THE PACIFIC WAR - Japan versus the US | Full Documentary

It was a bitter fight for supremacy in Asia. Japan had provoked the US in the Pacific War. The Second World War now spanned the entire globe. The two naval nations competed against each other on the world’s largest ocean and fought battles on an unprecedented scale.
In the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese bombers destroy most of the American Pacific fleet within hours and kill 2,500 U.S. soldiers. The surprise military strike is intended to help secure Japan's supremacy in the Eastern Pacific. It is the beginning of the Pacific War, which only comes to an end after the atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945. The WELT documentary reconstructs its course using mostly color original footage.
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[@shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261]

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[@crazyvideos273]

This is the best documentary I have seen so far in my life. No exaggeration, no useless talks, no interviews, just pure documentary. Loved it.

[@browniejnr]

Have you seen the World War II in colour series? And World War II in colour greatest battles, I highly recommend

[@christhut8140]

indeed. i love the format. real footage, real stories. excellent documentary!

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[@russ1anruff1an11]

My grandpa served under the 5th marine division during the assault on Iwo Jima, luckily he made it home okay and got to serve in Korea and Vietnam. He lived a long and happy life, and continues to be a huge inspiration for me.

[@johnandreiposadas303]

your grandpa is good

[@blacktreasuremaster]

Semper Fi grandpa

[@josephkamotho9340]

Did he told you how he survived?

[@secullenable]

Wow, your grandpa must have been a glutton for punishment! Salute to him.

[@Cal-28-03]

Salute

[@stephanblack4558]

My Father was Canadian Black Watch Special forces during WWII on the Normandy beach, he was Sergeant Major, then he was in Korea 1950-1953 but he would never talk about it. Thank you.

[@AdityaSingh-pc7fe]

Now we indian believes Canada is most hypocrite country in the world.

[@davy1458]

No matter how many of these documentaries I watch.....i still cant get enough to satisfy my addiction to historical content.

[@scott643]

I understand, but sadly the occupants of this day and time want to erase history so the young won’t be able to know about the past. They want the benefit of the blood our fathers and grandfathers shed . But without the respect or acknowledgment of the cost..their arrogance and ignorance is part of an invasion of a different kind . It’s been launched against our country from the hate from the countries that wish us out of the picture. And they ride in on the coat tails of a party that created hate from way back like the kkk . If they can’t control? Then scorched earth policy is and always has been their norm. What our blood bought, they give it away to anyone other than our descendants of the ones that paid the price for their future blood. The only disadvantage for these control freaks is? When u have control and ur not strong enough to pay the price? Eventually ull get walked over an lose ur freedoms. That’s why they’re gonna lose their grip and run out of the control they’ve had . If ww2 had been fought in this day an time of don’t hurt my feeling weak beings of today? U woulda seen a different history that was ruled by Japan and Germany both.

[@Voucher765]

Same here, Even though I've mostly moved past WWII this is still interesting to watch.

[@davy1458]

@@Voucher765 yeah I've mostly moved on from ww2 as well....lately I been mostly interested in ww1 and Korean War

[@davy1458]

I never get tired of biblical history.

[@gemmamudd7167]

I have the same addiction I need my fix

[@real_life7770]

No matter how many of these documentaries I watch, I always learn something new each time.

[@Coach_Vedo]

Well,documentaries are for that.

[@b_Loopy]

Because there is more to history than racial injustices… sorry, I’m pissed, my professor hovered over WWII

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

What new things u learnt

[@thegeneralofsound]

If you aren't learning something everyday then you really need to re evaluate where your life is--that's what I was taught

[@oaesan]

The world governments of today don't learn anything, if they do, they'll be more interested in peace than war. WW2 is the mother of most of the world conflicts we're living with today. War never pays.

[@allencline2954]

I’m 27 I had a great grandpa I never knew who was in the war. I hear stories I wanna learn, I don’t wanna let what these men fought for be forgotten!

[@odessa_japan]

As a Filipino currently living in Japan, I can’t comprehend how this tragedy ever happened. Tears pooled my eyes as I am watching this documentary film and it broke my heart into million pieces. I am really hoping there will be no war to happen ever again.

[@bbrewer5]

It will, unfortunately. It says so in the Bible. Whether we're here to see another world War, depends on if you're saved. The battle of Armageddon is closer than we think.

[@pascualbautistasira56]

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[@gaoxiaen1]

Today's Japan is not WWII's Japan. Nonetheless, they are allies against the CCP menace. I will not feel sorry for the Chinese if Japan attacks today!

[@jeebusk]

Interesting, you wrote this after the invasion of Ukraine started.

[@村田利仁]

Maybe it wasn't necessary ... However, Japan's position is the same as this line of Rambo. 『They drew first blood, not me.』… 🔷 May 3, 1946 (Showa 21), in Tokyo. Former US President Herbert Hoover and Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers MacArthur discussed "what exactly was the Pacific War" for three days. At that time, Hoover said something that no Japanese would have thought of ... "The Pacific War is not a war started by Japan. That American "madman Roosevelt" Caused a war between Japan and the United States. It's not a mental illness to say that he is crazy, He really wanted to go to war ... The result of that desire was the US-Japan War. " Upon hearing the words, MacArthur clearly agreed ... ⬛Stop the expression sneak attack! Japan has been observing the world situation well since the Edo period From Japan's point of view, they are the thieves who borrowed the names of missionaries and trade. Japan was dangerous about the desire to control foreign powers Their purpose is to squeeze, take over, and finally enslave Japan's property. The content that was being discussed in the US Congress was exactly the same as the sense of crisis in Japan. It just made it dangerous for Russia's reddening (communism) to move south ... that is because security for Japan and its neighbors Why do they believe in such stupid recommendations from the United Nations to Japan, stigmatization as invaders or war criminals, their wearing justice masks? I don't know what it means ... I'd like to give a bad impression that Japan started a war with Russia, but there should have been no crime that "started a war" under international law at that time ... 　 Such a thing was made by the United States to judge Japan ... The United States is still "Remember ○○ Remember ○○" America doing big war business by advertising that ... You guys aren't qualified to talk about Japan. 😊 ⬛No country is as misunderstood as Japan in our perception. In fact, the opposite is true ... The Chinese army is known to the most barbaric Taiwanese and Hong Kongers Soviet army too😊 Today's Koreans also hide their cruelty in the Korean army ... Their history always says bad things about others and blames them, They want to believe that they are pure victims ... We really want you to stop the annoying bullshit. 😊 They have the bad hobby For some reason, they made only unrealistic anti-Japanese comedy movies ... They always believe that Japan is inferior to them Much of their culture comes from Japan, and counterfeit products are at the same level as China. Incorporating that supposedly inferior culture is clearly self-contradictory, but ... On the contrary, for the pride of the people, raising the country saying "We taught Japan" Using Japan for business It ’s only their achievement ... At the end of the phrase, even Japan's cooperation and technical support It seems that they have grown up believing in them as the pride of Koreans since they were children ... But when they learn that this economic development is not their own independence ... They started to say 　 "war criminal companies" It's really stupid things ... This is South Korea, which has been telling Japan to "learn history." Of course, Japanese cooperation was removed from the textbook Great buildings built under Japanese rule were destroyed. Such movements in Japan and the United States may look the same, but ... I don't want you to misunderstand It is completely different that the statue was dragged down by reviewing the history of the black movement ... It is said that both the United States and South Korea happened when their own historical lies were revealed ... Obviously, It's not Japan's problem This is what they call anti-Japanese psychosis Because South Korea's founding philosophy is anti-Japanese ... They foster a distorted patriotism It ’s pitiful to break the truth too much. So why do they like to embrace inferior Japanese culture and maximize their travel destinations to Japan, which should be hell ... And Koreans, who are said to have a crime rate six times higher than Japan, The conscientious Japanese are also pitiful who have been deceived & used by their history.

