World War II - Pacific War (1931-1945) - Every Day

Группа ВК: cherepashka_shusha
Pacific War is the largest theater of World War II. We associate it with naval battles, jungle warfare, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The date of beginning of the war usually is calling 7 December with Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but hostilities dating back as far as in 1931. The war lasted almost 4 years and ended in 1945 with surrender of Japan and the fall of Empire.
The conflict is known as the Greater East Asia War in Japan, while in rest of the world it is called the Pacific War or the Pacific theater.
This video will show the whole chronology of hostilities on the map from 18 September 1931 to September 2 1945 - Every Day.
Music:
1. The Front (Soundtrack from Hearts of Iron II)
2. Japanese Spirit (Soundtrack from Hearts of Iron II)
3. Land Of The Rising Sun (Soundtrack from Hearts of Iron III)
4. Yamato Action (Soundtrack from Battlestations: Pacific)
5. US Tension (Soundtrack from Battlestations: Pacific)
6. Empire of the Sun (Soundtrack from Hearts of Iron IV)
Software for creating this video:
Pаint.net
Wondershare Filmora

[@CherepashkaShusha]

This video was released much later than I thought... But I'm glad that it is happened today. And now I'm going to bed :D

[@tricksnotreats7277]

Finally you’re back! I’ve been waiting forever! Glad to see you again!

[@GeneralissimusStalin17]

Btw in description it's not just Japan that has a special name for WWII. China also calls the Second Sino-Japanese War the "War of Resistance"

[@user-og8bq7sr7r]

That was nice

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

broke the 69 likes

[@kaliyuga1476]

if you expected to upload the video right after the end of the war, well yes, you uploaded it late. But if you planned to upload it a couple of months ago, no problem.

[@SouthernGentleman]

The war looks really strange on a map. You see islands, but you know the fighting was indescribable

[@adiabd1]

Yeah, felt huge pity to the Chinese, Filipinos, Malays and Indonesians, they took huge toll from the Japanese

[@thunderbird1921]

The Chinese under Chiang Kai-Shek also had some of the most brutal fighting conditions imaginable, in addition to our boys. What's even crueller is when they failed to hold cities, the Japanese often went in and committed the worst attrocities you could ever imagine humans doing to one another ("the Rape of Nanking" being one of the most infamous).

[@kaidanielson5956]

@Ryusei Sasaki The Battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima were so horrific specifically because the Japanese commanders forbade their troops from banzai charging. In earlier battles like Guadalcanal, Attu, Cape Gloucester, and Saipan the Japanese organized massive banzai charges against American positions resulting in the entire Japanese garrisons being wiped out. At Okinawa and Iwo Jima they built thousands of mutually supportive defensive positions, each containing only a few soldiers, forcing the Americans to individually assault each position at great loss of life.

[@kohtalainenalias]

what do you mean by undescribable?

[@tree4104]

@@kohtalainenalias He means that the only way to understand the fighting conditions would be to experience them yourself. One human cannot describe the conditions of the fighting to another and the other human fully understand what it was like.

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Not very "Fun" fact: Manilla was the second most ravaged city of WW2 after Warsaw. Ww2 in the Pacific is definitely underrepresented in the mainstream media.

[@timalexander1811]

What do you mean by ravaged? If you go by destruction the German city „Düren“ is probably the most ravaged city as 99% of the buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed through allied bombing.

[@bluemobster0023]

@@timalexander1811 the germans litteraly left nothing but dust and rubble of warsaw. The modern city of Warsaw today has been completely rebuilt using old photos and first handaccounts. Not a single structure was left no benches,trashcans, buildings, or wooden beams. The city was reduced to nothing

[@bongothepsycho7280]

@@timalexander1811 what he mean by ravaged is totally ravaged, hundreds of thousands of lives perished and the whole city was flattened by bombings and because of that, my city is nver rebuilt like the glory it once was

[@ImperialZorn686]

It's mainstream history

[@ImperialZorn686]

@@bluemobster0023 that's the SS for you

[@Mai-vu1zu]

Thailand = Italy in pacific front

[@flexprime2010]

the thai were probably more competent

[@napoleonbonaparte6705]

Flex prime is right the thai did a lot of work against India

[@mich722]

@@flexprime2010 No, they weren't.

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

Tibet = Swiss Philippines = Poland Indonesia = France but with a lot more deaths British RAJ= Egypt Australia = UK USA= USA China = Soviet Union Soviet Union = Turkey but more effective

[@alessiocataldi2434]

anti-briton + antifrench = Thailand

[@CSGhostAnimation]

2021: Japan and Germany be like: This time, without Italy.

[@marshallyoung6523]

Not gonna happened, Japan and Germany were emasculated by the US. On the other hand, if they will launch another world war, they would better choose a none-nuclear weapon country as first step for their own safety.

[@Cake-Anxious]

@@marshallyoung6523 You are right. I doubt such a thing will ever happened again.

[@Ami-gu5zi]

1911 : German,Austro-hungary,Turkey vs Allies 1939 : German,Italy,japan vs allies 2026 : Russia,China,Nk vs japan,sk,US,inidia. WW3 aka M.A.D.

