U.S. and Japanese Soldiers Fight To The Death

Two small armies of American and Japanese soldiers destroy each other in battle during WWII with a single Japanese survivor.

[@simonyip5978]

Banzai charges were for two main reasons. (1) when an objective needed to be taken and the banzai charge was used as a shock tactic to panic the enemy into fleeing or surrendering. These were not really suicide charges because the Japanese troops hoped to survive the charge. (2) the genuine suicide charges were the last resort, the Japanese knew that they probably had no chance of being resupplied, or reinforced or being rescued. So every Japanese soldier, including the walking wounded would gather their strength and courage in order to try to kill as many of the enemy as possible. In many cases, the troops would throw away their equipment, except for their rifles and ammunition, and maybe their personal family photos etc (and possibly a flag signed with good luck messages from their families and friends back in Japan, some would tie their flag to their rifle barrel, or wrap it around their waist or head like we see in many old pictures). Even their bayonet scabbards and water bottles would be thrown away because they were no longer needed. There are several books which give us some very interesting and poignant stories of Japanese veterans or from diaries and letters written by the soldiers who ended up dieing in combat. It's interesting to see both sides of a war or even an individual battle so we can see both sides as human beings who had very similar opinions and views of the world.

[@samd.8911]

Simon this is not really true as the Japanese learned very early on the banzai charge did not typically work against US soldiers or marines as the Americans learned the Japaneses killed surrendering US soldiers. they were suicidal in over 95% of banzai charges.

[@onemanarmy229]

@@samd.8911 No, he was very right. As a WW2 historian, I can confirm everything he says is true. However, late-war, as you said, banzai charges were indeed suicidal, but it was patriotic, especially fitting for Imperial Japan.

[@stephencarpenteri2223]

My uncles were in Guadalcanal. They told me to always shoot them twice. They were right! Semper Fi!

[@wilshirewarrior2783]

My Uncle Gerald was there with Raiders also at Tulagi. Navy Cross from Bull Halsey but he could never speak about it even with me cajoling him to.

[@paulgough48]

Sounds like they were never there

[@paulwilliams8555]

Correction - those were not soldiers , they were Marines.

[@Tikii_9]

CemtecUk everyone stupid fuck

[@EM-km8em]

It would be awesome to have movies like these in film rather than pure digital. Film captures so much detail resolution even when you zoom in the images don’t get as blurry in film.

[@jcaleca60]

My dad was there also Guadalcanal lady Bougainville he said the Japanese never stopped he got shot himself received Bronze Star two purple hearts Oak Leaf cluster but never said much about the war before he died he spoke to me is names on the World War II Memorial John S Cal ECA

[@elroyjetson8883]

My Dad was in the Philippines. That’s all I know about his wartime experiences. He was also a guy who collected friends. He and my Mom would go on a vacation and meet another couple and - banmo - friends for life. I‘ve never met or heard of an Army buddy. I‘ve never heard anything about the war from my Dad and even in those clear the air conversations we had when he was in hospice with terminal cancer he still wouldn’t talk about it. I guess we know about the horrible things that happened as my Dad and company chased them out of the Philippines but it was so bad my Dad wanted no connection to it the rest of his life. No VFW, no American Legion, nothing...

[@roderickstockdale1678]

jeff caleca was he 2nd Raiders?

[@charlesfoutch1132]

my father fought in n africa sicily and lost his left bicep and almost his arm at anzio.

[@thunderpuppy6719]

@@elroyjetson8883 I knew a gentleman who survived the Bataan Death March, Obie C. Richardson. He never spoke about it. As a matter of fact, I didn't know he was a Death March survivor until I read his obituary.

[@ianmangham4570]

Amen

[@pd2210]

man I never seen so many left handed people in my life

[@acadman4322]

The first wipeout of an American unit by the Japanese was on Guadalcanal. A native that had been captured by the Japanese was released and told to tell the Americans they wanted to surrender. It was a trap. A small American unit in two landing craft was dispatched to pick up the surrendering Japanese. A Doctor and a translator were included. As soon as the Americans disembarked on the beach, they were slaughtered by well placed Japanese machine gun, mortar and rifle fire. There were no survivors. Americans quickly realized they were up against a whole different kind of enemy. The Japanese on Guadalcanal paid a terrible price for this kind of savagery. Later, the Japanese troops renamed Guadalcanal, "Starvation Island". Of the 36,000 troops Japan used in the battle, only 8,500 died in battle, the rest died of starvation and disease. Only 1000 Japanese surrendered successfully. Total Americans killed was 7,100 from all services engaged.

[@richardwardle11]

ACADMan ,revy

[@allananderson1906]

Most Japanese soldiers sent to Guadal Canal died there!

