WW2 | Group of soldiers last effort to stop Japanese sacking city

[@FrancisRG]

"Flowers of War" The chinese soldiers has german equipment because they were part of the German trained divisions were the elite-quality, best trained and equipped infantry divisions in the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army trained under Sino-German cooperation from 1926 to 1941

[@SororitasSimp]

Sadly not many survived halfway throughout the war

[@FrancisRG]

@@SororitasSimp True. Many of them felt during the Battles for Shanghai The rest, defending Nanking.

[@BFP2021]

nah its because they are chinese gamers playing on the german side in real-world multiplayer WW2 shooter. JK!

[@demoniqpng8623]

Bien ahí

[@majeeptueao7280]

C'est propaganda movie de Nazy-Communist-Chinois.

[@MrLolx2u]

If people din't know, that's the infamous 88th Infantry Division of the NRA (National Revolutionary Army) and was one of the most well-trained unit of the entire NRA forces that was trained by the Germans. Before the Japanese invasion, China and Russia was in good terms and were often given arms and such. However when Chiang thought it was a good idea to rid the CCP once and for all, he riled up the Soviets and soon they pulled out in supporting and sending arms towards China. That left the KMT in a pickle and somehow along the way, Nazi Germany was just rising and need cash to revitalize their economy and what better way was to sell arms to one of their biggest exporter since the time of the Kaiser and that's China. When the Nazis realized that Chiang has the same common goal of ridding the Communist as much as they do, not only did they sell them weapons enmasse, they also picked up the idea to help in training the NRA soldiers and along the way, 22 infantry divisions were sent to Germany in and all came back very well-trained in the German standard. When Japan invaded, Japan wasn't in the triparte act thus Germany continued supporting China along the way by sending helmets, guns, ammo and even had their military advisor to Chiang, Falkenhausen stay in China and continue assisting Chiang with this "New Army". Chiang was told to use them sparingly and only send them out as a breakthrough force by Falkenhausen but with the situation being desperate as the Japanese were overruning all Chinese positions from Shanghai (Chiang had already lost 2 German trained divisions in Shanghai with one even involved in the infamous Sihang Warehouse battle) to the outskirts of Nanking, Chiang still believed these forces were to be tossed in and fight hard to defend the city. Turns out, Chiang was wrong and that's how the lore of these German trained Chinese soldiers that have the ethos of "Not one inch closer for the Japanese" came about and how enraging it was for Chiang's military commanders to watch their best troops die in the slaughter when they could have kept them back and wait for a chance for them to strike a weary Japanese army.

[@makemap]

Also Hitler made the worst move ever. China was in the same pact under "Anti-Comintern pact". The one who actually betrayed the whole pact was Japan. Germany abandoned China for Japan is when US got full green light to invade Germany. He made the biggest mistake in history was trading China for Japan and declaring war on US after Japan in attack Pearl Harbour. Japan was already on its own by the time the war started. No one trusted the Japs more than Germany. When Germans went for Japs. Everyone knew who should be destroyed first. He first planned for US to join Germany, then he went against it. Basically who ever goes against China is usually an enemy to the world by that time.

[@JsJdv]

​@@makemap Japan was a fully industrialized powerhouse with a capable navy. The sole Great Power in Asia. And you're saying the Germans should've sided with China, when what they needed was an ally with a powerful, modernized Navy? China was a liability. They would've been powerful had they had enough time to westernize, unite and become industrialized, but that wasn't the case during WW2. Sorry but you're an idiot for criticizing Hitler's one optimal choice. It was wrong in hindsight considering the blunders Japan made themselves, but that was the best decision he could've made at the time. And you're also wrong thinking we cared about China. No one gave a rat's ass (save for the tea-loving brits) about that backwards "nation" of savages. All they had to show for their large size were their large manpower and trading ports. Or did you miss the part where the League of Nations did nothing aside from morally condemning Japan's actions? The only reason the US embargoed Japan was because its ambitions in the south were disrupting the economy and trade. The KMT even went as far as to try and garner sympathy from the West with their Sihang warehouse clown show. And we all know how that went, lol. No one from the West respected China. It was ironically just Hitler who appreciated those rice farmers because China was historically powerful, but even he realized how futile it is to side with savages as opposed to an Imperial power who even though has an army with feudal mentality and equally feudal discipline, has modern weapons and can kick Chinese rice farmer butt 10 to 1. The Japanese Imperial army, at least, despite being known for their sick perversion and cruelty were devoted to their own people and event went as far as to commit mass suicides just to keep the Allies away from their mainland. On the other hand you have the Chinese who at the same time period flooded and drowned thousands of their own people just to win the war. Really, it's not surprising since these are the same types of people who take pride in their history of having "great" leaders who encouraged his men to cannibalize their wives and children, all to win a war. Such loyalty and heroism! Truly the way of a Chinese hero! LOL! I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out the reason the Chinese fought so hard against the Japanese weren't because of empathy and sorrow, but because of intense racism - that their pride got crushed when the people they, for the longest time, considered to be inferior dwarves invaded them and they couldn't fight back. As their famous Sun Tzu said, If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the dwarves so off to the meat grinder you go, my gullible Ling monkeys.

