Iwo Jima Animated - Part 4, The Final Banzai and Victory

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The battle for Iwo Jima is coming to its brutal end. With defeat imminent, Lt General Kuribayashi loses control over his men. Other commanders order a final Banzai Attack against US Marines.
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@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

And that's the end of our Iwo Jima series! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed producing it. See you next Friday for the release of Parts 1 and 2 of the new 8 part Battle of the Bulge series!

@BodilyFunction Жыл бұрын

Loved and love all your content! Can’t wait for the battle of the bulge!!!!

@joshmeads Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Would love to see more multi part series like this one, maybe Okinawa?

@astartes2781 Жыл бұрын

NUTS!

@QuizmasterLaw Жыл бұрын

You guys are amazing. Unfortunately we need you more than ever. "If you want peace, prepare for war." :/

@basemanawakens6089 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a cash app?

@argosime Жыл бұрын

It's so interesting to see how the Japanese propensity for banzai charges was so self defeating at times and how even some Japanese commanders recognized how stupid it was.

@mathewm7136 Жыл бұрын

It worked like a charm against Chinese peasants pushed into service. But against a modern equipped and professionally trained opponent using MGs...eh, not so much.

@novat9731 Жыл бұрын

It is a mystery. But just personal speculation. It may have something to do with the dire supply situation on the Japanese side throughout pretty much the entirety of the war. At some point, it becomes better to send the healthy troops at the enemy rather than see them perish to starvation. There are a lot of anecdotal stories. Navy just dumping supplies off destroyers "near the island", to Indian POW being eaten.

@Mike193Inf Жыл бұрын

They'll do the same thing again on Okinawa. Saved us a lot of lives vs. if they had followed orders and stayed in their bunkers.

@BobSmith-dk8nw Жыл бұрын

There's two phases to these Banzai Attacks. Early in the war - they were real counter attacks with the goal of defeating the enemy. Towards the end of the war - when the alternative was killing themselves - the Banzai charges were a way of getting themselves killed and maybe killing some Americans. .

@GaijinEncarmine Жыл бұрын

Carl Marlantes, in 'What It Is Like To Go To War', has a very interesting perspective on the Japanese tendency towards suicidal military action when facing certain defeat: "We consider this to be fanatical. If an American did this we would consider it heroic."

@aldreenbautista2375 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: At 5:38, the man mentioned here (Colonel Takeichi Nishi) is a famous horse rider and gold medalist in 1932 Olympics. Just like General Kuribayashi, he was also able to travel to America before the war. In the movie "Letters from Iwo Jima", they are close friends and the tank commander himself is one of the few high ranking officers who trusted the decisions of the General all throughout the campaign. He also took care of a wounded American soldier who was about to be beaten to death by the Japanese (unfortunately, the American died since they also don't have any medicine to treat the prisoner).

@davidvasquez08 Жыл бұрын

Never knew that

@timf2279 Жыл бұрын

Good background information.

@ackbarfan5556 Жыл бұрын

Nishi and Kuribayashi were probably some of the few that knew how futile war would be. Shame they and Yamamoto weren't listened to.

@heavydecibel Жыл бұрын

You can see Nishi compete in the Berlin Olympics here, at 1:05. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKyUZbGVmLLHlZs.html&ab_channel=DanGilmore

@gorankatic40000bc Жыл бұрын

@@ackbarfan5556 despite knowing that they are doomed they were not afraid, they accepted the responsibility and as men of character did their duty.

@adamnoakes2550 Жыл бұрын

The Operations Room is definitely right at the top of KZfaq's content quality scale.

@Hellsong89 Жыл бұрын

His really good, specially the animations and rare sight of showing things from other sides perspective as well. Only minus would be that he goes mostly by "official history" as in one written by the winners of the war, but then again he would be censored and booted out of the internet if he went by actual history, specially when you know who owns the platforms like Jeutube....

@legobut6949 Жыл бұрын

Second chance has this form Japes point of view

@danielleeming1027 Жыл бұрын

@@Hellsong89 So what happened then according to "actual history"?.....