[@katherinegates1559]

My Dad was there also....one of the Old Breeds 1st Marine Division. He would never talk about the war to me. All our men were so brave. I miss him everyday😢 Love You my Dad💓 Love and Peace to all our Brave Veterans of every Branch in our Great Military always💓✌💓

[@bennettrogers7921]

Well, you were almost correct. The incident I believe you are referring to was the Goettge patrol, early on in the Guadalcanal campaign. There were in fact two survivors who managed to escape. The other Marines, including the Intelligence officer, Lt. Col. Frank Goettge who headed the patrol, remains have never been found. The incident occurred just west of Lunga point if I recall.

[@martinclayton7260]

What film is this from?

[@andrewnicholson4811]

stupid strategy...fire a volley then charge.... when your that close you should just charge giving the enemy no warning whilst reducing the ground to be covered

[@snowflakemelter1172]

He do you know Rambo ?

[@nicadaemus]

This is intense. What movie or show is it from?

[@tengyang3581]

Notice the bayonet lug on the M1 carbines. That didn’t happen until Korea.

[@jojodelima1953]

Just for the movie, non WW2 vets wont know the difference

[@deadhorse1391]

Teng Yang actually...NO The bayonet lug was first added to the M1 carbine in June 1944 and did see some use in WWII Eventually almost all carbines were retrofitted with it along with low wood stocks and the new rear sights but mostly done post war

[@samd.8911]

What is interesting is that by mid-war no one in the Pacific theater wanted the carbine. Even Airborne troops, where carbine was initially a badge of being elitee troops, ditched them for garand whenever they could. My grandfather was in the 11th AB in the Pacific and when he taught me how to shoot both rifle and pistol, he was obsessed with "stopping power " of a firearm I think due to his pacific experience.

[@samd.8911]

@@deadhorse1391 because the combat personnel did not want a lower power carbine in the first place and lack of a bayonet made it even worse

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Deadhorse1 but it wasn’t used in combat until ‘45. It only saw action in the last battles at Okinawa, Luzon and just this week I saw a picture of one being at Iwo Jima, so it was distributed afterwards not shipped out right away they weren’t issued in time for Peleliu or Leyte.

[@buzzmeanytime]

What movie is this?

[@tfoen7678]

Like Pickett's charge but in a different battle.

[@nathantorresstanevil6958]

Like the Napoleonic Pickett?

[@yoshiokato8561]

Total destruction of Japanese Itsugi force which was considered the most strongest and the bravest has been the typical failure in the war.

[@tommymagnusson]

Saipan was a bloody hell hole and other tiny spack of island

[@user-cz3um2ic3j]

3:59 Wait what?!?!! I REMEMBER THIS SCENE IN ODA THE LAST SAMURAI

[@spitthunder0075]

Its "oba"

[@oaktree1585]

Semper Fi

[@manilanoakes3966]

I have always read conflicting accounts of Japanese and Americans killed in the Saipan banzai attack In this version it is 4000Japanese 2000 American. I find it surprising so many Americans were killed. With automatic weapons and machine guns as well as been in a defensive position you would think that the Japanese would have been slaughtered.

[@edward1676]

I WOULD THINK SO MYSELF...

[@x.y.8581]

What was the end dialogue? Translation please.

[@user-wi9ib6fg4g]

Private first class (Yakuza) who laughs at the officer who pretends to die saying "Is life so lonely?"

[@x.y.8581]

@@user-wi9ib6fg4g Thanks, but I would like word for word.

[@Round-Circle]

@@x.y.8581 7:12 Officer: Who are you? 7:15 Private: The corpse has spoken. 7:27 Private: Horiuchi (last name) Kesamatsu (first name), Private first class.

[@pimpompoom93726]

You have to feel for the Japanese-only bolt action rifles, few sub machine guns, few light machine guns, few grenades, few mortars. The Americans had all semi-automatic rifles, plenty of sub machine guns, plenty of light machine guns, plenty of grenades, mortars, recoilless rifles and bazookas. The Japanese fought WW2 with WW1 weaponry.

[@bradleymyers5030]

The German infanty man fought with mainly the mouser which is a bolt action rifle. Yeah they had the MP 40 buy only a few and them.

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

At least Japanese air force had the Zero.

[@bradleymyers5030]

@@flaminghailstorm9149 the Zero was absolute after 1943. No armor for the pilot or self sealing tanks. The Japanese never keeped the technology like the Americans. Just one of the examples. I could Go for even more why the Japanese lost the war. Thank God!

[@andrewdow4839]

Actually they had more LMGs. A typical unit typical japanese attacking squad had two type 99s or 96 LMGs with the support of one type 92 hmg or knee motars. While americans only had one or two BAR ( brownings were for defensive positions until late 1944) And made up the difference of firepower with naval bombardments and semi auto fire.