[@MrLolx2u]

@@Kevin-kn6uq That's... Not really the case. Chiang's purge of the Communist isn't because he found the Soviets useless and din't need them because "China was strong enough" but because the CCP was sowing discord amongst the alliance. Before the actual 1927 purge, the CCP had already caused chaos for the KMT and the Zhili clique warlords who controlled Shanghai at that point back in 1925 during the May Fourth Incident. Chiang had personally saw how much chaos these Communist could do and with him just gaining power in late 1926, he can't have these people right in his backyard trying to create chaos and potentially wrest power from him. It also din't help that he found out that Wang Jingwei, the actual defacto leader at that time of the KMT had worked behind Chiang's back and tallied up with the right-wing members to oust and coup Chiang which ironically Chiang found out about. Then what gave Chiang the ultimatum to get rid of the thorn (the CCP) once and for all was how the CCP took Shanghai down themselves. When the Communist wing of the alliance heard about the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) marching towards Shanghai in an attempt to oust the Zhili Clique once and for all, they started an armed uprising led by Zhou Enlai and Chen Duxiu and they indeed kicked the warlord army's ass and claimed Shanghai. When the NRA forces led by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi reached Shanghai, they were actually shocked that the CCP had grown soo large and had beaten off a warlord army themselves. With the CCP now basically having a militia army and the fresh memory of what happened in 1925, the KMT were scared that these right-wingers would create discord again by going on massive riots and protest which, they were right. Soon as the NRA had settled Shanghai, the CCP went straight to work and harassed the European powers in the International Settlement to release the entire area back to Chinese jurisdiction. This actually shook the entire left-wing and caused paranoia to Chiang and many of his associates that if this continues, not only would the "face" of China be tossed into the bin with a burning fire right in it but also with the CCP armed now, they could challenge Chiang's authority with them being so great now and thus declared the CCP ousted from the Nanjing KMT. Thus, Chiang started passing secret edicts along the Nanjing KMT-held territories and even employed Triads like the Green Gang in Shanghai led by Du Yuesheng to capture, torture and publicly execute these "Commies" for all to see as the CCP were "anti-revolutionary in the ideals of late-Sun Yat-sen". Soon, the purge happened everywhere from Zhuhai to Nanking and Changsha and beyond. In an ironic twist of fate, Wang Jingwei was still at loggerheads with Chiang and still maintained a standpoint that these Communists were actually helpful and they could work together for a better China and maintained good ties with the Soviets in Wuhan with his own government called the "Wuhan KMT" but when he received news that Stalin had personally wrote to the leaders of the CCP even in Wang Jingwei's regime to raise up as a peasant army and kill Chiang. This shocked Wang who promptly negotiated with Chiang while watching his government collapsed and then fleeing to Germany.

[@makemap]

@@JsJdv If Germany gave China more technology, Japan would not even stay in China. The Japanese army was crap, some Japanese were converting to Chinese side anyways. The Chinese puppets were giving up and de-linking from Japanese control. Japan would have been the first to go in the war and capitulate. They couldn't hold China let alone stay in China. Even with the Navy, the Navy is useless because they cannot fight on land & an air war. The Zero was overrated. The BF109 fair much better against Zero as it can fight against P51 Mustangs and Spitfires no problem with Aces under the wings. Japan would have ran out of manpower and aircraft fighting against full German-Chinese alliance. Japan had to get better weapons trading with Germans for example Tiger tank techs. Soviet Union could have just sat out for a while anyways as Germany is the main power house of all factions in WW2 technologically. They were the first to get Jet aircraft's, first to build continental rockets, first to get Heavy penetrating tanks that can knock out even cold war era tanks. With Chinese manpower and resources German would have produce as much equipment as Soviet Union and gave them a massive edge. Just like today's German cars. Japan was not fully industrialized, it ran out of fuel. They did not know how to mine fuel. They were trading with Americans to get more fuels and conquering lands that produce fuel for their aircrafts. Why else they went Kamikaze mode. Hitler made the biggest mistake of his life, not helping China out ,esp when they were already fighting Communist since Spanish civil war.