[@hiroakiikeda2943]

Being half filipino and half japanese, this is one of the most important history that excites me to watch and review because my grandfather was a former great guerilla. And my grandma always tell me real stories about these war days and how they survived the war . Goosebumps everytime

[@jessiefinch3295]

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[@akashdaurtedecruz9476]

USA dnt take japan so seriously

[@billyrock8305]

Heroes 🇯🇵

[@berncorpino]

Respect

[@reginowaga2598]

Yokatta neh.. as a filipino who have lived in japan for almost 20 yrs. I have few knowledge about the war between our country thanks to youtube i always get excited watching every war videos. Sore dewa itsuka au hi made🤣🤣🤣

[@Benny2Steakz]

I had heard my whole life about how my father fought as a Marine in the Pacific. Yet I never asked him about it and he never told me about it. He died many years ago and a huge hole has been left in my life.

[@DerekWicks]

Maybe its a good thing you didn't ask, he probably lost a lot of good friends that day

[@leonardnordenstrom1463]

to fight there was absolute hell. so, its not something they talk about.

[@leonardnordenstrom1463]

he probably went through literal hell. you missed a lot.

[@Orophile_303]

Request for his service records at least at the national archives of I'm not mistaken 🤷 probably went through hell and didn't want to talk about it but having paperwork of his time of his service might fill that hole a little.

[@blockmasterscott]

My Filipina grandmother told me that she was 15 when the Americans retook the Philippines. She told me the medics were worried about her, made sure she was ok, and gave her father medication, food, and chocolate, and told them everything was going to be ok. Up until the day she died, she had tears in her eyes when talking about how much she loved Americans. Her brother (they both moved to California) flew an American flag in front of his house until he died.

[@moiseshuerta3984]

Americans killed way more Filipinos than the Japanese ever did. Are you really Filipino? Never heard of the American Filipino war?

[@Bam07676]

Wasnt she ever mad abt the phillipine-american war?

[@kimalexandreiuy7121]

@@Bam07676 well Filipino -american war did do some chaos across Philippines during that time but I do believe that the reason behind that is the cowardness of our 1st president who did nothing but to wait for American to start invading them,

[@kenhubbard7355]

THIS WAS WHEN AMERICA WAS GREAT , NOT BECAUSE AMERICA WAS WINNING THE WAR , BUT RATHER THE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY HAD MORALS , IMPORTANT VALUES AND CARED . YOUR PRIORITIES WERE NOT CENTERED ON MONEY AND PROFIT , NOT LIKE TODAY , AMERICA CAN STILL WIN WARS BUT YOU'VE LOST ALL THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS THAT MADE AMERICAN GREAT TRUMP COULDN'T MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN , BECAUSE HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS VALUABLE HE BELIEVES IT TO BE MONEY AND POWER AMERICA DOESN'T EVEN LOOK AFTER ITS OWN ANYMORE , TO BUSY MAKING $$$ AND SEEKING POWER SO SAD SO LONG AMERICA

[@Rubiealcordo]

we were too weak to fight our 1st president helped by gurilla warfare he was evacuated by the americans

[@dotosmelucio]

Thank God he saved my Dad from this intense battle in Cebu Philippines, his American soldier friend put him on his back while battling with the Japanese soldiers, his story was shared to us while we are young.

[@christhut8140]

god bless

[@muhammadwahid6361]

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[@researcher6682]

asa dapit sa Cebu ang inyo bay?

[@dotosmelucio]

@@researcher6682 Sa Bugo intawon

[@001suisen4]

This does not deserve the name of a documentary. At that time, there were no “countries” such as Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Vietnam is a French territory, Indonesia is a Dutch territory, the Philippines is an American territory, and Malaysia is a British territory. The real invaders are the cruel Christian whites. As evidence of this, after the defeat of the Japanese Empire, the white army began to invade Southeast Asia again. However, the remaining Japanese soldiers and the independence army raised by the Japanese army fought against the white invaders. This is the case outside the Philippines. During the War of Independence, evil people were putting Japan on trial for "crimes of aggression in Asia."

[@filipecardoso_terapeuta]

The children made me cry,they are shaking. Stiil disturbing after all this years.

[@seandaleporlares1474]

I have two grandfathers who fought during world war II, unfortunately they didn't make it through the war. I am very proud of them for fighting for our country. 😊

[@ВасильевВладимир-з7ф]

Please allow me to give you and your grandfathers the highest respect，my friend.

[@hanoitripper1809]

Which country

[@ka-buddyvlogz3467]

phillipines

[@pubgpeoples4558]

@@lukemcleary215 ignorant child

[@johnlawler4241]

My Great Uncle was in the Navy and he told me that once he as able to load a ship with supplies.

[@webbtrekker534]

No mention of the US Submarines that sank 55% of all Japanese merchant ships and about 30% of the Japanese Navy. Submarines sank their fuel, their iron ore, their rubber and much food. Submarines starved their troops and denied them reinforcements and resupply. US Submarines had the highest attrition rate of any branch of any US military service in WW II just under 25% of all submariners died with their subs.

[@keepthefaith9805]

True

[@DeathYesPlease]

I didnt know that, thank you!