@younes2415 Жыл бұрын

@@Hellsong89 oh dude, you seriously need help.

@bryonslatten3147 Жыл бұрын

9:50 From Martin’s MOH citation: When four of the infiltrating enemy took possession of an abandoned machine-gun pit and subjected his sector to a barrage of hand grenades, First Lieutenant Martin alone and armed only with a pistol, boldly charged the hostile position and killed all its occupants.

@agarlicsorbet6482 Жыл бұрын

8:02 knowing how noisy one person can get during the silence of the night, and how clanky, creaky and bulky the military gears are, and on a rocky terrain, this is an amazing achievement in itself.

@manuelacosta9463 Жыл бұрын

That was quite a deadly end for a deadly battle. Those officers who disobeyed orders and tried a Banzai really showed how fractured the IJA's command structure was, both on the grand scale and down to the individual officer. It's rather surprising they got as far as they did initially. Talk about really going rogue.

@naamadossantossilva4736 Жыл бұрын

What a bunch of morons.If going rogue,the best way to do that would be surrendering.

@arkoa0000 Жыл бұрын

The Japanese military command was pretty much backstabbing each other till the end to the point they even tried stopping the surrender of Japan after being hit by 2 nuclear bombs.

@MyH3ntaiGirl Жыл бұрын

@@arkoa0000 not to mention the Army and the Navy hated each others

@manuelacosta9463 Жыл бұрын

@@arkoa0000 True that. Diehard IJA officers even attempted a coup after the atomic bombings to continue the war by stopping the Emperor's surrender broadcast. Their war in China was started by ruthlessly ambitious officers attacking their own railroad establishment and blaming the Chinese.

@imgvillasrc1608 Жыл бұрын

@@manuelacosta9463 Thanks for mentioning the Kyujo incident. More people should know this to finally wipe off the "Japanese were willing to surrender" myth.

@avirajdastidar7691 Жыл бұрын

They put an American or Imperial Japanese flag wherever a soldier. When you zoom out and see hundreds of flags littered all over a relatively small island, it gives you perspective on just how bloody the fight was.

@stephenlawrence554 Жыл бұрын

except than rather than a few hundred flags, it would have been thousands of rotting corpses

@CharlieNasty-cd5hu Жыл бұрын

Nah, dude. That's a simple representation of what happened. That's not really the exact location and number of deaths on each side.

@roymarshall_ Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind those flags represent casualties (though like another commenter said, its not 1-to-1 for the real battle, its just there to give a sense of the casualties being taken). Casualties means dead AND wounded.

@Mets2015WorldSeries Жыл бұрын

And even then, each flag is representing 10-50 deaths

@abdullahrizwan592 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it so sad, all these deaths and many more

@skapunker1986 Жыл бұрын

wow, i heared of japanese holdouts even till after the war, I had no idea there were still japenese soldiers fighting/hiding till 6th january 1949, 4+ years after the war ended.. imagine living 4+ years below ground in the tunnel systems..

@NickHannula Жыл бұрын

There were holdouts elsewhere in the pacific theater, too. The last known holdout didn't surrender until 1974.

@MineXplousion Жыл бұрын

I was shocked when i hear it too. i did not know 2 soldiers survive that long in iwo jima

@Cholin3947 Жыл бұрын

How did they survive that long? No free water, edible vegetation or game.

@skapunker1986 Жыл бұрын

To my big suprise an hour later i found on the Intel Report channel exactly the story of these two men: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6yakq1y1ZOYfX0.html

@TheBanjoShowOfficial Жыл бұрын

@@Cholin3947 cannibalism probably

@BikeThrottleOfficial Жыл бұрын

Lt Martin - certified pistol-wielding badass

@RobinTheBot Жыл бұрын

For these men, Bansai was the easy way out. Charge the enemy, vent all your hate and sadness on them, and die. That, or face another month of hell. You can see how, while entirely devoted to the letter of the orders, they were looking for any excuse out. Just like any other man.

