Midway Pilots - Prisoners of the Japanese 

@wargent99 - rubbish.

Australians would do well to learn how well the Australian delegation treated Japan’s proposals at the Treaty of Versailles.

Japanese honour was based on service to the emperor. This meant that anything done with the blessing of one’s Japanese superiors was honourable. The Japanese didn’t have the chivalric code of the West, and any notion that they did is purely post-war propaganda. Even the samurai had a similar code of honour.

@wargent99Sorry, but that’s just plain wrong. I was just pointing out how erroneous it is to say that the Japanese held honour in any esteem at all. Because they didn’t give a shit about what we think of as honour. That’s not making an excuse, that’s damning criticism of the awful Japanese military and their war crimes. If you want a longer discussion, my spouse is Korean, and I can tell you a really fucking hilarious weeaboo story about how she came to be a quarter Japanese if you’d like. Although maybe not if you’re triggered by the R word and a lot of profanities aimed at the Japanese military boys who occupied Seoul.

@wargent99 - who is defending them? I am just annoyed the implication put forward by other posters that they were the only ones. Heaps of soldiers were killed in similar circumstances on all sides. We have seen it on video two weeks ago in Nagorno Karabakh. Knowing what we know about the lead up to Nazi Germany, why do morons still think it’s ok to keep rubbing peoples noses in it?

@Mark Whitton Japan did not adhere to the Geneva convention on POW, but even if they had done it, I think it is legal now, and it was then, under the Geneva convention to punish a POW, who attempts to escape, for "espionage" which can entail a death penalty.

@@uffa00001You've missed the point Neville.

I try to think in terms of organized criminals carrying away a largely helpless population. As I look around, I see a lot of people whose only real loyalty is to the winning side. God rules in heaven, money rules on Earth.

@Aaron T Just Read, 'Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ', then Watch the Movie. Veteran Louis Zamperini, former Olympic track star, who survived a plane crash in the Pacific Theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than 2/12 yrs as a POW in 3 Japanese POW camps.

I've never heard any pleasant stories from prisoners of the Japanese. When the Japanese Emperor visited England, the old Burma veterans turned their back on him

Incredible sight floating in the water and seeing your enemy carriers going up in 🔥

@@trifidos39 then again he's probably also hoping to not be captured by the Japanese

I met him once when I was about 10 years old. He was at an airshow signing his book.

Out of all the TBD crewmen, Lloyd Childers was the only backseater to survive Midway.

The OG "Lone Survivor"

with can be argued it is over done to such a extent that they do not want to stand for something, dont get me wrong it is good we remember that stuff but if nation does it all time hit will wither and die.. as the current situations sees in western europe

@@user-do1kg1py1d That is not at all what is currently seen in Western Europe. Don’t know what you’re on about.

@@MrTheWaterbear was refering to germans that rember ww2 what they did so throughly and become unhealty as a state/nation and in "smaller" amounts holland does that as well

@@MrTheWaterbear the way we treat or own culture and history to say everything sorry about will this generation has the change (just as afther the war) to improve and humanaas it. not blame you ar not in any way shape or form countibale on you grand parents or even there parents wrong doings. today germany has no real confidence in its self (large part of the population). so you (the state) will wither and die becouse they dont defend there culture anymore. that is what i see in western europe. attack on the heratige (yes we did a awfull lot off stuff but in that day and age it was hardly uncommon) you can not compare that to this time. you need to make it debatebale not destroy it becouse if you destroy it you ar doomed to reapeet it. that was my comment about and i find both ways of dealing with realy wrong. but i am also i guy that believes more in dialoog then in subvert things becouse it will destroy trust.

@@user-do1kg1py1d The way I experienced it, growing up in Northern Europe, was that we criticize the actions of our our nation in earlier times, make an effort to know what went wrong and try our hardest never to become like that again. It’s not about destroying or hating our own cultures, at all. It’s about making sure our politics and culture are friendly and cooperative. Don’t be fascist, don’t be exclusionary, don’t be aggressive, don’t be populist. These are the lessons we keep in mind :) And of course we feel sorry about what happened, even if we’re not the same people living in the same society as when it took place. Obviously we ourselves carry no sin for that. Japan has no hindsight, they don’t feel sorry, and they try their best to hide it because they’re fucked up in some ways.