[@TheApp9]

Salute to the American groups from Germany. Your grand and grand-grand fathers were heroes. Not only you defeated Hitler and held the great, fair and modern Nürnberg trials, you helped building a new nation, compared to the communist and totalitarian part of Germany under Russia. We today can not remotely imagine how your grand fathers dealt with inhuman living conditions during the war and their brave behaviour, putting their life’s in danger for a country on the other side of the ocean. Thank you for your service to all current and former participants of the mighty US military.

[@Adam-ub9nu]

Were it not for our Allies we'd have accomplished little. Thank you, much love from the US.

[@theturtwig50]

Much love from America!

[@amano2961]

Americas greatest victory was making a bunch of movies and make it sound like they did the hard part. Soviet Union did the hard work....

[@finn353]

It is undeniable that the USSR did the hard part of the work, but it is stupid to think that the Americans were sitting and resting somewhere at that time. Lend-Lease assistance, the war in the Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese were not weak allies of Hitler, and the liberation of Southeast Asia brought victory closer, as did the huge contribution of the USSR. The USSR liberated from Nazism, and the USA from Japanese militarism, and if someone thinks that one of the parties can be excluded and said that their contribution was supposedly “insignificant”, such a person should be shown a history book right in the face. Otherwise, such people would now live in a completely different world, if not for the contribution of the same United States to the war.

[@Deano-Dron81]

@@amano2961👏👏 True.

[@bayareathrasher666]

Don’t not blame each other for the sins of the fathers. I love Japan. I love America. I love peace.

[@idipped2521]

I love Japan. Basically everyone in America does

[@mangojuice7666]

@@idipped2521 Because they never really experienced Japanese brutality the way Filipinos, who were US nationals at the time, did. Ordinary Americans didn't know what it's like to have hundreds and thousands of your men massacred and your young teens dragged on the streets to be raped by 2 dozen Japanese soldiers daily. That's the hell US colony, Philippines went through in WW2.

[@blockmasterscott]

@@idipped2521 Agreed 100%.

[@selflove428]

I agree

[@anrie2623]

50 minutes of my life was not wasted. I enjoyed it 3 times when KZbin algorithm pop out i watched it.

[@pdeguzman13]

My dad fought alongside of the Americans. Proud of you dad. Mahal kita.

[@endoftheworld29]

I was able to go to the memorial in Leyte where McArthur landed when he came back to the Philippines before the whole pandemic situation. It gave me goosebumps when I stood there on the same spot where US soldiers and Filipino guerillas forces stood and fought side by side against the Japanese troops.

[@chewycaca]

And forget the US probably massacred more fillipinos during their conquest against spain than the japanese.

[@endoftheworld29]

@@chewycaca Yeah but they did provided good living to the Filipino people after the commotion

[@wilmerbesitan1200]

@@endoftheworld29 and more than 50 years of Hollywood my great grandfather said

[@edtrine8692]

@@chewycaca Killed by Japanese in WWII. An estimated 527,000 Filipinos, both military and civilians, had been killed from all causes; of these between 131,000 and 164,000 were killed in seventy-two war crime events.

[@rodsims5599]

Me too, I've been to McArthur Park on Leyte where he came ashore.

[@zackwhite8274]

These kind of naval/air battles had to be extremely intense

[@markn6941]

Imagine if the US hadn't broken the Japanese code.

[@3257bm]

Every young American needs to watch this in order to appreciate what people died for to help preserve this country.

[@SlurryNoises]

"They strapped old, Japanese friendship-medals to their bombs, as a greeting to the enemy." Damn, that's cold. 😂

[@jshepard152]

The Pearl Harbor attack irritated Americans just a bit.

[@TheResilient5689]

@@jshepard152More than a little bit.

[@darthsilversith667]

@@TheResilient5689Don’t touch our boats lol

[@TheResilient5689]

@@darthsilversith667 And don’t go about starting unjustified wars, pillaging/looting/abusing innocent people, and conducting human experiments, for that matter.

[@darthsilversith667]

@@TheResilient5689 But most importantly.. don’t touch our boats lol

[@llongone2]

I've been in a lot of places in the Philippines and seen small photos of MacArthur hanging on the wall. His promise and his return apparently meant a lot to some/many of the people there.

[@kikimkuki4031]

Please stop guys don't created third world War

[@hawkeyeten2450]

South Korea has a large statue of him in Inchon. For all his ego and flaws, MacArthur became a hero to multiple foreign peoples.

[@y.burnthefioor]

戦争に民間人も捲き込まれ悲惨ですネ🤧女性や子供の映像には心が痛みます🥺🤧女性が断崖から身投げする映像は、何度見ても胸が絞めつけられます🥺🤧捕虜になる事は恥辱で女性は辱しめを受けると、教えを受けて来たからこんな悲惨な結果になってしまった😢😭💧戦争で亡くなった方々のご冥福をお祈りします🛐🛐🛐

[@michaelharrington75]

Those Japanese women were told by Japanese soldiers that if they were caught by American soldiers they would be tortured and raped! That's why they killed themselves. They were lied to by their own people.

[@Certainvoice]

You Japanese ppl killed so many Asian ppl..but never apologized it.

[@Physics__guy]

I don't know why in the History books, chapters of world wars when studied in schools were seem boring but on KZbin its Amazing...🖤🖤

[@henrykelly7837]

It was on purpose

[@henrykelly7837]

Look where the public schools are now, Communist

[@Physics__guy]

@@henrykelly7837 i am not communist ,i am from a democratic country...

[@richardmanginelli2624]

It's all about the VISUALS

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

There is a reason the internet is better

[@Surfer041]

My grandfather was part of the island hopping campaign as well as the liberation of the Philippines. He despised the Japanese until the day he died. After hearing The stories he told my father and I, i couldn't blame him.

[@kevinballenger1211]

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) Played A Major Role In The Pacific Theater. At One Time, She Was The Only Operational Aircraft Carrier Available Until The New Essex Class And Jeep Carriers Came Along. ⚓

[@rikvermar7583]

how the US was feeble at the start of the war but then become the No1 super power was truly remarkable - the old saying "they woke up a sleeping bear" is a understatement

[@bayareathrasher666]

Sleeping giant, but close enough

[@DalastHero]

They lost cause they had more fear than courage and thats all cause they showed to much mercy

[@kazu9214]

First of all, I have to say that there is only one fact. After World War I, Japan proposed a bill to eliminate racial discrimination in the League of Nations. However, at that time, African and Asian countries such as Britain, the Netherlands, France, and the Soviet Union were colonized and exploited. The United States was also aiming for China because it wanted Asian interests. Since Europe does not want to give up its interests, Europe has been rejected in opposition to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination proposed by Japan. It was Japan that stood up and fought in such a white supremacist world situation. This is the truth, after World War II, the truth was dispelled from world history textbooks. It is easy to understand if you seriously investigate. Once again, Japan was defeated in World War II, but Japan's independence of the colony from Europe, which was the purpose of Japan's war, was successful as a result.

