The Collapse of Imperial Japan, Part II (feat. Sean Chick) 

I think Mattis firing Davis continues the tradition of Generals firing commanders who were in a high regard by peers of superiors.

In reference to bears on Hokkaido I was talking about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident.

Sean great stream as usual. When the Japanese fought the Soviet’s, how did they treat any pows or civilians? Was it any different from other countries or nationalities?

I am an Indian, and Bose is a very interesting figure-a hardcore nationalist and an ardent secularist. He believed in equality but still joined the Nazis because of the "enemy of my enemy" rationale. The British weren't able to execute the mutinying officers because public sentiment was so high. Bose died in a plane crash; however, some say Stalin got him, and he died in a gulag. The conspiracy theories about Bose's fate have filled several books. Today, the right-wing Modi government has captured Bose's legacy. It's fucking funny how every patriot who ever died for this country was a Congress member, yet people still vote for the BJP, which collaborated with the British. Strange times

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Cool stream again, Sean really in his element on this topic and it's impressive how he can pronounce these words. Although I prefer to anglicize the Asian names, drives me crazy when Thersites does the Three Kingdoms in China and all the names sound the same. Wish he would just assign them names that people who don't speak Chinese can distinguish.

Imphal/Kohima sounds like the japanese equivalent of Franklin/Nashville in the ACW

I found one piece of info on my question. It appears that Soviet pows were treated with about the minimum standard of care required by the Geneva and Hague conventions, though only because of political circumstances, not any feelings of mercy or decency. After the battle of Khalkhin Gol. Desmond Ng · Follow Read about its history from its rise to its fall.7y The Soviet POWs captured during the battle were initially held by the Japanese in improvised camps near divisional headquarters. Later, during the Soviet counterattack the prisoners were relocated to prisons located deeper in Manchuria. The Japanese managed to capture Soviet prisoners during their initial attack. In the early stages of the battle, the Japanese had decided to strike first, and launched an assault into Soviet lines. Despite the attacks making little progress and ultimately failing, they managed to capture hundreds of Soviet POWs. They were treated passably. Survivors reported that they were given meager rations, enough to survive, but not much more. Their prisons were also threadbare, with bare cells and only a bed, sink and toilet and only allowed out for daily exercise periods. The Japanese wanted to keep them alive in order to allow negotiations to transition smoothly, so 70% of the POWs survived. (which is pretty damned high for prisoners held by the Japanese).

As far as Holland Smith is concerned the bigger issue may have been the publicity at the time, there was an Army inquiry into the incident and Smith kicked upstairs to ensure he could never again be in any position to directly coordinate with Army personnel. I read John McManus' series on the Pacific War and his view is that it was less a Marine versus Army problem than a Holland Smith problem that filtered down the ranks so the other marines thought army soldiers didn't fight well.

Are there any battlefield victories that weren’t the result of mistakes on the part of the opponent? Feels that every battle that happens has mistakes on one or both sides.

No thumbnail? Pfff

Also virtual hydlide for the saturn was AMAZING. Probably the first or 2nd rpg I played. I played final fantasy on snes with my brothers when I was 6 or 7 but in my pre teen years before the ps1 virtual hydlide was the first game I played by myself and spent hours upon hours playing. It was an elder scrolls type game and the graphics where different than just about every other rpg out. Didn't have the typical 3d art fantasy style is was more realistic based. Such a great game to me. Well, in my 11 year old mind it was. Haven't played it since then. I need to go to my mother's and dig my saturn out the closet and give it a play.

Prigozhin ran into the classic Trumpian problem. He did so much winning he got tired of winning and decided to try losing instead.

Great stream as usual gentlemen. I wanted to Sean a question related to the leadership of the Marine Corps during the Pacific War (as they along with the Navy are the biggest players in this conflict for us). You talked a lot about “Howling Mad” Smith and his influence on Marine doctrine, but how would you rate his primary subordinates in Alexander Vandegrift, Harry Schmidt, and Roy Geiger that served as ground commanders during the major operations, considering the Corps’ haphazard performance in these operations?

Great stream just like the last. Seans knowledge on the subject is super impressive

We loved our Saturn in my household. My father played Myst, that was a fun game. Me and my brothers played nights into dreams. That game was so amazing back then. The graphics and moment was great for the time. The color waves and how the textures popped out at you was exciting and beautiful.

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