The Repercussion of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima | FULL DOCUMENTARY

In the summer of 1945, the nightmare is ending for thousands of soldiers. In Japan, the situation is desperate. The Empire of the Rising Sun no longer has the means to continue the war. It can't stem the American advance. Its centres of industry have been systematically destroyed by the US Air Force's bombardments, its supply lines all cut off.
The people of Japan are preparing to face the unthinkable; and in the corridors of power, too, many of their leaders are resigned to the war being lost. But the ministers cannot accept the shame and the risks of an unnegotiated surrender.
They must maintain the Emperor on his throne, to preserve the very essence of Japan and the military traditions it represents.
Documentary: History Uncovered - Hiroshima: The Defeat of Stalin
Directed by: Cédric Condon
Production: Cinétévé
#documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #history #education #war #ww2 #military #usa #japan

[@jeffandbernadinecostello1146]

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

[@billotto602]

It's a new Utube rule to protect the lightweights from getting their sensitive sensibilities upset ! HEY UTUBE 🖕🤬🖕🤬🖕🤬

[@adventuresoflittlejohnny]

@@billotto602 Ditto!!!

[@davidcraig9938]

It is a very woke documentary...very woke. Know the difference.

[@atheistmecca971]

It's only about advertising money.

[@pearlsr1880]

Totally agree

[@annawhitis4251]

My father ,Walter Earl Phoenix , was an Army Coast Artillery Sgt. , stationed , on the Island of Attu , in the Aluteatian Islands. He fought with distinction & honor. My father passed in 1996 miss him everyday. God Bless him & my mother. Kevin Phoenix ✝️

[@moneyslaves1945]

Beautiful ideals were painted for our boys who were sent out to die. The was the "war to end wars." This was the "war to make the world safe for democracy." No one told them that dollars and cents were the real reason. No one mentioned to them, as they marched away, that their going and their dying would mean huge war profits. No one told these American soldiers that they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that the ships on which they were going to cross might be torpedoed by submarines built with United State patents. They were just told it was to be a "glorious adventure". Thus, having stuffed patriotism down their throats, it was decided to make them help pay for the war, too. So, we gave them the large salary of $30 a month! All that they had to do for this munificent sum was to leave their dear ones behind, give up their jobs, lie in swampy trenches, eat canned willy (when they could get it) and kill and kill and kill...and be killed” Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket

[@markmunozpastorandersontri7807]

God bless our Lord and savior. Those that are believers will be together in paradise. It sounds that you will be there with your family for eternity.

[@moneyslaves1945]

@@markmunozpastorandersontri7807 JESUS IS NOT GOD BRO

[@elizabethrickey675]

my dad was there too. though the Aleutian campaign is rarely mentioned.

[@akacadian3714]

Was he attached to 7th ID for the landing? There was a BN of Coast Artillery converted to Anti Air Craft (manning .50 cals) attached to 7th ID for the invasion Operation LANDCRAB.

[@heysailorreedy6651]

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

[@albetrosxcore3028]

Never gunna happen my friend

[@zhongxina2793]

Not until rapture. It's in our nature since the fall of man

[@robertparker481]

@@albetrosxcore3028 it could happen if we bombed each other back to the Stone Age. But then we will resort back to using sticks and rocks. It seems nothing is ever learned from history

[@VeteranHedonist]

In an ideal world mate. Unfortunately it's not an ideal world, because humans get in the way. ✌️

[@neilfoss8406]

It was a greek philosopher who said "war is over only for the dead"

[@tibbar1000]

A friend of mine from high school said bombing Hiroshima did not save a single American life. I told him that the US simultaneously prepared an invasion force to take Japan if the nuclear weapons failed or were not used. He laughed and asked me where I heard that. I said, “from my father; he had been moved from Colorado to California and was awaiting deployment to invade Japan when the news of the nuclear attack was released in the States. His fellow soldiers threw a party in the barracks. They woke him up saying’Cooper we aren’t going!’ “ Let historians argue whether it was immoral. That is fair considering how many innocent civilians died, but to claim the attack did not save American lives is demonstrably false. Great video.

[@noemibarrios4056]

that’s up for debate

[@tibbar1000]

@@noemibarrios4056 I wish nuclear weapons had never been used against humans anywhere. A debate on their morality is welcomed and appropriate. What is wrong are people today denying the reality of what was being weighed when the decision was made; the lives of Japanese civilians versus the lives of American soldiers.

[@davea8346]

By hastening the end of the war, it saved Japanese lives as well.@@tibbar1000

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Some friend

[@tibbar1000]

@@noneofurbusiness5223 well…we were good friends until years of drugs changed his attitude on everything

[@jeffersonwright6249]

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

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

You are right.

[@aaabbb-py5xd]

Lol, weighed all the options? Name the options you're speaking of.

[@larrybaldwin8325]

​@aaabbb-py5xd , Invading Japan itself, would have cost Millions of Japanese and American Lives

[@aaabbb-py5xd]

@larrybaldwin8325 Wait, you cared about Japanese lives? Ahahahaha, did you forget you're racist? Did you forget that logic is still required of english speakers? Or maybe not. Maybe that's why China and everybody else is a dictatorship and yet america is the "leader" of the "free world".

[@Yk1000-]

@@larrybaldwin8325 That's right 1m Americans and 10m Japs would've been lost but the atom bombs saved more lives then it took 226k in total as horrific as those bombs were they were used to quickly as possible to end a terrible war against A ruthless enemy who was determined NEVER to surrender putting an end to there reign of terror by forcing them on there knees.

[@fayprivate7975]

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

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

❤

[@sforza209]

Do you talk with a stutter or something?

[@roncaruso931]

That's life. Humans will always war. Get used to it.

[@jerryumfress9030]

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

[@SLICE_Full_Doc]

Thank you for sharing this with us, hope you enjoyed the documentary

[@lawv804]

My grandfather served in Europe. He always said he was thankful he didn't have to fight in the Pacific, and was very thankful the Japanese surrendered before he was redeployed there.