[@kazu9214]

At the beginning of the 1941 Pacific War, the Japanese Navy's battleships, aircraft carriers, and fighters were the most powerful in the world. Also, on December 10, 1941, the British battleship Repulse Bay, Prince of Wealth, was sunk in just 20 minutes. It was the first time in the world to make full use of the MTF by an aircraft carrier as a tactic. It was overwhelmingly strong in the world. The United States was impatient. The United States has fossil fuel resources and the factory's production capacity was extremely high, so it imitated the Japanese Navy and formed an aircraft carrier task force. However, at the time of the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Japanese Navy was overwhelmingly superior to the US Navy in terms of the number and scale of battleships of the Japanese Navy and the performance of aircraft carriers. Furthermore, Japan was overwhelmingly superior to the United States in the skill level of the crew of fighters and bombers. Both the Japanese and the US knew that fact, so the US was desperate, the order issued by the Japanese Navy headquarters to the fleet was to annihilate the US fleet in the Battle of Midway and return the Japanese fleet unharmed. was. Moreover, while the aircraft carrier of the ally was fighting, 300 battleships of the Japanese Navy were waiting hundreds of kilometers behind, and the captains of each ship gathered at the flagship Yamato to play a chess tournament. Japan was licking the United States. In fact, General Yamamoto was connected to the United States. Yamamoto intentionally lost. Japan, which suffered severe damage, will have an advantage on the US side after this battle. The following year, Yamamoto regrets, keenly aware of his responsibility and commits suicide using an aircraft. Japan, which has no resources such as fossil fuels, could not enter oil and could not use aircraft, etc., and was gradually attacked by the United States. After that, Japan fought alone with the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, France, Australia, etc., but the Soviet Union, which had signed an inviolable treaty against the weakened Japan, broke the treaty and attacked. is. This has become fatal. The Japanese government was preparing to receive the Potsdam Declaration. So the United States didn't have to use the atomic bomb. The United States just wanted to test the effects of the atomic bomb.

[@HUNTERHUNTER806]

Bear 😂😂 they actually woke up the sleeping Giant 😇👍🏼👌🏼

[@Project_Atlas7]

I love history, this is Well made 🇵🇭Philippines fought with US side by side.

[@dannwing4224]

Never have enough WWII documentaries.

[@joesimba]

7:50 8:56 April 18th Tokyo 10:33 May 7th Coral sea 13:42 June 4th Midway 16:39 Aug 1942 Guadalcanal, Solomon 25:19 November 1943 Gilbert

[@jac1192]

3:00. Fucked around 47:45. Found out

[@kazu9214]

At the beginning of the 1941 Pacific War, the Japanese Navy's battleships, aircraft carriers, and fighters were the most powerful in the world. Also, on December 10, 1941, the British battleship Repulse Bay, Prince of Wealth, was sunk in just 20 minutes. It was the first time in the world to make full use of the MTF by an aircraft carrier as a tactic. It was overwhelmingly strong in the world. The United States was impatient. The United States has fossil fuel resources and the factory's production capacity was extremely high, so it imitated the Japanese Navy and formed an aircraft carrier task force. However, at the time of the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Japanese Navy was overwhelmingly superior to the US Navy in terms of the number and scale of battleships of the Japanese Navy and the performance of aircraft carriers. Furthermore, Japan was overwhelmingly superior to the United States in the skill level of the crew of fighters and bombers. Both the Japanese and the US knew that fact, so the US was desperate, the order issued by the Japanese Navy headquarters to the fleet was to annihilate the US fleet in the Battle of Midway and return the Japanese fleet unharmed. was. Moreover, while the aircraft carrier of the ally was fighting, 300 battleships of the Japanese Navy were waiting hundreds of kilometers behind, and the captains of each ship gathered at the flagship Yamato to play a chess tournament. Japan was licking the United States. In fact, General Yamamoto was connected to the United States. Yamamoto intentionally lost. Japan, which suffered severe damage, will have an advantage on the US side after this battle. The following year, Yamamoto regrets, keenly aware of his responsibility and commits suicide using an aircraft. Japan, which has no resources such as fossil fuels, could not enter oil and could not use aircraft, etc., and was gradually attacked by the United States. After that, Japan fought alone with the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, France, Australia, etc., but the Soviet Union, which had signed an inviolable treaty against the weakened Japan, broke the treaty and attacked. is. This has become fatal. The Japanese government was preparing to receive the Potsdam Declaration. So the United States didn't have to use the atomic bomb. The United States just wanted to test the effects of the atomic bomb.

[@ikongchin3088]

@@kazu9214 ķ

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@kazu9214 Japan lost and was shown mercy. End of story. I was still doimg minesweeping in Alaska in 1983 because the Japanese didn't bother to map their minefields. That should have been Japan's job.

[@goldbell1972]

38:01 It is heartbreaking to see all the children laying on ground.... kudos to the soliders who rescued them from the caves. God bless them and the childrens 🙏🙏

[@leomcdo5715]

Thank you America for liberating the Filipinos during desperate years of war.❤We are fortunate to have you on our side.

[@seiyaonoue1008]

日本じゃ無かったんだね、、、

[@thatguy22441]

I did a rotation to the Philippines a few years ago (the rotation was called "Balikatan '08") at Ft. Magsaysay in Luzon. I got to work with the Philippine Army and still am in contact with their commanding officer. It was a PRIVILEGE to work with the Philippine Army. I taught them mortars, and they were outstanding students. We only had one interpreter, so we had to improvise to overcome the language barrier, but mortars are mostly math, and math is the universal language. We actually could have by-passed the Philippines during WW2, but we had a moral obligation to expel the Japanese from your country (and everywhere else, for that matter). On behalf of the people of the United States, I want to apologize for the 100,000 dead during the Philippine Insurrection. We didn't have a choice; the Moros were brutal. In fact, the Moros were why we switched from .38 caliber revolvers to .45 caliber auto pistols.

[@irenebeswayan2149]

So true!!

[@user-sm2he8gl5b]

Smells Like Slave Spirit

[@Drumman_GP]

INSANE and horrifying that my grandfathers served in this war! My grandpa was on board the USS Lexington when it was torpedoed by the Japanese and survived to tell the tale! Amazing time in our nation's history!

