel

[@solinvictus1214]

James Bizzanett kick-started the Japanese economy

[@fret1]

And was also behind the Marshall plan

[@anicrowsenjixd8918]

Lmaoooo

[@lolailo2199]

Actually that was Kelly Moneymaker

[@camacaron06]

Lolailo it was both of there

[@heisselnicholaspramoedya8121]

Can you tell me how?

[@mshotz1]

During the War, the 20th Air Force would organize 'Recon/weather" patrols with B-29's modified with Bomb-bay mounted Recon Cameras and carrying weather experts. They would fly in threes for mutual protection. The Japanese soon learned to ignore any incoming B-29's that were just three planes. After the initial air raid warning, and "all clear was" broadcast. The Army saw 3 bombers approaching. Little Boy was released almost at the exact time the "all Clear" was giving.

[@IudiciumInfernalum]

It's pretty fucking horrible to go for "maximum carnage".

[@henrygustavekrausse7459]

​@@IudiciumInfernalum You expect them to send a fleet of extra planes?

[@blackout6772]

Suggestion: destruction and rebuilding of Warsaw. City was literally razed to a ground( 90%) and was later rebuild using pictures and paintings.

[@gezzarandom]

What happened to that city was like the atomic bomb but without the massive explosion.

[@fammader96]

Ephabouyed the Masked Reviewer It was many many explosions!

[@gezzarandom]

Fam Mader I said without the massive explosion, I didn’t say no explosions.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Manila: AM i a joke to you?!

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

I heard how the US fire bombed German cities and the fire was so bad that it created a fire tornado.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*"Not Great, Not Terrible."*

[@Erik-ko6lh]

The Comrade Dyatlov has reported.

[@ortherner]

It was terrible

[@colts8146]

@@ortherner no, it wasnt terrible. Wasnt great either

[@bongcloudopening5404]

@@ortherner i agree on the it wasn't great it wasn't terrible since it was for to end the war

[@DarkSamael55]

@@ortherner You're delusional. Take him to the infirmary.

[@whyamialive5842]

My great-grandpa was in the navy from 1943-1945. He passed by Hiroshima shortly after the bomb on a ship. He described it as “Desolate”.

[@jeremytheoneofdestiny8691]

Your great grandpa was a true wordsmith.

[@notquiteatory971]

There is a question on political compass which says “are people naturally unlucky?” I justify “yes” with yamagoochi

[@liem11]

Considering he survived both bombings with his family intact and suffered no long term consequences I would say he was extremely lucky.

[@ayoa1173]

@@liem11 he had cancer twice in his life.

[@MephLeo]

@@ayoa1173 Which implies he survived cancer at least once. Though bastard as well.

[@ianbryant3037]

*yamaguchi

[@flynntom8057]

@@ianbryant3037 yummygucci**

[@toast2300]

James Bissonette is probably the channel owner/narrator giving a shout out to himself...

[@AzureRT456]

I see you have a Reisen profile picture. I highly approve it.

[@zawarudo596]

Maybe the real James Bizzonet was the friends we made along the way?

[@kfraser3783]

Stop.

[@dukes1993724]

Bizzy my Nizzy

[@Schizophenic_catboy]

Sure are a lot of weebs here I like it

[@STDMT]

History Matters: *makes an interesting video based on comprehensive research* The comments: J A M E S B I Z O N N E T T E

[@mland2012]

Which begs the obvious question: Why?

[@sron-adharcach950]

I got a vid idea: Why did Turkey switch to the Latin alphabet?

[@Yora21]

Simple answer, but perfect for a 3 minute video.