[@sjb3460]

@@SLICE_Full_Doc My father was in the Navy. Murmansk Run and U505. He said they were supposed to go to Japan. He was very happy the war was over. My father-in-law served in New Guinea, the Philipines. He saw what the Japanese did to American soldiers. He was very happy that the war was over.

[@Dennis-dn4wt]

@@user-bi9jq8eu4j don't think if I were you to walk into a bar where some ww2 vets were having a beer or two and mouth off to those ole warriors you might get a ride in an ambulance those old grunts prolly ain't forgot how to kick ass when pissed by some smart ass punk

[@dougbourdo2589]

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

[@jehood2241]

My father also fought in New Guinea. I’m not sure if fought else where, as he rarely talked much about the war. He was a line man and would image he would have been great target practice for the Japanese. He also hated them. So very sad. War is such an ugly thing.

[@michellelloyd4811]

I actually totally understand that. Conversely the Americans treated their Japanese prisoners very well.

[@michellelloyd4811]

@jehood2241 some folks might say we'll it isn't fair to hate the whole race but I get it completely. It was universally known you did not want to end up captured by the Japanese. As I said to someone else here the Americans treated the Japanese who were their prisoners very well.

[@makeitpay8241]

my grandfather was also a line man in New Guinea and in the Philippines. he was attached to a gun battery. he didn't care for Japanese men who were his age or older as he figured they were probably responsible for killing some of his buddies. @@jehood2241

[@Chris-yi4pj]

My grandfather's to

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

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

[@fusiliers1]

A typical Yank full of $HT

[@daleshelden8394]

Guinea

[@whiteysolly6760]

Jodyeverettpeter, I proudly salute your Mom & Dad. This is the only comment where someone picked up on the emperor’s use of the word CRUEL and mentioned the barbaric treatment of the POW’s in Bataan. You don’t see the videos of that, they’re very scarce for some, reason. An excellent video with some of the Bataan footage on utube “The Third Atomic Bomb Attack- Japan 1945” by Mark Felton explains it all, thank you.

[@hortonwilliams1160]

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

[@anthonycristobal5068]

Tell that to the Chinese Gov't in China.

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

❤❤❤

[@davidwithers5102]

Tell that to Putin, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houties busy attacking shipping. These are evil people who simply do not want peace, and there are many more, sadly!! 😢

[@benjamindover4033]

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

[@user-yj1jv7iw1m]

That attempt came from mid level officers, not the high command.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

@@user-yj1jv7iw1m those mid level officers tried to convince their higher ups but they refused since the emperor already made his decision

[@ThegreatMagaking-jr8gy]

The emperor made the decision because half the high command wanted to continue the war, the sides were even after two bombings

[@meyersculimbrene9478]

There was no mention of this, despite later soviet and soviet apologists who wanted a show of force practice bomb, or the fact that Stalin took advantage where he could, and in Japan, he had to accept the Japanese would rather submit to the US, who had dropped two nuclear bombs, rater than to living under Soviet domination.

[@margaretfry7818]

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

[@ManDuderGuy]

If I recall correctly, Tojo did attempt suicide as they came to arrest him, shooting himself. It didn't work.

[@blossom1643]

None of those barbaric idiots practiced what they preached. Their cities were rubble their people starving but They looked fat & proud didn’t they. It’s too bad it had to come to that but they would have never admitted defeat otherwise. What’s scary is their attitude has Not changed. 🇺🇸

[@edwardgabriel5281]

And if I remember many did. They called hari-kiri. Saw it in many hollywood propaganda films.

[@joeynosek2582]

Maybe that's why he wasn't at the front fighting. He couldn't even deliver a kill to himself from 6 inches away

[@FrankD-fo2be]

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

[@lonestar1637]

I agree, they were warned 3 times, beginning with Potsdam.Hirohito is to blame.

[@NotchFox]

The same can be said of Hitler! If the Nazis had the atomic bomb, you can rest assured that they would have used it!

[@donramonramirez5141]

No tengas ninguna duda : ni los japoneses, ni los alemanes, ni los rusos ... Ni Churchill, que quería gasear a Alemania cuando empezaron a llegar las V2 ...

[@blodsteelangel]

It can be argued that Hirohito was actually urging the generals, and the army, who was truly in command of Japan at the time to give up before hand it’s just stuff like that isn’t kept on record when it comes to the emperor, but it was definitely the Japanese army wanting to continue on And break the fighting spirit of the US

[@donramonramirez5141]

​@@blodsteelangel Hirohito estaba perfectamente al tanto de lo que ocurría ... Estiró la cuerda tanto como pudo, pero Hiroshima y Nagasaki hicieron que " entrará en razón " ... De hecho, la primera vez en su vida que hablo al país por radio, se hizo bien el tono respecto de SU responsabilidad en el sufrimiento del pueblo japonés ...

[@bryanblack526]

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

[@susannewheatley7447]

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

[@mikemangieri7626]

The sad part is the leaders of these Countries Who start wars the innocent always pay the price

[@enzos711]

National "Leaders" / No Leader can gain, maintain or remain in Power, Without the Support of people / the people (millions of them) .. Hitler (for eg) was "one man" .. Up to 50 million people total, worldwide died / were murdered.. Many Millions did the killing ..

[@conned]

The Japanese started war by invading Manchuria n even before that, had been harressin china.

[@mimim8532]

Best comment I’ve read

[@bbmtge]

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

[@kevinkranz9156]

BS

[@charliemcfarling4219]

Maybe you watched the eight-part series on Saburo Sakai's experiences on a channel called WW2 Tales? If not, you should check it out. It's an excellent series.

[@peterclancy3653]

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

[@donramonramirez5141]

O sea, NO ESCARMENTARON con Little Boy ... Iban a ejecutarlos a TODOS ... Y encima siguen insistiendo con el " perdón por los ataques nucleares " ... 😠🇦🇷

[@humanentity5890]

So the story goes...