[@Michal-mc6co]

@@marshallyoung6523 Its called joke

[@svemir14]

@@marshallyoung6523 ok kid...

[@JoinThe_BingvinArmy]

the speed of the japanese invasion of Allied territory is insanely quick, you really have to see it mapped like this to understand the speed at which it happened. Of course, iirc a Japanese general said they could "run wild for twelve months", which is what happened. Edit: God this is worded strangely, fixed

[@skeleex]

Yes because the US cut off over 80% of their oil supply, as was the reason for the war. They had to attack and win a war against the allies before their oil reserves ran dry (6 months) after the US embargoed them following their occupation of Indochina. In their eyes, since procuring a peace treaty unfavorably would be not honorable the only choice they had was to go to war or lose the war and china and their colonial possessions.

[@fu-fucuddlypoops6583]

Also, the Allies main focus was defeating the Nazi’s first. Which means the majority of their military force was liberating Europe. I’m not saying they “gave up” territory in the pacific, but they were more willing to “lose” in the short term while fighting on the European front.

[@yalkukedits]

Your terorist?

[@onnaquunevie9530]

@@skeleextrue

[@fewk7567]

其實日畜後期根本沒有很快

[@OliverCovfefe]

7:48 "I'm about to pull what's called a pro-gamer move"

[@jevinliu4658]

The West had been hostile towards Japan's imperialistic ambitions for a while. War might be coming any moment. Also, resources.

[@mississippiball1003]

Dead meme

[@mississippiball1003]

@@jevinliu4658 well Japan was allied with nazi Germany soooooooooo

[@jevinliu4658]

@@mississippiball1003 yeah, that happened as well. And also, Japan could not really let the Phillipines alone in case the US did join the war, as it provided a forward base for the US to attack Japanese shipping and territory.

[@yoseipilot]

That moment, Japan invade faster than Germany with light vehicles

[@bigbasher4728]

Japan = Germany of the pacific Thailand = Italy of the pacific Tibet = Switzerland of the pacific

[@cmds5604]

Tibet was involving in WW2

[@gast_r9450]

so I will eat pasta?

[@maggotfeast]

China=Soviet Union of the pacific USA=USA of the pacific

[@alfredjansa2648]

@@maggotfeast USA = USSR of the pacific, since they did all the work in this war USSR = USA of the pacific, since they joined at the very end of the war, grabbed a bunch of rich lands and declared that they had won this war

[@maggotfeast]

@@alfredjansa2648 I only compared China to the USSR because of their vast territory that the Japanese were unable to conquer, the partisans, and their almost unlimited manpower. But in terms of the war effort, I agree that the US is more similar to the USSR here.

[@umontortle]

Japanese: let's build heavily fortified positions on islands to slow down Americans advance in the Pacific Americans: How about we just skip those islands lol

[@Anthony-jo7up]

"Juked, lmao XD!"

[@afr0218]

To be fair it was a very very brutal campaign

[@softdrink-0]

@@afr0218 especially peleliu

[@ruka1712]

😭

[@nationalsocialist5526]

Even the Japanese deserve respect

[@luciusvernus3174]

Ok this is what I call impressive.Mapping has truly revived/progessed You my friend are up there with Ollie Bye

[@bitterballs356]

Next make a video showing how US hired the japanese scientists who experimented with pows

[@impii552]

Nah, this guy is up with Yan Xishan.

[@Warsawke]

@@impii552 There are more underrated mappers

[@yuormomgaming1246]

Nah hes up with Karu

[@luciusvernus3174]

WRONG!He is up with all the above

[@micronoice2387]

This makes me want to play HOI4 again.

[@machtharry]

You misspelled HOI3, happy to correct that for you.

[@Actsrelax]

machtharry idk if this is a joke or not I'm confused

[@devinlastnamenotneeded8521]

ActsRelax it’s because many people think HOI3 is better than HOI4

[@krown8959]

@@devinlastnamenotneeded8521 no not that many

[@machtharry]

@@Actsrelax That was just a joke because i personally think HOI3 is much better game than HOI4. I know others like HOI4 better though.

[@kaiserworldc.p.2986]

I really like the music and the quality of the images and I really appreciate the "PACIFIC FRONT".Good Job👍👍👍

[@QilidjArslan]

Hey CherespashkaShusha, great video. I think your idea of adding the city bombardments is great. Maybe you could apply this concept to major naval battles as well so that they pop on the map to show naval activity? That would add a great layer of depth to your video.

[@billwebb9643]

Not to make this already fantastic vid completely overwhelming, but it would be cool to find a way to depict the US submarine campaign against Japan. US subs almost immediately took the offensive, quite amateurishly at first, much more lethally as the war went on, ultimately crippling Japan's economy and rendering all their land grabs useless as they were unable to bring any of their ill-gotten resources back home. It is interesting that Admiral Halsey, a carrier man, considered the submarine the single most important weapon in the US inventory.

[@Iosinyhrh]

he did forget to show the Calcutta bombings in dec 1942.

[@DarthVaderTheSithLord]

As someone with huge interest in history, your videos are among the best I've ever seen! Fantastic work!

[@Jiji-the-cat5425]

This is THE best video I've seen about this by far. Full of incredibly stunning detail and accuracy. Well drawn and put together as well. The music and the sound effects add to it as well.