[@makemap]

@@Kevin-kn6uq What Germany did not under stand was China was divided into multiple warlords during that time. None of the Warlords trusted each other, but Chiang had the most privileged due to Sun Yat sun. They should have stuck with it as Chiang had the most man power out of all the warlords. China invading Soviet would have massively helped unlike Japanese failed Mongolian front.

[@thedon9247]

These are Kuomintang soldiers trained by germans, hence why they have german equipment. The german trained Republican soldiers were the best china had to offer, i believe.

[@我跟你说这玉米是真的]

Donald lisberg after 1937 Kuomintang start to find out german panzer I and II are rubbish so they ask Soviets for help and Soviets gaved them lots of soviet equipment and tank like t26 bt7 for free this also make Chinese army strong（by the way the Chinese air forse in 1930s are made in Soviet）

[@thedon9247]

Not strong enough to prevent a communuist occupation of your country, Unfortunately.

[@vicvega4415]

It’s a damn shame

[@Oline1756]

@@thedon9247 The Kuomintang were weakened after the war. They did all the fighting, while Mao was just buys recruiting people.

[@thedon9247]

@@Oline1756 I'm keenly aware.

[@Mrposton101]

Those men fought diligently to protect and defend there people, respect.

[@thenorthstarsamurai]

They’re actors

[@thenorthstarsamurai]

Kostas anagno i dont remember writing this but still they are actors

[@PauhovXiong]

THE COLD SAMURAI you’re a special kind of stupid, aren’t you?

[@Hectopath2006]

@@sadcat9634 Whether they failed or not, we should still respect them.

[@heneralscout2287]

@@sadcat9634 just cause they failed doesnt mean they didnt for their country

[@battledroidofficercode.3525]

Who thought they where Germans at the start? Just asking.

[@LegionnaireScout]

Battle droid officer Code. Noone ...

[@battledroidofficercode.3525]

Well that was fast.

[@braydencole6117]

The stahlhelms and grey uniforms got me for a second too, and it looked like one of them was European for a second. They were one of the elite divisions, trained and (somewhat) equiped by the Germans

[@Supernaltooth]

@@braydencole6117 in the movie they were from army training school. Elite of the Elite.

[@waltking9141]

I did but they're wearing the same helmets that the Germans had!!!!!

[@dezmindoroschuk7774]

Back when germany was helping the chinese against the Japanese conquest into China. Before germany changed its allegiance to Japan.

[@clevererheart9512]

Chinese: **Wears German uniforms** Japanese: Da Fuq?

[@groton5376]

They are not!

[@schmoeschlomo6972]

Hahaha

[@gerald1495]

just the stalhelm helmets are german

[@schluckwasserinderkurve5623]

@@Kevin-kn6uq das ist korrekt :)

[@schluckwasserinderkurve5623]

@@gerald1495 ?

[@黑面武士]

this is chinese name 金陵十三钗 english name The Flowers Of War he story of the film is set in the Nanjing Massacre during the Anti-Japanese War. It tells a moving story of Nanjing, China, occupied by Japanese forces in 1937, between people who do not know each other in a church. An American pretending to be a priest for saving people, a group of female students hiding in church, 14 women fleeing the war, soldiers and wounded soldiers who resisted death, put aside their lives and deaths at a time of crisis and went to a solemn covenant of death

[@OutnBacker]

Excellent film. Well done on every level. This is not an action, shoot-out type of movie, but, rather the battle scenes lend support to the drama of trying to save as many young female students as possible from Japanese atrocities. Much in the vein of Schindler's List. Chinese film making has come fully into it's own.

[@washfish6483]

你说这里有几个日本人的爷爷们可能碰上我们的？

[@ibragimsalikhov8262]

tell me how the film is called please!

[@232Invoker]

@@ibragimsalikhov8262 The Flowers of War.

[@thatdude__]

Isn't this called the second sino-japanese war?

[@captainpea7776]

For a second i thought they were germans lol

[@tomracka8162]

No, they just use Germany weapons

[@我跟你说这玉米是真的]

Captain Pea germans in 1920上～1930s selled lots of stuff until Japanese totally invation of China make nazi stop to make trade then is Soviets and US helped China in 1930～1945

[@AnImperialGod]

我跟你说这玉米是真的甜 They still supported China till they signed a pact with the Japanese in 1936. Until then, Germany supported China.

[@victorbrunswick]

Chinese Stalingrad 😛

[@nathanb.8114]

@@AnImperialGod But Germany was still training troops until 1937 the outbreak of the invasion. And I've read there was a German commander present in the Battle of Shanghai for some time, as it was a weird sight for the Chinese in battle. Also von Faulkonsen gave logistics to Chiang Kai Skek on how to stop temporarily repel the Japanese invasion.

