Week 302 - Operation Downfall: 2 Million Men to Invade Japan - WW2 - June 8, 1945

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The plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands in the fall grow ever more concrete, with the main issue being not just how to transport men by the millions around the world, but where to put them once they get there. On land the fight continues in Okinawa and the Philippines, and at sea the American fleet is savaged by a typhoon for the second time in six months.
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00:34 Recap
01:22 The Allied Control Commission
02:29 Okinawa
03:50 The War in the Philippines
06:22 Halsey and another typhoon
09:13 Operation Downfall
19:07 Summary
19:24 Conclusion
20:28 Dedication to Donald Wilson Round
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@WorldWarTwo 22 дня назад

This episode is dedicated by TimeGhost Brigadier Member Drew Hardin to his grandfather and all those who flew a B-26 Marauder. Thank you, Drew, for sharing your story with us and for being a committed member of the TimeGhost Army. We are happy we could do this. If you'd like to dedicate a video to someone, you can do so by joining us on Patreon at the Brigadier level for one year or by making a one-time contribution

@Bandog23 21 день назад

Thank you for making this, the pacific war is fascinating to me, especially the end of it

@MisterJackTheAttack 22 дня назад

Well Kublai Khan doesn't have to feel so silly since someone else got hit with two typhoons.

@ltdowney 22 дня назад

Yes, just let’s not refer to them as kamikazes. 😅 (Meaning “divine wind,” and the original usage of the term.)

@mgway4661 22 дня назад

I guess Khan would have benefited from the use of nuclear weapons

@Materialist39 22 дня назад

@@mgway4661in all seriousness they would have used it instantly against the first target that didn’t surrender lol

@ForelliBoy 22 дня назад

"and then 🌪died in a tornado (actually a typhoon)"🌪

@jeffyoung60 21 день назад

The U.S. Navy had had it with Lieutenant Admiral Bull Halsey. They were ready to can him. However the Navy top brass discussed the issue behind closed doors for some time, understanding that Halsey was a well-publisized American hero. The Navy top brass had to satisfy themselves with reprimanding him. They did go after his second-in-command and curtailed his Navy career. The man would find himself retiring soon after the war was over.

@nikoking825 22 дня назад

A 102-year-old WWII Vet died on his trip to visit Normandy this week. It took 81 years but he joined the others there.

@DazzleCamo 22 дня назад

80, right?

@gwtpictgwtpict4214 22 дня назад

RIP that man.

@WorldWarTwo 22 дня назад

May his memory be a blessing. -TimeGhost Ambassador

@popeo1973 21 день назад

@@DazzleCamo bro he think 2 days after june 6 is a year

@user-oh6eg4ny3h 21 день назад

The vet I believe fought in Iwo Jima and Okinawa as a sailor I believe but still wanted to visit Normandy before he died

@thanos_6.0 22 дня назад

If I had a nickel for every time I led a fleet into a typhon, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happend twice.

@stealmysunshine 22 дня назад

😅😅😅

@julianshepherd2038 22 дня назад

Wise words indeed.

@balabanasireti 22 дня назад

Boooring

@leshawnjefferson6150 22 дня назад

That's a lot in 1945 😂

@JohnDoe-wj7ht 22 дня назад

Happened to the Mongols also. Twice.

@24meandyounothing 22 дня назад

"You know the end is near when Indys desk is clear".

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Who knows what the future holds?

@TheLucanicLord 20 дней назад

The more I hear of Halsey the less impressed I am. He was on the bench at Midway, right?

@ChuckleTee 19 дней назад

@TheLucanicLord His early performance in the war, especially around the Solomon Islands campaign, was well done. But late in the war, he left a lot to be desired. And yeah, during midway he was sick so was on a medical leave while the battle happened. Hence, he recommended his cruiser commander, Ray Spruance to take over his carrier taskforce for the battle. But that left Fletcher in overall command of the carriers still (At least until Yorktown was damaged).

@andmos1001 22 дня назад

In context: the Purple Hearts that was produced to prepare for the invasion of Japan is still being used

@Materialist39 22 дня назад

That’s pretty chilling

@jackmoorehead2036 22 дня назад

Yeah, I got one in Vietnam, I think recently (in the last 10 years) they started making them again.

@rumrunner8019 22 дня назад

My father was in Vietnam. One soldier went through two tours without a scratch on him and, right before he went home, he slipped in the shower and broke a leg bone. Combat? No injuries. But a bar of soap in the shower made him slip and fall. The guys laughed at him and one of the men working in the shop made him a mock medal called "the purple ass" that they pinned to his shirt before he went home.

@leafsfan112233 21 день назад

IIRC they finally ran out a couple years back and started making them again. Nearly 80 years later....

@pnutz_2 21 день назад

@@jackmoorehead2036 yeah the warehouse was looking a bit empty and some of the surviving ones had rot/corrosion issues. it may also be them planning in the event of future large-scale conflicts

@silentotto5099 22 дня назад

I once talked to a former sailor who was caught on one of those typhoons. He was on a destroyer, and he recalled looking down over the side of his ship and seeing the deck of an aircraft carrier below him.

@Plaprad 22 дня назад

My Grandfather was on the Alabama for it. He used to tell me stories about how the ship was rolling more than 30 degrees side to side, and waves were crashing over the bridge. Never believed him as a kid. Then I read the ships War Diary as an adult. Turns out that was one of the few stories he throttled back on to make more believable.

@philipbrening433 22 дня назад

My grandpa was on a destroyer during a typhoon a year later

@belbrighton6479 22 дня назад

Amazing, but how does that work? Why would he see an aircraft carrier like that?

@maxrobe 22 дня назад

@@belbrighton6479 Well your ship is on top of a hill and the other ship is in the valley.

@GaldirEonai 22 дня назад

@@belbrighton6479 Destroyer riding up on a wave peak, carrier down at the bottom. Those are BIG waves.

@marshalleubanks2454 22 дня назад

My Uncle was a US Paratrooper. He and his unit were too young to be sent to the European war, but were training to be deployed in the early stages of Operation Olympic, and (spoiler alert) were sent to Japan (to the areas they were scheduled to jump into) soon after the Japanese surrender. He was very glad they didn't have to fight their way in.