[@touieg1211]

Accurate it may be, it neglects the Australian and New Zealander efforts during the war by leaving their flags off the legend.

[@applescruff1969]

​@@touieg1211 While I overall agree with you, Australia & New Zealand were basically like the U.S. was in Europe: more of a mercenary than anything. They sent supplies and troops, but the U.S. was the strategic power in the Asia-Pacific region of the war. If the U.S. said jump, they would say "how high?" I do agree that he definitely could've added a flag or something to emphasize it better, but my point still stands.

[@zackfreeland6420]

Oh my god, the music at the end brings so many memories back, thats from battlestations pacific right? Played it all the time as a kid, excellent music, excellent video, great quality, keep it up and sorry i'm late.

[@NormanconEVE]

Oh right. That nostalgia hit like a load of bricks. I'm kinda sad it was so short. Gotta go look it up now haha

[@ewoudalliet1734]

This must have taken a lot of time and effort. But then again, it was probably also very informative to make this. It certainly was to me, really interesting video.

[@vuxigeck5281]

Outstanding work, man! Loved it.

[@PrussianRomanianProductions79]

By far this is the best videomapping video I've ever seen. Great Job!

[@yao842]

Great video. Appreciate your efforts.

[@CinmnTstCrnchChrros]

Easily my favorite Part of world war 2. Great video!

[@Meow-ml5hv]

Amazing 😉👍Making map animations is getting more and more detailed and accurate through years.

[@Rydo416]

Such an amazing video, can’t believe you had all of the effort to make this!

[@Bouchee-me9hb]

Thank you for making this video. The situation in the Pacific War was easy to understand.

[@crowdedboss8399]

0:59 - Invasion of Manchuria 3:19 - Second Sino - Japanese War Begins 5:35 - Second World War Begins in Europe 7:25 - Japanese Takeover of French Indochina 7:47 - Japanese strike at Pearl Harbour and begin invasion on the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, British Raj, and Allied holdings in the Pacific Ocean. 9:25 - Height of the Empire of Japan 9:31 - Allied Forces begin island hopping 10:56 - Liberation of Manila 10:58 - Capture of Iwo Jima 11:15 - Capture of Okinawa 11:25 - Surrender of Japan and the End of the 2nd World War

[@huntermiracle]

8:07 Fall of Bataan, Beginning of the Bataan death March 😢

[@Chicken12151]

not all heros where capes

[@pomiklom2499]

11:23 Where is the Manchurian campaign? 5:18 Where is the conflict between Japan and the Soviet Union at Halkin Gol? You seem to be one of those who doesn't want to write something related to the Soviet Union...

[@firmanimad]

@@pomiklom2499 yo chill with the assumptions. Most likely he forgot.

[@toasteroven6761]

Pretty sure 8:17; June 7th, 1942 was the Height of the Empire of Japan

[@Thegreenmapper]

This is simply the best video I have seen about the pacific war. Even better than Karus one.

[@fahoodie1852]

The greenmapper Karu’s one starts after japan bombed Pearl Harbor

[@KentoKei]

Still such an amazing video! The music as well makes it feel so much more serious

[@KentoKei]

the hell was past me talking about

[@MultiSr71blackbird]

Apart from small mistakes, very professional video. Very well done. Good representation from beginning to the end.

[@mrbenjiboy9527]

In Sweden we never learnt anything about the pacific theatre, we were only taught about that japan was allied with Germany and fought China. This is interesting

[@Resnicanin]

Same as in Serbia.

[@CherepashkaShusha]

Same as in Russia :D

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

Here in the Philippines, its the exact opposite. We only learned about The Pacific Theatre and ignore The European one.

[@Ozymandias83]

In Australia, we learned of the fear and terror that the Japanese would land on the beach at any moment

[@joel7647]

In Indonesia,We completely neglected the entire war and instead focused on the indonesian war of independence (1945-1949),With Really biased information. the teachers really suck here like im serious

[@alexissolis4427]

USSR: *joins and leaves*

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

USSR: *joins again*

[@theoheinrich529]

Side quests be like.

[@crusty_cookie3099]

USSR:Im busy

[@ortherner]

lol

[@WreckingWood]

*Remembers the Tzars' failure of the Russo-Japanese war* "Nah, I'll let the others deal with it."

[@stick69420]

7:48 Japan - Me Phillipines - My 1st Enemy Dutch East Indies - My 2nd Enemy China - My target Australia, Free France, USA and UK - Bullies Neutral countries - Kids in my class British Raj - The kid who joined the fight Partisans - The Brothers trying to stop them Mongolia - My Teacher Soviet Union - The Principal Thailand - My Friend who also joined the fight Switzerland - The kid who did not care French Indochina - the kid who is very weak Manchukuo, Mengjiang and Wang Jingwei Regime - My 3 Lil' brothers who helped me British Burma - The kid who got punched by me in a big fight New Zealand - My other bully South Seas(Japanese Mandate) - The kid who was getting defeated Korean Provincial Government - the kid who wants to get revenge Viet Minh - The kid who described to the teacher after the fight Turkey - the kid who wanted to fight Italy - the kid who always fail or win Germany - the kid who is my best friend Finland - the kid who betrayed us CPC - the kid who likes the principal and the teacher Some Cliques - the kids who fighted my target, but helped because of me Partisans in Europe - the kids who wanted to get revenge from my allies Other Allied Powers - the kids, the sisters and the brothers that are fighting me Saudi Arabia - The another kid who was trying to fight Edit: ur videos are very nice

[@svetchannel2998]

My great-grandfather was a driver in the supply units of the Soviet army in Manchuria and said that when he was carrying shells, Japanese fighters flew over his convoy. For safety, the drivers left the cars and waited out the raid in the forest. Great-grandfather saw a Japanese lying in the forest. Approaching and examining the body, he saw that his stomach was torn open. It was harakiri

[@dreel37]

What's harakiri?