@ilocosmetro Жыл бұрын

The end of one saga. Can't wait for the next one!

@squidgameman441 Жыл бұрын

Hi. Would you consider doing a Korean War series? I'm keen on seeing tactical aspects of battles around northern Korea (Chongchon River & Chosin Reservoir) and the Iron Triangle. (South Korea vs. China battles would be preferred, if possible.)

@supernautcensus5689 Жыл бұрын

Battle of Fox Hill would be cool

@ngaugeph6739 Жыл бұрын

Korean war is actually good, would like to see every allied countries who participated there!

@czhu4646 Жыл бұрын

It would be hard to make these vids especially the ones that US army defeated in NK. Most of his vids with US involved before 90s are from the battles which the US won.

@RickLowrance Жыл бұрын

I would love to see Korean War battles too. Especially 1953, against the Chinese, and just before the armistice. There is very little on KZfaq about this.

@gr6373 Жыл бұрын

@@czhu4646 What are you talking about?

@paulbrooks4395 Жыл бұрын

The Medal of Honor recipients did truly selfless and valorous deeds. I hope when I am put to the test, that I can show a mote of their courage.

@TirarADeguello Жыл бұрын

Fantastic series, so well done. Thank you.🙂

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@TirarADeguello Жыл бұрын

@@TheOperationsRoom Big long time fan, thank you so much for the reply.

@josephwolosz2522 Жыл бұрын

My neighbor fought with the Marines on Iwo Jima. He was wounded by a Japanese Saber That's how combat got personal. He suffered from the wound as he had a catheter bag to control his urination. He also had PTSD. It was hard to deal with him sometimes. Being a veteran I tried to understand the horror of war.

@wnmmm2305 Жыл бұрын

We all love this channel

@ae3464 Жыл бұрын

Indeed we do.

@cooperdefrenne5790 Жыл бұрын

100%

@nickmcgookin247 Жыл бұрын

It is so good to see the operations room cranking on production thank you for all your patreon supporters that are richer than me

@jiminyhopkins Жыл бұрын

Best 5 bucks a month I have ever spent!

@OriginalSeblakCeker Жыл бұрын

@@jiminyhopkins as a long time audience of this channel I'd like to thank you for your 5 bucks per month

@Xeonerable Жыл бұрын

Lt Harry Martin definitely earned that medal of honor, prevented the camp attack from being a complete catastrophe. So many rose up and defied the odds, they all deserved their honors.

@robertgraff9084 Жыл бұрын

This is what the mid-2000's history channel wished it was. Great job on this series.

@AmericanFightingMan Жыл бұрын

Great timing coming out with this series only 2 weeks away from the USMC birthday on November 10! History like this is why I joined. I wish I could be even a minuscule amount of man that these men were. These were some great goddamn men. All of them.

@Alan-in-Bama Жыл бұрын

As a son of a former Marine Gunnery Sgt (1st Marine Division, 3/5) that was involved in the Korean war...and his older brother, my Uncle being a Marine corporal (rifleman) in the South Pacific, in battles in the Mariana Islands ending at Guam WIA & awarded the bronze star ... ONE THING especially stood out to me here, the Black Marines ... more respectfully, simply American Marines ! There were Many Thousands of Extremely brave & hard-ass Marines, Navy Seamen, Airmen & Soldiers that fought in WW2 and all the other wars. I'm No SJW...But I've been especially amazed as I've learned over the years, at how many Black American Men VOLUNTEERED to join the military and to fight in Korea, WW2 and all other American Wars since our very founding in the Revolutionary War ! While they all knew full well the country that is their home and willing to fight for.... was also Not treating them with equal respect, equal rights and freedoms because of their race. -- Even so, they STILL took pride in the USA and were willing and able to fight and die for their country ! All of those many thousands of Black Americans absolutely deserve an additional level of respect , for that simple fact. Much like the Tuskegee Airmen. *** In 2015, as my Dad laid in ICU recovering from a massive heart attack, his nurse happened to be a Black man....I told the nurse to not let that old Marine give him too much hell, he's a hard ass. The nurse replied, he was also a Marine...that was in Iraq and Afghanistan. My Dad perked up and made an instant connection with the man. That nurse told me and my Dad that he would absolutely give him the best of care, because he was his brother (A fellow Marine). My Dad nodded and shook his hand. Sadly he had another massive heart attack 3 days later and passed away. But he was able to connect with a fellow Marine of several generations apart, during his final days. I sincerely appreciate and respect ALL American and Allied Combat Vets. Shamefully, I never became a Marine as I had planned as a child, but I consider Every U.S. Marine to be something like a cousin .... because I can assure you that growing up with my Dad was very informative about the Marine Corps and in no way a soft/gentle form of parenting. lol I'm thankful for it and for my Dad. Semper Fi Devil Dawgs !