Yes, he has two clones standing next to him at the beginning of the video. They are bringing him more video material.

@@Carlton-B those clone troopers go back in time to historic events and then report back to Mark with new material for every video

He's a MAD LAD, pumping out history like nobodys business! I for one, accept this reality that Dr. Felton is truly an anomaly.

Ya

I have an alternative hypothesis; there is an office building housing a supercomputer that has been programmed to compile a full record of modern military history. The one we know as Dr. Mark Felton is actually the computer's protocol droid, who is conversant with over eight million accounts of military actions.

It was actually the mk13 torpedo

The dauntlesses did the entirety of the damage, no?

@Jeffro 2000 yes, without the torpedo bombers drawing the fighter cover down low the dive bombers would have had a much hellacious time hitting the carriers

@@jaystreet46 Wildcats were the fighters, the dive bombers who are the ones who did the damage were SBD Dauntless'.

@@jeanhunter3538 ya I know I just got it mixed up for a min. After them were the hellcats. Did we have a replacement for the dauntless? Dive bombers weren’t used for very long comparatively

Try this 1944 tale of "Carrier X": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kvatDO6P22s.html

Another great movie

George Gay, Torpedo 8's only survivor was a technical consultant for the '76 film.

My favorite movie in 5th & 6th grade... "You're getting paid to fly fighter planes not sit in your bunk and cry over your girls picture..you better shape up Tiger..or some hotshot map pilots gonna flame your butt!

@@limeybean3967 don't quite recall Cpt Garth saying 'butt, it's been a long time hasn't it!

my grandfather did too...he was in China...

anything what it says "Made in Japan" was made by civilians, not soldiers

@@phantomship3935 In total war, is there a distinction between civilians and armies, and post war is only post (i.e. history) for the next generation, but for the ones that lived through it, the nightmare goes with them to the grave.

@@phantomship3935 spoken by someone who wasn't there. Your point is pointless.

@@phantomship3935 same civilians that made guns, bombs, ammunition...and oh btw the samurai swords they used to behead millions of chinese "civilians"...once again spoken like a true keyboard warrior that wasnt there.

Especially the brutal way this pilot was killed. Can u imagine being chopped with an ax and it mess u up horribly but not kill you. You have no chance of living but you still grab on and fight for every second of terrible mangled horror and agony that is your existence.

@@211212112 its painful to even think of. Whts sd is throughout histoey there are plenty examples of this form of execution going badly and just causing more pain and agony. Its just hard to imagine what it mustve felt like.

Even in the SNLF & IJA it was so common place. It seems every enemy that put up enough resistance to inflict even moderate casualties would fall victim to war crimes once surrendered.

Absolutely.

They used friends of my grandfather's as bayonet practice in PNG

Never a good situation when even the Nazis think their ally is too mental (in the case of Imperial Japan). Would rather be dead than taken alive by the Japanese Army back then.

Nobody made any such a defense.

Never heard anyone claim this, but it is important to realize that Japanese service code was very brutal and not at all honourable. The notion that Japan though the Western chivalric code of honour was desirable is massively erroneous. It’s important to call out their atrocities :)

@El Guapo mas macho yes we did...but not even close to the scale of what they did...Germany sanctioned it...Japanese military culture caused it...and btw the US tried to stay out of it, and when attacked once again finished it...destroying 2 cultures built on propoganda...does that stick in your craw?

@El Guapo mas macho lol not even close bruh...

I've 'listened' to that myself, enjoyed it as Flags of our Fathers before.

Yes, Flyboys is a very emotional read.

Read that book and was shocked that the Japanese were cannibalistic

@@Smootus if you can find it, read " The Bone Man of Kokoda". A lot got eaten up there

@@Smootus You should know that Japanese cannibalism arose out of the effectiveness of the Allied submarine campaign in the Pacific. So many supply ships were sunk that the garrisons on the islands and in New Guinea were obliged to live off the land. Things became so desperate that they ate those they killed. Also, this is the reason for the infamous Burma Railway; since the ships couldn't get through, the Japanese built the railway as their primary supply route.

Right. Much of this information was withheld from the public for decades, due to the horrific nature of the murders. I think most came to light in the 90's - When the veterans began talking loudly, and much classified information was declassified.