[@brucegoodall3794]

This documentary brought a tear to my eyes. A very rare event in my lifetime. 😢

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

Why?

[@drewizkoollikeicecre]

Nuclear bombs are horrible. But at that time, after the atrocities committed by Japan in WW2, there was no other way to get them to surrender. It prob saved millions of American and Japanese lives.

[@thethrillofpattaya8404]

Probably?

[@drewizkoollikeicecre]

@@thethrillofpattaya8404 That’ll always be the question.

[@emiliobarcinikillerclown3400]

​@@thethrillofpattaya8404SHUT UP FOOL 😠

[@ScootsMcPoot]

He is saying "probably?" Like that, because it infact saved millions of lives. Also the United States helped rebuild Japan after the war. We helped alot of different nations rebuild after the war, enemy or Ally

[@ScootsMcPoot]

There is no debate or question. The bombing saved millions. Unfortunately people lost their lives in the process. But that bomb saved alot ofnpeople for generations. We will probably never see another nuclear bomb that big drop ever again. Mutual assured destruction is a real thing, we understand if one is used, we are all dead

[@jamesreed6634]

Russia would not have been able to invade Japan by sea, and Russia still cannot launch any amphibious actions of any note. They lacked the capability back then and still lack it today. The bombs compelled surrender.

[@michaelyates5976]

How do you know what Russia is capable of now? America thought Russia would be militarily and financially exhausted after just 3 months into the Ukraine conflict, but here they got it wrong again. The west has no idea what Russia is capable of. And I doubt you do too.

[@TERRY-cb2ku]

Russia would have lost the war with Germany early on if it had not been for the lend lease program initiated by the US. They had very little to fight with until then.​@@michaelyates5976

[@friendsgroup470]

🐴shite

[@michaelyates5976]

@@friendsgroup470 Exactly, just what I thought.

[@joeyartk]

The Japanese already had most of their cities destroyed by firebombing. The A bombs made no difference to their leaders. It did give a face saving excuse to them though. The Soviet invasion ended Japanese hopes of a negotiated peace. That along with American assurance of the emperor remaining under American supervision were the actual reasons for Japan surrendering when it did. If America simply would have dropped the unconditional demand, Japan would have surrendered earlier.

[@KeytonsChannel]

25 years old here seeking out history lessons almost on a daily basis. I will never forget the sacrifices made, on both sides, to get us where we are now. I pray that nobody gets nuked again.

[@neaturexiong]

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

[@cooganalaska3249]

Yeh, and its always young women who have children. And grandmothers who babysit them. And grandfathers that teach children the traditions. Perhaps you think it should be young men sending the old ones to war? Or, perhaps we should just surrender to all foreign threats?

[@bbmtge]

Nothing but a slogan and a false one. If that's the best you can do...try to sound smart through utter foolishness, good for you.

[@karavera]

@@cooganalaska3249Or men could stop creating wars for their own power and ego. If women ruled there would be no wars. This will be the future.

[@ScootsMcPoot]

Alot of those old men fought in wars themselves

[@jodyeverettpeterson6063]

In his conciliatory speech to his people, the Emperor very specifically spoke (to the effect) 'they have bombs that are devastating and cruel'. We clearly saved A LOT of American lives and THAT was very important. My mother was a WAC assigned to Military Intelligence at Hanford WA. This is where the plutonium for the 'Fat Man'/ Nagasaki was manufactured. Mom wasn't so lucky. She died of leukemia 19 years after her work on the bomb. (20 years is the magic number with plutonium) I was exposed to I-131 also. She had proudly worn the patch of the Manhattan Project and told me from her hospital bed...'Never apologize. They did inhumane things to us like the Bataan Death march. You weren't here...' The emperor said the bombs were a PRIME ISSUE in their surrender.

[@badgermeat]

nope

[@bobfranke2347]

Japanese refused signing the (after WW I) Geneva convention re POW's. The army truly was inhumanly cruel, but the common citizens always suffer in wars.

[@bobfranke2347]

Too, there WAS a 3rd bomb being prepped stateside had Japan not surrendered. Truman was a real wartime leader.

[@badgermeat]

Two different bomb designs, two different experiments. Sure they sent a film crew in after, and I wonder why they suppressed that footage? War crimes every way you look at it!@@bobfranke2347

[@yourdaddy6030]

​@@badgermeatwtf do you mean...nope?? You foolish imp.

[@hmj1116]

It was President Truman that sent me to fight in Korea I was a corporal in the military I served at Tokyo,Seoul,and Pusan 1951-53 !

[@joannbowden6220]

Since no one else has said it, I will.... Thank you from the bottom of my ❤ for your service to our country and our freedoms. God bless you 🙏🙏

[@DD-bf2ch]

God bless you

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Great documentary. My father fought in the Pacific theater, said the bombs saved countless American GI's lives.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

Ironically they saved thousands of Japanese lives too as well as saving Japan from Russian occupation. Had they not surrendered before the planned Russian invasion, Russia would have invaded and to this day would likely still occupy parts of Japan.

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

@@JamesStreet-tp1vb Yup... Like the United States Army of Occupation, it has 120 Military Bases scattered throughout Japan. In Okinawa we have more than 30,000 soldiers. In fact, we have almost 800 Bases spread throughout the world. How ironic, right?

[@edsmale]

@@salvadorvizcarra769occupation by Russia is just a little different then having US bases

[@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

but there was no need to drop the atomic bombs. The war was already over for Japan. Japan should have been allowed to surrender

[@edsmale]

@@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse utter bs. Japan had zero intention of surrender. You don't attempt a coup on GOD when you wish to surrender

[@davidbigbee3556]

I’m an older guy now. But at age 22 I joined the USAF as a nuclear technician. I had issues with that (considering I was supposed to be a refrigeration technician) and I had a heart to heart talk with my boss. He explained that my job was to make sure that our job was to make sure that nuclear war never happens again. It worked. 24 years later I retired from the military and it ends up that he was right! It’s all about deterrence. If you want peace, prepare for war.

