Why World War 2 Actually Started In Asia In 1937 | Titans Of The 20th Century | Timeline

War reaches Ethiopia with the Italian invasion and threatens Europe with the German occupation of the Rhineland and annexation of Austria. Spain and China plunge into civil wars. Mao and Chiang Kai-shek unite to face Japan's invasion.
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[@hungtow]

Actually for China, it started in 1931 when Japan Imperial power attacked and conquered Manchuria in northeast China.

[@gagamba9198]

A regional war is not a world war.

[@stoneruler]

Nope, the chinese didnt fight back.

[@TimPerfetto]

How dare you argue with people? Why are you ruining his life?

[@harrisfu6296]

@@stoneruler some of them did. The Anti-Japanese resistance volunteers (300k people) fought back in manchuria, various northwestern and northeastern army corps fought at the great wall, and the 19th and 5th route armies fought the japanese at shanghai for 37 days in 1932. The rest were busy fighting each other as the first chinese civil war was going on, and chiang (jiang jieshi) was insistent on clearing the communists first, stating "first internal pacification, then external resistance". He kept this until the xi'an incident where he was kidnapped by 2 of his subordinates (a coup if you will) and was forced to meet, negotiate and make peace with the communist representatives on ending the civil war and forming a united front against the japanese

[@TheOlesarge]

@@gagamba9198 the American Revolution was a regional war that turned into a World War.

[@joebombero1]

The Battle of Khalkin Gol is amazing to study. The Soviet Union completely swallowed a Japanese Army Group, when the Japanese military was at their prime. General Zhukov developed the strategy he would later use at Stalingrad, the Japanese developed a real terror of the Soviets, which meant they never would come to Germany's aid, ultimately dooming Germany while millions of Japanese soldiers sat idle in China and Manchuria until the end of the war. A LOT happened militarily before the German/Soviet invasion of Poland.

[@Go4Broke247]

I think IJN would smoke Russia, if it was naval battles.

[@joebombero1]

@@Go4Broke247 I think you will love this kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37HmpJ8nZ6Sd8k

[@cooldudecs]

@@Go4Broke247 Russia just throws bodies. A naval battle would be different as ships rule the day

[@deadby15]

Actually the Red Army lost more troops than the IJA despite the fact they were better equipped. Japanese didn't realize that until the collapse of the USSR.

[@sksksks5072]

eussian were all about numbers of strength it has too many men to throw them in batlle like a sheep

[@harryzain]

Watching this and comparing it to current world events is actually scary. There are many similarities. 2023 here, let's see how it goes...

[@svenvdw4894]

I agree, the twenties of this century will determine the rest of this century. We are on a seemingly unstoppable slipping slope.

[@beardedxdeath]

We never learn.

[@renegadeknows1776]

It's 2024 and I was looking up ancient gods and I came across one that was the god of Saturn he's the god of war and a destroyer so I looked up the year of Saturn and every 29 years is the year of Saturn so now I'm looking at 1995-1966-1937 and I may keep going to see if anything correlates to war every 29 years Im doing this because spring time is equated to fertility and I believe in spring the urge to mate for all species is there not to mention there's gods tied to springtime and fertility

[@compactwoodhplcladding]

This is very correct, and this is an important reason why the Chinese, the Communist Party of China always mocks the hypocrisy of Western countries, and Western countries chose to appease China when China was suffering. Don't blame China for choosing silence when Russia invaded Ukraine!

[@hiroshi138]

"How the war started in Asia" *spends 49 of 50 minutes talking about Europe, America, and Russia 🙄

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

That was an absolutely amazing documentary, thank you!

[@kennethdavis4987]

This documentary intrigued me but the misleading title disappoints. Please resist the urge to fall into the KZbin trap of misleading titles.

[@johnruddick686]

I agree they should have been more honest with the title.

[@tamayomichi5085]

STOP Clikbait! The content is good. No nd for clikbaiting.