@enternamehere2222 Жыл бұрын

Kuribayashi's final attack is well contrasted to the banzai charge. Dealt twice the casualties the banzai did with less than a third of the force of the charge, and he had a much more sick, more wounded, less fed and more dehydrated force quite likely. It's a wonder how japanese officers that seemed to prize surprise attacks failed to utilize subterfuge for them so often.

@Reeling919 Жыл бұрын

“Bro I’ll call you later, Operations Room just uploaded a new Iwo Jima video”

@booniapolis Жыл бұрын

This was a very moving conclusion to a brilliant series. You really did justice to the men that fought in this battle. Your channel continually produces the highest quality content and you deserve all the success

@omarbradley6807 Жыл бұрын

This channel and the Intel report have presented the best production i can tell about Iwo Jima, the timelines, the stories, like a briefing from both sides with all the hindsight from the results, the individual actions, facts who many times are overlooked or ignored, so i am greetfull for this.

@Gramscifreedom Жыл бұрын

What a brutal and horrific battle 😢

@jonathanallard2128 Жыл бұрын

What an absolute nightmare. No wonder men were "falling" left and right fr battle fatigue/PTSD! It sounds like it was worse than hell itself. I'm so glad I don't know what it was REALLY like...

@GugsGunny Жыл бұрын

27,000 against whatever reason the admirals had in disagreeing with a longer bombardment.

@kaletovhangar Жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt that it would have mattered that much,though.Japanese had entire network of tunnels and trenches,not much would have been lost in continuous bombardment.American forces really went Red army like there.Also,so much rushing without too much thinking,despite overwhelming artillery and aircraft superiority.

@acenine8149 Жыл бұрын

If anything it certainly would’ve weakened them by burning an extra week of food and water stores

@bryangrote8781 Жыл бұрын

On Dad’s side of the family only my grandfather was of age to serve in WW2, and got sent to Alaska and saw no action. However, Mom’s side of the family was much larger and my Grandfather and most of my great uncles were old enough to serve. Grandad and 2 of my great-uncles were in the Pacific. Grandad was on an air base south, central China that could not even get basic supplies much less the cmbat planes that never arrived and they all nearly starved too death. Two great uncles fought on Iwo and Okinawa respectively. The 3rd great uncle was a belly gunner on a B-17 in the 8th AF. All survived the war despite serving in capacities that had some of the worst conditions and casualty rates anywhere. It has always struck me how miraculous that truly is.

@minhquanoan1788 Жыл бұрын

honestly, you guys should receive much more credits for these quality contents. I mean, both Intel Reports and Operations Room are fantastically going well with each other, you guys helped me to have a full imerson even in tiniest detail of a squad engagement to a full scale picture of pacific threater. Once again ya guys did a great job

@cj14dalh Жыл бұрын

My heart just sank when I learned about the number of causalities. So many gave so much, for such a small piece of land. They really were the greatest generation, and as Americans, we should never...ever...forget it.

@agarlicsorbet6482 Жыл бұрын

if you don't care about the nationality, their generation also produced Nazi Germany and Imperial Japanese, and don't forget British India and French Colonies... so don't hate your own generation. Just saying. Focus on trying to like what was good about their generation.