[@blackjacklastshack6111]

I always love these types of urban gunfights

[@bodiesatva]

In movies, sure. Not in real life you tho.

[@genesisspace5331]

@@bodiesatva obviously I will shit myself

[@Adriaticus]

Until your in one

[@basedneutral1173]

@@Adriaticus nah

[@kspfan001]

The soliders have german gear because they are part of the nationalist chinese forces that were trained and supplied by Nazi Germany prior to Hitler eventually cutting of support for China at the request of the Japanese. These were the most elite and formidable troops of the Chinese nationalist forces and were more skilled and disciplined than their Japanese counterparts, winning many victories over them. However, in an effort to gain more substantial foriegn support against Japan's assault, Chiang threw them into the fray in the defense of Nanking, hoping they would put up a heroic defense that would move foreign countries to help. They did put up such a defense, often staying even when all other Chinese units had disintegrated and fled, holding to the last man or acting as guerrillas after being overrun. As the Chinese Nationalists were unable to relieve or replenish these units and no substantial foreign support arrived, they were decimated at Nanking and either wiped out or were only a shadow of their former self afterwards. The skill & determination of them presented in Flowers of War might seem overblown, but I can assure you that if anything the movie downplays this. Compared to standard Chinese & Japanese soldiers, the German-trained Chinese were supersoldiers that outwitted, outplayed, and frustrated the Japanese army to no end. Part of the reason Japanese soldiers were so brutal in their treatment of the people of Nanking was in retaliation for the shame of defeats inflicted on them by these soldiers.

[@Liftlifecoby]

Holy shit how long did u spent writing this bro but yeh the Chinese were supported by America and Germany during the second sino war

[@Its-Av3rage]

Thank you for this :)

[@风-h5w]

傻逼，一个中国人的共产党宣传份子五毛党，跑油管洗脑来了？

[@guy-ic2sz]

Yeah but it wasn’t Nanking, it was Shanghai, they held off the Japanese for three months there but Nanking fell in a couple weeks I believe because all the German trained divisions were shredded but everything else is right, thanks for knowing history

[@mqhjw]

The Chinese army has no superior unit than the Japanese army, even if it is the most elite unit.

[@jurtra9090]

This is basically Stalingrad in the East

[@rifky8121]

Jinpingrad

[@jurtra9090]

@Tyrone an Inventor yeah

[@jurtra9090]

@@rifky8121 Chiangrad is more appropriate

[@Headshot1st]

Nanking probably

[@albertw3001]

but the stalingrad is already in east

[@shengyi1701]

If only they had panzerfausts, mg-34s or mg-42s and Sturmgewehrs.....

[@TheDarkSoul6660]

Why then they would be the Nazi Foreign Leigion lol

[@Morgan_Freeman_]

Just one MG34 and and a pak 38 could of done the job. Even the PAK 36 could of done the job. Nah probably even a 50 cal browning could of penetrated the armor of that tank

[@artificialintelligence8328]

The machine guns they had were just fine. They don't need a big AT guns, an AT rifle like the PTRD probably would have done wonders.

[@haalandbraut3295]

The MG-34 was a bad weapon compared to the MG-42, shorter range, longer reload, harder to control, shorter mag, cooling it down was a bitch comparing to the 42', it was also more expensive to produce, and the panzerfaust was produced until 1945 being introduced in 1942, so these troops couldn't even use it lol... The STG also introduced in 1943. If your talking about the earlier variants then yeah they probably could have them.

[@Morgan_Freeman_]

@@haalandbraut3295 we know but the MG42 wasn’t invented yet and for the time the mg34 was still a really good MG.

[@erickrapa7939]

I believe the name of that tankette is a Te-ke it's all machine guns really tho good against infantry weak against tanks.

[@fortress2270]

Of course. It’s a Light Tank for a reason. It’s soul purpose was to fight infantry

[@xcd87]

if only they had a couple of bazookas.

[@mirizid9667]

@@xcd87 nah, bazooka's didn't even exist that time

[@wolfdog7650]

@@mirizid9667 panzerscheck

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

What about panzerfaust

[@eddiet.m406]

2:24 that grenade throw by the Japanese was risky af, that was good coordination

[@chriswilde7246]

Well that's Two ways of getting rid of light tanks!! Lol.

[@xcd87]

yup..hahah.. a bazooka or at least one 50 cal with ap rounds could have made their life easier.

[@dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791]

@@xcd87 they may not of had those at that time

[@markb3806]

I am surprised that in a war zone that is being fought at an infantry on infantry level in an urban landscape, the electricity wouldn't had already been knocked out by artillery and air attack.