[@user-hg8ux9mj1i]

That's the coolest/craziest thumbnail from a Timeline video ever.. Good documentary shows the situation globally in all over the world.

[@hassanradi339]

thanks for the content

[@dashygocy]

Respect from China ! I love history and I can't wait for more videos

[@nodnarbleahcim5097]

I really hope our 2 countries can find a peaceful resolution.

[@dashygocy]

Same, Being respectful is the key

[@raymartintupas5401]

well, they're grabbing waters in our exclusive economic zone (eez) now and they are driving away our fisherman who fish there since the beginning, in 2012 they started occupying our islands..China has become a bully now..I love china before they influence the world through trading without war. But today, nah! I lost every inch of respect to your government and of course I will respect chinese people because you are civilians like me. I hope Chinese people will stand up and speak up against oppression of there gov't against other countries.

[@protonneutron9046]

Everyone who actually has taken H.S. level world history knows it started in East Asia.

[@ladyzapzap9514]

That depends on when you took that history class.

[@protonneutron9046]

@@ladyzapzap9514 If you took history BEFORE 1937 one would not have studied it. Any time after that, yes

[@AT2Productions]

@@protonneutron9046 That metric is debatable, as someone who graduated high school in the mid-1980s and earlier would have the invasion of Poland as the demarcation. Into the 1990s and later is when that changed, and it also changes by region you attended school.

[@protonneutron9046]

@@AT2Productions Nope. I was much earlier and were taught the correct data because it was IN SEQUENCE

[@AT2Productions]

@@protonneutron9046 Hostilities and combat actions are acknowledged as beginning in Manchuria, but the designation of a global war starts with combat actions in Europe. Like now, if another theater of combat actions opens that is then linked to the current Russia/Ukraine conflict, while actions began between Russia and Ukraine the WWIII tag wouldn’t come into effect until that second theater begins. That’s the minutiae you’re quibbling over at this point.

[@gingergargoyle]

My father was 7 yrs old when the Mpls Black Friday happened - he often said that there's a LOT of things the strikers did which was NEVER published in the papers

[@klarion]

They don't tell you that E Ploribus Unum is a fascist motto - out of many one... that's a verbal description of the "fascis", a Roman symbol of a bunch of twigs bound together with a hatchet in the middle...

[@DrinkTheKoolAid62]

In a way, WWII actually began in the Compeigne forest at 5:15 AM on November 11, 1918

[@gaiawanderlust6179]

Indeed. WW2 was the logical aftermath of WW1. And yet, world has learned nothing on how to build and maintain peace, justice and rights.

[@tarigregory5140]

Nobody mentions the prior pacts made prior to WWl.

[@dandyjesus]

Or when the treaty of Versailles was ratified.

[@lol99209]

That's the coolest/craziest thumbnail from a Timeline video ever.

[@pgdog888]

My father join the PLA to fight Japanese at age 15.

[@sr2291]

That's really cool.

[@humptydumpty1463]

Lol 🤡🤡

[@Andrew_alxf21]

How old are you?

[@macrick]

​@@Andrew_alxf21 he's fake

[@dmraven]

My grandfather fought in the Chinese civil war for the ROC. He was born in 1909 (back when China still had an Emperor). After WW2 ended thankfuly he and my grandmother that he met in 1948 (along with my less than 1 year old mother) were able to escape before the communist took over. I myself am 34.

[@1809steph]

Started in China in 1931 and ended in Japan 1945

[@sandradankowski6120]

Interesting documentary but too many interruptions by ads.

[@Reub3]

Get a browser that has free ad block.

[@SK-lt1so]

The picture shows maps from Espisito's West Point Atlas-a great series of books that map the world's major wars.

[@augustuswayne9676]

A few of these "Titans" were just fools in good clothes !