@benny2744 Жыл бұрын

The quality and content of these videos still amazes me and I've been watching for a few months. Keep up the good work looking forward to the next series 👍

@winokur89 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see an Operation Market Garden series. Thanks for the content

@hydra7427 Жыл бұрын

Market Garden would be great, but it is also probably one of the most controversial campaigns of the entire Western Front.

@PotatoSalad614 Жыл бұрын

@@hydra7427 why? I really dont understand this criticism pf Market Garden. At the time it was the best option the allies had at their disposal to end the war quickly, most of the allied top brass agreed. It was high risk, high reward. It was either that or send wave after wave of soldiers at the siegfried line for months on end. Besides nobody could have predicted that the germans would quietly move two SS panzer divisions to rest right on the 1st airborne drop zone.

@hydra7427 Жыл бұрын

@@PotatoSalad614 Market Garden was a clusterfuck on multiple levels. It'd take an entire essay to explain everything that went wrong, either due to luck or incompetence. It wasn't a total disaster, but it did destroy the momentum the Allies had at the time.

@PotatoSalad614 Жыл бұрын

@@hydra7427 allied momentun would have stopped anyway. The allies ran ran out of supplies by october-november

@hydra7427 Жыл бұрын

@@PotatoSalad614 They ran out of supplies because they expended them all on a boondoggle "War will be over by Christmas, trust me Monty said so, btw British are still a major power" offensive in Holland.

@Weshopwizard Жыл бұрын

Charging a 30 cal machine gun with a pistol?!?! Yep, that’ll get the CMOH. Wow!!

@panzer948 Жыл бұрын

Excellent series. Love the graphics which really give us readers a perspective of the battle. Just enough detail with several individual side stories is an excellent recipe for success! Subscribed.

@davidgibson82 Жыл бұрын

8:53 Needs to add the tents were also home of the 7th Air Force's P-51 Mustangs pilots of the 21st Fighter Group who had arrived weeks earlier. My grandpa was one of them and received the Bronze Star for going from tent to tent and evacuating pilots/men stuck in the tents. His commander died in the attack. The airmen took the brunt of the assault...

@S0bek Жыл бұрын

This videos are just amazing, this is the best channel on youtube when it comes to detailed battles, so glad I found this channel. Thank you.

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant work. Thank you for this.

@coltond7270 Жыл бұрын

Babe wake up, the operations room put out the final part of iwo jima

@Kevin15301 Жыл бұрын

You all have some of the best content on KZfaq. It must take a lot of time and hard work and the quality of the videos is evidence of that. Kudos

@Greenjeepclub Жыл бұрын

What a time to log in. Lunch break and Iwo Jima Pt:4 SWEET!

@dbaider9467 Жыл бұрын

A complicated battle well, and fairly, described. This is an awesome channel.

@se461 Жыл бұрын

Marines. No better fighting force in the world! The bravery and commitment these men had is unfathomable.

@alastor8091 Жыл бұрын

Army is better. Marines are cool, but the Army wins the war.

@Tmb1112 Жыл бұрын

I think Iwo Jima and Okinawa both were necessary. If for nothing else than to convince the government, military command, and US populace that what needed to happen next was something as horrific as nuclear weapons. Americans had already been freeing the camps in Europe. Liberating Europeans and Pacific Islands and Asia… but to hit Japan knowing that they wouldn’t surrender in normal battle, it would mean fighting them to the last. I don’t think it was until these final battles that everyone really understood that. There was no victory over Japan without the nukes. They’d hold out. Take any beating. And they would never surrender… but that’s in normal warfare. Not an OP game ender.

@JosephWard Жыл бұрын

There's a good argument that the reason Japan finally surrendered was they didn't want to surrender to the Russians. As soon as Russia looked like they were going to join, the Japanese surrendered to the Americans. 🤷‍♂️

@firecrackerisonfire2805 Жыл бұрын

So put to sleep and I see operations room what a beautiful day!!!! Loved the whole series and the foot soldier battles that you cover. Keep up the work

@duckey00123 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video team. Can't wait for the next one. Massive love from Australia.