[@Relax-ht5mj]

@@dreel37 seppuku

[@boaoftheboaians]

@@dreel37 japanese soldiers stab themselves in the stomach with a sword to kill themselves

[@soulplexis]

@@dreel37 it means he cut his own stomach. it's suicide

[@vivofoottheseventh7393]

That's really cool

[@riko_sandokan]

10:24 11 August 1944 - Bombardment of Nagasaki before it became cool

[@bitterballs356]

Loved that moment. I wish China was strong enough to do it herself

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

@@bitterballs356 So the 50 center is here.

[@joaquinbatungbacal481]

Lol

[@user-rm4rk1ow2y]

1944->1945

[@user-xm1ml4hb4c]

cool...?

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

Wow, you have even shown the partisans in China here! It's easily better (and also longer) than EmperorTigerstar! Great and very detailed video!

[@FoggyOp]

bruh tigerstar is overrated. His map quality is worst but he joined early and got a chance to gain views. Khey pard, this dude, one other chinese and turkish mapper name I don't remember... Their videos are done better than tigerstar

[@Evilstr98]

@@FoggyOp I'm guessing by the Chinese Mapper, that would probably be Yan Xishan - his mapping videos are really high quality and expertly made - I love it!

[@astanamoment8027]

@@FoggyOp*Kayra Atakan?

[@dorkfish1275]

@Kohima1944 Yan agrees with this statement

[@dorkfish1275]

@@FoggyOp don't forget danzig HD mapper and the dragon historian, the latter doesn't just do mapping, but he still puts a lot of work into his videos, he even composes the music for them.

[@sgp7931]

Again very detailed and good video, good job

[@user-hj9ir4un3n]

One day in 1941, our village was attacked by the Japanese army with biochemical weapons. My mother's grandfather's parents, sister and three younger brothers died in the same day. A few days later, my grandma's uncle said goodbye to his new wife and joined the guerrillas with my grandpa's father. His wife waited for him for many years, and finally waited for news of his death. My grandpa's father survived the battle and lived until 2018. In his later years, he enjoyed the dividends of victory, nursing homes, medals, and pensions, but many of his comrades in arms have lain forever in that era of poverty and chaos.

[@gentlemen.7621]

赖渲 And he got to watch China become communist

[@__..__]

🇯🇵👐🇨🇳

[@gentlemen.7621]

@Folabi When did I suggest the CCP were the good guys in all this?

[@user-dd9hg6xw3u]

ざまぁ🤣🤣🤣

[@user-zd6qw3jv8r]

I lost my word,,,

[@ifyouchingchongmeiwillding9395]

EmperorTigerstar 💯 Ollie Bye💯 Yan Shishan💯 C.Shuasha 💯

[@konstantinriumin2657]

One more to complete infinity stone

[@vianimator8918]

@@konstantinriumin2657 Khey Pard obviously

[@vianimator8918]

Khey Pard💯

[@Warsawke]

@@vianimator8918 --And me--

[@idiocrat3744]

Remove tigerstar

[@user-be6zo2ph8l]

Nice job! It's good to finally see a pacific war video showing the frontlines before the pearl harbor incident

[@stonks6616]

*i n c i d e n t*

[@VitalikM-kz6gn]

Thank you!

[@WarDestinyMapping]

It is amazing!!! Very Great work

[@hitmanmapping_6664]

Great video!Very detailed!Keep it up!

[@ej585]

Your mapping is amazing! I think you might even be the best mapper on yt!

[@Warsawke]

The problem is there might me more underatted mappers

[@natekaufman1982]

The Pacific War actually had two theaters: China-Burma-India Theater, consisting of China, Burma, and British India, and the Pacific Theater of Operations, consisting of everything else.

[@k.i.a6433]

Those drums at the start sounded epic.

[@maciejkamil]

That was simply wonderfull. I like the fact, that you've shown everything since 1931 to 1945.

[@WTFCDFoxy]

I truly honor your work and content!

[@user-yi1zy9st2c]

Hellow bulgarian

[@Zen-sx5io]

Afternoon Bulgarian.

[@Marco-ck4jj]

Hi there, Bulgarian

[@Scenariania]

Japan = Germany Thailand = Italy Tibet = *SWITZERLAND*

[@deja8561]

China=ussr

[@alfredjansa2648]

Soviet Union = USA

[@brothdian]

@@alfredjansa2648 USA = USA 2

[@plaguedoctor_139]

How about Russia?