[@farmers740]

God bless USA

[@johnlawler4241]

My great Uncle told me stories about how he was a teacher and had to keep the students engaged in learning about history.

[@001suisen4]

This does not deserve the name of a documentary. At that time, there were no “countries” such as Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Vietnam is a French territory, Indonesia is a Dutch territory, the Philippines is an American territory, and Malaysia is a British territory. The real invaders are the cruel Christian whites. As evidence of this, after the defeat of the Japanese Empire, the white army began to invade Southeast Asia again. However, the remaining Japanese soldiers and the independence army raised by the Japanese army fought against the white invaders. This is the case outside the Philippines. During the War of Independence, evil people were putting Japan on trial for "crimes of aggression in Asia."

[@jefffutral2469]

​@@001suisen4whats wrong with you? Actually nevertheless. Ignorance is bliss

[@litapangilinan9047]

L loo see

[@keeganhamilton3760]

Germany: “Japan how is the war going on your side?” Japan: “ fantastic, we just bombed pear harbor!!” Germany: “YOU DID WHAT NOW?!?!?”

[@finndog2759]

Yeah, Roosevelt keeps blocking our food and oil, so we have to take action. Roosevelt was the cause of the Japanese bombing pearl harbor. He knew it would bring the people to go to war. Just like 9-11 when George Bush sr. Bombed the twin towers. Only the sheepeople will believe the lies being told here on this so called documentary!! Friggin garbage. I had an uncle fought in the Pacific war. This ain't how he said it happened.

[@stevek8829]

@@finndog2759 everything you think or say is distorted. Tell us again how Bush Sr was prez on 9/11. Tell me how not selling US oil to Japan is cutting off THEIR oil. Do you even know why?

[@briancco8751]

@@finndog2759 youre delusional.. come back when you know your history

[@chewycaca]

@@finndog2759 Get out of China and you have your food and oil back. Those were the terms. You also get to keep Taiwan, Korea and Manchuria if you did. Now shut up.

[@PunkSlapper123]

@@finndog2759 You should probably get out more.

[@TomMeredith-n9k]

My uncle was born and raised in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. He served in the Navy as a gunner. He was stationed in Pearl Harbor and happened to have left for a week for training on new weaponry. After the attack he specialized gunning down Kamikaze pilots in the Pacific Ocean. After returning home from the war his nerves were frazzled by the fact he killed a lot of the Japanese soldiers. He drank to excess for a few years. Eventually all became well again and he was great to spend time with. My Grandfather owned over 2000 acres and he would take us for jeep rides. He maintained Two Navy Surplus jeeps.

[@AllenHiLo]

Thanks for sharing. As a ChineseAmerican, I thank the U.S navy from my bottom heart, I even felt proud. But when I saw the Japanese children I cried. No war please!!!

[@nigelmikaele]

I was sad for the innocent people who died as well.. and also more so because they wanted to preserve their way of life and morals.

[@generizze6243]

We are actually in bitter relationship with mainland china. So be prepare.

[@JustAnotherRandomGuy-_-]

Tell it to the pregnant women and babies sliced in two by the Japanese in the Philippines. 🇵🇭 Vengeance is best served cold.

[@queenpro489]

米国が日本に対して行った野蛮さを忘れることはできません。 いつの日か、日本は野蛮なアメリカに復讐するでしょう。 しかし今ではありません。 今、私たちはアメリカと友好的でなければなりません。

[@Voucher765]

Same here, The Chinese suffered miserably under Japanese occupation with the most barbaric war crimes against them being worse than the Holocaust in Europe

[@pyercz5224]

i have no words, the documentary tells everything, hats off to the people behind it, and salute to every hero of world war, God bless everyone

[@Tsurulum]

Thank you America..❤❤from Indonesia

[@royparker7856]

Excellent recounting of WW2. Pearl Harbor was meant to be a knock out blow to the US but was actually the worst strategic blunder ever committed. It brought America into the war many months before we would have entered it, if ever. Public opinion in the states was overwhelmingly against US involvement in the war and we had not mobilized our industry for wartime production except for a limited number of companies. After Pearl Harbor, almost all Americans wanted Japan and the Axis ground into dust and were willing to do whatever that required. It became a patriotic duty to contribute to the war effort. Farmers, factory workers, laborers, and every other part of American society worked and sacrificed to arm and supply the troops. Many thought that Japan got off way too easily at the end of the war.

[@perniciouspete4986]

Certainly the Chinese and Manchurians thought they did.

[@sgtmack23]

I personally don't think that they got off lightly. For once the allied County's got it totally right in dealing with Japan and Germany. If you want a demonstration of how not to do it look at the end of ww1! Mostly France but UK and USA left Germany in such a demoralised state that it was inevitable that something like the Nazi's would come to power.

[@amunra5330]

No shit Sherlock

[@ronaldtongo6712]

Yes it's their mistake to involve USA in WW2. T

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

We could debate the what ifs forever (which is fine and interesting). My view is that the US would have become drawn in against Japan eventually, so from a Japanese standpoint it only make sense to attack if even to gain a temporary advantage. They had some bad assumptions about American morale and the long term capability of our industrial machine, to be sure, but if they wanted to build an empire that comes in contact with the US, the question would only be a question of "when". Japan needed resources and territories to be able to fight that, so they decided to gain as much as fhey could, and quickly. I think it was just an inevitability that the US war machine would eventually outstrip them. There's no way Japan could grow enough to equal our output.

[@northerniltree]

My grandfather fought in the Pacific war and said he knew he was allergic to machine guns, as he would always break out in little holes.

[@douglaslindstrand4361]

Filipinos aided US troops and gave their lives helping us during WW2, our countries have been close for over 100 years. God bless the people of the Filipinos .

[@daviddeleon2282]

Huge thanks to all of you who post these videos and documentaries. Besides random movies this is basically all I watch, I have an insatiable appetite for history

[@larrybone4349]

That's Awesome then our history is not forgotten

[@egay29]

i love watching documentary about ww2..

[@timothyico456]

Ako din😁

[@MasoudNyoni-g8o]

Thanks for sharing this full documentary,.

[@kcmichelson4528]

The footage of the US Marine trying to give some shaking Japanese kid on Okinawa water breaks my heart.

[@vonnovzor]

Never thought they really used the original video footage. Never knew it really exist, now i'm seeing it.

[@SirHumphrey498]

what? ,,,, so did you think that ww2 was a made up event or something , how old are you twelve

[@jeevanbabu4144]

believe what u see ..mate !