[@CTP909]

Lol define your meaning of "good" clothes.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting documentary

[@DJRAJEE]

crazy how these documentaries are free

[@smartbomb7202]

WW2 started the moment the Treaty of Versailles was signed

[@daviddevlogger]

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, just that it would be worth it

[@justinkauffman731]

And may I add: "It is better to have regrets for something you did than regrets for not doing something."

[@armandvillemont3441]

@@justinkauffman731 Amen to that!!

[@nastyz477]

@@justinkauffman731 * except murder

[@kimmyrask7368]

Wtf

[@jerrywestington]

And always go out fighting

[@shatterquartz]

38:45 Advice to non-native Chinese speakers: the second syllable in Beijing and Nanjing is pronounced identically, it's the same word, namely "capital". For some reason, many foreigners say "Bei-ZHING" instead of "Bei-DJING".

[@oliverenterprises3526]

It is good and all but the problem with Chinese and other related languages is its difficulty in pronunciation not to mention its tones and to compound the problem is the transliteration into the Latin alphabet which is inaccurate to say the least. As for non-native English speakers from China, most of their word pronunciation is horrendous; so as long as it is quite acceptably approximate then it is fine.

[@mhdhaswad6958]

Terima kasih perkongsian video nya sahabat 👍.

[@oliverenterprises3526]

I thought this episode would be about Asia but instead is was as per usual mostly about the WEST and Asia as just a condiment.

[@eljayppujalte7594]

Wow cool

[@user-cz8sf5vs3o]

I like your videos very much and I learn a lot from them. In this one I find a mistake regarding the death of king Alexander of Serbia. As far as I know he was killed in Marseille by Velichko Dimitriv Kerin aka Vlado Chernozemski, who is in fact Bulgarian.

[@alehaim]

The biggest point of contention on when ww2 began is basically when you consider the conflict to turn into a true world war. 1939 can be seen as the beginning of ww2 for the reason of it being when you had a conflicts on multiple continents. Simultaneously 1941 can be seen as the real year that the conflict became a world war due to the fact of the conflict truly becoming a singular conflict owing to the fact of the United States' involvement against both Japan (in addition to Japanese invasion of British and French colonies leading to their direct involvement with the Japanese as well) and Germany tying it all together as the Allied and Axis sides formed. 1937 on the other hand can be seen as the beginning of the conflict due to it being when the first conflicts of the war with the Japanese invasion of China and the Spanish civil war began and were what would evolve into the world war basically. However the biggest problem with considering 1937 the beginning of the world war is that there was no major conflicts going on simultaenously on multiple continents, only relatively insignificant conflicts.

[@protonneutron9046]

no. In '37 the conflict already involved the largest nation on Earth (USSR), the most populous (China) and the most advanced industrial nation in that half of the world.

[@eightyeight3439]

Ww2 was decided during ww1 and determined by thf same group tha TV decide almost if not all the wars.Who is that?That would take the fun out of researching.

[@protonneutron9046]

@@eightyeight3439 oh god rent an actual education

[@theeslimstevie]

Thats like saying Russian and Ukrainian war started last year. When actually it started in 2014. .

[@cashmerechase01]

It was because of racism Caucasians have always looked down on Asians and others especially in the 1930’s

[@azaazelazaazel3975]

please tell me why you removed the Baltic sea anomaly video i was in the middle of watching it had to refresh and boom its gone !? , why did you remove it i was really enjoying it.

[@CTP909]

Most of their videos bounce back and forth between this channel and the channel War Stories under a different title so chances are it'll pop up there in a month or so. This series was over there for a couple years prior to then switching it to this channel.

[@azaazelazaazel3975]

@@CTP909 but i cant find it anywhere and i wasnt even finished watching it i paused it came back refreshed the page and it disapeared do you know where i can still find it?