[@alternated122]

@@plaguedoctor_139 its the soviet union

[@germanmisuto1598]

Афигенное видео, лайк!

[@fede98k54]

Absolutely amazing, a 10/10. What a masterwork of historical mapping.

[@virgiljianu7166]

Ok, I got two things to say: 1.Thanks for listening to my request,it really helped me with a history presentation 2.I know you have been asked before,but will you do something similar to the western front like the 1940 invasion and the one in 1944?

[@CherepashkaShusha]

Before I haven't had plans to make Western Front. But now I think someday this video will be released on my channel

[@virgiljianu7166]

@@CherepashkaShusha No worries,I was just curious. Thanks for the reply

[@johno9507]

You missed the Japanese submarine attacks on Sydney Harbour, Australia 31st May 1942. My father was 10 years old and the attacks were just a few km from his house. To this day the fences around Hyde Park are missing as they were cut down for steel to make weapons. 🇦🇺

[@videosofmygrandpaeating6142]

Dear god this is amazing. I cant imagine how much work this must have taken.

[@munther7227]

this man deserves alot of subscribers

[@sledgehammerk35]

This music reminds me of the days I used to play MOH: The Rising Sun. Such a great game.

[@kikiscorralandfriends4289]

8:10 you forgot the Doolittle raid on Tokyo on this date. Should have been marked with the yellow “explosion” mark.

[@CrAz1m0nk3ii117]

Excellent work as usual. Keep it up!

[@romandmowski8283]

Damn, the battlestations pacific soundtrack was so freaking good

[@notfunnydidntlaugh4504]

The video is great, however there is one thing that is under represented. The Chinese Resistance was accurately displayed, but what wasn't was the Filipino Resistance. In fact, the Filipino Resistance was so effective that by the end of the war (because the war actually ended and the peace treaty was signed while the liberation was still in progress), only 12 of the 48 provinces were controlled by the Japanese. One of the most notable things done by the Resistance is making the island of Mindoro much easier to take so the US could build airfields to gain air superiority over the Philippines. Between 260,000 and 1 million Filipinos rose up in defience against their Japanese occupiers.

[@user-te8pi3sd3m]

But the Philippines was a colony of the United States

[@firemangan2731]

@@Nande6708 True, we were an American colony at first but then we were given autonomy somewhere in the 20s which is the establishment of the commonwealth then promised independence in 1935 by congress that set up the 10 year process to independence, basically like the other guy said, we were the Australia of the US but I I’d rather have us called the Canada of the US due to our friendly nature (of course, we can be brutal when we are endangered)

[@spicyleaves8876]

@@firemangan2731 shuuuush its not a colony/dominion its an “Overseas territory”

[@spicyleaves8876]

@@firemangan2731 /s

[@KANIPANN_akkunn]

実際はフィリピン全土を占領したはずだけどな

[@RagnarLothbrok2222]

This is amazing!

[@MerkurioBua]

*I wish somebody could like create an opensource program just for these kinda projects, and for the program to have at least the options for layers and frames (not like the ones in animate cc) and to have a timeline where you can put your music and stuff and to have the option to export all the project to an acceptable file to upload to KZbin. (Edit) And to not forget to have the basic tools that Photoshop has such as brush tools, pencil, selection tools, and color tabs. I have 0 experience in programming but anyone out there who has please, we will support you! Your work will make ours 10x easier!*

[@Charles-472]

This is fantastic!

[@papatango2362]

Love the battle stations pacific soundtrack.

[@kaiserworldc.p.2986]

Papa Tango.👍👍👍

[@LyNhatPE]

I am Vietnamese, I live in Hanoi, capital city of Vietnam. Vietnam was part of Vichy France (French Indochina) And my grandfather was born in Hanoi, Japan 😂😆

[@user-xf8dk2ow3q]

Your grandfather was born in vietnam when colonial japan. not born in japan

[@kaiserworldc.p.2986]

I say that Japan wanted to do well, that is, it wanted to liberate Asia from the UK and France, but obviously to its advantage.☹️☹️☹️

[@dexterjettster3683]

@@kaiserworldc.p.2986 japan was way way way way way way way way way way worse than the nazis

[@kaiserworldc.p.2986]

@@dexterjettster3683 You're very right.Justice of the Japanese empire🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@MrAnimason]

@@user-xf8dk2ow3q If you are born in Puerto Rico, you were born in the United States. If you were born in Cameroon in the 30's, you were born in France.

[@JuliaDM]

Great job !

[@dawid4357]

Great video!!!

[@Rationalific]

Excellent resource! Thank you!

[@NiskaMagnusson]

Japan: **struggling in China** Also Japan: "LETS INVADE EVERYONE ELSE IN ASIA!!"

[@KrazyKrab7]

China sends like mountains of people at you like, they don't even need weapons

[@nivlacsenoj6264]

@@KrazyKrab7 That doesn’t always work out.

[@phx24]

@@KrazyKrab7 and they won?? What’s your point??

[@NeSeeger]

@@phx24 Survived is probly more accurate.

[@phx24]

@@NeSeeger yeah fair but near the end of the war they were winning most of their battles

[@LazyAndFabulous]

For people who still had no idea about the Chinese territories: The entire land of China wasn't reunified by ROC, instead it was all different warlord territories.