[@Lloyd-h3n]

This is a really good clip. I have seen plenty 😊

[@kecikkecil-lx8fj]

Respect to Navy and army 🇯🇵🇺🇲

[@briankistner4331]

That narrator sure likes to murder the names of the Pacific Islands.

[@nolisandigan8552]

Thank you so much.

[@step2651]

I'm from Leyte and I really enjoy watching and listening to this than my teacher

[@mrbotlegmechanic2491]

Same bruh

[@luistamanaha7247]

Of course the good ole days...now teachers are only talking about genders equality, leftists politics and other bs to hate and feel shame about the country.

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

Same here I'm from southern leyte

[@user-bo1gx9cy4b]

Ako si superman pag kasama kita kung lalayo ka sino ako oohhh ohh 😯 😮 ohhh

[@matthewcorbin4492]

Finally a doc that tells the whole story

[@AFGuidesHD]

"Japan had provoked the US" By signing an agreement with France ? This is like saying Poland provoked Germany by signing an agreement with Britain lol.

[@DollaDollaBillYall]

Wasn’t the provocation the Pearl Harbor attack?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@DollaDollaBillYall In this "documentary" they probably do mean that, as if Japan just one day attacked the US for no reason whatsoever. In reality the US was an opponent of Japan at every corner. They did the oil embargo due to Japan "invading" Vietnam. When actually they had permission from the French government to do such a thing.

[@CarinaMiyajima-wr4th]

Wr😊

[@jacobcluff7994]

In addition to the Tripartite, Japan had invaded its neighbor China - which was then an ally of the United States- killing several American citizens and sailors, as well as many neighboring countries that the US had trade deals with. The US had initially favored isolationism than respond immediately to their allies calls for help that dragged them into the First World War. Americas embargo’s and sanctions were largely reactionary to the Japanese’s dealings in the Pacific.

[@XanGervin]

@@AFGuidesHDI’m glad to see there are still some people like you who don’t fall for propaganda and get easily manipulated by western media. We always want to act so innocent like we are victims and did nothing wrong, but notice how we never tell anyone WHY Pearl harbor happened. Same as the holo.

[@formerparatrooper]

I was in the US Navy Sea Bees in 58-59-60 on Okinawa. Most of the rebuilding had already taken place but several of us found ordnance that had not exploded, in one cave we found a broken wooden box with 6-8 pineapple hand grenades. The ordnance people came and destroyed them, at another cave we found a large artillery shell and that too was taken care of by ordnance. I worked at Fatima on the Marine base being built at that time and ended up a UT-3.

[@aijazanwari9807]

Woah, thats actually some stuff I can know.

[@mitchi8638]

Even now, unexploded ordnance can be found in schoolyards all over Japan. Okinawa is an order of magnitude different.

[@formerparatrooper]

@@mitchi8638 Yes, I know--the reality of it is that had Japan not started to sow to the wind they would not have reaped the whirlwind.

[@Voucher765]

How was it there and salute to your service dude.

[@formerparatrooper]

@@Voucher765 The memories are fading after 65 years, all the guys I knew and was close to have all passed away. A few memories come up now and then but other than those I do not remember a whole lot about my two tours there.

[@blakbandit08]

I watch the entire vid without skipping i really love documentary

[@MKRovin]

Those who lost their lives in this battle will be pleased with the relationship between America and Japan today.

[@philsooty5421]

I'll never understand why Japan waged war against the US they surely didn't really think they could win!

[@farmervincent441]

The U.S. had backed Japan into a corner and they felt there was no there was no other way out. The U.S. wanted withdrawal from both China and the Dutch East Indies and Japan was not willing to do that. The DEI had vast quantities of resources needed to wage a war against China. When the U.S. prevented nearly 80% of oil from reaching Japan, Japan thought that the bombing was a justified retaliatory action. They also must have thought of the Americans as extreme hypocrites considering they wanted to prevent Japanese expansion while the U.S. had territories in Asia.

[@EUK007]

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest Naval battle in history. Now im feeling the urged to play World of Warships and hope that they put a map in the game called "Leyte Gulf". 👍👍

[@jackcole5520]

In honor of the people who died in the pacific campaign they should put a map based on it. "Leyte Gulf" or "Philippine Sea" maps should be added on the game.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Leyte was the largest in terms of shear number of ships involved and the enormous scale of the battle area. But most of the ships involved never saw each other. I think Jutland is still tops for number of ships slugging it out with each other in the same melee.

[@iangrantham8300]

it wasn t actually, it was the 4th, behind he Battle of the Mediteranium, Scapa Flow and Salamis.

[@Hootkins.]

Depends on your definition of largest. Number of ships? Number of ships _and_ aircraft (which only matters for modern naval history)? Number of ships in combat? Combined displacement? Number of personnel?

[@xivirus1018]

@@andrewtaylor940 nope it leyete is the biggest naval battle in the history that is fact

[@subenyanthan8370]

Good documentary.. Complete information of the US Japanese war.. Yet it's horrifying and deadly learning so much human loses and so 😢 to see all those kids n women bodies around

[@markfries6872]

In a comment here a person from Belgium thanked the United States for our lead role in conquering Hitler. we have done so much for so many countries around the world our G00d Deeds cannot even be counted. so it's really really great to hear a country actually thank us for the good we did for them. Long Live Belgium, long live the United States of America. And may God bless us all

[@iangrantham8300]

I have just been watching a doco on Naziwar criminals responsible for the murder s of hundreds and thousands and even millions of innocent people, on the Nazis who were never prosecuted, beacsue they were given the protection of the USA in order for the USA to use them as they had certain knowledge and contacts, just as the USA had done in Japan...yeahhh the GOOD of Amercia..arpimd the world..what utter rubbish!

[@flipflopski2951]

Russia defeated Germany in WW2.

[@lexburen5932]

the US did a fantastic job in the pacific, and they normandy landings where a great effort to push hitlers army in the west. But in the east 1941 it was all soviet union all the way to berlin in 1945. hitler lost most of its army in the east, and thats a fact. we should not forget the 27 million sacrifices they made. Slava soviet union.

[@beau116]

@@flipflopski2951 no

[@beau116]

@@flipflopski2951 you should thank the US for supplying you literally everything to push back nazis. without it, you'd be speaking German rn

[@eddiehuawka5053]

I can't stop crying while watching this video, the faces of innocent civilians specially childrens who's the real victims of the war. Battling hunger and thirst, while battling for survival while hinding to save their lives 😢😢😢😢😭

[@crazynolram7792]

This deserves a decent and well budget movie or series.