@78easy Жыл бұрын

Amazing work, very interesting. I can't wait for the next series ! .

@DarkFriday1408 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic series! It was really amazing to see an in-depth analysis of the Battle of Iwo Jima and i am very eager to see the series about the Battle of the Bulge. Any chance of doing similar series in the future about Battle of Kursk, the fighting around Caen (after the Normandy landings), Battle of Verdun and/or Battle of Passchendaele?

@Gopniksquat Жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to see Kursk and/or some WWI battles too

@tommyjackowksi5774 Жыл бұрын

We owe everything to the sacrifices our forefathers made, Everyman a hero

@TheBigSleazy Жыл бұрын

Really liked how you were able to include Japanese viewpoints

@Yee20234 Жыл бұрын

These videos are so good. Thank you for all your efforts!

@jacobclewlow1190 Жыл бұрын

This has been a great series ! Thanks you so much for great content 👍🏽

@MadCoop Жыл бұрын

Loved this series. Fascinating stuff man.

@brotski100 Жыл бұрын

What an insane battle and then to think that okinawa would be even worse, i hope you could cover that battle aswell one day, great work!

@dsg256 Жыл бұрын

This series was some of your best work yet

@Casualtyofoz10 Жыл бұрын

What an excellent series of videos. Great work

@adamstephenson7518 Жыл бұрын

Another great video! Looking forward to the Battle of the Bulge ones coming

@steventhompson6451 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your work. Absolutely top shelf captains cupboard level content.

@miszczmateusz Жыл бұрын

I love the the channel evolves and the materials are appearing more often. Great work!

@miszczmateusz Жыл бұрын

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@ttrestle Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t expecting another video so soon! Nice bonus.

@crapface911 Жыл бұрын

this is by far the best battle overview channel

@burnssy112 Жыл бұрын

27,000 US casualties and 20,000 dead Japanese, could not even fathom that much death in such a small island

@kevinzuniga4910 Жыл бұрын

Iwo Jima really was a bloodshed of a battle for both sides…

@casparcoaster1936 Жыл бұрын

I am so excited about the Intel channel, have always wanted to see doc that revealed the relevant intel, how accurate, and how it influenced, for better or worse, operations as they happened.

@hertzair1186 Жыл бұрын

Well done TOR! Enjoyed the series.

@senzubean27 Жыл бұрын

This series was one of my favorite vids on KZfaq, ty

@krisius1 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed these videos. Keep up the good work

@norad_clips Жыл бұрын

This has been absolutely amazing!

@deanm2075 Жыл бұрын

Loved it! Can't wait for the next one.

@zainredding3476 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always.

@MB-rh9nh Жыл бұрын

So glad I subscribed to this channel the past week

@ghostface1304 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Cant wait for the next series!

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

@therealuncleowen2588 Жыл бұрын

Excellent series! Thank you.

@calummcneil6006 Жыл бұрын

Great information and insight what happend during the Iwo Jima conflict. I see it so different now. Thanks for the series.

@grassfur1950 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this!! ^^

@isaacwalter8014 Жыл бұрын

Very good series, I've read that during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 American Soldiers were reluctant to dig trenches after experiences at Petersburg in 1864/65. I'm curious how American/Japanese doctrine in the Second World War was influenced by Victorian ideas of warfare, keeping in mind that both navies employed people who were alive during the Spanish-American War.

@crazywarriorscatfan9061 Жыл бұрын

Never knew Iwo Jima was this ferocious

@kevinzuniga4910 Жыл бұрын

And to know the battle of Okinawa is worse than this…

@CoreyandCrew Жыл бұрын

I literally stop what I'm doing to watch this channel.

@NR-rv8rz Жыл бұрын

I thought the Intel Report sister videos were going to be a bit nerdy and data focused but they are just as exhilarating as the videos on this channel.

@daniellucas1494 Жыл бұрын

Speechless - what a tremendous job!