[@spartanx9293]

3 words Mustafa kemal attaturk

[@toggafamai4224]

There were already discussions of a new alphabet system because the Arabic alphabet had problems codifying the palace language (Ottoman Turkish) and wasn't really formalized to fit the standard rural Turkish before Atatürk too. Details of the inconsistency would be better explained by a linguist, but it was heavily discussed that the alphabet didn't fit the language. There were several attempts at promoting the Latin alphabet during the 1910s. Enver Paşa even invented a brand new writing system based on the Arabic alphabet called Huruf-u Munfasıla and tried to get the army to adopt it, but it fell out of favor quickly due to its impracticality. There were alternatives to the Latin alphabet like adapting the Arabic alphabet, adopting an old Turkic alphabet or creating a new one but these proposals were rejected because Atatürk envisioned a Western oriented Turkey, and adopting the Latin alphabet emphasized that goal. Literacy rates in the late Ottoman empire were really low, estimated between 6-10% before the revolution and most of the literate population were the educated elite, state bureaucrats and officers in the army. A very large percentage of those were already literate in French and/or German due to Westernization efforts of the late Ottoman administrations, therefore familiar with the Latin alphabet. Some discussions about it make it seem like a huge reform that shook the foundations of the culture, but in reality it was relatively easy to adopt and massively successful too, as indicated in literacy boom of the young republic between 1923-1938.

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

@@toggafamai4224 what's so grait destroying 600 years of you history sure ataturk saved your contry but he was to delusional to westerns if he read a little history in the 16 century when everone was traying to copy sulaiman l laws and how all the west tried to copy the ottoman literature

[@hazemdarwish8089]

A bit of a dump decision

[@pg3384]

My old chemistry class in high school read some book called "Hiroshima" I think, a collection of stories about some survivors from the bombing of Hiroshima. The descriptions of some people were so insanely gruesome.

[@ChrisPBacon9]

The one where someone tried to lend a hand and their skin came off like a glove was the one that always got me 😬

[@nubworthycigars6682]

I’ve been binging a ton of episodes for the last few days. As a student of history this is very entertaining stuff. I just hope anyone who finds any of these topics interesting that they do more research on the topics that interest them to give yourself a broader context and perspective. Every topic I’ve been more familiar with definitely leaves out details I wouldn’t omit from the story, but then again I’ve never tried to condense massive historical events into 3-4 min video. So, hats off to @history matters. My comments and mission (to those who choose to accept it) is study history more.

[@carlosherrera6851]

I've also been binge watching that, but I don't consider myself a student of history, although I would like to read more on this topic. Is there any source or book you recommend?

[@MrBattlecharge]

Challenge accepted

[@MrBattlecharge]

​@@carlosherrera6851 "Hiroshima" by John Hersey

[@bootdude7527]

If you Google Tsutomu Yamaguchi his expression isnt sad, or traumatic (given the man survived two atomic bombs) It's more of an "yeah I've been through the shit"

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

he is living with the fact that americans are loco

[@TheGentlemanGamer]

It's my dream for the $10 Patreon tier to open up again just so I can back as Bames Jizzonette.

[@jamesbissonette8002]

I should change my name to that

[@mickey4125]

@@jamesbissonette8002 I found him! Finally!

[@jmjedi923]

@@mickey4125 holy shit I'll get my camera

[@jhmcd2]

There is another reason why the relief efforts were scarce. One thing that isn't well known is that, other bombings in Japan had actually had far higher casualty counts and were far more destructive. Initially Japan thought this bombing was similar to the one conducted on Tokyo just a few months prior.

[@mackys774]

Do a video called ‘’What if James Bizonette didn’t support the channel?’’

[@Mahesha2310]

Economy Downturn , Yo

[@adventurenlifelive4031]

History will still matter

[@LordJaric]

I'm seeing this name all over the comment section but it isn't ringing a bell to me.

[@LordJaric]

@Kiaser Jerry and what is special about this one supporter over the others?

[@CraigTheCriminal]

This channel won’t have any economic downturn as they got Kelly Moneymaker

[@MC-CFC]

I feel like this channel reads my subconscious on the answers I want. Great content.