[@joelpiva1541]

The soviet invasion wasn't "decisive". It was a factor, but it wasn't decisive. The writers are giving their fellow communists too much credit.

[@richardreeves2041]

Always

[@AlexSaeteurn916]

Man, I couldn’t imagine living in that timeline! Back in high school (early 2000’s) I didn’t give a sh!t about the war or cared to understand it. But now, as a 36 y/o father of 2, I have so much respect and understanding of history that it makes me appreciate each day I am alive ❤

[@egay86292]

funny how we pay "teachers" to turn our children off to their history. that's gonna bite us bad some day.

[@arajoaina]

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

[@IsraelistheJewsland]

Sounds like Palestine. They always seem to forget what they did

[@AbdullahAzrael]

It really doesn't matter who was the aggressor it was an atomic bomb dropped in cities full of people who have nothing to do with starting any wars and that is an atrocity that should not be forgotten because it should never happen again.

[@AbdullahAzrael]

And Palestine did nothing but allow the Jews in to their space in order for them to survive and then they took the land by force and we're raping and pillaging the Palestinians ever since so every attack that Palestine makes against the zionists it is retaliation against an apartheid it's retaliation against genocide it's retaliation against concentration camps open are prisons whatever you want to call it it is a retaliation

[@arajoaina]

@@AbdullahAzrael yes you are right that it should not happen again. But all Japanese people who lived in Japan was part of the war effort. So they become targets bc they are enemies who are making the weapons and provide fighters.

[@samuelvallejos]

​@@arajoaina Yeah right, it's like Iran these days. The government is the one that is carrying out many attacks, but we should target civilians, after all their efforts come from them. A silly argument if you ask me, targeting civilians was the worst thing USA did with those bombs.

[@wesleyestill7653]

Americans remember Pearl Harbor.

[@tomlepski8306]

What about Pearl Harbour?

[@WesleyEstill-dn9ni]

Open a book. You’ve obviously never learned about the Japanese sneak attack on Americans on December 7, 1941.

[@GamerMomentsToo]

@@tomlepski8306booooooooooo

[@peterpulpitpounder]

What about Pearl Harbor? He who attacks, shall be attacked. @@tomlepski8306

[@AnthroGuitarist]

Pearl Harbor was nothing. So many more Japanese died under the brutal bombings and occupation by the imperialist Americans

[@thomasrobinson182]

We requested a surrender multiple times. Apparently 'honor' prevailed within Japan's wartime leadership, preventing that from happening.

[@sknisnewe]

Why are the horrors of war being blurred out?

[@SLICE_Full_Doc]

We had to blur those images for KZbin policies.

[@towgod7985]

The KZbin political correctness enforcement goons have decreed that history IS NOT to be known!

[@jamespirko2971]

Because KZbin has dumbed-down overgrown children making editorial decisions and censoring reality. They are afraid that our younger generation must be lied-to and sheltered from reality.

[@mariacook8540]

Blurring images doesn't help. Another attempt to erase history

[@jamesgentry13]

​@@mariacook8540blame youtube

[@capmidnite]

While their land forces were formidable, the Soviets had nothing like the amphibious capability and naval forces the United States had to invade the Japanese home islands. The Japanese had AV gas stockpiled and thousands of airworthy planes to sacrifice in an all out defense of the home islands. It was overwhelming American force that carried the day.

[@edwardgabriel5281]

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

[@donramonramirez5141]

Mr. Edward, descanse tranquilo : NADIE se atreverá a " pulsar el botón nuclear " ... Antes de que eso ocurra, quien de la orden no vivirá hasta la medianoche de ese día ... 😎👍🇦🇷

[@edwardgabriel5281]

@@donramonramirez5141 I wish I could translate your comment.

[@marydunning1722]

So true

[@Greg_call]

95. Wow, God Bless you.

[@oreokush5393]

Thank you for your service 🫡

[@keithsargent6963]

A lot of people don’t know that Japan had its own nuclear weapons program. And judging by the way they treated prisoners they would have used it if they had developed it.

[@yourgodsisspeakingtoyouher4284]

As did Hitler being mere month away from assembling their own Nuke. The wolf pack was the the means of rocketing NewYork and Washington.

[@nutterireland]

I remember seeing the way japan treated pows in the deathmarch was horrific .

[@graemecouch5010]

Barbaric & Inhuman !

[@SuperGeert123]

Why some images , in all these docs now have to be censored , it seems on KZbin. These videos and clips , photos have been around 70 years +. And it s been watched at schools all over the planet , by millions of school kids for many decades . I remember watching the horrors uncensored when I was 9 years old.. And I probably missed something I didn t see or understand , the repercussion ? Repercussion for who ? What repercussion was explained here ?

[@marbleman52]

@SuperGeert123....KZbin has gone down into the bottomless pit called " Wokism": rewrite history...sanitize everything....take no chances of offending the "Woke" society....but push Socialism and Communism as good for everyone.

[@freemagicfun]

It is not YT, it is the creator. Many documentaries on YT are not blurred.

[@randybonner9870]

Because it's this generation that is so damn sensitive and must be coddled and protected. Blurring gives them their much needed safe spaces .

[@marbleman52]

@@randybonner9870 ....Yes, you are absolutely correct...!! And, if it is because the content creator did the blurring, then they are of this same group that you described. That is sad...pathetically sad.

[@StonedUp1]

Because KZbin is a leftist Un-American globalist anti-Republic platform, that’s why

[@noregrets7469]

I believe that we will pay for the deaths of so many innocent lives. We too follow our leaders as they did, the leaders were spared but the civilians were the ones to pay the ultimate price. History repeats itself and yet we fail to lean from it.

[@beckwil0852]

Excellent and very informative film. Thank you very much.

[@patrickadams2864]

We had no other choice. The Japanese government determined to fight on. President Truman did warn Japan but the senior ranking government leaders chose to fight on no matter what

[@callumg_0147]

No other choice to deliberately target women and children with the most destructive weapon mankind has ever created? There was a choice, they chose to commit an atrocity on two entire cities full of innocent women, babies etc.