@smassol1 22 дня назад

Same happened with my great uncle made it as far as Pearl before the bomb dropped

@Deridus 22 дня назад

Hell, I'm glad they didn't have to fight.

@MartinMcAvoy 22 дня назад

Maybe your uncle was a para in the 13th Airborne Division? It was shipped to France in early 1945 but saw no combat and was then returned to the states, for training as one of the primary assault units for the invasion of Japan. It always amazes me that the Americans had such an abundance of resources, they could train and equip an elite airborne division and not need to deploy it. Some of the troops might have felt sore, that they never did any fighting but there were plenty of others on the frontlines, who would have gladly swapped places with them.

@marshalleubanks2454 22 дня назад

@@MartinMcAvoy I don't recall him ever talking about going to France. I'll ask family members who would know when I get the chance. He was always very supportive of the upcoming A bombing of Japan - he felt it might have saved his life.

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

@@MartinMcAvoy He was probably from the 11th Airborne division, which fought in the Philippines at Leyte and Luzon, and was scheduled to drop in Japan and became the lead occupation division, arriving in Japan at the end of August. The 13th was scheduled to redeploy from Europe to the Pacific. It was supposed to be go into action as part of the airborne drop, Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine of Monty's armies, but there weren't enough aircraft to transport and 6th British Airborne, the 17th and the 13th. So it was deployed in theater, but it arrived relatively late, missed its one chance to jump and after that all potential airborne operations got cancelled as the ground advance advanced quicker then the planners could plan. It wasn't unique in that regard, the 16th Armored division arrived in Europe in february 1945 and only saw action as part of Patton's 3rd Army when it advanced into Czechoslovakia in april. Suffering only 12 wounded in the 3 days of the war that it actually was in combat. Some units just had the bad (or good) luck to arrive in theater very late.

@MartinMcAvoy 22 дня назад

An old fella I knew was wounded in Normandy. A year later he was patched-up and sent to the Middle-East, from there to be shipped out to join the invasion of Japan. None of the lads he was with believed they would ever see the UK again. 40 years later, he was retired and doing a degree in international studies at Warwick University. One day his class was discussing the horror of the atomic bombings and how cruel it was. George stood up and said that when his unit heard that the Japanese had surrendered, they all burst out cheering and it was the happiest day of his life. They knew they would live. The kids in George's class were the same age as he was in August, 1945. They could not understand the celebration of destruction but at least they heard a lived experience, of somebody who was affected by the outcome of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

@arostwocents 22 дня назад

Soldiers at the time didn't understand the surrender was imminent anyway and it was done for the USSR's benefit. Now, we do understand that. I know it's the height of woke racism to put lived experience before all, but knowledge of the entire historical situation beats the experience of a normal soldier.

@mylesrahill1948 22 дня назад

@@arostwocents Japanese was NOT imminent anyway, the Japanese intended to fight on. Hoping for a negotiated settlement.

@Larrymh07 22 дня назад

The bombings of Dresden and Tokyo were equally brutal but they were not single bombs making it seem less brutal. At any rate, forget the 'woke racist ' snipes. War is hell. Remember what Spartacus says, 'never again.'

@extrahistory8956 22 дня назад

@@Larrymh07 Won't that have meant that Japanese government wouldn't have cared about the atomic bombing either? After all, if the far deadlier firebombings didn't convince them to surrender, then why would the atomic bombings change that?

@alphamikeomega5728 21 день назад

The fact that the Soviet invasion happened on the same day that the second atomic bomb was dropped means that historians struggle to ascribe the surrender to one or other cause. The best evidence that the bombings were the chief reason is that it was specifically mentioned in Japan's surrender speech. The best evidence that the Soviet invasion was the main cause is that Japan was trying to use the USSR (with which they had a non-aggresion treaty) as a mediator for peace talks. But it could also have been a combination - and even if it was the bombs, perhaps the same result would have been achieved without targeting civilians immediately with them. The RU-vid channel Shaun has a detailed video on this.

@simguns8388 22 дня назад

My Father was a Marine and had fought on Guadalcanal, Guam, Bougainvillea, and Iwo Jim. He said they were training for the invasion and he never expected to survive.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Harrowing, thank you for sharing.

@jonbaxter2254 22 дня назад

Just watching how bloody it was for the Americans to even conquer a small rocky island really puts into perspective how daunting a task of invading Japan actually would be.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for watching.

@md_studios9819 22 дня назад

My mother's uncle was a member of the Dutch resistance and died in Dachau on December 31st, 1944. We visited Dachau and the book with all the names of the deceased, which has like 2000 pages, was open to the exact page his name was on. I know I can only suggest videos if i'm a patron, but it would be cool if you could make a video on the Dutch resistance in WW2

@MrK1kk3r 22 дня назад

Indeed there's a good article to be made on Dutch resistance (e.g. the Engelandvaarders). Unfortunately the story can become somewhat tainted by scores of young people joining the resistance in the last 3/2 weeks of the war, and posing as if they took part way longer/since the beginning. I've been looking into Dutch literature on the topic but couldn't find as much factual documentary style books, as I could find romantisized story books.

@Turnipstalk 22 дня назад

It would have to include "Audrey Hepburn", who declined to play Anne Frank after the war because it had been so traumatic for her.

@evocorporation6537 22 дня назад

Dutch resistance is the "most lolcow" of all resistances, unfortunately. The Dutch resistance tried strikes multiple times that ended poorly and had little love amongst the people for causing more trouble than damage they caused to the Nazis. (Seriously what did they expect to happen they used cardboard cutouts with protest slogans against nazis) The resistance was little more than sharing memes (Trouw). The only part that went relatively well was helping people, like jews, hide. This all caused resistance members to be seen during and after the war as politically motivated troublemakers who did more harm than good and were called "weirdos". They screwed up so many times the allies didn't trust them, which went badly during Market Garden. Resistance members wouldn't get recognized until decades later, except for those that hid Jews, allied airmen who were shot down and others. Fortunately we learned from this, because nowadays we don't call political dissidents "weirdos" amirightguyz

@LuvBorderCollies 22 дня назад

@@evocorporation6537 The French Underground was also slighted as not doing much or being effective until just before the armored columns arrived. The Germans were well tolerated until they started stealing their food and then rounding up any male big enough to work as slave labor in Germany.