[@yongzhencai959]

Agree but diplomatically ROC was still considered a single entity. The various warlord zones were considered internal issues. A bit like Syria & Libya. We do not consider IS or Al Nusra zones to be officially independent. Contemporary western maps showed ROC based on official claims.

[@tonysong7721]

That's wrong all warlord surrendered to chiang kai shek way before Japanese invasion. They just sometimes don't listen to his order that's all. In the end almost all fled to taiwan with chiang kai shek

[@devplasna7188]

No bro my liver give it back :(

[@JingLi-pw3du]

@@tonysong7721 The leader of Guangxi warlord Li zongren never fled to Taiwan, Instead, He moved to the mainland China

[@shacharshilon5406]

This is a great video first time i saw something this detailed Great work man🫡🫡

[@TheDrumstickEmpire]

8:17 as far as I can tell, the territorial peak

[@ortherner]

It fell as soon as it reached its peak.

[@infernogolem7533]

Lol that’s how peaks work. You can’t expand if you’ve reached your peak. Only go backwards.

[@sanantoniomapper.745]

Inferno Golem *cough.* mongol empire *cough.*

[@gargravarr2]

I'd say 8:25. The fleet moving towards Midway didn't give them any real territory. After Midway they still secure additional ground in the Andamans and New Guinea until the Allies start the Guadalcanal campaign. Of course, they're way stronger at 8:17 because by 8:25 they've lost 4 aircraft carriers.

[@Enzo012]

Just before Midway.

[@notoriousblt1038]

That battle stations pacific music brings back good memories

[@tonytang5452]

It's a map with a detailed timelines, nice video.

[@rassular]

3:14 that scared the shit out of me jesus

[@cmds5604]

11:26 NUKE INCOMING

[@Warsawke]

Great video man, i will be always loyal!

[@kvn8907]

It's odd to see how long after December 7th, 1941 the Japanese had pretty much the run of the Pacific. There's a tug of war over Papua New Guinea, but there is almost no headway in the islands until 1944, and by June 6th, 1944 the US had only just taken the Marshall islands. So, all the famous island campaigns - Palau, Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the liberation of the Philippines, all took place between June 6th 1944 and September 2, 1945. "Even in war's darkest days, in most places of the world absolutely nothing is happening." - Brynden "Blackfish" Tully

[@George83_Thomas]

@spider love can’t destroy your enemies on an empty stomach *nom nom nom*

[@nano9285]

Quite simply, the US lost almost all of its carriers during the first year of the war and needed time to build more before going on the offensive, hence the 1943 lull between the Japanese not attacking anymore and the start of the big US push.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

There was a lot of Guerilla Warfare on these islands throughout those 4 years. If they illustrated the Japanese occupied zones in these island chains, it would have looked a lot like China did. It was one of the major issues Japan faced, constant resistance.

[@jeremywilliams2535]

@@nano9285 correct me if I'm wrong, but iirc after midway there was never again a time where the Japanese carrier force outnumbered the US carrier force

[@nano9285]

@@jeremywilliams2535 As weird as it may seem, the Japanese finished more carriers than the US during 1942 (2 vs 0). And then the US lost 1 of them during the early Guadalcanal campaign. So by the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942 the Japanese had again a larger carrier force. And they sank another US carrier there (reducing the carrier pacific fleet to just the Enterprise (although the Saratoga would finish repairs soon)), at the cost of half their naval aviation. The result is that by much of the following months both the Japanese and US navy carrier forces were too weak to go in the offensive. By fall 1943 the US had finished a bunch of Essex so they were able to start their island hopping campaign in force.

[@Iwasbobeyso]

Perfect video

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

What a great mapper... You worked really hard! Western Front WW2 next?

[@yanxishan6575]

This video is so good I fear that you will overtake me in subscribers and video quality. If you can maintain making videos of such quality, you will be assured success. List of errors I noticed: Shaan-gan-ning is shown as blue during the later phase of the civil war and not green, which gives the impression that it was aligned with the Nationalists. This might not be so much an error as a poor design choice. Nanchan should be spelled as Nanchang Golmud was not in any way an important location, and was in fact part of the Mongol banner system at this point and not directly administered by the Qinghai provincial government, and as such there is absolutely no reason to show it. Urumqi was not used as a name in this period, the city should actually be labelled Dihua Beijing was not the official name of the city in this period, the city should actually be labelled Beiping Guiyang is shown approximately at the actual location of Hengyang, actually the city is almost 600 km to the west of its shown location

[@CherepashkaShusha]

Thank you very much!! Funny thing, I noticed that city Guiyang are situated at the wrong place when I have already had 3,000 slides... It was suddenly

[@Thecognoscenti_1]

Also, Changsha should've been shown as a major location.

[@micahistory]

oh wow, now we have a competition between 2 of my favourite youtubers

[@oscaro.350]

Both your channels are very good!!

[@jevinliu4658]

Wasn't Shaan-gan-ning communist? As a result, it would be shown as red. And also, do you only have 17k subscribers? You both should have far more than that. At least 100k if not more.