[@paulinebrennan8836]

Thank you. I & I’m sure a lot of others, weren’t aware of the roll the Soviets had in the surrender. My grandfather was a POW in Changi, my mother told us how he was before & after the war. As you could only imagine, he was a shell of his former self.

[@allanhill4398]

Unfortunately history is always rewritten. The story of the russian role in japans surrender is rarely told. Same happened when Ken Taylor, the canadian ambassador in Tehran, aided the escape of many American embassy workers. The movie said very little about his actions.

[@bhollyfanhardin9627]

@@allanhill4398 the Russians had no role in japans surrender.........it sounds like you are the one trying to rewrite history.......

[@dankryskalla8490]

Oh for crying out loud!! It's role, not roll. And the Soviets showing up to take the northern islands, did not make the difference. It was the 2 bombs and 4 years of intense jungle combat by American, Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand troops - not Boris and the gang showing up on August 9th. POS Russian Propaganda. My God.

[@ARBBFamily]

War means killing and killing means dying. A nation doesn’t win a war by worrying about how many of the enemy they can save. When there is victory, then the humanity can begin.

[@hannamollo]

Civilians aren't the "enemy" thankfully this old way of thinking is dying out.

[@ron88303]

@@hannamollo No; it's not dying out. As long as there are civilians in a war zone, there will be civilian casulaties.

[@hannamollo]

@ron88303 that's not the same as dropping an atomic bomb in a city full of women and children. Obviously, we've learned from our mistakes since then. Even Oppenheim regretted creating the damn thing!

[@ARBBFamily]

The science of the “Dam Thing” were there to be put together by someone… i’m no fan of women and children dying. But if you told the troops “ hey we got this way of ending the war real soon and saving lots and lots of your lives, but we’re not gonna do it because it would kill women and children”. “ Instead we’re going to invade the country, where dying for the emperor is considered an honor, and lose let’s say about 100,000.. maybe more, of y’all.” That would’ve worked then and that’s not gonna work now…. war is a bad bad and survival is everyone’s goal using whatever you got

[@ron88303]

@@hannamollo Learned? Maybe, although thousands of nuclear weapons have since been created. Much more powerful weapons, and in many more hands. It may still be too early to say what, if anything, has been learned.

[@marksauck3399]

I watched many past documentaries of film of the horror of that war and it wasn’t blurred out. We baby boomers saw it all in clear black and white film including the worst of the death camps in Europe. Nothing was hidden from our eyes and it taught us a lot that we would never forget. We saw the worst of the effects of what the A bomb did to the human body. We needed to see and never forget. We learned and that was important to our parents and shielding our eyes from it was foolish.

[@enzos711]

Maybe a copyright thing ..

[@Peter-km7hb]

Yes what was Learned was do not wake the sleeping giant

[@donramonramirez5141]

Si señor, coincido con Ud ... He visto documentales de la 2° GM adónde se veían todas las atrocidades, producto de los combates. Ahora, parece que hay una " legión moralizante " que entiende mejor que cualquiera de nosotros, lo que nosotros podemos soportar ... 🤦🇦🇷

[@bigjumbo9479]

Some take the risk of not blurring out but some won't because yt will take it down... You know what they're like nowadays!!!

[@wesleyestill7653]

The Americans will never forget PEARL harbor.

[@raybowman5170]

Butt the result of the atom bombs was shocking

[@maryt2196]

​@@raybowman5170that was the plan I think, but the Japanese still refused to surrender after the first bomb.

[@Yk1000-]

​@@maryt2196Yes they did cause there plan was to fight on whatever the cost believing the us wouldn't have the stomach to continue if they could make it bloody enough they were expecting and invasion but we showed them we don't need to invade to destroy them even after both bombs the military vowed to continue but the emperor and the government knew it was time to stop gambling.

[@Yk1000-]

​@@raybowman5170Your right but the firebombing campaign from march 1942 to 5 was worse cause 900k pershied the atom bombs only 226k which brought them to there knees when the bombardment wasn't working.

[@keithdonnellan5564]

Pearl Harbour was a military target not a nuclear bombing of 2 cities full of civilians.

[@jeffersonwright6249]

Strike 2: by June 1945, the Japanese army in Manchuria was a shadow occupation force, the cream of its army was either dead or in vietnam or Malaysia or Korea

[@unitedwestand5100]

They had already been used up fighting the US in the Pacific. In Manchuria were their inexperienced troops. Most with no combat experience. Plus, the US had a total blockade on Japan. . The Soviets had almost no Navy, but, they had three times the number of troops. The troops scattered elsewhere, including Manchuria, had no chance of receiving reinforcements, or resupply. The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria, Date 9-20 August 1945, came way too late. Japan surrendered On August 10, 1945, the only condition being that the emperor be allowed to remain the nominal head of state. Aug. 14, 1945. At 7 p.m. on Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to reporters gathered at the White House. (There were no conditions, )

[@nursecj5154]

Thank you for your hard work brother.

[@Fontsman-14]

Considering the US efforts and expediture developing the bomb, there was always a strong possibility that they would use it. Japan vacillating over a surrender gave the US a perfect justification. Certainty Trueman had little hesitation.

[@PushaDee]

My job is pretty much watching military documentaries. THIS is how you make a military documentary. Thank you.

[@sandrahossman2089]

My dad went from war in Europe to the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of Japan. Dropping the Atom bombs ended the war in the Pacific.

[@ralphwortley1206]

Interesting recap of known events. If you make other films I recommend that the voice is louder than the music, which adds little to the story. But in general well done.

[@SharonBook]

Excellent video.

[@robertwalker951]

Excellent documentary

[@user-ed9lt5kg6s]

Thank you very much I've learned Soo much from this documentary

[@DonVideoGuy007]

The irony - At the 24:21 time code mark, the inside of a heavily damaged classroom in Hiroshima is shown briefly. On the chalkboard is a partial detailed outline of what appears to be the underside of a Boeing B-29 Stratofortress in flight, with main landing gear up - just to the left of the drawing, on the upper corner of the chalkboard, one can see written " B-29 ".