@ewok40k 22 дня назад

Arguably USN biggest enemy remaining is typhoons now.

@user-vk6dk5gi8p 22 дня назад

Baffoons

@NicolasHaufe 22 дня назад

Dont forget their own Governement

@kemarisite 22 дня назад

It is axiomatic that the Navy's biggest enemy is always the Treasury Department. The Exchequer for the Royal Navy.

@tripsaplenty1227 22 дня назад

Still true to this day

@yassinhafez1337 22 дня назад

nah kamikazes were a huge threat you have to remember japan no longer sends them out in preperation for operation downfall

@rrice1705 22 дня назад

One of the things I appreciate the most about this series is the way it puts the timing of various events in relation to each other. The way I've always conceptualized the Pacific campaign after reading books is MacArthur re-took the Philippines, and then sometime later the US invaded Okinawa. With the week-by-week coverage, it's much more obvious that the re-taking of the Philippines happened concurrently with the Okinawan campaign (even though the former started earlier). That is, it gives you a better perspective of what all was happening exactly when it was happening. Thank you for all your work, TGA!

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for the comment! That's a huge benefit of the chronological coverage, it really does help put things into perspective in a unique way.

@jackmoorehead2036 22 дня назад

My dad flew 52 missions in Europe driving a B 24, then in July of 44 came back to the States. He then Qualified on B 29s and in June of 45 took one and his Crew to Tinian. By July they were ready for Opetations and he made 6 over Japan. He came home and never again flew an Airplane, in fact he never got on one till the late 1970s. He carried the war deep inside him and would never say much about it till his death. I have often wondered what he would have been like if he hadn't had to go to war. Remember our "Boomer" generation was raised by a Whole Generation suffering from untreated PTSD.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

A very sobering comment, thank you.

@AlexejSvirid 18 дней назад

Can't you see current generations suffering of PTSD? Wars, the pandemia, crisis, and many other problems wreck people's nerves. The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why liers and murderers feel good while righteous persons are persecuted. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our beloved ones again! :-)

@csonracsonra9962 18 дней назад

Did he know anyone that actually flew any planes and how dangerous was it for him driving the ones that he did😂

@karma432 22 дня назад

Can we get weekly updates on the Japanese soldiers who held out in the Philippines until the 1970s?

@wyldebill4178 22 дня назад

Today in 1965 Ichiro wiped his butt on a leaf

@JB-yb4wn 22 дня назад

No you can't. Go find some other war channel that will waste it's time on micro events.

@AbbeyRoadkill1 21 день назад

I happen to know the last Japanese soldier was captured in 1974 because it coincides with the year of my birth.

@jeffthemercenary 21 день назад

Probably not even possible lol, the dude who held out won’t even talk about it

@jeffthemercenary 21 день назад

@@JB-yb4wn i mean if it’s the only thing happening, it’s not really a micro event

@Nebiros21 22 дня назад

In other news; the Germans on the Dutch island of Ameland surrendered without a fight on the 2nd of June. The Germans on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog won't surrender until the 11th of June (also without a fight) to the Canadians.

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

Bizarre that it took the Allies almost a month to reach these isolated island garrisons.

@mikehillas 22 дня назад

Just curious--do you know why they held out that long? After all, the war was clearly over and Germany had surrendered.

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

@@mikehillas I suspect that same stubbornness that saw German commanders fight on against better judgment. As long as nobody arrived to take their surrender they were still in it as it were.

@guusandveronieterwoorst6378 22 дня назад

@@mikehillas if I am correct, you had four parties, 1 Dutch resistance, but they were lightly armed and could not do much, 2 the original German units, they wanted to go home and not fight any more, 3 the Canadians, pretty much the same as the Germans (I am simplifying here) and 4 Dutch collaborators and German units who fled the main land who knew they would be in trouble once the war was over, they wanted to fight on as long as possible as capture would open an entire box of pandora for them. to go really on a limb and dig further in my (sometimes reliable memory) it took some cooperation between the Dutch and the original German force to get the Canadian on the island.

@LuvBorderCollies 22 дня назад

@@mikehillas The Germans would only surrender honorably to a high ranking Allied officer. This caused problems for the Danish on Bornholm island. The Germans were holding out to surrender and would not take boats to meet the Canadians or Brits in the further west islands. Since the Germans had not surrendered and the Soviets were on the shores of the Baltic, the Soviets started to bomb it and killed a bunch of civilians. Then Stalin demanded he be given the island (very strategic location). Wait....the Russians are still killing civilians for no reason.

@johnmayfield7662 22 дня назад

The typhoon was SIX months ago ??!!! I still cant believe normandy was a year ago...

@rrice1705 22 дня назад

I still can't believe I haven't found the time to get through all the 24 coverage material for D-Day. I have GOT to get my life priorities in order!

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Feels almost like a lifetime in some ways...

@timwooley60 22 дня назад

I was born in 1947, this is the first time I’ve heard of the turmoil the end of the war in Europe caused in industry and with the home population (as well as with the troops to be sent home or the Pacific front). Until today the historical story has been about the fighting, not the cost of supply, transport, and civilian life. Thank you. My dad was fighting with the 33rd in the Philippines so I’ve used your series to follow his movements. Thank you again.

@caryblack5985 22 дня назад

Yes this channel gives you context not just the fighting.

@JB-yb4wn 22 дня назад

There was a huge depression in 1946 as the war was done and millions of people were returning back from service before the industries could switch to consumer goods.

@patmcdonald766 14 дней назад

Assume your right to life and never doubt that your father would have not made it "INVADING Japanese Homeland" - any discussions about what was right or wrong about the war and we BABY Boomers might not have been. Many were not as the young people wiped off too early in their life.

@JesseOaks-ef9xn 22 дня назад

My Dad said that on Okinawa, you could be waist deep in mud and have dust blowing in your face. It was nice to her the 29th Regiment mentioned around Naha. He also mentioned the casualty rate of the 6th Division being very high, replacements were quickly wounded or killed.