[@Avian98X]

You ever watch "Pearl Harbor"..?

[@TheDeepening718]

The saddest thing about human history is how we gave our lives away to the will of the few big egos.

[@edgardoperezcastro1656]

We

[@ailahbronola9870]

Hope we already moved on and treat each other with respect but never forget those millions of people who sacrifice their lives for the sake of their leaders personal interest. War means death to everyone. No one wins in these battle.

[@Nepukosweno]

As a citizen of truk Micronesia, I give my deepest condolences to all the brave US man for giving away their lives to save our islands from a terrible suffering and slaughter among the people of truk, one thing that I’m so worried about is” mostly all the left booms and thousands of ammunition and sunk ships and planes left behind remaining rusty deep in our oceans, there will be one day our ocean will be poisoned and polluted when the rusty cracks open, local divers died for diving booms and trying to open the booms without knowing it could explode to use for catching fish, so we need the US help to remove or destroy all the left remaining booms and gun Ammunition…

[@jamesmarshall9598]

Incredibly complicated series of events were highlighted with color photography and summarized fairly well within the time span allotted. Savo Island and the battle off Samar were mentioned by name lending attention to detail while giving the bigger picture.

[@johnsistorias4832]

Thanks for posting this historical documentary.

[@NathamelCamel]

It's very American centric, they don't even mention any other combatants in the Pacific

[@kazu9214]

First of all, I have to say that there is only one fact. After World War I, Japan proposed a bill to eliminate racial discrimination in the League of Nations. However, at that time, African and Asian countries such as Britain, the Netherlands, France, and the Soviet Union were colonized and exploited. The United States was also aiming for China because it wanted Asian interests. Since Europe does not want to give up its interests, Europe has been rejected in opposition to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination proposed by Japan. It was Japan that stood up and fought in such a white supremacist world situation. This is the truth, after World War II, the truth was dispelled from world history textbooks. It is easy to understand if you seriously investigate. Once again, Japan was defeated in World War II, but Japan's independence of the colony from Europe, which was the purpose of Japan's war, was successful as a result.

[@kazu9214]

First of all, I have to say that there is only one fact. After World War I, Japan proposed a bill to eliminate racial discrimination in the League of Nations. However, at that time, African and Asian countries such as Britain, the Netherlands, France, and the Soviet Union were colonized and exploited. The United States was also aiming for China because it wanted Asian interests. Since Europe does not want to give up its interests, Europe has been rejected in opposition to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination proposed by Japan. It was Japan that stood up and fought in such a white supremacist world situation. This is the truth, after World War II, the truth was dispelled from world history textbooks. It is easy to understand if you seriously investigate. Once again, Japan was defeated in World War II, but Japan's independence of the colony from Europe, which was the purpose of Japan's war, was successful as a result.

[@daddyron46]

Thank you! This is the first ww2doc to post dates which I have long sought after. My dad fought from attu/ kiska to peleliu to wars end!

[@tianelle1155]

i thanked america for helping philippines.. it s a lifetime unending gratitude

[@andosrailway2369]

Me too, coming from an Aussie

[@steelbiceps]

Wow bootlick them lol

[@martinalex7797]

Who gained, who has been lost . But thousands were lost their lives. Thousands of children even if they have been no role in the war, lost their lives. Heart breaks scene.

[@DudeWitBeats]

I just love to watch this type of video... The events that took place... The documentary is super good👍

[@guyh9992]

How on earth did they manage to write the New Guinea campaign out of the war against Japan? The Americans were there too alongside the Australians starting with Buna in November 1942.

[@GeorgeSemel]

Well, it's a 50 min presentation, hell to really cover the pacific war in detail it would be a 100-hour long Presentation. The Aussie Coast Watchers cut a good two years off the Pacific War.

[@matpk]

@@GeorgeSemel Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China In Your Next Video Project!!

[@TheHeavenlyDemon89]

Australian navy is part of leyte naval battle too

[@kazu9214]

The winner of World War II buried the true history and rewrote it into a false history. The winner is the United States. The modern history you have studied is all about lies. Now, the history of lies has spread to the world. Japan fought against white supremacism like the United States and Britain. The purpose of Japan's war was to stop racial discrimination and colonial policies by Western countries. Japan has helped Asian countries from Western colonies. Japan gave Asia courage and hope and made it independent. Look at the result. Immediately after the war, colonies such as Asia and Africa became independent from Europe. It's a fact. Japan's war objectives have been achieved. Therefore, the true winner is Japan.

[@dianeduffcroop8158]

I just discovered your channel and I'm really impressed! I'm a new subscriber and a new fan! Thank you for putting up such great content! I left another comment regarding my father's service in the u.s. Navy, South Pacific.

[@DavidHarry-qr1mv]

Hello dear how are you feeling today

[@Voucher765]

Personally I had actually had relatives on my side of the family who were affected by the Japanese atrocities when the invasion of China began in 1937.

[@regginsouth9565]

Europe: rumbling nations Pacific: *DUEL*

[@glennnile7918]

One thing you rarely hear about since almost everyone values political correctness or being nice (at least in some degree) above brutal truth. A deck sailor lost an arm, to a prop, while preparing the aircraft for take off. The pilot was so shook up he had the flaps in the wrong position and nearly crashed into the sea on take off. Perhaps you've seen the footage where the plane drops toward the water before it stars to gain altitude. Now you know why.

[@LeteniPittard]

Thank you very much for showing these videos

[@Lyle_918]

You can be tough as nails but that scared little girl 45:55 is a heart breaker. Dad would've been 100 this year (2022) having survived the depression and war in the Pacific theater he didn't talk much of his experiences, like millions of other vets it was time to put away weapons and get back to work, buy a home and raise a family. Entering the war at 18 by wars end means the youngest of WW2 vets would be 95 by 2022 so we're very close to all those involved will have been consumed by time.

[@Elmoisi25]

My respect 🫡 for all soldiers who lost their life in this war

[@kags5779]

sure...and respect to all the children they killed before they got killed

[@stevenhuang3635]

Any book recommendations for the Pacific War?

[@jasonwright2535]

My Grandpa,"Marshall C.Frye " was a chief petty officer in the Navy, He fought at the battle of Hiroshima. The Greatest Man Ever in My life. He died June 28th 2000. He was 86.

[@CRD-hi6vk]

Amazing how much the world has changed since the year 2000, isn’t it? Could you imagine him coming back for the day and you filling him in on what has happened in the USA and world since the ?