[@safwanalmufty5188]

Good job on documentary video shows historical days

[@charleslloyd4253]

My father joined the Navy about a year before Pearl Harbor and fought throughout the war. And missed the wars end calibrations in the US. For he was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo standing Behind his boss William Bull Halsey at the surrender of Japan. And if we had not used the bombs. would the world of known of their power. And someone have used them years later when they were ten times more powerful?

[@colinloyd6718]

My grandfather also fought in the war before moving to South Africa.

[@billbaumiester6764]

My father served on the USS Massachusetts. They bombarded Okinawa island for a solid 24 hours before the Marines waded ashore. His ship was docked next to the USS Missouri at the signing of the Japanese surrender. Your father and mine were from the generation of Americans who served with honor during difficult times. God bless all those service members.

[@charleslloyd4253]

@@billbaumiester6764 My Father was aboard the Lexington when she went down in the Coral Sea, When the destroyer that fished him out of the water. He was immediately assigned to the Enterprise and participated in the Midway action. And spent the rest of the war aboard US capital ships including the Massachusetts making reports to Halsey and Nimitz on fit and fitness of ships and crew. Before, during and after going into harms way. He was aboard the Yorktown at Okinawa

[@RetiredSailor60]

My brother served on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War

[@GeorgeBowling-te2xk]

Charles, you must not think much of the human race since you are a member of it , & contributed so little to the betterment of it, amen.

[@jovitagutay3692]

I’m from Gunma japan I’m proud I’m living in one of the most peaceful and safest countries in the world! I’m sorry about what happened in the past but we have to move forward and stay calm and peaceful and kind!

[@plozar]

The Japanese believed their emperor was god. Turns out, he was not.

[@mrswimmyboy]

On January 1, 1946, Emperor Hirohito declared that he was not a living god and that the concept of the Emperor's divinity was not true.

[@MyBelch]

28:44 "Everywhere the cries of bonsai echo around the field." Strange. Were they making flower arrangements? I think the cries were more likely, BANzai. Remember Pearl Harbor.

[@mrswimmyboy]

Bonsai are miniature trees, not flowers.

[@MyBelch]

@@mrswimmyboy Yes. You are correct. Flower arranging is ikebana. Thanks.

[@ruthkatagami4011]

I’m from Hiroshima. We don’t consider ourselves victims or want any pity. We don’t claim to be victims or want any sympathy money/funding , tears from anyone. That’s an agenda Obama spread in 2016. Hiroshima has established its own economy and prosperity and continues to reflect on the past. Hiroshima just wants to avoid future nuclear wars.

[@brega6286]

I believe you and am sorry Obama had to try and make an issue.

[@Peter-km7hb]

Obama is a national embarrassment

[@sammythompson3694]

Have you heard about the Epstein list? Guess who is on it.

[@richardrowlands9113]

True, love the new story, I read old books about the Japanese running around killing German priests before the bomb drop, interviews with Japanese people, I think one of the books was called Hiroshima by John hersey, by the way, I love all people of our planet, just wish we can work together

[@senilejoe7932]

Well …. Your not black and blame everybody else on the planet from your problems.

[@justasreal5483]

THIS WAS AN AMAZING DOCUMENTARY!!! MY FATHER WAS IN WWII AND I'VE TRIED TO KEEP UP. WATCHING THIS AND "KNOWING" WHAT HAPPENED IS THE FANTASTIC PART. DON'T TELL ANYONE BUT I DEVELOPED A PSEUDO-HIGH WATCHING THIS. HOWEVER, SO SAD FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE

[@ScootsMcPoot]

That's not pseudo. That's real chemicals in your brain.

[@Thraka5]

The worst part is Little Boy and Fat man were nothing. Childrens toys in comparison to what was to come.

[@frlouiegoad4087]

2023 nothing has changed, OLD MEN led young men to death.

[@TomFynn]

Not really. Many "incidences" in Japans history (and there are a lot of incidences) are due to young officers acting on their own initiative agaist the orders of their superiors. It's called gekokujo: Those below ruling those above.

[@joepass1883]

Most of Those “old men” had already fought in previous wars liberating OTHER Countries. All your comment was missing is “white” old men. Liberals are cringe

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting.

[@SLICE_Full_Doc]

Thank you for watching ;)

[@chicarteldrug0unor0708]

​@@SLICE_Full_Docexcellent work done by your team.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

​@@SLICE_Full_Doc😅

[@allanmayo9616]

LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN WAR, . when are we going to learn this?

[@henrysantos7160]

Another amazing doc.😮

[@earlusmcdivett]

If if weren’t for those bombs we would be bowing at the table before we ate sushi.

[@realtree297]

Amen to that brother, either sushi or whatever they eat in Germany. I’m just glad we weren’t led by these soft turn the other cheek bleeding hearts

[@tomlepski8306]

Thank you for a very enthraling documentary. I visited the Hiroshima Memorial in 2016 and it was quite a moving experience.

[@mrjohn5496]

Don't forget Pearl Harbor

[@tomlepski8306]

@@mrjohn5496 True. Pearl Harbour was the reason for Hiroshima.

[@randybonner9870]

Hopefully you stopped by Pearl harbor first before you went to the Hiroshima memorial?

[@tomlepski8306]

@@randybonner9870 Yes did it, an year earlier, the U.S.S. Arizona monument is harrowing, the begining of the end for Hiroshima. May the souls of the entombed sailors rest in eternal peace.

[@meyersculimbrene9478]

Did you visit the American Cementary on Okinawa? Just months before the nuclear bombs were dropped, thousands of our young died on the first island of the Japanese homeland. I almost ended up fighting with our taxi driver when I said this death on both sides was mercifully ended by the two nukes and the night raid on Tokyo that killed more than the nukes. I regret that I there because I was a pilot on leave during the Viet Nam war, a war that was started on a lie by LBJ. If you want to argue about the Tonkin incident, review the lastest info.