Battle 360 USS Enterprise episode 2 the battle of Midway. It's still on YT.

Yes it was.

Ya that’s what I thought. Probably just a mistake.

@@ChrisLove887its bound to happen once or twice with the amount of quality content he puts out

Kind of insane that it happened more than once

Errr...I think Taranto was except Italian Navy wasn’t able to strike back.

WASH Guy Gen MaCArthur was wise in saving the emperor and using his influence to establish a peaceful occupation by american troops and a new respect for American forces that make Japan a valuable partner today. Brainwashing works whenever people are not told the truth and fed lies to guide them to goals established by their rulers. The Military Industrial Complex in America that finances congress members is doing a similar thing here?

It really annoys me when people in current 'woke' times say we should let each country be, let them run their own affairs as they see fit, that everyone's government is good, etc. Japan is highly successful and not a threat to its neighbours precisely because the West stepped in and abolished the old systems and implemented a modern democracy. Sometimes change is good and not everything is okay.

Those who deserve retribution are long dead.

Well, you might ask them for the gold they stole.

@@pac1fic055 But Japanese revisionists live on.

No one should in any way take my comment as excusing IJN behavior, but the great Dr. Felton himself made another video trying to explain why Japanese had a completely different concept/application of 'honor' than westerners had. They believed their emperor was God and they were divinely entitled in their actions against the evil barbarian allies. They thought mercy was a weakness and wanted us to fear them. Their beliefs are why they never signed the Geneva Convention, so were not bound to follow its 'rules of war'. Not to excuse them, but it was just a difference in cultures. People think Nazis were cruel, but they had nothing on the Japanese. Also, in both world wars, the west had home campaigns portraying Evil Huns as barbarians, and remember what we did to all Japanese in America, putting civilians in concentration camps. War is seldom honorable, but we all keep doing it over and over.

@@thedriszen8350 I take the point your making, but their seem to be devoid of any empathy, even down at an individual level. I have read of many cases, where in battle many combatants, will help and treat the enemy because ones natural instincts prevail. This trait seems to be completely missing in the Japanese. I suppose we cannot understand this from our perspective, how people can act in this way, and even after the war there didn't seem any remorse, and took many victims many decades to get any form of apology.

@@consul6262 Most of 'us' didn't get the Japanese because its alien to our beliefs; you're judging it from our perspective... not theirs. The imperial family were considered Gods, and could do no wrong. They felt insulted by our attitudes of them, and being totally shunned by Westerners in world affairs/politics. They considered mercy a weakness, and our fear of their ruthlessness an advantage. That's why they'd commit suicide rather than surrender. Mark Felton explained all this much better than I... go watch his video on this. History is full of cruelty, especially in war. As I said... I certainly don't condone it, I just understand how it happened. Different culture... different mindset... different behavior.

@@thedriszen8350 I suspect that the Allied servicemen who suffered horrendously at the hands of the Japanese during WW2, including my grandfather who was beheaded by the Japanese in Java for escaping, might struggle with your level of armchair objectivity. Tojo knew exactly what he was doing, he was ultimately proven to be a coward in Japanese culture because he failed to commit suicide for his "failure", and instead was deservedly executed by the Allies at end of WW2. And the poor Japanese masses had to suffer through Tojo's arrogance with 2 atomic bombs.

@@thedriszen8350 Are you seriously trying to defend this based on a belief system? This is about human compassion and the lack of it. You mention Germany and that was simply a system of death that was designed in a way to get rig of people that were different. I agree that the Japanese were more cruel though.

Dr. Felton has an excellent, thorough examination of the culture which led Japanese leadership to condone cruelty to POWs and motivated their soldiers to be cruel. Still, I can understand why someone who experienced or witnessed the cruelty could not help but abhor the Japanese. Another tragic result of war.

Remember, the bible doesn't instruct thou should not kill, as that's a mistranslation of the Hebrew. What it does say is thou shall not murder. Japanese were guilty of murder.

I was blown up at on a discord server for posting that video. The weebs did not like the truth.

Welcome to 2020

Update: Deleted from the (not particularly leftist) World War Two channel within minutes of posting. Disappointed to see that from them. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WzlomY4GIg0.html

Charles Dexter Ward A brownshirt with the flag of China as avatar talking about censorship. Hahaha... oh, wow! Tras de ladrón, bufón.