[@CTP909]

@@azaazelazaazel3975 probably not on YT until one of them reuploads it. If it shows up on the other channel it'll have a completely different and probably unrelated name. Do you know what series it was a part of if it was..... Like this video is under a bogus name "Why WW2 actually started in Asia in 1937" but the Titans of the 20th Century is the genuine name of the series

[@azaazelazaazel3975]

@@CTP909 i think the name of the video was just something like " baltic sea anomaly documentary update or something just very curious on why it was only up for like 2 days then removed i didnt even get to finish it and i was really enjoying the video. I tried to find it elsewhere i cant find it anywhere.

[@kowgyrl]

Gosh I hope America and China don't go to war again. With how things are going over there in Taiwan, it's a possibility in a few years😔

[@scottkrater2131]

Again? China and the US have never been at war, unless you count the Chinese Communist 'volunteers' that fought for the North Koreans. Before that we were allies. China was one of the main reasons the Japanese and US went to war in 1941.

[@feinton]

@@viam-1983 please take your meds

[@handyvan3422]

its inevitable

[@25172605]

Dose any one know the name of the music at 34:10

[@matthewderoche175]

I would argue it started in October 1935 with the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia.

[@bluegregory6239]

I would argue for even earlier, 1932 or so.

[@JingLi-pw3du]

@@bluegregory6239 Then how about 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Still happen in China

[@stormtrooper74]

WWII definitely started well before September 1, 1939.

[@justinbell700]

It just shows the length that some men go to destroy God's greatest creation which is human kind

[@Tadicuslegion78]

I brought this up once and people thought I was insane.

[@nodnarbleahcim5097]

I’ve always considered WWII’s accepted start date of 1 Sep 1939 because once war broke out in Europe, because war was already happening in Asia, it truly became a global conflict.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

A Eurocentric view is always the accepted view. Even if Germany invaded Poland, it was a conflict in two continents. So a conflict in one continent doesn't count, but a conflict in two is the true starting point? Let's call it what it is. A Eurocentric view because no one cares if Japan is invading China in the West. World War I was fought in Europe only, but it was called a World War still. 1914 to 1918. Should it not have been called that unless there was a conflict in a second continent? If a large war starts on one continent and can be called a World War, then how come it only applies to Europe? Calling it the Great European War would have been more accurate.

[@Sandszable]

@@jasonleetaiwan the lead up to WWII started with the Japanse invasion of China but I think the reason 1939 is seen as the start is because Germany and Japan were allies and by invading Poland (and the USSR happily obliging) it changed from a regional conflict to a global conflict.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

@Sandsz And yet WW1 is a World War even though it didn't take place anywhere else but Europe? I get it that it became more global upon the invasion of Poland and Britain and France entering the war, but it seems like a double standard to say 1914 is a true starting point but 1937 isn't. If 1914 can be called a true starting point as a conflict with alliances in one continent, then 1937 can certainly be called the starting point of a worldwide conflict that extended to Europe eventually.

[@Sandszable]

@@jasonleetaiwan imo 1914 is the start of the war but it didn't become a world war until the US joined the fight.

[@2whostruckjohn]

There were battles in Africa and the east Asia during World War 1 - mostly one-sided, but Lettow-Vorbeck kept many troops tied down chasing him in east Africa until the end of the war.

[@Digmen1]

Looks like this is part of a series, there seems to be no mention of Japan and China

[@dillonbrown1877]

This video had like 10 minutes talking about China and Japan lmao

[@ralphsanchico2452]

Great documentary. But I don't know how you can be neutral when the Axis of powers are gobbling up territory all around you. Did he honestly think those Axis's would just leave him alone?

[@MaryamofShomal]

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is one of the greatest historians and experts on authoritarianism and fascism. I’m grateful AF to be living at the same time as her. When she speaks: I listen.

[@infoscrolls]

Ha

[@jessybrown3008]

It’s always bothered me that ww2 starting is widely defined by “Germany invading poland” & the fact that’s actually so far from the truth 😭

[@FMK1317]

Maybe because that's when it truly became a global conflict....a purely asian centered conflict at the time in no way shape or form constituted a global conflict.

[@426mak]

@@FMK1317 And WW1 was started off as a European conflict so does that mean it should not be considered a global conflict until the US & China got involved in 1917?