[@zekedia2223]

Very well done, as far as I can tell. Even operation Oboe (the retaking of Borneo) was included. However, it is a bit confusing as to why the Filipino rebels/guerrillas/partisans are not represented. They were very active, considering Japan only exerted control of 25% of the Filipino provinces by the time of Liberation. Hundreds of thousands served, and that isn’t including groups such as the Moros, whose resistance started decades before WW2, and continued for decades afterwards. But like I said, otherwise an EXCELLENT video, which showcases many forgotten fronts and campaigns (Oboe I and II, Invasion of Manchuria, Second-Sino Japanese War, etc.)

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

The only flaw about the video is that it doesn’t show the United States taking Peleliu In which they did in 44

[@nesquick84]

​@@andydufresnefromshawshank5866 it actually does show it, you just have to look carefully. In November of 44 it shows the allies taking the southern islands of Palau, which includes Peleliu

[@richdobbs6595]

I didn't realize there was such a long gap (over a year) between Henderson Field and the Gilbert Island campaign. But I guess that things were a bit on pause while the USA built up its aircraft carrier fleet with Essex, the replacement Lexington and Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Interpid, and all those escort carriers.

[@bluenight104]

The only I wish was included would be fleet movements. Still great vid.

[@arkantyne7122]

Great video! I love it! Keep up the good work 5:19 Japanese: Oh no Soviets you better not get involved 5:38 Japanese: Phew... 11:23 Japanese: *nEvEr MiNd*

[@terrypennington2519]

That was a border conflict called the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, which didn't go too well for Japan as they had their asses handed to them by the Mongolian-Soviet forces. If you'd like to read up more on it, here's a link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_border_conflicts

[@krown8959]

@@terrypennington2519 they got 25 army experience so it was worth losing it

[@nivlacsenoj6264]

Terry Pennington they beat a weakened army most of their resources was running dry at point.

[@carl-os4603]

The funniest thing is that Japan provoked USSR in 1935, 1939 and all time in 1941-45 (very small but numerous border incidents). And finally USSR started a war in 1945... its ended less than months later. P.S. Its hard to say what exactly was the reason of the Japan capitulation, because 2nd nuke was dropped in the same day USSR started the war. In my opinion they capitulated mainly because they lost their field armys and influence in mainland region because of USSR, since those armies were large and pretty expirienced.

[@iceoriental123]

@@carl-os4603 The Kwantung Army was a shadow of its former self because most of it was pulled back to defend Japan's mainland from Allied invasion. It stood no chance against the now-experienced Soviet troops. While I have no doubt the Soviets was a pretty good factor in Japan's surrender, just about everything points to the Americans and their nukes that ended the war. Even Hirohito's speech points to the atomic bombs as the reason Japan surrendered, and plans for Japan's defence showed them almost totally focused on defending from American invasion and very little focus was given to the Soviets at all.

[@wilhelmx5676]

thank you for the content. As a Chinese, this video always drives me into tears

[@swirlmapping7778]

Japan: [Gets Nuked] Soviet Union: *It’s free real estate* Edit: My comment is not historically accurate apparently.

[@chukuelgatdet2089]

Actually the Soviets invaded Manchuria hours before the bombs were dropped

[@AKaptijn94]

The allies requested the soviets to declare war on Japan after Germany is defeated. Exactly after 3 months the soviets declared war on Japan.

[@igorvolhen9855]

квантунская армия передает привет. Если бы не стертая с лица земли квантунская армия Япония ещё бы долго не подписала бы капитуляцию. Им просто некем и нечем было воевать. 2 ядерных взрыва ничто по сравнению с тем как бомбили Японию Американцы обычными бомбами. Японцы не собирались капитулировать после ядерных ударов.

[@fancyfox9]

The bombs were dropped because the US didn't want the Soviets to take more territory

[@yaroslavzhukov3737]

@@igorvolhen9855 любая война зло, ребята, давайте жить дружно! Нет насилию, нет войне!

[@EVZUSX]

Man I wish KZbin made it possible to zoom in while the video is playing, would have been nice to when watching this

[@dorkfish1275]

The music picking up with the bombing of pearl harbor is the best part of this video for me. Great job all around.

[@tsizi6572]

ну это уже слишком крутой контент просто лайк

[@mjjanget]

8:00 long-term defense of the US-Philippines is truly astonishing.

[@enixbluerain7213]

That's because the Japanese were focused on a war of attrition in Bataan and Corregidor until May 1942. The other US units on the central islands would have continued the fight after the surrender of Bataan and Corregidor. But Gen. Wainwright, the overall commander in the Philippines after MacArthur left for Australia, was basically taken hostage by the Japanese and forced to read an order for all US forces in the Philippines to surrender. All organized resistance ended by June 1942, but then many individual American soldiers from the central islands refused to surrender and instead formed combined American-Filipino guerilla units.

[@ginglee4199]

Pinoy priders foreign validation clout

[@enixbluerain7213]

@@ginglee4199 stop speaking gibberish.

[@mjjanget]

@@enixbluerain7213 The Philippine and American forces eventually surrendered, but I think that even under difficult conditions, their initial defense plan was perfectly carried out.

[@enixbluerain7213]

@@mjjanget It was War Plan Orange 3 by Gen. MacArthur. The plan was to delay the Japanese conquest as much as possible so that the mainland US forces could prepare the counter-offensive.