Well done, sir. You were probably expelled 'cos of waycism n slavery n BLM n sheet. Ironic.

Cause Japanese realised how brainwashed they were by their emperor propoganda

@@cactuslietuva nope for him it was the miracle of surviving the sinking of his carrier, being shot down, being at Hiroshima a day before the bombings and Nagasaki 2 days after ....he began to hear stories of Christian missionaries traveling to Japan to forgive, and his old friend was taken prisoner and treated well by the US and missionaries...he took 4 or 5 yrs after the war to contemplate these things...and started to become a believer

During the "troubles" in Northern Ireland , convicted murderers from either side of the divide would often "find god" as a source of redemption (as faux as it was)., I'm probably too cynical to think that this mans efforts were anything more!

@@kronk420 read the book...Gods Samurai...and no it wasnt a prison conversion...he was a national hero...and went on to preach and testify in dozens of countries with US pilots about the forgiveness and redemption of Christ...Billy Graham and the story of Louis Zamperini also coincide...soldiers are not convicts...

@@curtismes Was this Japanese guy interviewed on US tv years later?? The story sounds very familiar. The one I'm remembering was during B&W tv maybe early 60's or thereabouts and it was on a talk show maybe Tonight Show or similar type of show. Thanks for mentioning it.

@CHIGGS 58TH "the collective we" as opposed to "the plural we", which you attributed to the original poster by asking him about his own part in that victory. So LOL yourself.

Actually, I have come to disagree with this conclusion that I too was taught in school and never questioned. You see, the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki seems to have been made by Truman and his close circle. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945 and the first bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. That is less than four months. And that happens to be the amount of time that Truman was the president. Historians note that Roosevelt did not include Truman in anything. Not the war planning or much of anything else. So, Truman made his decision to drop the bombs after only 4 months in command. Another important point is that none of the Pacific commanders (Nimitz, Halsey, MacArthur) agreed with using the bomb. It does not appear that they were consulted. By August, the Japanese could not defend themselves, our planes ruled the skies for the most part. We had blockaded them so no food or fuel was going into the main islands. It was over. The Pacific commanders knew this and realized that to bomb the cities (Atomic or otherwise) was to bomb women and children. And there was no honor in that. I now realize that we have been propagandized about the end of the Pacific War. By continuing this lie we only make excuses for Truman who was not a "true man" at all.

Javier Staffanell It saved uncountable American lives , so it was a good thing to do honourable or not !!!

@@arnoldmosk494 The point is an invasion was not necessary and thus the loss of life could be avoided altogether. I guess Nimitz, MacArthur, and Halsey were a different breed. If you accept my arguments, then the options are to defend Truman or argue for continuing the white washing of history at schools.

@@javierstaffanell3519 "The point is an invasion was not necessary and thus the loss of life could be avoided altogether." Spoken by someone whose father was spared the "honor" of being killed during the ground invasion of Japan, for which a million purple hearts were stamped out prior to this dreaded event ....

I seen photo graphs of it occurring in Spain. Mostly middle aged soldiers. There are videos of Americans and Germans doing the same thing where they besieged U-Boat bases along the French coastline of the.Atlantic Ocean.

@Julian Palmer prisoner exchanges.

@@CA999 There was some thing like that I think it was close to the Cherbourg area . I saw a short clip of some thing like that only Felton would know about it !

@Julian Palmer Feel good to be a fascist?

There was a prison swap through the Red Cross where prisoner who were deemed ill or injured and unlikely to be a combatant were returned home.

like we never hurt unarmed prisoners...fairy tale.

@@antoinedebiran5011 that was the exception, and condemned when it happened. Unlike the Japanese who not only condoned it but it was the exception when it *didn’t* happen. You know it’s bad when even the Nazi’s thought they were mental.

So the conclusion is we are good n they are bad. I wud love dat.

@@antoinedebiran5011 While I'd hesitate to proclaim either side as "good" in war, there was a clear moral distinction between the sides.

but ok i got ur point n guessed from wat u said dat guantanamo is closed and all involved condemned and sentenced.

Clear and easy to understand

Mark could be my GPS voice and tell me to drive around in circles for hours and I’d do it

@@Aviationlord7742 better then that women on my GPS that gets me lost...