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

MInd : Do you think the eagle in the roman flag migrated to america with washington and became american ? Simple sistory uploads the same vid

[@pota2531]

When Hiroshima survivor moves to Nagasaki “well it looked like a big rain drop kinda like that thing in the sky” 💥

[@glennchartrand5411]

The Hiroshima was 15 kilotons....Nagasaki was 21 Kilotons So Hiroshima was just warming him up for Nagasaki.

[@TrialByDance]

"8:15 in the morning and the population of Hiroshima...was dead." *thud*

[@chalaars2939]

@cycl0ps__ no not really

[@timberthus2562]

Except he’s not quoting, because this wasn’t said in the video.

[@daljan1101]

@cycl0ps__Did you just start using the internet?

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

​@cycl0ps__ Would you care to point out when in the video this quote is from

[@melonschooleducationandlea4653]

@cycl0ps__ Welcome to KZbin Comments! This is where 55% of comments are quotes. (don't quote me on that) (how ironic)

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

We read a very sad story when we learned about Hiroshima called Shin's Tricycle, a story about a toddler and his tricycle. I admit, I cried a bit while reading it. He was still holding onto the handlebars when the bomb was detonated

[@KuK137]

What is sad is the fact they made 5876904 sad stories about bombing but zero about their war crimes and to this day deny they happened...

[@MithrandirFreak]

@@KuK137 That's not true...?

[@anubhavghosh4556]

@@KuK137 most people don't deny it, the govt does

[@batuhanbayer5058]

@@ZackMarrs556NAT0 A man fights to the death, a soldier kills a soldier this is what war ethics say, if you drop a nuclear warhead to the heart of a industrial city filled with kids babies and civilians then I'm sory but even if you win easily that makes Americans equal to imperal japanese in my eyes as ethics go. There's literally nothing left for Americans to say about japanese cause at the moment that bomb ignited above hiroshima they became equally brutal and unetichal.

[@ZackMarrs556NAT0]

@@batuhanbayer5058 next time, make sure you understand the choices before you lecture others on ethics. Those bombs saved the lives of millions. Only a pure shitbag tries to argue that.

[@shoopiesty805]

Tsutomi: *Hears and witnesses massive explosion, gets burned from it and moves somewhere else* Tsutomi: *hears same explosion again* Tsutomi: “Are you fucking kidding me”

[@MontyRL]

I love your videos man, keep it up. You make history fun. The animation, narration, voice, everything.

[@stephank9172]

Its great to be hearing about those specific topics you don’t learn about in history class

[@Fox2-Videos]

1:13 the building in the top right is called the Hiroshima Bomb Dome. I have visited it before, and although it symbolizes a nuke-ing, it is generally peaceful.

[@lombardo141]

That Yamaguchi guys is proof that "if its not your time to go, its literally not your time to go"

[@andreassoderholm3870]

Yeah he become over 90 years old and that after being nuked twice a feat in itself and when he hit his nineties he started to take about his experiences in school and went to UN to take against the bomb, he was a quite remarkable person.

[@thoughtportal123]

Today's Atomic boms are way more powerful and scarier

[@peterg76yt]

A modern fusion bomb uses an atomic bomb as its detonator.

[@garybrown2039]

Unfortunately that’s very true. To put it in perspective, my history teacher told me that if one modern bomb was dropped in New York City parts of NJ and Delaware would be dying from atomic fire if they didn’t die from the initial blast. Meanwhile those in the middle and southeastern states would likely get cancer from the radioactive dust .

[@planetkc]

Correction *Nuclear and *Hydrogen

[@hothoploink1509]

@@garybrown2039 There is a common misconception there: While radiation should not be ignored and is pretty horrible, it is nowhere near as bad as media often represents it. Yes, many people die directly from radiation sickness in the vicinity of the explosion (those that survive the other effects), it's not actually that much and further away it's effects are at most a slight increase in cancer rates. I mean the biggest bomb ever detonated, the tsar bomba (roughly 50 times the power of the most powerful bombs currently deployed by the nuclear powers) was detonated over northern russia, and there is no evidence of radiation sickness and while there was a slight increase in cancer rated it was only in the far north, it didn't spread to cover the eurasian landmass. Any modern bomb that can be carried by missiles that detonates in NYC would have no effect on states outside new england and even there a lot more limited than people usually believe.