[@Void_Wars]

Wow, this is good!

[@kailanthecartographer2627]

Good quality!

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

The Japanese 'blitzkrieg' in the Pacific was the most grandest and fastest of any conflict the world has ever seen in modern times. It is truly impressive. They did it while fighting China, Britain, France, Dutch, Australia, and the US at the same time.

[@Potatotenkopf]

Massive overstatement of who they were fighting, the Chinese were incredibly underequipped and undertrained, the French and Dutch were nonexistent, the British/aussies were fighting with poorly trained and equipped troops, and the US was focused on a Germany first plan, which meant less focus on Japan. Edit: this doesn't mean they sucked as an army or navy just that they're a bit overstated by many.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

"I shall return" 😉

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

​@@Potatotenkopf Only one I can agree on is with the French, (even then you ought to expect more from a literal superpower) but the Japanese navy had numerous engagements with the Dutch navy. China being underequipped is a huge myth, they even had enough firearms for guerilla combatants dressed as civilians. A large portion of US lend lease went to the Chinese in aid for the war, which included many American aircraft - which is why the Japanese air forces would pretty much only fight American fighter planes over China despite zero american pilots being there. Britain was probably the toughest foe the Japanese faced for the first six months of the war, and they were not undersupplied or undermanned by any means. Also I believe the estimates for the "Germany first" policy are off, it is often said the United States only devoted 15% of its resources to the Japanese war....which makes zero sense, and I believe is an artificial number, especially when you account for the very significant resources put out for the US navy, which was entirely made for the Japanese and not Germany. For every destroyer Japan sunk, the US commissioned 10 more... Keep in mind that almost all these battles Japan fought, Japan was the one actually under a disadvantage especially in terms of manpower, yet they still managed to defeat HEAVILY fortified fortresses. Japan shocked the entire world when Singapore, Britain's flagship city fortress manned to the teeth fell to the Japanese, even Churchill stated that this was worst defeat in all of British military history. Same with Malaya. We can also clump Australia along with Britain, but even then they contributed significant manpower in fighting the Japanese, ask any US WW2 veteran, and they almost certainly fought alongside an Aussie. I have to disagree sir, they are often UNDER-stated as a force, especially due to Hollywood propaganda portraying any Japanese or German soldier as a highly incompetent idiot who can't zero a sight for their life - the intention and purpose of this is obvious by now. Japan was quite literally the toughest foe the most powerful military, the US, had to ever face, and the highest number of American casualties was to the Japanese. 600,000 lost in less than 5 years, compare that to the entire Vietnam war with only 60,000 lost in over 20 years...

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

​@@Potatotenkopf Also I want to make this comparison with the two other largest empires at the time in 1942: Britain and France. Britain and France took centuries to reach their peak...and who were their main foes during their colonial expansion? Tribesmen in mudhuts fighting with stones. The Europeans were technologically superior in every way, despite this many natives fought to the very end. Japan reached its peak in 6 months. Japan's foes all had modern militaries, and even Japan fought enemies with technological superiority and most importantly, industrial superiority. Despite this, Japan was able to topple modern militaries with fewer men, using clever tactics.

[@Potatotenkopf]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k I mean Britain and France were their own main foes for centuries, and the Spanish, romans/byzantines, ottomans, and nords early on with the Germans and italians and Austrians later on as well as the Russians, globally the main foe of the British and French empires was just the distance from their holdings, Japan's empire was fairly compact compared to the British and French. Japan didn't reach its peak in 6 months they started climbing in 1894 when they went to war against the Chinese and won and reached their peak in 1942, meaning 48 years this is still a fraction of the time the French and British took but 6 months is absurd. Also the Japanese had one of the best trained and most technologically advanced navy for most the war only losing out towards the end when they couldn't compete with American industry any more.

[@schumichiang8930]

thanks for the video. respect to the soldier.

[@hansdtenbrukke8565]

Me for most of the video: Ah progress is going so slow. Me when the music starts pumping up: Wow, stop, this is going way too fast!

[@porygon4023]

7:48 *Well, that escalated quickly*

[@FnLl523]

Well they really had to do it quickly as they knew US is sure gonna get involved if they proceed invading the south. That's also the reason they bombed Pearl Harbor hoping it would slow down the US Navy if they destroy enough ships and planes.

[@soulplexis]

Invade the pacific speedrun any%

[@FernandoRojas-du3sg]

Beautiful music !

[@koppepanx7979]

とても分かりやすかった

[@carlossuarez3391]

No te entendí ni madres xd

[@unkonow4519]

ありがとうございます

[@fefffffffffefe]

どういたしまして

[@bidenator9760]

Really loved how the music picked up when the USA, British Empire, and Dutch got involved. This was a work of art.

[@The_whales]

Feels like one of those a Wild West one moments

[@LumityDSA]

7:48 then everything changed when the fire nation attacked

[@jeansuber2767]

Hello dear historian. Once again, I have to correct a small mistake in Indochina. The administration was loyal to Vichy (Governor Admiral Decoux) until March 1945 and the Japanese occupation began on that date ....; before that, the presence of Japanese troops was stationing forces following a negotiated agreement between Vichy and Tokyo.