@ahorsewithnoname773 22 дня назад

The 6th Marine Division had also taken severe casualties previously in the fight for the Sugar Loaf complex of fortified hills, consisting of Sugar Loaf, the Half Moon, and the Horseshoe, which anchored the western end of the formidable Shuri Line. The week or so battle for those hills was described as the bitterest fighting of the entire Okinawa campaign, with the 6th Marine Division suffering 576 casualties on May 16th alone.

@JesseOaks-ef9xn 22 дня назад

@@ahorsewithnoname773 You are very right about that as well. Dad was very fortunate to have survived the whole campaign.

@waltertaljaard1488 22 дня назад

Dividing Germany; The British got all the ruins. The Americans and the French got all the scenery. The Sowiets and Poles got all the agriculture.

@hentehoo27 22 дня назад

And the Soviets steal all the factories that are still left...

@audiosurfarchive 22 дня назад

America and UK got an insane amount of realpolitik tbh

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

The Poles did get Silesia, which was by 1945 probably the biggest most important German industrial area, because of how hard the Ruhr area had been bombed and German industry dispersed to the East.

@dashcroft1892 22 дня назад

… and Germany got a split personality.

@guusandveronieterwoorst6378 22 дня назад

no, the us got the wine producing area

@blueboats 22 дня назад

I'm a Halsey critic, and I slurp up all in-depth criticism, but I've never grasped how he is so responsible for the 2nd typhoon

@alexanderswift6362 22 дня назад

Three things I really appreciate about Halsey are 1) his ability to plan and act jointly (all branches, all services, working together), impelling his subordinates to think and act along the same lines, 2) his morale-boosting talents, which really shone in time of crisis, and 3) his determination to get along and work well with important, but difficult, personalities. McArthur got much better at coordinating with the Navy when Halsey shirt-fronted him, then got the job at sea done - and so earned his respect.

@MisterJackTheAttack 21 день назад

There are times people just want someone to blame. We saw it with Fletcher too.

@901Sherman 21 день назад

Halsey's blunders really make you appreciate the kind of commander Ray Spruance was. He was without a doubt the best choice to lead the Navy in the final fight against Japan.

@rajeshkanungo6627 21 день назад

I used to make fun of commanders, CEOs, managers, etc. for their mistakes. What is not clear from the vantage point from the bottom is the number of errors they did not commit and the absolute opacity of the situation and the future. You also know that you are going to lose human lives on the top of it. To err is human is something we all have to deal with.

@LarcR 22 дня назад

Harry Truman turned out to be a far more effective president than anybody would have ever predicted. We urgently need a level headed and honest president with plenty of common sense like Truman in the White House again. But there's unfortunately nobody of such high calibre in sight.

@FlintIronstag23 22 дня назад

History has been kind to Truman. When he left office, he had one of the lowest approval ratings on any President. Now he is considered one of the Top 10 Presidents in the rankings.

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

I agree that he has been much underrated.

@wyldebill4178 22 дня назад

He was hated in his time

@ericcarlson3746 22 дня назад

why aren't you running?

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

@@ericcarlson3746 Do you have a spare billion to buy political ads, PAC's, Super PAC's, the media, Big Tech and a political party to help you run?

@bobbeckman3735 22 дня назад

Excellent episode. My dad was stationed in the Philippines at this time. He was a new recruit staging for the invasion of Japan. He said he spent most of his time guarding the nurses quarters to keep the male officers out.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing some of your fathers history.

@spacemanspud7073 20 дней назад

That's hilarious, thanks for sharing

@petesime 22 дня назад

"Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan. Halsey acted stupidly." - Marko Ramius

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

I think that conversation was about the battle of Leyte Gulf. Which was a massive Halsey cock up that the USN should be severely grateful for 7th Fleet holding the line in his absence and the Japanese chickening out.

@eldorados_lost_searcher 22 дня назад

Too bad about Putin slipping on his tea...

@rajeshkanungo6627 21 день назад

Two different parts of my brain suddenly came together in a flash and I now recognize the importance of that statement in the movie. Thank you. Wow!!!!!

@TrickiVicBB71 22 дня назад

I feel like your discussion on the winding down of the war economy would be great for a On The Home Front Episode

@tpaktop2_1na 22 дня назад

I just learned something new when the war is over. How the economics transitions over to peace time. Job loses is not something I have read or heard of at the end of the WW2.

@larrymortimer4833 22 дня назад

I've heard that all of the Purple Heart medals we have today were produced prior to the end of WW2 in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. Apparently the number produced was so large that the medals we award today are still from those produced then.

@WorldWarTwo 22 дня назад

It is my understanding that production has recently been restarted, but yes, it took almost 80 years to exhaust the supplies. -TimeGhost Ambassador

@LuvBorderCollies 22 дня назад

That is a crazy fact, Jack. Surreal is the best word I can think of.

@wyldebill4178 22 дня назад

My grandpa fought in the European Theatre in Patton’s Third Army. He swore if the Bomb wasn’t used we would have lost a million men.

@davidhatton583 22 дня назад

I travelled in the mountainous area north east and including Baguio just 3 months ago…. Mountainous hardly begins to describe this area. Even though the Altitude is not that high literally Everything is straight up or straight down. My ever lasting respect to the groups sent to clear this area

@HaragothNAR 22 дня назад

Is Time Ghost going to release videos on the events between WW2 and Korea? The rebuilding of Europe and Asia is really fascinating.

@caryblack5985 22 дня назад

I recommend the book By Tony Judt Postwar which covers this and more.

@Nn-3 22 дня назад

That will be part of what this channel will do over the next 5-10 years

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

With all the colonial wars and civil wars brewing up right after WW2 they could do 5 years of weekly docus and never be out of combat content even before the Korean War started. There's the Greek civil war, Palestine, the Indonesian war of independence, Vietnam Round 1 with the French, Malaya, India and Pakistan having their first go at each other, the Berlin Blockade, and that's just what springs to mind.

@LuvBorderCollies 22 дня назад

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw I don't think its possible to fully comprehend how drastically WW2 changed the world forever.

@letitiajeavons6333 22 дня назад

I'd love to see a 3 or 4 part special on the Nuremberg Trials.

@petepal55 22 дня назад

I've never considered the economic impact of the nukes, more was saved than lives.