[@TheDarkSoul6660]

This was the early stages of the war, the Nationalists switched from German stuff to US weapons n equipment towards the end of the war. Still put up heavy Resistance and fought hard til Japan was defeated. Then they fought hard during the civil war (1946-1949) until they was driven to Taiwan.

[@discover854]

At this point in the war, the Communist were not a big enough threat to withstand against the Nationalists. I believe this battle wiped out pretty much all the professional soldiers the Nationalist had against Japan that they were forced to join forces with the Communists. Am I missing something?

[@unmessable12]

All of the KMT's best and most well trained units were destroyed in Shanghai and Nanking due to poor decisions by Chiang Kai Shek true but they still had a large military. They weren't really forced to join forces with the Communists due to lacking manpower so much as fighting both a civil war and a war against an overwhelming invading force was untenable. That said, by the time the meat grinder that was the second Sino-Japanese war ended, the KMT forces were decimated and the Communist forces had grown stronger.

[@gggvvvjggbgg4517]

​@@unmessable12 es lo que pasa cuando tú partido es tan corrupto que le venden armas a todos los bandos incluyendo comunistas y japoneses.

[@dark_unit2409]

Germany used to supply China before the war, but then switched sides to help Japan (this explains their similar looking armor to Germany)

[@tukulterbang]

2:26 *UNO REVERSE CARD*

[@kurdtcocaine0]

Dyaksa Hanindito *no u*

[@yungshino3330]

0:30 you can feel his hatred for the Japanese what they did during WW2 was Terrible this is justice for all of them Chinese women and children who were murdered.

[@SStupendous]

For what they were yet to do, atrocities that would be committed in a war nearly a decade later? It's like saying a guy in a Civil War battle clip is getting revenge for Little BigHorn - simply hadn't happened yet.

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

@@SStupendous what are you saying? Hes talking about the massacre, it was already happening...

[@SStupendous]

@@dkwhattouseasusername1012 The movie is directly before WW2... he's talking about their hate for things the Japanese did IN Ww2...

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

@@SStupendous ohhh I see your point, I thought the OG comment was talking about ww2 and the Sino-Japanese war, my bad

[@SStupendous]

@@dkwhattouseasusername1012 Nah it's okay, this whole thread and OG comment is pretty damn confusing lol. Merry Christmas also.

[@Frootberries]

The unstoppable men in there was- *ThE cAmErA MaN*

[@SStupendous]

You said 'men', plural, then said 'cameraMAN', singular...

[@mangostrudel7058]

Chinese armed soldiers getting killed by japanese soldiers in a chinese movie? i've never seen that before

[@theodoreroosevelt2555]

I think this movie is made in taiwan

[@OoooOooo-yq9ks]

It hong kong....

[@sll6773]

Film in Chinese Mainland

[@johnhanusin4973]

From "The Flowers of War" based on the Rape of Nanking in December 1937, one of my favorite all-time movies starring Christian Bale. It was the most expensive movie ever made by the Chinese.

[@emmetentertainment2863]

0:24 Woah that was a big game of tag.

[@rommelthebreton]

I still can't seem to forgive the Imperial Japanese Army for what they've done to my people. Probably due to the fact that Japan denied it at first.

[@basedneutral1173]

Its in the past bud, you dont have to entirely blame the whole country

[@mrlime9526]

@@basedneutral1173 The Japanese government still does not recognize the full extent of the warcrimes to this day. They still have memorials which have the names of convicted war criminals on them. Imagine telling a Holocaust victim that the German atrocities are all on the past. Imagine if the German government still celebrated there war criminals would you say the same things?

[@basedneutral1173]

@@mrlime9526 those soldiers who commited ww2 crimes had nothing to do with newer government, people or the country itself, most veteran had passed away by now. I mean, what can they do anyways? Isnt those 2 nukes already enough for them? Im sure they have already apologise multiple times.

[@mrlime9526]

@@basedneutral1173 I’ve seen the Japanese media often portray the Japanese army in China being greeted at liberators despite the opposite being true. Hell one official even tried to justify Japanese sexual slavery once. No I’m not exaggerating that. There are still celebrations and medals for Japanese officers who even organized these atrocities themselves.

[@mrlime9526]

@@basedneutral1173 doesn’t change the fact. Regardless if the government is different, they still fail to entirely own up to there predessors atrocities, and sometimes even glorify or deny them.

[@Keamsangha]

I was low key expecting STUKA to drop over Japanese troops when I saw German uniform😂

[@Gen.Bigfoot2009]

Germany: supporting china against japan. Japan: supporting poland against germany.

[@paulz.257]

Sadly, today both Chinese input in ww2 and Japanese war crimes in this war are often left without attention. I would suggest to everyone to read testimonies about Nanking Massacre, gives you an idea about how brutal this war was.