[@doctorthee]

@@peterg76yt You make it sound strange. It's just a combinations of fission and fusion in stages, still going all off in seconds. Even older bombs were fusionbombs/thermonuclear, just like the Tsar bomba.

[@briantayler1230]

Gidday, my father went through Hiroshima in 1952. He remembered it largely as a shanty town with no multistory buildings.

[@filmart430]

Legend has it that after leaving Hiroshima then Nagasaki, he built a small cabin on top of Mt. Saint Helen in January 1980.

[@LadyCooper]

I went to Hiroshima last year and it was it was interesting to see what the city is apart from the bomb. Folks there are absolutely insanely passionate about their local baseball team, the Hiroshima Carp.

[@addyred1861]

They named the team....carp🙃

[@Ihaveagasmask]

Man imagine a fucking nuke being less popular that a local baseball team

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

what u see aint always the reality

[@mattdavis9601]

The Carp are owned by Mazda, the car company. (Mazda is Toyo Kogyo, IIRC)

[@arkady714]

I'd no idea about Hamaguchi. Thank you for yet another brilliant video.

[@abren5974]

You need to make a mini-biography for James Bisonette, that way I can die in peace

[@ed6077]

The last thing I always hear when I’m done with these videos is James Bizzanett

[@davidstout6051]

My mother saw the ruins of Hiroshima shortly after the war while working for the Canadian Embassy. She said it was the most horrible scene she had ever seen.

[@johnmccnj]

I feel like a horrible person for laughing at Mr Yamaguchi's "Dude - WTF" expression towards General Macarthur at 1:32

[@remhawk73]

“Since that building no longer existed.”

[@arandomyoutubeaccount3166]

1:32 LOL, that angry face Yamaguchi makes towards MacArthur.

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

You meet me after class BOY

[@Patrick_3751]

Video ideas for other notable destroyed cities from WW2: Nagasaki Dresden Stalingrad Nanjing Warsaw Tokyo

[@twanlenaerts1512]

Don't forget Rotterdam

[@HipFire1]

DJ Harris whirlwind tour was wild

[@MrAkurvaeletbe]

Berlin hamburg cologne

[@gachalostitall979]

Manila. Pretty crazy stuff there too

[@brremsilverte.9022]

LEGO city

[@LowLiving]

Imagine that... surviving 2 nukes... dude I'd be steaming

[@unscenegamers]

He was steaming too, radiation does that to people.

[@devin1234]

The pilot's face at 0:43 gets me every time

[@zothanmawiapachuau]

"What's your assessment of the situation based on your expertise?" "Seems nukey...."

[@tammygant4216]

I highly recommend "To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima" for eyewitness accounts (arranged minute by minute) leading up to and right after both bombs and even updates years later. It turns out, Mr. Yamaguchi wasn't the only one to leave Hiroshima and go to Nagasaki (though he was the only one to be in ground zero for both). It's heartbreaking, but beautifully written and brings a human face to these tragedies.

[@stevemc01]

Yamaguchi in Nagasaki watching the nurse point outside the window: "Aw s***. Here we go again..."

[@CavCave]

Imagine if James Bizanette and History Matters were the same people all along.

[@Masada1911]

0:00 Japanese guy looks so dissapointed :-(

[@fattahrambe]

No shit

[@kelpthing5209]

Me too

[@flynn659]

@@fattahrambe Yes shit

[@pgsells]

I thought it was the ambassador who came to sign the treaty on board the Missouri.

[@leirumf5476]

I'll leave my little grain of sand here. There are two mangas by Fumiyo Kouno, one about life during wwII in Kouno (and how the bombings were felt there) where the character is from Hiroshima. And the other one is about a family from Hiroshima who survived the bombings but had to live through the aftermath of it and the problems that the nuke still posed to the survivors. I'd recommend them both if anyone is interested to know more.