[@edwardgabriel5281]

Just a few more words - I remember little Japanese boys fighting for the scraps of food on my dinner tray that I would scrape into the garbage can before I dunked the tray into soapy water to wash. I would go back to the dinning hall for 2nds when that happened. I always put more on my tray than I could eat. I remember soil between railway ties cultivated to grow greens to eat. People were really hungry. The rats in our squadron would take C-ration to town at night and sell for Japanese Yen. (shortly after military currency was all one can send home). I must say that the Japanese are a resilient people. When I left a year later, the transformation was amazing.

[@lastnamefirstname7950]

Thank you

[@SemiDad]

The Russians invaded Manchuria on the 9th of August the same day the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The Americans were not motivated to drop it because Russia had entered the war against Japan. The Russians invaded Manchuria precisely because of the bombing of Hiroshima. They were motivated to keep their part of the Potsdam agreement or lose their spoils. Even after the surrender many Japanese divisions refused to believe that Japan had surrendered and kept on fighting for weeks.

[@freemagicfun]

Yes, they Russians invaded earlier than they planned, because of the bombs. They wanted to try and grab some land.

[@emitindustries8304]

This is a very well made video, and very accurate.

[@Cipher71]

Not really tbh

[@markevanger4791]

The Reprocussions of not giving up was the atomic bombs!

[@Mikemonoa-hz2rz]

They completely made an absolute fool of themselves if they thought they could win the war and what got me was tojo said the Americans don't have the stomach to fight to the bitter end when it was clear it was the other way round lol 😅😂

[@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

the Japanese almost DID win the war against the US, it had nothing to do with whether the Americans had stomach to fight or not,it had to do with Japanese military technology which was far more advanced than that of the US. Where the Japanese failed and ultimately lost the war was their intelligence, the US had broken Japanese codes and were intercepting all Japanese coded messages and deciphering them. And this is not my opinion, i'm just voicing military historians here.

[@whiteysolly6760]

After Hiroshima there was no response from Japan, they gambled on the fact that the United States didn’t have uranium to build a second bomb. That gamble cost them Nagasaki. Japan thought it was their destiny to rule the world as well as working on their own nuclear weapons program, had they developed the bomb before the United States, it would have been used to conquer, not bring the war to an end.

[@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

​@@whiteysolly6760 Thee was no gamble here, Japan was not going to surrender until they had assurances from the US that the emperor system would remain intact. 67 cities had already been incinerated by fire bombing, do you think two more cities, incuding would have made any difference to the militarists?? It was only Russia's declaration of war plus a nod from theUS that the emperor wouldremain untouched that gave the Japanese peaceparty the upper hand and Japan surrendered. Japan didn't want to rule the world LOL. All they wanted was a piece of the action in their own backyard (South east Asia). Till then south east Asia was the stomping ground of the West, south east Asia was colonised by the Europeans for their own economic interests, but when Japan wanted a piece of the cake as well it was no go to the Europeans.

[@Mikemonoa-hz2rz]

@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse well I'm just going off what tojo said but it was completely thee other way round when you know tojo had absolutely nothing left and food and water was there main source with out that there hopeless starving sitting ducks lol 😆

[@mikered1974]

​​@@Mikemonoa-hz2rzEmpire of Japan at WW2 is no way had Ambition of Ruling the World were do you get that Nonsense they have a saying "Asia for Asian and Japan will lead it" also militarily Imperial Japan are inferior both to America and Soviet and are evenly match with the British at that time heck before Pearl Harbor Japan is Struggling for 4 years to beat China which much weaker Militarily compared to Japan at that time and they only beat the British & Americans in Suprise Attack.

[@wesleyestill7653]

Excellent historical video!

[@markshelton3762]

When I was in Korea in 1981, I was talking to an elderly Korean man about WWII. He said when Koreans heard America had destroyed an entire Japanese city with one bomb, Koreans hoped America would drop a hundred more.

[@antoniomadrigal7351]

My Lord. What are we doing to ourselves.

[@terirudnick3197]

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[@terirudnick3197]

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[@mabuladiziel-entertainment]

What a great History, and a big Lesson I was learned through it. Lets Persue Peace , and Love Through each other for Humanity.

[@lonestar1637]

If you are ever in Los Alamos, NM, I highly recommend visiting the Manhattan Project NationalPark and it’s museum. The lengths they went to in order to maintain secrecy are staggering. It’s also a very beautiful city and beautiful country.

[@mikemangieri7626]

The Pacific is one big grave yard for all RIP

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Amazing they can face their people after what they did to them.

[@dablackgoku001]

My grandfather deployed as many times as he could. His brother my great uncle died in Pearl Harbor and he would either win or die trying. He said the nukes robbed him of what he wanted but I might only be typing this if they had not fallen. I love the Japanese but they crossed a line. I do feel we stopped them from a self destructive future. I pray it never happens again.

[@TheDigger1967]

Excellent documentary.

[@Cipher71]

It's really not lol

[@davedavedave52]

Here is an uncomfortable fact for the authers of this vid: I just found out , The Japanese military/leadership was estimating losing 20,000,000 people in the Allied invasion of the japan mainland. The US was planning on losing 1,000,000. The Atomic attack killed around 140,000 at Hiroshima, and 74,000 at Nagasaki - that's 214,000. . So the Atomic attack SAVED approx. 20 MILLION lives. 19Mil were Japanese, whose leaders were willing to throw away. in another of a long string of inept and futile bad decisions I dont see how saving 20milion people is a "repercussion" Another thing: There are allot of fundamental similarities between the WW2 japaneses leadership and hamas leadership