@@Aviationlord7742 I wish I could like your comment a dozen times...

Hahaha so in your mind the "lesson" of WWII was that war is bad? Crazy that no one realized that before!

@Wise and Free So in your basic ass mind people have not realized drugs are bad because people keep taking them? People haven't realized getting arrested is bad because they keep doing so? Jesus christ you're simple.

@Wise and Free Hahaha I'd love to hear how your last statement makes sense in your brain. And your dumb ass clearly has no idea what addiction, temptation, or countless other contributing factor are. Amazing you've made it to adulthood.

@Wise and Free Yeah, I don't think you know what "angry" means. Especially if you think it means "laughing at people who have the logic and reasoning skills of a rock". I don't believe you; no recovering addict would ever say something as stupid as "people who realize drugs/alcohol are bad just stop doing them". IF THAT WERE THE CASE YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC TO BEGIN WITH. Jesus christ, use your brain.

@@TheSolongsidekick No, Jesus isn't simple!

I think part of the problem was that the Japanese military structure and more importantly, their disciplinary structure, could be summed up as “Shit rolls downhill.” Not the primary cause, far from it, but definitely a notable factor. Higher ups abuse their underlings, who in turn abuse their underlings, and so on until you get to some poor prisoner or civilian.

Taranto.

U can only eat them if u have enuff to go around lmao

@@jamesonnewhouse1298 could you picture all of us mark fans in one lecture hall with just one bag or pretzels going around

@@levipierson4946 that would b quite the lecture hall, may have to be lectyre stadium

@@jamesonnewhouse1298 thats the only way I'd ever pay super bowl prices to get into a stadium!

@@levipierson4946 bro id pay a years salary

Which movie mate ?

@@trumpstinyhands Midway, from last year.

Not really a film lol

@@AleRees ahh cool, i watched it the other day too, really enjoyed it

@@AleRees i only asked because i thought i was missing out lol

Yes, Battle of the Coral Sea was the first, and is thoroughly presented in the history, this is a surprising lapse on Felton's part. Added irony is that Coral Sea stopped the Japanese advance toward Australia (for good as it turned out) so an Australian should know.

Somehow Midway got this

I think he was talking about coral sea in the beginning but not 100% sure.

Not many since there were hardly any to begin with.

Too bad they didn't you know.....TEST THE BLOODY THINGS!!!!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bmc9NFfhx74.html

You think they are not isolationist anymore? Tell you what go look at the stats of refugees taken in by the Japanese and also go check what it takes to immigrate to Japan. I live there for 2 years in the '70s. Japan is one of the most racist countries it was ever my misfortune to experience. Every time you start feeling comfortable in that country and despite its incredible beauty and history you are then reminded by some event that highlights the racists they are. They are not one of the most racially homogeneous countries on the planet by accident, it is precisely how they want it.

@@stevewhite3424 You replied to the wrong comment, Bud. All I said was that the video was good.

Not true. Many faced trial in the Tokyo War trials.

@@WALTERBROADDUS Only a few, & then were released early.

@@bloodybones63 More than 5,700 lower-ranking personnel were charged with conventional war crimes in separate trials convened by Australia, China, France, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The charges covered a wide range of crimes including prisoner abuse, rape, sexual slavery, torture, ill-treatment of labourers, execution without trial, and inhumane medical experiments. The trials took place in around fifty locations in Asia and the Pacific. Most trials were completed by 1949, but Australia held some trials in 1951.[17] China held 13 tribunals, resulting in 504 convictions and 149 executions. Of the 5,700 Japanese individuals indicted for Class B war crimes, 984 were sentenced to death; 475 received life sentences; 2,944 were given more limited prison terms; 1,018 were acquitted; and 279 were never brought to trial or not sentenced. The number of death sentences by country is as follows: the Netherlands 236, United Kingdom 223, Australia 153, China 149, United States 140, France 26, and Philippines 17.[18] The Soviet Union and Chinese Communist forces also held trials of Japanese war criminals. The Khabarovsk War Crime Trials held by the Soviets tried and found guilty some members of Japan's bacteriological and chemical warfare unit, also known as Unit 731. However, those who surrendered to the Americans were never brought to trial. As Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, MacArthur gave immunity to Shiro Ishii and all members of the bacteriological research units in exchange for germ warfare data based on human experimentation. On May 6, 1947, he wrote to Washington that "additional data, possibly some statements from Ishii probably can be obtained by informing Japanese involved that information will be retained in intelligence channels and will not be employed as 'War Crimes' evidence."[19] The deal was concluded in 1948.[20]

@@WALTERBROADDUS Lots of these never were put to death, & most of those imprisoned had their sentences reduced. But thanks for the cut & paste. Good info.