@geordiejones5618 18 дней назад

People to this day act like dropping those nukes was pure evil. As if the horror of this invasion being implemented was so much better.

@ak9989 22 дня назад

My dad fought on Okinawa and Pelileu. He was slated for the invasion but thankfully the war ended😮

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thank you for sharing.

@belbrighton6479 22 дня назад

Truly staggering what America did for us all in this war. The amount of men and material is truly enormous.

@LuvBorderCollies 22 дня назад

When I think about the factory efforts in the US to produce such a massive amount of machinery from battleship gun barrels to the tiny delicate parts in aircraft instruments, its truly incomprehensible. Every single part, big or small, had to be drawn up, spec'd, contracted and shipped to the right place it was needed. Can't truly wrap my head around how fast this all came together.

@quintrankid8045 21 день назад

@@LuvBorderCollies During WW2 Lionel, of train fame, converted to making things for the war effort, including but not limited to, Compasses, Binnacles, Lifeboat Lanterns, Speed Keys, Telegraph Keys.

@tyvernoverlord5363 21 день назад

@@LuvBorderCollies And to boot, drafters and engineers did all the work on PAPER and PEN; absolutely amazing!

@belbrighton6479 21 день назад

@@LuvBorderCollies that is why I love this series. In the UK I don’t think we heard enough about the contribution of America. Churchill understood American dynamism at the time though.

@freetolook3727 21 день назад

My dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was stationed as a plane mechanic on various islands throughout the war. He said the hardest thing about the war was seeing guys he knew fly out on missions and not come back.

@bookaufman9643 22 дня назад

Truman is really the most overlooked American president. He had a really tough job following up the most popular American president, probably of all time. I think people also forget about the fact that he was supposed to lose the election to Dewey. He's kind of hammered in between two really big presidents with FDR and Eisenhower. I kind of like the guy.😊

@user-cm4ml7ju7d 22 дня назад

I learn a lot, each time I view one of your episodes. Even if during my 69 years, I did read books and view many films or TV/internet shows about that war, thank you.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thank you for watching.

@paulbeesley8283 22 дня назад

When it comes to this week's dedicated veteran, I must say that I am always interested in what these men do with the rest of their lives. Many, joined straight from University, or even school and had done very little before that could have prepared them either for war or peace.

@drewhardin3992 22 дня назад

So I will address more of his later life since you are interested. He was actually born in Washington and trained in California. After the war he moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas to live with grandmother. They met during the war and married before he went off to battle. He actually took as many missions as quickly as possible to get home. I once asked why he didn't stay as a pilot and his answer was 'They didn't have any airlines in Pine Bluff'. He later moved to Garland as part of his route. His four daughters grew up in that house, and we would go visit as a child. One day he decided to buy some property south of Austin next to one my dad bought. He basically built the house, hiring specialists when necessary. His four daughters all received college educations, married and each had two children. I obviously really only remember him in his later years, but he was active in the Boy Scouts when I was a teenager, often outlasting grown men and boys. He picked up computers pretty well too later in life. In essence he did exactly what they say you could do in that era, which is buy a house, raise a family, have all his children do better than him while retiring on a pension and enjoying his life.

@paulbeesley8283 22 дня назад

@@drewhardin3992 Thank you for that. It answered my questions as to why he drove a long-distance bus, and why he flew so many missions. Having survived the war, he certainly made the most of the peace.

@FutureZek 22 дня назад

Man, these dedications and vignettes at the end of recent episodes make me wish my father had talked more about his service. All we know is that he was in Italy in the Anzio campaign. He refused to say anything more. He reposed well before WWII vets started to really talk about their experiences.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

It may be a bit of a stretch, but you could try asking your local archives or try get a copy of their service record from your government if you would like to know more. Hope that helps, and thanks for watching.

@FutureZek 21 день назад

@@WorldWarTwo Thanks for the reply. His records were among those destroyed in the St. Louis National Archives fire. Lesson for anyone reading this: Get these stories while you can! It's too late for me...might not be for you!

@kimshatteen222 Час назад

I watch these videos at least twice and still find myself rewinding them due to the sheer amount of facts that I have learned from Indy and the Time Ghost Crew. Well done videos and thank you.

@Spiderfisch 22 дня назад

They really named the operation after the famous Steiners attack meme movie

@luispablogonzalezv4522 22 дня назад

If I'm not mistaken, the destroyer Kamikaze is one of the 4 destroyers used in the final confrontation against Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One

@Cityinlead 22 дня назад

There’s a great book about Downfall I highly recommend called Decisive Darkness, a two part book which reads like a history book as if the invasion actually happened because the Kyūjō incident succeeds. Great read but a brutal one I have to say

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for the recommendation.

@SmilingIbis 22 дня назад

Amazing how fast the public loses its attention span and enthusiasm for long term endeavors.

@Conn30Mtenor 22 дня назад

telegrams about dead sons, husbands and fathers brings them back into the moment.

@cheeseninja1115 22 дня назад

the biggest factor is probably just the slow slog that was the pacific. It wasn't going to be open European plans with mass surrenders, it was going to be town by town to the last man. The public had already seen what Okinawa was like, they didn't want their sons to be names on tombstones after the war.

@Billy-I-Am-Not 22 дня назад

@@Conn30Mtenor not to mention the rationing, and the rising unemployment and recession that comes with the winding down of the war economy

@stevenverdoliva6217 22 дня назад

I believe that Army Chief of Staff Marshall was asked how long the war would last. He said "Maybe 5 years. That's when the American public will get fed up and demand peace."

@billcampbell9611 22 дня назад

England was experiencing the same sense of “war fatigue” so it wasn’t just an American phenomenon.

@tlmoller 22 дня назад

The Atomic Bomb test. The first was a Uranium gun-typed. It was sure to work so no test planed. The second was a Plutonium implosion type. This was less sure so needed a test.

@nomadmarauder-dw9re 22 дня назад

They expected so many casualties that we're still awarding Purple Hearts struck in 1945.

@JB-yb4wn 22 дня назад

Ran out in 2015. Took 80 years to get rid of that stockpile.

@jimhershey542 22 дня назад

My dad served as a crew chief on Brewster Buffalos and P51A Mustangs in Florida during the war. How about doing an episode on those who served in the states during the war.