[@yusifverdiyev7730]

China is doing the same now to the uyghurs in their concentration camps. Dont tell me that china is innocent

[@paulz.257]

1) how is relevant? 2) Did i write that "China is innocent" 3) Just because China commits crimes in 2000s doesn't mean that millions of Chinese people who fought and died in the war against Japanese soldiers who raped, tortured and murdered them, don't deserve respect.

[@我跟你说这玉米是真的]

Yusif Verdiyev millions X 20million peopel killed and include muslim warlord‘s Ma army ✓

[@小明-y4f]

well i live in uyghur，how come i ve never seen any camps and the stuff you talking about？

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

There are zero testimonials about the alleged rape. It's a myth

[@allenfields9058]

Is this "Flowers of War", a German movie? Where can one find it to watch?

[@j6ger]

No there Chinese against Japanese they just have the german steal helms

[@FrancisRG]

@@j6ger NO. The chinese soldiers has german equipment because they were part of the German trained divisions were the elite-quality, best trained and equipped infantry divisions in the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army trained under Sino-German cooperation from 1926 to 1941. Its not only german helmets.

[@FrancisRG]

Allen Fields It's a chinese movie made in 2011.

[@j6ger]

@@FrancisRG yes they had german support and communist support but later they pushed away there communist support

[@j6ger]

@@FrancisRG i can see ur point but some of it was in ww2

[@groton5376]

Who else thinks the Japanese actors are like really good at dieing

[@CelestialSwann]

Movie looks very excellent, would definelty buy it.

[@WorldUnity-dq4ln]

German and German trained soldiers could never have competed against Japanese fanaticism.

[@Idriso5]

I dont think so. These german trained soldiers won several battles against the japanese and on top of it, in every single battle they engaged the japanese, they inflicted the japanese more casualities than they themselves got.

[@aquagaming8749]

Japan: Germany, why do the chinese have your equipment Germany: Uhhhh I can explain

[@johnpalomo6671]

What the hell i have this movie and none of this is in it.

[@Teaguester12915]

John Palomo Then it’s not the movie you have unless this is a extended edition

[@johnhanusin4973]

I also have tjhis movie. For some reason most of tis was edited out.

[@willyboy2902]

Props to the camera man who went back to WW2 to film this

[@FORTHRONE]

0:57 when the NPC for the first time didnt thank you for helping them

[@ivankip8893]

Horrifying but beautiful scene without the music!

[@Nperez1986]

So they could shoot a guy mid air...but other aren't that great on accuracy?

[@trevorvallo5841]

Japanese troops were moving, not standing in one place like in the first stand off. Plus they had tanks for additional coverage and fire support.

[@theghost2882]

My great great grandfather served as a commander during the Second World War but he had to serve on Japan’s side because they took over China

[@Sons_Of_Birth]

Wang Jingwei's collaborationist government? How was he seen after the war by the Chinese citizens?

[@kriffianRamblings]

People using nerf Girls: I don't find this fun Boys: let's have a WW2 battle

[@lemmdus2119]

Chinese National Army wearing Wehrmacht helmets. I think I’ve seen this movie. I know the Chinese get wiped out but they take a crap load with.

[@kylereynaldlllanos2124]

The braves man: Camera man

[@elfhighmage8240]

Too bad I have to buy this movie to watch the whole thing. It's not on Netflix, Hulu, nor HBO. They want money to buy it on Prime Video. Sad. So many good films outside of the USA, can't watch them.

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

It was in kisssian

[@agagqbq]

the whole row of japanese soldiers walking through not watching the roofs, and the sniper taking down the rope to kill a tank makes this look pretty stupid City Of Life And Death scenes were much better and showed proper tactics

[@loetzcollector466]

There is no such thing as a shitty tank if your side doesn't have any.

[@war_scared]

今の日本は改まって強さを隠す

[@bradhamilton9038]

Rape of Nanking...a horrendous chapter in WW II and in Japanese history!! It should never be forgotten!!

[@muntasirmuntasir3489]

Bill is a protective person He protec He protect But most importantly he attac Be like bill

[@T4ckyy]

I love how that machine gun guy shotted like 3 bullets and about 5 people died

[@SStupendous]

---Because you don't think a bullet can go through someone? Smh

[@T4ckyy]

@@SStupendous did I say that?? All I said was he shot 3 bullets and 5 people died is that realistic at all? Do you know how to read?

[@SStupendous]

@@T4ckyy I KNOW you said that, dummy. You were clearly saying your comment because you thought it was unrealistic.... You even asked rhetorically, "Is that realistic at all?"

[@natesjko]

lol “shotted”

[@cynric4219]

Crazy if you think that the Chinese Army had much more manpower number wise than the Imperial Japanese...