[@sid2112]

I would like to thank James Bizonett. Thanks, James.

[@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

Before: *BANZAI!* After: *SENPAI!* A bit more: *HENTAI!*

[@JonatasAdoM]

Now: WAIFAI!

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Anime is an effect of radiation the bombs caused.

[@FlagAnthem]

Do you guys know that Hokusai didn't just draw giant waves and Mount Fuji perspectives, don't you?

[@とふこ]

The most famous hentai was "dream of fisherman's wife" from 1814 ... and nowadays i can play China inferno on DLsite English. (and i hope the FBI would not nuke me for it)

[@colecummings2071]

Ebola guy:what have I done?!?

[@alexandermathieson4774]

the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima , as tragically horrific as they were , probably saved millions of lives, without the direct witness to the aftermath , the world may have been pushed into war on october 16 1962, after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@christopherclark9569]

lol m8 killing innocent civilians rather than brutal japanese army 🥴 and aftermath could've been shown through nuclear tests

[@alexandermathieson4774]

@@christopherclark9569 it almost took 3 to end Japans war, they had a " last man standing " policy . and humans arnt the smartest of creatures , bombing desert isn't as big an example as the 3 generations of birth defects in those 2 regions .

[@christopherclark9569]

@@alexandermathieson4774 well last man standing policy is justified for a small country like Japan even nazis had a similar policy like that but surrendered after , and this might have eased the Cuban missile crisis but brought more shit to world like arms race , Vietnam Korean wars and Islamic radicalisation(blowback of 🇺🇸) U could still win a war without bombing ,Well china is going to be more dominant than 🇺🇸 in few years🥲

[@alexandermathieson4774]

@@christopherclark9569 China is counting on western apathy , greed and stupidity. the arms race was going 1000 years before we split the atom , and Islamic radicalization ? that started just after the 1st rightly guided khalifa. in 632, that's got zip to do with us. khrushchev wouldn't have back down if he hadn't seen the nuclear horror.

[@dumigamez397]

Innocent civilians that would have fought with sticks.

[@erikperik1671]

No after-credit scene this time?

[@densgwapo6123]

Yeah. James bizzonet gonna stop the economy of this channel if u stop the end credits scenes

[@jeffreyli7421]

“If I had a coin for every time I survived an atomic bombing, I would have two coins. Which isn’t much but it’s strange that it happened twice”

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Hirohito: What happened to my city???? Governament: Eh... Godzilla?

[@athapratama55]

USA: “We Nuked Japan” Japan: “Oh Really? I don’t believe you.”

[@jmjedi923]

"Oh yeah? Prove it with another one!"

[@JosephSheu86]

Hi. Great video as always. Small error, whenever the animation showed the sign signalling Hiroshima in Kanji script, it actually says Nagasaki instead.

[@inigochicano]

Yamaguchi literally won the worst lottery by getting nuked twice, then immediately winning the best lottery by surviving both bombings.

[@14thbattlegroupcommander]

STATUS: -no water -little food -loads of chalkboards

[@johnmanno2052]

If you read the excellent graphic novel "The Tale of Gen" written by a survivor of the bombing, you get an excellent, and horrifying, picture of what happened, and what it was like.

[@ALLMETAL1970]

That was later adapted into the movie "barefoot gen", which also got a sequel to it.

[@johnmanno2052]

@@ALLMETAL1970 OMG!!! I'll try to find that! Thank you!

[@ALLMETAL1970]

@@johnmanno2052 I've seen the first but not the 2nd first movie put me off watching the 2nd. Tell me how that one is if you get a chance to watch both.

[@johnmanno2052]

@@ALLMETAL1970 huh. The manga is awesome. I'm surprised that the movie wasn't

[@ALLMETAL1970]

@@johnmanno2052 no the movie was brilliant, I just mean because of how quite frankly horrific it was it's putting me off watching the sequel. I don't know if it'll be tamer or even more scary, I just don't want to be put through the type of hell the first one brought.