@indianajones4321 22 дня назад

Something tells me that this “Operation Downfall” might not occur…

@thanos_6.0 22 дня назад

Dude! Spoilers!

@sircampbell 22 дня назад

Dont spoil the story!

@kemarisite 22 дня назад

There's millions of men projected to hope so.

@nkzmaskdd 22 дня назад

Then what? Japan is definitely not surrending like Germany did Not little boys or fat men can make Japan surrender, at last

@nkzmaskdd 22 дня назад

Then what? A miracle weapon appears and forces Japanese surrender? Come on!

@gregkocher5352 21 день назад

Dad was in basic training in 45 and they knew that Japan was where they were going. They heard that Japan surrendered while they assembled in the messhall at lunch.They were a happy bunch of guys! Funny thing, Dad and 2 other guys didn't go to occupy Japan. They were pulled to be drivers in Europe and never had their group to associate with there. Dad passed in Dec 2023 at the age of 97.

@RivinaR 21 день назад

We had a relative in our family who was a radar operator on the USS Bremerton their commanding officer told them to get ready to die during land invasion of Japan, they left Guam and days later Japan surrendered. He loved Asia so much he lived and worked in Indonesia for 30 years later, married local girl and had a family. He passed couple years ago at age 94.

@johndeboyace7943 22 дня назад

Memorial Day was known as Decoration Day until after WW2 and became official in 1967. As a child after WW2, Decoration Day was always celebrated on May 30 and gradually the name became Memorial Day.

@stephengrinkley9889 21 день назад

I'm not sure if this was you all's intent or not, but this part of this series is giving great context for why the atomic bombs were dropped. I have never had any issues with the decisions to drop the bombs, but now given the week by week context you all provide of a war weary nation looking at another mass casualty military operation against an enemy determined to fight to the bitter end....it's a no brainer.

@mightiestalone9851 15 дней назад

Jesus would not commit mass murder.

@jerryrgzz1571 22 дня назад

If anything, this to me confirms that Japans' idea that the US may be forced to into a negotiated pace, was not completely delusional. It was on the calculations on how much damage they needed to inflict and how costly the war needed to be where they failed

@caryblack5985 22 дня назад

It was the only strategy left for the Japanese. Their navy and air force destroyed only the Allies concern about their casualties was the the weak spot they could hope to capitalize on.

@pax6833 21 день назад

Yes, this is why the talk about japan trying to surrender from historical revisionists is nonsense. They knew some news out of America and were preparing to "win" the war in another decisive battle.

@tyvernoverlord5363 21 день назад

Japan tried the strategy that Vietnam chose, rolled the dice, and got ko'd by the dungeon master.

@spacemanspud7073 20 дней назад

Everyone likes to talk about the sorry state of the IJN, but how many points in the European war was it said "its pretty much over". "After stalingrad the war was forgone" "After d-day it was the beginning of the end" "After Berlin it'll be over". And The War dragged on after all of those times. And that was WITH mass surrenders (No luck that happening with the Japanese) Comparing the two timelines, Japan is still two d-days away AND even when they land, japan is mostly mountainous. So instead of the wide open French plains ideal for America to use its tank advantage - its back to the laborious, deadly, and slow Italian-style campaign, considered to be the very worst front in the entire war for America. You can very easily see why the IJN top brass can convince themselves that the war is salvageable, and since a bunch of them will probably be hung as war criminals, who cares how many of their countryman will die? WWII if anything proves just how much leaders care about that

@bingobongo1615 22 дня назад

One thing to keep in mind is that Downfall was controversial among leaders and King was openly arguing against it. For MacArthur at least in August it is rumored that he thought it wouldn’t have been necessary due to starvation in Japan. In general outside of operation starvation (mining Japanese harbors) the U.S. also experimented with chemical weapons (which later evolved into agent orange) that would destroy Japanese crops bringing in starvation even earlier.

@tvgerbil1984 22 дня назад

It was pretty academic really. MacArthur insisted on taking Luzon before Operation Downfall but Yamashita still had over 50,000 troops fighting in Northern and Central Luzon when the two atomic bombs dropped.

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw 22 дня назад

I find it puzzling that so many of the people who cry outrage over the atomic bombs seem perfectly content with the starving Japan out strategy, which would have seen millions of Japanese civilians DELETE in famine. Yeah, that is so much more humane.

@ahorsewithnoname773 22 дня назад

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw ...and a longer Sino-Japnese War with Japanese occupation of territories on mainland Asia, with the all the accompanying brutality of a militaristic empire. FWIW I tend to disgree with both sides of the atomic bomb debates, as I think both tend to downplay civilian losses when it is convenient to make their points. The pro-side of course bristles at the notion that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were examples of mass murder of civilians - including many children - even though that is exactly what it was. On the other hand those who argue that Japan should have been blockaded or invaded downplay the equally real and staggering human costs that would have resulted from either of those two alternative strategies. Wherever one falls on that debate there was no good choice. It was at best a choice between a greater and lesser evil.

@danielsan901998 22 дня назад

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw we see the same today, people defend the non proliferation agreement while at the same time defending sanction that are starving the people.

@pax6833 21 день назад

@@tvgerbil1984 X day was planned for November, plenty of time to take Luzon.

@ar494 22 дня назад

Was in a typhoon on the USS Boxer. It sucks lol

@Javaman92 21 день назад

TimeGhost Brigadier Member Drew Hardin's story was heartwarming and delivered well. Never forget.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

We are thankful to Drew for sharing it with us, thanks for the comment.

@callumwatterson 22 дня назад

Another great episode- the economics of war could be a whole series in itself

@conradcash1472 22 дня назад

Operation Downfall surely will be a climactic and apocalyptic fight. Surely there will be a huge special for it, akin to the D-Day 24 Hours in Normandy. Though I doubt that could squeeze into 24 hours.

@caryblack5985 22 дня назад

If it happens it is going to last more than 24 hours

@petersmith1343 21 день назад

Dear Indy & Co, I predict that your week-by-week coverage of WW2 will end soon :) That being so, it's a good time to say an enormous THANK YOU to you all -- the excellent presenters and their research & support team, for the excellent job you've done !!! I've been watching your videos week-by-week ever since The Great War, and as I spent many years of my life teaching students about the early 20th C, I can well appreciate how much work you have all put into making these series a success. A really wonderful legacy !!