[@porsche-sandoesnotundersta8184]

Some of the contributing factors of the Japanese Victory over China's Allied army has to be with infighting among factions such as the Kumentang and Communist. China lacked alot on what Japan had tenfold a well equiped and Mechanized forces consisting of Tanks, Artilery, Aircraft and ships ready to support a long drawn out offensive though this doesn't mean china's weak.

[@dhasenseivlog0707]

2:15 THE JAPAN GUY ALMOST CRUSHED BY THE TANK..UPPER LEFT GUY INFRONT TAKE A LOOK..!

[@ramblinnernd5905]

Damn.

[@bapakrommel1977]

Chinese army:wears germany equipment Japanese army:Sus

[@SStupendous]

It's the Japanese Army weating German equipment you donut..

[@couldntthinkofagoodname4384]

@@SStupendous it's the Chinese army wearing German equipment you donut

[@SStupendous]

@@couldntthinkofagoodname4384 o h y e a h!

[@errorchonager1745]

Bro really say "Nuh uh, I got you"

[@hkboi4404]

4:00 wtf why the atmosphere turned very joyful all in a sudden

[@AbarayRendzy]

Скажите пожалуйста откуда у китайцев полностью оружие и униформа вермахта\?

[@ЖеняКузьмин-м4у]

взяли у них в аренду

[@chrisf1163]

Шанхайская битва 1937 года. Перед началом Второй мировой войны немцы обучали и экипировали части китайской армии. Battle of Shanghai 1937. The Germans trained and equipped units of the Chinese army before the start of World War 2.

[@starlightglimmer3260]

Its a propaganda movie United china Alliance had 40 millions soldiers opposite japannese had higheat amount of deployes aoldiers was 3 million so you see

[@s.lantau8249]

What this is not true

[@ThomasHoward-yj3te]

Sadly china just did not have enough of these trained battalions to make a big difference. Had they pearl harbor would have never happened.

[@nishikitaitei1945]

中国の反日プロパガンダ映画かな？ でもまあ94式軽装甲車モドキは良く再現出来ているし 国民党軍がZB26軽機関銃を乱射する場面とか史実に近い演出

[@江越大賀-s6z]

中国軍が市民を逃すシーンがまさにそう

[@ltenclavesoldier9280]

Asian Prussians vs Asian British

[@theodoreroosevelt2555]

Lol

[@Warie101]

Were the Chinese using a type 99 LMG?

[@ramblinnernd5905]

Captured maybe?

[@mattpeckham667]

Its actually a Czech ZB30. The British copied it as the Bren.

[@richardlew3667]

You suddenly don't feel so bad about the atomic bombings. It's too bad that the emperor and his military cronies didn't take the brunt.

[@Tengen66W]

Before I thought they were German soldiers fighting the Japanese in China

[@gavinhudson5251]

The tankettes look authentic.

[@petermcallister107]

28mms warming models just came out for this division.

[@권현운]

CHINA CCP ARMY : X CHINA TAIWAN ARMY : O TAIWAN NO.1 !!

[@OoooOooo-yq9ks]

Chinese nationalist army not Taiwan army...

[@sonrouge]

Too bad Molotov cocktails hadn't been revealed yet.

[@gozz.4073]

many may not know but Germans were very influential in China/Indocchina, refer to the Sino-German cooperation (1926-1941)

[@okitayu1286]

戦車見たいなやつで駆逐するシーン爽快

[@共産主義に侵されたミリオ-n7c]

94式軽装甲車ですよ！かっこいいですよね！

[@善悪の基準は人それぞれ]

2:56A parody of the Tiananmen massacre

[@waltuh11121]

To all the people asking for the chinese/german uniforms: Germany sent help to the chinese nationalists to fight the communists. They sent uniforms, machine guns, rifles, smg's and even some Panzer I

[@attilathechump9458]

Notice how carefully the filmmakers shot this to prevent any sight of the arm patches or flags of these heroic Chinese soldiers. Would make for some uncomfortable questions from the young'uns.

[@DanielJamesEgan]

Spoiler alert: the Japanese sacked the city and would pretty much dominate china for the next 8 years.

[@blooddemonart3860]

The reason the German gaved them equipment bc the nationalist ask the nazi for help and nazi didn't like communism which was one of the main reason German help the kmt

[@Altair_Bin_La-Ahad]

Film : flowers of war

[@la_void9750]

I never understand why Asian countries didn’t adopt the German m35 helmet they look intimidating and really fits their style.