[@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

Baloney, Those figureyou quoted are standard fare for public consumption for all those justifying the bombing. But these figures are NOT supported by military estimates The US War plans commitee predicted in 1945 that the invasion of Japan would result in 193,000 casualties including 40,000 dead. The oxymoron here is that the delay in ending the war (because the US wanted to test the bomb, and deliver it and then used it) in fact prolonged the war resulting in more casualties. The problem here is that having spent billions developing the A bombs Tuman had to use them, - for domestic public policy, had Truman not used them, he would have face the wrath of the American people. The reality is that Truman could have ended the war months earlier because the US had been decipherimg all Japanese coded messages and knew that the only opposition to a Japanese surrender was a guarantee by the US that the emperor system would be kept intact, Even Churchill urged Truman to relent and allow the Japanese to surrender keeping the Chrysathemum throne, but Truman refused to budge. The reasons?? the deep state in the US, the Military and all those who benefitted by the dropping of the A-bombs on Japanese civilians. And lastly It was NOT the A-bombs that ended the war, it was Russia's declaration of war against Japan that prompted the Japanese to surrender, coupled with an approving "nod" from the US that the Emperor system would be respected. Basically a flip flopping of American rhetoric on the subject.

[@davedavedave52]

@@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse yawn

[@JapanMonAmourTheJapanHouse]

@@davedavedave52 *_"There are allot of fundamental similarities between the WW2 japaneses leadership and hamas leadership"_* 🤣🤣🤣 Are you for real??? Japan wanted exactly what the west wanted in south east Asia...................accumulation of wealth, competition for commercial outlets, long term control of resources...................... and the west decided that Japan couldn't join the club for a piece of the pie and wanted to defend their own little sphere of interest in south east Asia. How naive you are.

[@josephperreault997]

This inaccurately refers to Paul Tibbet's being a Lt.Colonel at time of the August Bombing he had been a Colonel since January of 1945

[@edwardreynolds1837]

Thanks!

[@SLICE_Full_Doc]

Thank you so much!

[@invisiblecurious856]

15:13 pause right there. Is it frank oppenheimer?? Robert oppenheimer's brother? the one who looked down and wrote something with the note?

[@henrysantos121]

*Excellent.👍. documentary very well done*

[@meyersculimbrene9478]

No, it was anti american propaganda.

[@rebeccalacsamana4060]

Thank you so much for showing us the real happenings during the WW2 I was not born yet.

[@themilfologist]

phenomenal documentary

[@Greg_call]

Agree.

[@ronviejo4994]

Many kudos to "SPLICE" for their documentaries. Their research folks have come up with some impressive film footage and info. Well done

[@danawinsor1380]

This documentary was excellent. Thank you for presenting it!

[@nankerphelge3771]

I agree with you that this was an excellent video. It presented sides of the war and aspects of the decision to use atomic weapons that I had not full considered before viewing this video. One aspect it did not present was the Franck Report. Glen Seaborg, an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan project, was among the scientists who authored the report. They advocated for a plan to demonstrate the power of the bomb to Hirohito before using it on a populated target.

[@toddavis8603]

Japan a fierce foe, even tho they had awakened the " sleeping giant---AMERICA!"My dad was 4th Armored Division Signal Corps at 25 yrs old.1916-1962.

[@hendrix4511]

Maybe its just me, but it seems that someone is speaking under the Music? I wonder what he is saying!

[@andrewmays3988]

Excellent documentary. 😇

[@noemibarrios4056]

The Kamikazee would target merchant mariners who were delivering supplies my father was a merchant marine and went in when he was 17 (he lied about age) anyway there would be Kamikazee trying to sink their ships some came real close

[@stephenkehl7158]

Not only did the use of the atomic bombs help save countless American lives, it also helped to save more Japanese lives, both military and civilian, than it took.

[@RevLeigh55]

That is the propaganda the US has espoused anyway.

[@tundrawomansays694]

Absolutely. And they were wise to keep the Emperor in place.

[@66kimrae]

Stephenkeh,why didn't Japan send godzilla....

[@jamallabarge2665]

The firebombings of Tokyo also made an impression. The US developed an incendiary device which was engineered to punch through the tile roofs of houses, then set the contents on fire. Each one looked like a small metal bar with a square shaped cross section. Developed by Standard Oil... it used napalm and an igniter with a delay train to get the device time to bust through the tiles of the roofs. Tested on a "Japanese village" in Dugway proving grounds.

[@rodx5571]

@@66kimrae Funny, Godzilla is the product of the atom bombs. Its a not so subtle dig at America for dropping the bombs. They started it, i wonder if they regret starting the fight, or just losing it so badly. Its like being the bully, starting the fight , and losing so badly the kid you started the fight with is now living in your house, playing with your toys, and taking your parents paychecks. Oh, and half the house is gone. But i digress.

[@joem1102]

If admiral Yamamoto really did issue the statement... I fear all we have done is Awakening a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve... He wasn't aware that giant was a fire breathing dragon

[@user-ok5sc7sw5k]

good video but the music was too intrusive so it wasnt always possible to hear the commentary.

[@nigelmansfield3011]

Those of us with a knowledge of history know full well the vital role the Russians played in Manchuria and in the surrender of Japan. To understand Stalin you need to see Russian interests and ambitions through his eyes. Stalin wanted to restore the limits of his 'empire' to the boundaries of the Tsarist Empire in 1914. He left Finland alone because he had reached a treaty with them in 1940. Even though Finland was allied to Germany from 1942-45 its troops did not cross the previous 1939 frontier. Stalin wanted Sakhalin island back (its half of the island had been taken over by Japan in 1904 along with the Kurile Islands. Even in Europe, Stalin did not break the treaties he signed or agreed with Churchill and Roosevelt. For instance, he allowed Britain to crush the communist in Greece as that country was within the British sphere of interest. Not much use of you were East Germany, Poland, the Baltic States, Bulgaria and Romania but they were assigned to the Russian sphere by Britain and the USA.

[@boydlondon]

Well, my thought on Russia is they saved our bacon in terms of lives. Had it not been for the western front we would have probably doubled American losses. Stalin was a smart guy. He basically received what he had earned in terms of territory. Courtesy of that experience we now have democracies. Even Russia is exhibiting more capitalistic tendacies.