[@bw1889]

My grandfather survived the sinking of the USS Lexington in Coral Sea was reassign to the USS North Carolina then the USS Bennington. He passed in 2019.

[@abetgonzaga8743]

do you have the documentary about the battle and liberation of Manila ?

[@brianmcveden2465]

Japan invaded west indies too Japan is now the biggest investor in Indonesia and become ally♥️🤘

[@stevek8829]

Fun fact: because the early launch cancelled planned landing sites, a couple flyers chose landing in USSR. Soviets promptly interred them because Stalin was still at peace with Japan, Hitlet's ally. While involved in total war with the Axis USSR doesn't want to offend Axis member Japan. Maybe the raid should have been planned to land at USSR in the first place, but couldn't get Soviet to agree. Stalin cried about a second front in Europe but ignored the one in his back yard until the war was almost over.

[@LordZontar]

There was no "second front" in Asia. The Sino-Soviet Neutrality Pact of 1941 was prompted after two Japanese incursions into Siberia were brutally repulsed by the Red Army under future hero Georgi Zhukov, with NKVD death squads going in to finish off Japanese survivors at Khalakin Gol. After that, the Japanese weren't so eager to take on the Bear, and both the Soviets and Japanese sought to avoid war with one another so they could concentrate on their principal enemies and not end up fighting on two fronts which neither could afford. The Japanese stuck to the pact and rebuffed repeated German entreaties to attack the USSR after the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa. "Not our war," they told them.

[@stevek8829]

@@LordZontar my post said the Soviets wanted no part of Axis member Japan. Nothing about your reply relates to that. USSR only fought in their own corner for their own selfish benefits.

[@LordZontar]

@@stevek8829 My reply clarifies the issues you put forth with such confusion, of the political and military positions of Japan and the USSR with respect to one another and how their neutrality pact came to be: why the Soviets "wanted no part of Axis member Japan" and vice-versa.

[@stevek8829]

@@LordZontar I don't see how you were confused but no problem. Both countries shared a myopic view of the world. I tend to only remind those who share that narrow view when they claim USSR won the war almost single handed. They don't consider the rest of the world. In hindsight, the US should have 'ferried' those B-24s to the Soviet Union, with trainer crews. The crewmen who were interred by Soviets were eventually released, but that was a poor way to treat an ally.

[@LordZontar]

@@stevek8829 Under the terms of the neutrality pact as well as international law, the Soviet Union was legally obligated to intern combatants in any war involving Japan landing in their territory. Until that changed on August 8, 1945, the USSR had to observe the protocols regarding belligerents in a war they had officially declared neutrality from.

[@robertfusselman8108]

Sadly seems not many ppl care 😢❤ ty for the information for me to watch once again bud°°

[@craigfleshman2715]

My mothers uncle was a tail gunner on a B-17. His plane was shot down over New Guinea. No trace was ever found. We don't know if they went into the water and drowned or killed by sharks or killed by the Japanese which were on those islands or killed by the local population who took heads and had in some villages a taste for human flesh. We didn't have any body to bring home. I think what hurts the most is not knowing what happened to them.

[@jameswalsh2433]

My deceased father was a belly gunner in a B17, over Germany. I have asked , many times for stories. The stories died with the veterans. I do not share your pain, but I do share your inability to understand what they did and how they did it. Just remember that they were there so we could be free.

[@mxa-ks7py]

我感到日本已變為一個善良的國家方向走已很久了,是一個民主國家的日子也不短,現在還停留在第二次世界大戰狀態思維?幾十年了,別人都改變了,這是別人在進步,還是自己在退步

[@rmb743]

Thank you for sharing, it's the ground forces that will end the war. SEMPER FI 86-91

[@aeron7814]

Salute to all soldiers who fought for there own beliefs.

[@Nestiequick]

Thats the dumbest thing that I have ever heard . Think before you speak?

[@queenpro489]

米国が日本に対して行った野蛮さを忘れることはできません。 いつの日か、日本は野蛮なアメリカに復讐するでしょう。 しかし今ではありません。 今、私たちはアメリカと友好的でなければなりません。

[@MalachiWhite-tw7hl]

Too funny.

[@jerometaperman7102]

If I had been involved in any of that combat, I don't know what would have traumatized me worse: seeing soldiers blown to bits or seeing those terrified children. Those poor babies...

[@Ixomodia]

Love the vid very helpful

[@BrianWarren-hl6pv]

I'm just turning in is it worth the time ??

[@swrjilaboro4628]

War is illusion History has taught us

[@lucymwangi7811]

I do thank my social studies teacher, MR BONIFACE, from st Agnes for letting me know the importance of watching documentaries

[@TheDustysix]

You would like "Fleet Admiral Ernest King-Semper Iratus" by Drachnifel. It is on my US Navy playlist 242 videos.

[@al_fayeedevans2955]

Wakenya 😂😂

[@kazu9214]

The winner of World War II buried the true history and rewrote it into a false history. The winner is the United States. The modern history you have studied is all about lies. Now, the history of lies has spread to the world. Japan fought against white supremacism like the United States and Britain. The purpose of Japan's war was to stop racial discrimination and colonial policies by Western countries. Japan has helped Asian countries from Western colonies. Japan gave Asia courage and hope and made it independent. Look at the result. Immediately after the war, colonies such as Asia and Africa became independent from Europe. It's a fact. Japan's war objectives have been achieved. Therefore, the true winner is Japan.

[@TheDustysix]

@@kazu9214 Bullshit.

[@kazu9214]

@@TheDustysix true ! First of all, I have to say that there is only one fact. After World War I, Japan proposed a bill to eliminate racial discrimination in the League of Nations. However, at that time, African and Asian countries such as Britain, the Netherlands, France, and the Soviet Union were colonized and exploited. The United States was also aiming for China because it wanted Asian interests. Since Europe does not want to give up its interests, Europe has been rejected in opposition to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination proposed by Japan. It was Japan that stood up and fought in such a white supremacist world situation. This is the truth, after World War II, the truth was dispelled from world history textbooks. It is easy to understand if you seriously investigate. Once again, Japan was defeated in World War II, but Japan's independence of the colony from Europe, which was the purpose of Japan's war, was successful as a result.

[@Balafoutre]

There was the 2ndWW..... and then there was the Pacific War... Iam in awe and deepest respect for all those lost in the Pacific War.

[@SultanCAHAYAPUTRA]

Im 38y.o and still in awe what our grandfather fought, ww2 is so massive.

[@Yakult.islife]

Camera man never dies

[@devonashwa7977]

how did you get video clips like this? its actual real clips from the war?