[@la_void9750]

@Shadow Responder true, nazi Germany and imperial Japan were allies. but typically Imperial Japan never in fact help nazi Germany defeat the soviets union. Because Japan sign a temporary truce with USSR. If they were closed Allie’s Japan could’ve invade soviets union and the soviets would have to worry about fighting both sides. But it never happen.

[@silviocretellawhitemetal2441]

Existio esto de ver a Japoneses con uniformes del Reich?

[@FrancisRG]

No. Fueron divisiones chinas de elite entrenadas y equipadas por los alemanes durante la cooperación militar chino-alemana entre 1926-1941. La que ves peleando aquí es una fracción de la Division 88.

[@juanorosco2870]

Y no eran japoneses, eran chinos

[@omarsanchez9079]

Porque no eres una person normal Silvio

[@gshs21]

Nankin attack started on 1937 and 1939 ww2 start so this is not part of ww2 :) correct me if im wrong.

[@小明-y4f]

but china was actually part of the allied and japan is part of axis

[@Diamond28890]

Second Sino-Japanese War 1937 - 1945 🇨🇳 🇹🇼 🇯🇵

[@bubbadavidson6920]

Communist propaganda

[@ilikeships9333]

The fact that they were not even communist on the Chinese side shows you have a large lack of knowledge and maybe should not be talking this was made the the the country led by the ccp but it does not really overdue what happened during the war you sir though don’t seem to be very smart and probably live in America and have learned China = bad because communist which I do not like the Chinese government but sometimes you have no reason to talk about subjects.

[@ilikeships9333]

Also the fact they didn’t talk about the efforts of communism in this movie also shows you lacked the effort to even try to know about this and decided to go with being somewhat racist also this movie is not about the people who led in fact it shows that many that led were not good but it shows the bravery of Chinese soldiers during ww2 in which they were out gunned out dated and had no organization but still put up a fight.

[@Buzzy_Bland]

Those are nationalists, not communists. Also, username checks out.

[@АлександрФедотов-ж7ч]

Причем здесь китайские немцы? Просто экипировка закупались в Германии, еще до прихода гитлера к власти. СССР начнет помогать Китаю позже.

[@thomasjot9595]

A muzyczka na zakończenie jest zajebista :)

[@Mr_Mcb]

Japan while fighting China: look at me I’m better than u🤣 China: no fair🙁

[@DarklordDainos22]

2:57

[@ibragimsalikhov8262]

tell me how the film is called please!

[@empireofjapan5447]

Tennōheika BANZAI!!! 🎌

[@minebloxgaming1734]

How to survive? EASY!!! Be Camera Man

[@KalvinOfficielYT]

Taïwan china vs japan

[@benshee7368]

I like the German uniform but i don't like they're team

[@loliprotectionservices9953]

What?

[@tannerrugg3480]

Name of movie?

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

Pretty sure its "flowers of war"

[@mikestand5163]

couldve been a great scene, but they used that stupid ass ADD/parkinsons cameraman, again

[@theartisticsoul4799]

Movie name please ?

[@Scheicherr]

flowers of war

[@Elchapoguzman-27M]

Movie name?

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

Flowers of war

[@stirredcoffee9097]

The japanese tanks the machine guns fire like minigun eh

[@markcana2917]

Sadly this is not include in BATTLEFIELD V 😢😢😢😢

[@gumshoe1285]

Anyone else think that they where german s because of the helmets lols the norwegians and the finish apperantly wore the same stuff as the germans too and. I think so did spain or greece and I think even egypt

[@jake42731]

Germany had very good relations with china and a lot of elite chinese troops were trained by german officers, they fought very well against the japanese and had many victories

[@Nhinhonhinho1990]

Look like those are the Type 94 Tankette

[@knightistoogoodonpf9318]

Asian German soldiers interesting

[@dietart9235]

well yeah did exist look at the 88th lo

[@gdfsor6078]

I don't like communists, long live the emperor of Japan

[@joshuabonilla3491]

Well they got nukes twice and now can’t breed to save their lives so 😂

[@Buzzy_Bland]

Those aren’t communists, they’re soldiers of the Kuomintang’s National Revolutionary Army. Entirely different political entity, so you don’t get to justify the Japanese atrocities there with them being communists. They actually fought against the Chinese communist party before and after Japan had surrendered. They eventually lost to them, not least because the CCP used the war as a way to let japan grind the KMT down and went from a haggard collection of broken rebels in an isolated province, to a power capable of seizing China. So in a way, Japan is partially responsible for the CCP getting as far as it ever did.

[@mirzah1162]

Your JapAss emperor got fucked up by two nukes 😂

[@HanMinZu]

原子弹万岁！

[@windex7934]

Fun and games till a Japanese tank pulls up

[@WFootyEdits]

All fun an games till a chinese pak 38 pulls up :D