[@konradwestphal1751]

Well,yes the plan was for Japan to loose the war,and have millions of dead. The male breading stock of Japan was destined to perish. All wars have that build in.

[@excatholicatheist]

who wrote this? Those Marines would have had LP/OP's out front. No way they would have gotten that close unobserved, especially in daylight

[@ervanaugusto791]

I would like to ask something, how was the distribution of Katanas during ww2 in Japanese army ? Did they randomly distribute it ?

[@fist_pump_field5169]

Ervan Augusto the army gave every officer a katana but soldiers and officers had the choice to bring their own family katana

[@ervanaugusto791]

@@fist_pump_field5169 So they could bring their family heirloom in risk of losing it ?

[@fist_pump_field5169]

Ervan Augusto it was more a good luck and honour thing bringing it was like respect and dying with something like that was considered honour full.

[@jesraelcamarillo2312]

What is the title of the movie?

[@ikanzaki9293]

Miracle in the Pacific

[@jerseybob1000]

My dad was a seabee he said he dug a hole on the beach and buried them all there.

[@bluemarshall6180]

bob shortman That's how the Seabees do it. 😁

[@geraldmiller8973]

don't mess with the 30.06. it's a killer. everybody should own a 30.06 i have a model 1935 peruvian mauser in that caliber. it is my favorite firearm.

[@mister-v-3086]

I HATE when you take someone's movie and run it MIRROR -- Everything's BACKWARDS

[@ThanhPhan-yq6wo]

no eningh

[@bradleymyers5030]

Please someone whats the name of this movie?

[@bradleymyers5030]

@wavygr thank you for finding the title of the movie for me. I watched the full English subtitles on KZbin. It was a great movie!

[@MrBothandNether]

So many inaccuracies. It's like the SciFi channel made a war movie. Macguffin for effect.

[@charlesfoutch1132]

it's not a documentary.

[@Mermaid2261]

Now, to figure out which battle this was? Saipan? Guadalcanal? Likely one of those.

[@ikanzaki9293]

Its saipan.. From the japanese movie "miracle in the Pacific" based on the american book "oba the last samurai" . highly recommend both

[@tranportasimassal40]

What tittle this movie

[@charlesfoutch1132]

The Last Samuria it has another name but I can't remember it.

[@gingermegs138]

Banzai charges were used in great effect against ill trained Chinese Soldiers but were a waste of time against well equipped entrenched US Forces.

[@patrickli3576]

Movie????😰.

[@Jirka_Globus]

@@ncampos1039 its OBA, not OMA

[@geoffstorey4569]

This is a film

[@TJMJR1963]

What did the shaved Japanese man say at the end, please?

[@mr.classicman4049]

I'm Japanese I can translate it for you if you want me to

[@John-ob7dh]

​@mr.classicmanbut4049 but h did not.???

[@metalfire86able]

Watch lot of banzai charge, 90% feed themselves for bullet. Why their leader choose that rather than proper tactical assault

[@aaronjacobfox4612]

because their leaders are bunch of pussys

[@tommyau2006]

japanese.exe stopped working

[@bastogne315]

Some of those marines looked a bit bulked to be WW2 combatants.

[@tengyang3581]

Adolf Galand it’s a movie. If you noticed the M1 carbines had bayonet lugs. They weren’t added til Korea.

[@tjvaneyk7010]

What did they say at the end can anybody translate

[@elildo1305]

I'd really like to know!

[@SemangatCerita]

oba - the last samurai

[@mridza1193]

Banzai charge..was the final option that the Japanese had..

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Tom Tom Roosevelt didn’t want their oil, we SUPPLIED their oil, but when they kept on using it to make forays into China, we cut it off, because China was a huge trading ally. So when we did that, they decided they weren’t going to let up and plotted to pull an attack that would cripple us and clear up their advance, six months later, they carried it out, and to quote Yamamoto, “Awoke a Sleeping Giant”. They probably didn’t know that they would being we had been at peace for 22 years-but that morning they found out the true might and pride of our nation-in the total 14 years they spent fighting China-it only took us 4 to beat them back-so who was the stronger nation and who learned the damn harder lesson!

[@user-lm9ex9nb7h]

突撃ラッパなんて、さすがに太平洋戦争ではないな

[@cellNo2]

@蒼穹空人 突撃ラッパは、いつの時代で使用されてたのでしょうか？

[@andreasspinnrock3557]

Was für ein Wahnsinn. Auch wenn es nachgestellt ist, es ist aber verdammt nah am Original. Kann die Realität noch schlimmer sein???

[@israelvazquezplascencia883]

Looks like this Japanese soilders need ower guns since uhhh they have mostly 1bot action Rifles.