One being the Emperor Hirohito, he actively supported the Japanese Army invasion of China well before WW2 broke out; and Generalissimo Hideki Tojos military dominance of government and policies.

Brot89 meh meh, meh meh meh meh meh meh. Meh, meh meh meh meh.

@@FrankDad Muh.

still justified even if saving 0 allied lives.

Agree, its hard to tolerate the ignorance of people flapping their gums on how atomic bombs shouldn't have been dropped. There was even some twat on here that reckoned the Allies didn't actually need to invade Japan to get them to surrender. After Iwo Jima and all of the other many battles with the Japanese where they fought to the absolute bitter end, and where tens of thousands of Allied servicemen died, it was clear General Tojo and his circle of psychopaths were never going to surrender. Tojo was executed for war crimes, a deserving end for that POS.

Some guy in uniform was mean to another guy so you have to kill women and children. Makes perfect sense.

@@LTPottenger Oh, you mean "Japan raped and murdered its way through China and Indochina but then decided to level up after it got an oil and steel embargo as a response to that by attacking the US Britain and Netherlands by surprise. ALlow me to ignore hell ships the bataan death march human experimentation and it all adds up tto pottingers human is a horrible virtue signalling ignorant fool. thankfully lies fail.

US GIs routinely murdered POWs in both theaters so I guess US should be nuked. US also starved millions of POWs to death in concentration camps, then starved millions of civilians to death for years after the war, while even in soviet occupied territory the outcome was much better for the locals.

How is this know though? If they killed them they'd hardly tell the yanks it? I don't know

@@seosaimhocathasaigh2888 Someone bragged to someone else about what they did to captive airmen. People just can't keep their mouths shut.

@Elias Bauer You get no right to complain when the rules fold on you

@Elias Bauer You might want to look into civilian deaths committed by the Japanese in China. It may number into the millions.

@Elias Bauer The keeping civilians out of it line was crossed when the Axis blitzed London so what comes around goes around.

@Elias Bauer You plaintiff cries are music to our ears

@@kevindavis5966 And those were murders committed at the individual legal showing that the whole country was engulfed in a vicious suicidal cult that had to be caused at all cost.

Fresh fish, fresh meat

And the civilians?

@@squirrele.1266 you think the Japanese military of world wars two differentiated civilians from military targets? Ask Nanjing and the hundreds of thousands of dead Chinese civilians how that worked for them.

@@squirrele.1266 I would say out of context : what about the civilians? In ww2 and having to defeat Japan with a total surrender and invasion at hand you have to calculate with the amount of dead to accomplish that and their families. With the japanese treatment of civilians and pow I think it is decitions far more understanable in 1945 than your question 2020.

I feel bad that the Japanese command forced the US to take such an action despite repeated warnings and opportunities to surrender. Despite full knowledge they were going to lose. I feel bad for the innocent children in Japan who had to face collective punishment due to the greed of Japanese military commanders. Do i feel *responsible*? No. But the nuclear bombings of Japan were an avoidable tragedy. Old military commanders in the Japanese military had to inflict their death cult on everyone. And everyone from Nanjing to Hiroshima had to suffer because of pride.

@Dev0205 to end the war it was justified to keep the war going and sacrifice your population was not. An attack on japan without bombing would probably have seen more civilians dead and probably more soldiers than those dying in the bombings. I think they had very high calculations of lost lifes if they had to attack.

Read about MacArthur. Mark wrote about this.

I read the same thing that Mark said in At Dawn We Slept which is a book that was very thorough and explains how Japan had no way of winning the war after not destroying any American carriers at Pearl Harbor as prioritized for that attack, losing so many of it's own aircraft carriers early on and having no way to replace them. The United States on the other hand was clearly capable of producing more.