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thank you so much for your kind words! -TimeGhost Ambassador

@petersmith1343 21 день назад

@@WorldWarTwo As one of your future projects, how about a month-by-month account of the recent past -- e.g. 1989-2024?

@migueloxamendi4284 22 дня назад

The main part of these episodes are always great, but the memorials are best best part.

@kevinkearns7719 22 дня назад

I love these anecdotes and stories people share at the end of these videos.

@dtaylor10chuckufarle 21 день назад

Outstanding context... much obliged.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thank you for watching.

@shawnr771 22 дня назад

Thank you for the lesson.

@lewiswestfall2687 22 дня назад

Thanks TG.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for watching.

@walterengler5709 22 дня назад

When it gets to the point that Truman authorizes the use of the bombs, remember he had to make that tough decision based on how fighting was going in other locations. And when he looked at the fighting and casualties in Okinawa and the Philippines, and then estimated losses of men invading Japan itself .. well what choice did he have. They kept fighting to the bitter end, refusing to give up, refusing to surrender, dying often to the last man even as they tried to kill. If anything it was these defenses of these locations that likely convinced him and others, the bombs were the least bloody solution to end the conflict. He knew this as per his June 1st address to the nation. They knew it would be a long and painful road to keep fighting (an invasion in 1946, perhaps fighting into 1947!). The painful way to end the fighting and actually save millions of lives on both sides overall was the bombs. He really had no choice in the matter.

@danielsan901998 22 дня назад

It was literally his choice, let's not rewrite history.

@tyvernoverlord5363 21 день назад

@@danielsan901998 He literally stated, the literal history and probable thinking . . . Yes, Truman chose to drop the nukes and why class? The American public and the economy really was buckling under the strain of the war.

@tristanhodgson6676 20 дней назад

I think a series similar to 'Between two wars' for the period from the end of WW2 to the start of the korean war would be interesting. Alot happened in the world, concolidation of communism in eastern Europe, evacuation of japanese troops and the rise of militant independence movments in Vietnam and Indonesia, the Chinese Civil war, and the start of the cold war just to name a few things. I think its a criminally under studied period and would love in depth coverage

@caryblack5985 20 дней назад

I can recommend the book by Tony Judt Postwar which covers this period well.

@Unfassbarer 22 дня назад

Danke!

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thank you!

@ryanrusch3976 22 дня назад

Only the United States could feed all of occupied Europe, transfer 7 million me, and ramp up/down military production. It’s insane feat of logistics and industrial power.

@eedwardgrey2 22 дня назад

American fleet: gets wrecked by typhoon while invading Japan Mongols: "First time?"

@mattador55 18 дней назад

I’m saying this knowing I’m watching prerecorded stuff on a screen, but each host I honestly feel like I would enjoy talking history with, just shooting the breeze. Unfortunately I have Asperger’s and severe social anxiety, so I couldn’t really make a decent conversation. But I thought I’d pay the compliment anyways. And also as someone that’s been watching since the WW1 days, thank you for making this series.

@MeChamaDePaulo 22 дня назад

This facts of economics of war says a lot of why they sent the 2 suns there, yes it was expensive, but saved a lot of lifes

@chadcrotts870 20 дней назад

The B-26 holds a special place in my heart. My Grandfather worked as a floor supervisor for Martin Aircraft from 1943-1946. He died before I was born but from my understanding he worked mostly on the B-26 production line.

@Arizona-ex5yt 22 дня назад

One of history's great "What ifs." If you think we live in the "worst timeline"-- it could have been so much worse. Estimated casualties: at least 750,000. A lot of you (and your children and grandchildren) would not have been born if the Allies had to invade Japan. And Japan would have never have become a great economic power. It would have been demographically devastated and would probably have a population closer to 80 million vs its current 123 million.

@AbbeyRoadkill1 21 день назад

Like how Russia's demographics have never truly recovered from WWII.

@Elongated_Muskrat 22 дня назад

The propaganda movie, "Know Your Enemy: Japan" was completed after the Battle of Okinawa was completed and was meant to prepare US troops for invasion of the Home Islands. It does a good job of showing the view of Japan/Japanese soldiers from the US point of view at the very end of the war. Indy mentions that the Battle of Okinawa "inspired" Imperial Japan, it could be said the battle helped "inspire" the decision to not invade the mainland.

@pax6833 21 день назад

There wasn't a decision not to invade. They were still preparing the invasion right up until the A bombs. Downfall was mere downgraded from Plan A to Plan B.

@jonathanmcalroy8640 22 дня назад

Has anyone read Dr Jack Ryan's book "Fighting Sailor", a biography of World War II Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, in which he justifies Halsey's actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. I can't find it anywhere.

@c1ph3rpunk 22 дня назад

When did he write that one? Before or after the Red October incident?

@jonathanmcalroy8640 22 дня назад

@@c1ph3rpunk Before, when he was lecturing at the Navy Academy in Annapolis.

@jonahtwhale1779 21 день назад

All the copies are chasing after a diversion! They will get where they are needed, eventually!

@greggweber9967 22 дня назад

American military in Europe had a 85 point system. Did those fighting Japan also have that? What if they had to stay even if they had the points?

@maximilianodelrio 22 дня назад

I'm not sure because the point system was due to the occupation and demobilization of forces in Europe, because the war was over there. The war was still very much raging on in the Pacific. I'm not sure if the army did the same, but I think in the USMC, they got to rotate back to the states after 3 combat deployments, but I could be wrong

@r-saint 22 дня назад

Nice little episode. For a change.

@pnutz_2 22 дня назад

6:52 *eurobeat intensifies* 6:58 *thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk* we have sunk an enemy cruiser!

@michaelhewitt258 21 день назад

My Father was a tail gunner On a B-25 He severed in the Pacific Theater My Uncle. My Father's older brother Was a truck driver in the same area of operations It truly is The Greatest Generation The fought and survived The bloodiest war in history My Father flew in the 90th Bomb Group The Jolly Rodgers He was proud to have been A part of that group

@Blazcowitz1943 21 день назад

2 million men to invade Japan? I think the most important question that needs to be asked is this; how many Ice cream barges will be needed for all of them?