@aznfattass 10 ай бұрын

27 medal of lf honors awarded in a matter of 30 days. I cant even begin to imagine what those men went through on both sides.

@xavermaier9625 Жыл бұрын

This Series is epic!!! Seeing really forward to Crossroads...

@phil4986 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for producing this series. The fanaticism of the Japanese military forces on Iwo Jima was the actual proof to all Allied military planners that the Japanese military did'nt care if it was defeated.. US military planners were fully terrified of the casualties the Allied and United States Military would face in a protracted battle on the Japanese mainland. The only reason Japan was saved is because the Emperor himself realized he would have no nation left to govern if he let the insanity of his military leaders rule the day. It took dozens of firebombing raids and two nuclear bombs to get that fact through his thick skull. Nothing was secured until the Emperor himself surrendered his nation to the Allied Forces so anyone wanting to rewrite history can stick that in their opinion hole. It is actually an insult to the fighting spirit of the 1945 Japanese soldier to call him or his countrymen any kind of victim. Thankfully, the Emperor saved them from an unbelievable destruction. Had the American forces had to storm Japan, Lemay would have saturate bombed every target possible twice. And Iwo Jima proves just how effective that would have been.

@dpeasehead Жыл бұрын

@Phil: Yet, bombing Korea to the ground a few years later only resulted in draw...

@dpeasehead Жыл бұрын

@Phil Not that it would ever happen in an ager of nuclear weapons but it pays to speculate on various theoretical events whenever people accuse other cultures of being "crazy" or "fanatical." What would it take to get modern Americans to surrender to the Chinese or the Russians if America was fighting a lost war? I am pretty sure that plenty of American leaders would be more than happy to sacrifice every last man, woman, and child rather than submit to unconditional surrender.

@waynesopinions8737 Жыл бұрын

This is great. You guys do great work, and you do it more frequently than I can possibly imagine, but it's really good so I'll always tune in. What I would really love is a zoomed-in retelling of the battle of saipan.

@B0M0A0K Жыл бұрын

Outstanding series, just superb work.

@chrisbrowning771 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all you do

@steyrproof Жыл бұрын

It was an awesome accounting ! Looking forward to the next one.

@guuh5772 Жыл бұрын

I've only recently found this channel but damn the quality is insane and the videos are very informative keep up the good work

@gothard5 Жыл бұрын

Iwo Jima is still the final resting place of a lot of japanese soldiers to this day. That is why Iwo Jima is so securely protected and I believe visitation is strictly forbidden.

@whocares5432 Жыл бұрын

You can visit Iwo with a guided tour. It's quite expensive tho.

@Therendezvousman Жыл бұрын

If this was hell then Okinawa is the 7th circle.

@chrislondo2683 Жыл бұрын

This was a fascinating series.

@jackcoleman5955 Жыл бұрын

Great detail! I cannot imagine the level of effort to search source docs, then animate and then narrate. Brilliant!! Saddening when you realize a life is gone every time a flag rondel appears 😔

@calhalton Жыл бұрын

I think Okinawa would be make for 4 part follow-up

@redaug4212 Жыл бұрын

Okinawa could make for a an 8 part follow up considering how much longer and more involved it was from a land, sea, and air perspective.

@Admiral_Jezza Жыл бұрын

This

@Hellsong89 Жыл бұрын

Would really love this kind of presentation from battles of Finnish winter war or continuation war! Since what i have seen there isint much that presents troop movements and timeline this effectively!

@iainmalcolm9583 Жыл бұрын

Awesome upload (as expected)

@MrRinoHunter Жыл бұрын

You have respect an enemy that fought like this. Glad we call them friends now.

@David-lu4th Жыл бұрын

Man I love these videos

@leogazebo5290 Жыл бұрын

What a brutal battle for a small island, and it wouldn't be the last. Make you wonder how brutal an invasion of the Home islands would be if the Japanese are willing to die to the last man for an island.

@richardstephens5570 Жыл бұрын

Okinawa showed how costly an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be, there were almost 150,000 civilians killed alone.