[@FMK1317]

@@426mak It was already a global conflict prior to the USA's and china's involvement,there was fighting all over the globe 🤦‍♂️

[@426mak]

@@FMK1317 Not really. It started in Europe in 1914, spread into Africa in 1915 with America and Asia only getting involved in 1917. So we should name call the European War in 1914 and intercontinental war in 1915 and world war in 1917.

[@klarion]

Churchill never saw a fight he didn't like.. ...

[@asc.445]

WW2 started in 1914, it paused in 1918.

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

The 2nd 30 years war

[@briandstephmoore4910]

When tiny little men with drug problems think they are gods nothing goods gnna come

[@aquilesboy198]

Subtitles please tío timeline

[@asbeautifulasasunset]

You should be able to access them through the icon for Settings at the bottom right of the screen. Subtitles are a sub-menu title under Settings.

[@paulsmith4875]

The statement on why the war started in Asia was adressed.

[@joostprins3381]

WW2 started with the treaty of Versailles in 1919.

[@bigshash9946]

I'd love to continue watching this but there is an ad every 2 minutes. Chao

[@trillioncrowns]

if ur watching this channel you found out..... i hope.....

[@bluebell1753]

Let's all learn from the past , make it a better place for the good of all and for the sake of humanity ... "Peace , much love and life for the World and Humanity ..."

[@ImYourAverageJoe]

The quest way to escalation is doing nothing or not doing enough. Always true.

[@ImYourAverageJoe]

Quickest way*

[@innertubez]

19:59 Who applauds for 15 minutes lol

[@russellnolan9212]

All this talk of sincerity. They're all just so sincerely peaceful. What a tactic. When you purge yourself of capable men, your former capabilities aren't met. Stopping action against war, doesn't seem to stop war. Hm. There's some quote about good men standing silent?

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

23:54 😅❤

[@craigime]

pretty sure it didn't actually become a world war until germany invaded poland against the allies' wishes... otherwise wouldn't italy's invasion into ethiopia also count?

[@WillyNailer-dj4nc]

a huge point America took alot of precautions against was to not bring Spain into the war

[@taniagarciaduenas48]

🙌🙌🙌🙌💯

[@onemercilessming1342]

In US History from 1865 to present, at PSU, the prof said that...in 1968.

[@MaryamofShomal]

What

[@abck23]

It was actually started in 1935 in East Africa when Italy invaded Ethiopian empire.

[@GrievousReborn]

I feel like yes, World War 2 did start in 1939 but the moment Japan got involved the start retroactively became 1937.

[@damirzanne]

“Croatian Fascist “ didn’t assassinate king Alexander , Gavrilo Princip , a Serb did it … and he is a hero for doing it … 👍

[@mccormyke]

I think WW Two was just World War One with a very long halftime show

[@antoniotinoco2428]

Do you mean the time between WWl and WWll?

[@garrettjohnson7546]

It really started in 1931, but I digress.

[@zillsburyy1]

CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nancywhitehead219]

We fail to learn from history 😥

[@suzanneng8246]

There will always be war cos humans are all greedy and defintely fighting for survival.

[@aaronvoss748]

Don't be fooled! The governments definately learned! Every time they think there needs to be a new world order that attempt to start a world war!

[@justanotherfella4585]

2:06 “One county gets away with something another one tries to get away with something similar “ well, a must-quote but nonetheless a painfully prescient line for our current situation with Russia and The Ukraine.

[@Styphon]

The early war in Asia only involved two countries. It was not a "World War". It was a regional conflict. The belligerent that incited a larger global war was Germany.

[@timothyhines7845]

Watched 3/4 of this video WAITING for the point of view that WW2 had started in Asia. To this point Asia has been talked about for less than TWO minutes. Click bait from a supposed history channel that can't even properly title its own episodes.