@alansewell7810 22 дня назад

Kyushu was the obvious place to invade first. The Japanese knew it and had crammed the island with troops to make in another "Okinawa" times 100. I wonder if anybody in our high command thought about faking the Japanese out by invading from the north, starting with Hokkaido, where the Japanese hadn't prepared to defend, and working their way down Honshu from there.

@Saberlena 22 дня назад

The obvious problem with that is the distance between any of the islands large enough to serve as a base and Hokkaido is massive. The logistics of it may not have been thought to be feasible, especially given any shipping would be directly within range of constant kamikaze attacks. Without the Soviets offering something like Vladivostok (and perhaps not even then given the number of troops they anticipated) as a staging area (which would have made the allied intent blatantly obvious) there's no way you'd get the numbers of men and materiel needed up to Hokkaido.

@alansewell7810 21 день назад

@@Saberlena In 1942 we invaded German-occupied North Africa directly from the United States. Would a direct invasion of Hokkaido from the U.S. West Coast, or Hawaii, or bases in the Philippines, been any more difficult than Operation Torch, especially given that it was defended lightly, if at all? I know it's 700 miles north of Kyushu, but that isn't a huge distance given the vastness of the Pacific. The Germans (and their Vichy France puppets) were caught flat-footed by our long-distance invasion of North Africa. We fooled the Germans again on D-Day, by invading Normandy beaches more distant from the British staging areas than the closest ones they expected us to land on near Calais, where they'd packed their heaviest defenses. Would the same deception not have worked with Hokkaido?

@pax6833 21 день назад

If you read some books, many different landing areas were consider. Main areas of interest were Hokkaido + Aomori, Sendai, Shikoku, and even Taiwan. Ultimately all were called off for various reasons. Sendai was too far from the Philippines, Shikoku had limited port capacity, and Hokkadio would've required an Aleutian style offensive through the Kurils which would take too much time. Ultimately only Kyushu was a viable option.

@alexjones50 22 дня назад

why has a 24 hour special not be announced for the start of operation downfall?

@Plaprad 22 дня назад

There might be Japanese spies watching. That's something you tend to want to keep a surprise.

@Significantpower 22 дня назад

For the sake of TimeGhost's collective sanity.

@NotFlappy12 22 дня назад

That could have been a fun April Fools prank. Unfortunately, I don't think the operation was this thought out back in April

@diapason89 21 день назад

WE CAN PUT A MAP HERE HOPEFULLY. You sure did. Kudos. 🎉

@matthewdavid6134 22 дня назад

God I love the background song at 12:00 min it takes me back to the great war days with Indy and team!!

@dbibbyma 21 день назад

Good episode. Interesting information about the view of the war after Germany's defeat. Kudos do Donald. We salute him.

@welcometonebalia 21 день назад

Thank you.

@WorldWarTwo 21 день назад

Thanks for the comment.

@tropics8407 22 дня назад

Damn…👊 thank you for your service Donald 🫡

@residentgeardo 22 дня назад

Wow... I think without this series I would have never realized how absolutely massive the Pacific campaigns were in comparison to the war in Europe.

@ahorsewithnoname773 22 дня назад

For comparison there are 5,302 km between Guadalcanal and Okinawa and 2,486 km between Paris and Berlin.

@21mozzie 20 дней назад

I love how this format puts things in context - how the US was suffering from fatigue of a war weary nation, peoples desire for consumer goods, unemployment etc. and the imperative of convincing the japanese that they were in the fight til the end.

@ternel 22 дня назад

The biggest problem with invading Japan is its terrain making landings painfully obvious. Most of Japan's coastline is rugged and impossible to land large numbers of troops. The obvious and really only realistic places to land are in southern kushu and around Yokohama. The Japanese know this and can plan their defense lines with confidence on where the enemy will have to fight.

@johnapplin367 22 дня назад

Please consider reviewing "48 Million Tons to Eisenhower" and "Up Front" in a future episode.

@johncox2865 20 дней назад

11:27 My dad was a dairy farmer, and was ALWAYS exempt from conscription. Which came in handy, as he had 6 children at the time. ( I was #7)

@CARL_093 22 дня назад

Thanks indy and crew

@lynnwood7205 22 дня назад

@4:08 - A Quad Fifty, The M45 Quadmount with tombstone ammo boxes

@mrcrecer1312 22 дня назад

USA T64/M12 Body Armor for Operation Olympic. Expecting extremely heavy losses in the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands, the United States decided to produce 100,000 Body Armor and send them to the troops that would invade Japan. The deployment of 100,000 such vests would have reduced American infantry casualty rates from lethal artillery fragments in the invasion of Japan to roughly Vietnam levels. This means roughly 1/3 fewer combat deaths from artillery fragments and about an overall 10% to 20% reduction in total projected combat deaths.

@youngimperialistmkii 21 день назад

Hearing about all the logistical and economic issues with an invasion of Japan. When combined with the likely very high loss of life. Makes The Bomb, chillingly appealing. From a military, if not humanitarian standpoint.

@QWE2623 4 дня назад

12:05 great war soundtrack :D

@vcv6560 20 дней назад

That personal coda, I thought the B-26 was going to be talking about Dolittle selling it. Thank you Mr. D. Round and his grandson for providing us his family story.

@landsea7332 18 дней назад

The key to understanding the end of the Asian - Pacific War is the July 26th , 1945 Potsdam Declaration . Harry Truman , Henry Stimson and other US advisors wanted to remove Japan's Military Gov for all time and bring in Human Rights . As such , in 1947 , while under US occupation , Japan's Constitution was changed . .

@MandalorV7 22 дня назад

Wow. This series is really bringing to light the economic and home front dynamics of the last part of the war that are never talked about but do seem very important. We have estimated casualties for the fight for Japan and I would imagine those numbers could have been higher. From my best knowledge no outside invasion force has ever completely conquered the Japanese home islands. The Japanese, military or not, would have fought with such a resolve. Fighting that would have lasted for decades even after victory was officially declared. (Look at examples of Japanese soldiers in the Philippines and other areas as examples of this.)