[@TheOfficial007]

My sister heard a Japanese couple who came from overseas to talk about Hiroshima at her college. The women was just a child at the time hanging out with her dad as they were doing work in like a mini courtyard within the house. She said the destruction almost instantaneous. She was knocked over but was able to get up but her father was alive stuck under debris. He told her to leave and save herself but she would not leave him so he played a game with her which may be rock, paper, scissors if not something similar to it. He said that if he won she would to leave and if she won they would play again. Her opinion of the bombings were that they were obviously terrible but she understood why they took place. Sad story but a great reason to strive to stop problems before they reach those points.

[@NoTraceOfSense]

As someone who's seen the museum in Hiroshima, let me tell you: No human should ever have to suffer how they did.

[@skee7259]

Its called Karma..They massacred civilians, they got massacred Too

[@TheManinBlack9054]

@@skee7259 those civilians did not massacre anyone. You have zero empathy for other people.

[@skee7259]

@@TheManinBlack9054 Imperial Army => killed Civilians... US army => killed theirs... See?

[@localman7017]

Yeah, it really is a shame the Japanese leadership brought such horror down on their own people. Likewise for the millions of other East Asian civilians that were bludgeoned or stabbed to death and otherwise mutilated by Japanese soldiers.

[@s_369]

At least things have gotten a lot better now

[@MelonGearSolid]

I always found it strange that in history class (Scotland) we were never taught about the Japanese involvement in WW2 other than the two bombings. I can only speculate the reason for this is that what the Japanese did to China wasn't appropriate to be taught to teenage kids.

[@Nate-gj3jx]

The bombs weren’t appropriate too

[@tayler2396]

@@Nate-gj3jx What would your choice have been?

[@tayler2396]

@@peter3334floyd You don't seem to know much about history, peter3334floyd, but you do have opinions. Do you think ports weren't bombed prior to the use of atomic bombs? Lots of things were bombed including other cities with conventional bombs, which killed even more people over the course of the war. Also, Children Peter. Children? Did you know that the Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos and others also had children?

[@ra_alf9467]

I think because you're in Europe, sir. Here in Asia we were teached more about Japan than Germany during WW2

[@nickbell4984]

@@peter3334floyd the fact that it took not one but two atomic bombs and the complete flattering of Osaka and Tokyo to get the Japanese to surrender emphasizes how many more people would have died in the alternative decision of invading.

[@arandomyoutubeaccount3166]

I just noticed that someone is caught underneath some wreckage at 0:22, The bottom-right, by the way.

[@uglyteethbakeryandotherstr7333]

What happened to the little clips at the end? I liked that.

[@312squadron]

Wow, that’s harsh living in Hiroshima and flee to safety of Nagasaki. But this guy also had an incredible luck because surviving two atomic bomb attacks is probability beyond comprehension.

[@bluefandango]

a great vid for a polarizing subject. neat job.

[@matthewtrent2019]

Q- what we’re conditions like in the city after the bomb was dropped? A- What city?

[@NexusApollo]

"Lol. That plane says Gay on it-"

[@zawarudo596]

**disintegrates**

[@yakutza3922]

@Stuart Aaron or father

[@sandhopper599]

Hee Hee - you said "gay"...........

[@seriouspain4136]

*dies*

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

There’s an iconic anime called Barefoot Gen that covers the bombing of Hiroshima and the aftermath. It’s truly a chilling and emotional film, the scene where the bomb drops is truly some of the most graphic scenes I’ve ever seen in anime.

[@ALLMETAL1970]

There's a sequel to that as well, plus it was based of a manga that was written by a survivor.

[@LegoLiam1803]

Japan after the bomb: *WE’VE GOT TO HAVE...MONEY*

[@electricalcoconut979]

"Hey man why is there another sun?" a few seconds later and he died

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

“Chalkboards for days” induced a hysterical chuckle storm in my body

[@Numba003]

1:38 “chalkboards for days” 😂. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