[@toddbuchkovich9879]

Recycling old documentaries with tag lines reflecting modern research or perspective, but it is there if you're observant as the researchers

[@amer9208]

Does any one notice that the people they use in this doc is from "impossible peace". Not hating tho love it

[@CTP909]

Yup. These aren't produced by timeline fyi they just get the rights to them and post them. This series was posted on the War Stories channel prior to then switching it to this one. I had it in a playlist from there but now all five of the videos are private. These two channels often exchange series such as the Impossible Peace series and the Total War series

[@RemoteViewr1]

The comments, and inter change between the commenters is fascinating. For my money, dominoes that began falling in 1910 with wars in Bulgaria are necessary precursors and organically connect all the way out to 1945 in what I call " The great Big War ". To select otherwise is arbitrary, peculiar, and denies how the dominoes tumbled. The counter argument is scope and breadth, but that is just a question of time. Taken as a whole, not omitting the connections that necessarily initiate the preconditions for conflict, and the next conflict, and next conflict, and on and on and on.

[@pekertimulia125]

Minta izin Sir bisa tiga dahulu..!?

[@MasterChief-xs9yg]

Educated people realize ww2 wasn’t just a war against Nazis and was because Holocaust. Educated people know Japan had a great involvement in starting ww2. Let’s not forget that

[@user-ti9bg3jw1o]

Never forget

[@CTP909]

Those history hit ads are so annoying lol

[@RA10H56]

For Korea it started in 1910!

[@jeffblackard9753]

Japan wanted to flex and china was it’s target. By the way Japan has invaded china more than three times carving a swath through Korea each time.

[@MrMiller2048]

Most of this episode is about Europe conflict. What to pacific theaters?

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*NO...WW-2 began in 1872 with the 'Franco-Prussian War' which over time evolved into the 'Great War' of 1914-18 which in turn 'sowed the seeds' of the 'Children of the Hydras' Teeth' of WW-2*

[@veldrensavoth7119]

14:25 oh you mean like today?

[@JaiAryavart108]

It is an effort to absolve European countries of starting war. What other historians wrote are correct. Passivity of GB, France and US was indirectly responsible for rise of authoritan regimes in Eurasia.

[@iiwillsurvive574]

World War 2 started 1936 in Abysssinia

[@PopGoesTheology]

5:53

[@nukiolbartes6279]

Just as today we re talking about militarizing Japan 🫣

[@thebestofallworlds187]

Please make a video linking the cause of the Holocaust to Jewish Bolshevism and the Holodomor please.

[@pekertimulia125]

Secara sejarah di buat oleh yang menang

[@pekertimulia125]

Untuk apa begitu bukan tutupnya main atas?

[@hanggeng7269]

1931.09.18 that’s when wwii started when imperial zhapan army invaded Manchuria China 🇨🇳!!!!!

[@user-ti9bg3jw1o]

Heroes of the Second World War I respect them

[@MatsubaAgeha]

Some say WW2 stared with the 1936 Spanish Civil War. (Just sayin'.)

[@sebtheanimal]

WW2 started in Poland.

[@user-pr9vi4ze4j]

Actually 1931 China fought 14 years

[@djcorvette8375]

Manchukuo is the key

[@leoarc1061]

No, WW2 did not begin in Asia. What happened in Asia between Japan and China was a regional conflict, not a global one. Even when Germany invaded Poland, there still wasn't a world war. That was another regional conflict. It was only when the British ultimatum expired at 11am, on the 3rd of September, 1939, that the war became global, with all continents (except Antarctica) being involved in the war to some extent or another.

[@shumyinghon]

for china the war of resistance starts in 1931, after revision

[@SaltyNolan]

Lol. this guy Mussolini. lmao

[@pekertimulia125]

Pertanyaannya untuk apa sejarah di buat secara atas adalah bukan

[@surajratti1329]

Jinnah has real contempt for Gandhi

[@pekertimulia125]

Saya tidak tahu seandainya anda tidak disini..?!