[@Firemedicbill911]

Not sure, but it’s about the last bonsai charge in history

[@John-ob7dh]

Ha Ha.try Banzai

[@wilshirewarrior2783]

3 lefties at 7:30…yeaaa

[@richardbowers3647]

No common ground I'm guessing? No 7 samurai story even?

[@humamdafaadzaky]

What's this is the film

[@treblesix8730]

I think its "Letters from Iwo Jima", Clint Eastwood had some rhing to do with producing it. It was shot in black and white and showed the battle from the Japanese perspective with subtitles. There was another movie in the same ilk, black and white, Clint Easrwood involved, showing the US perspective, in English, but I can't remember what it was. Can anyone help please?

[@jimomaha7809]

This is from the movie: Oba: the Last Samurai (2011) based on an actual story. Its is about a Japanese captain who returns to the jungle after surviving this banzai attack. He collects several Japanese soldiers and starts a guerilla war from the jungle. He holds out more than 500days with almost 50 soldiers and 200 civilians. Even after the war is over. When they find out the war is over they march to the Americans singing and surrender their arms.

[@oregonpundit8278]

The Americans are Marines not Army.

[@synical_zero0003]

Well yeah, in the Pacific Theater they were Marines, but in the European front they were actual American soldiers.

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@synical_zero0003 there were plenty of army troopers in the pacific

[@joyfulflame3336]

Same strategy don't work every time. There will be counter strategy for the strategy when you overuse it.

[@jaroroytapel]

What movie is that?

[@honorarya4098]

Oba, the Last Samurai 太平洋の奇跡 -フォックスと呼ばれた男 - :)

[@jaroroytapel]

Thank You.

[@janmaas1404]

Jarek Roitapfel gol

[@johnhill5020]

Suicidal charges by the Japanese!

[@charlesmoore7349]

The Marines on Guadalcanal had 1903 bolt action Springfield rifles. They hadn't been issued M1 Garands are incorrectly shown here.

[@markfutchll8141]

This isn't Guadalcanal this is Saipan

[@edmomottola8940]

I think the Japanese soldier just insulted his comrade

[@hectorvalmadrid2960]

M1 GARRAND is the bayonet fitted...carbines or Thompson ..NO!!

[@manuelwowchow1476]

I guess these American Soldiers now realize what The Chinese Armies had to put up with. After watching this Clip.

[@endeend1]

Another reason why single shot rifles not ideal against enemies with automatics. Also another armchair general comment but you would think to have any troops left w ammo form a firing line against the enemy to provide some sort of cover fire instead of having all of them charging? Easier said than done of course

[@simonyip5978]

It's interesting that the Japanese soldier at the very end has tattoos on his chest. I remember reading a book about this battle, when some Yakuza organised crime gang members fought in various battles.

[@ianmangham4570]

Dog SHITE

[@radenheri5621]

Tenho haikai banzai

[@rolandpelaez274]

... WAR... IS A SATAN'S GAME... THEY'RE AFTER FOR GOLD AND GREED POWER... WHEN DEATH COMES... THEY'RE ALL FORGOTTEN... BUT ONLY YAHWEH'S NAME....REMAIN FOREVER...

[@billietyree6139]

American and Japanese soldiers? The Americans were wearing Marine utilities and helmet cover.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Film was reversed.

[@benjaminabanono349]

They,were US marines not soldiers man.

[@intravenoussalmon3677]

The pacific HBO

[@crazyvideoholic9380]

war for nation

[@Fat12219]

All for what 😢

[@cellNo2]

竹野内豊

[@user-yr6xe5wd4g]

突撃～ヤ～🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😤😤😤😤～

[@user-jv3bc7pt3z]

아주멍청한전술

[@Tmp866]

Japanese win anytime. Best country in the world.

[@geraldmiller8973]

well you did not win that time tojo.

[@g.k.1669]

Except for that little unconditional surrender thingy in Tokyo bay on the USS Missouri.

[@bdcochran01]

The Japanese army commander at the battle of Port Arthur was so distraught at the losses of human life that he asked permission of the emperor to commit suicide. The emperor responded that the general could not do this during the emperor's lifetime. After the emperor died, the general committed suicide. Class. As I told a former Japanese naval officer from the 1905 battle on the slopes of Mt. Hakone in 1976, the businessman who is in an arranged marriage who is drunk with his colleagues in Tokyo and who will stay at a gentleman's hotel that night after playing pachinko does not give a damn about Japanese nationality. He doesn't care about playing Go or writing hiaku either.

[@izitsomojo]

Ask my father..... he killed 17. Some were even captured or wounded. Vermin he called them. You did not win. No one did.

[@michaelf7093]

What movie is this from?