Japan's Unlikely Allies in WW2

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Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Imperial Japan launched several invasions and assaults on European and American colonial and imperialist provinces across the Pacific Islands and Eastern Asia.
Japan’s Empire was, however, overextended, outmanned, and facing deteriorating supplies, making it essential for them to acquire new lands for their resources and to recruit troops from their occupied territories.
This would allow them to create a buffer between them and the Japanese Islands, and continue their expansion efforts across the Pacific and Asian continent to maintain their pressure on the Asian colonies of Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, France, New Zealand, and the United States.
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@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 Жыл бұрын

Apperently, Poland was also an unexpected ally to Japan during WWII. Through shared distrust towards the Soviet Union, Japan supposedly relied on Polish spies, and the Japanese government even rejected Poland's declaration of war. Prime minister Tojo Hideki argued that the UK and USA forced the Polish government in exile to make that declaration and considered it legally null and void.

@mynameisvisutinnadda Жыл бұрын

US did the same thing with thailand lol

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

The alliance between germany and Japan was a miracle. Germany was allies with nationalist china and its entire army used the stalhelm and German equipment. While Japan and poland were allies since few years after the Russo japanese war. Both of them actively impeded on each other's interests and allies. And Italy fought against germany in ww1

@cosmosyn2514 Жыл бұрын

@@NeostormXLMAX Didn’t the Germans also supply arms to the Ethiopians, due to Mussolini’s objections to the Anschluss? And then Japan and Ethiopia also had good relations, with _royal marriage_ being something that could have actually happened, had war with Italy and general objections by other european powers not happened. All in all the axis powers were a clusterfuck before actually allying eachother.

@stomper5432 Жыл бұрын

Poland was under German occupation they weren't anyone's ally

@suppanutjaroanphan3527 Жыл бұрын

Thailand also ally with the Japanese during WWII

@killerrogue Жыл бұрын

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was an interesting character himself. He was very logical in terms of the reasons for Indian independence, but at the same time left a troubled legacy by allying with the Axis, who considered him as the "Indian Samurai" and someone who could spark a revolution once on the Indian soil. He was a great threat to the British Empire. He is a respected personality both in India and Japan. Even the airport in Kolkata is named after him. A lot of web series and movies are dedicated to him which can be found online. He deserves his own video for once.

@aaryagathani Жыл бұрын

He never supported the axis , the axis supported him. Thats the difference which makes him a hero.

@killerrogue Жыл бұрын

@@aaryagathani, exactly. But the Western sources tell that INA and Free Indian Legion fought was forged to fight the Axis, but they were actually created to fight for their own cause alongside the Axis.

@Im-fq1mn Жыл бұрын

There is a monument to Chandra Bose at a shrine built by Meiji Emperor in tokyo And There is a bronze statue of Chandra Bose at a temple in Suginami ward, Tokyo.

@turbo11 Жыл бұрын

@@Im-fq1mn it's amazing that they honoured him with statues

@dahakagamerz2606 Жыл бұрын

Enemy of my Enemy is my friend : his thought

@theoneandonlydetraebean8286 Жыл бұрын

"You save us, Japan!" "Saved? Oh I wouldn't say that! More like *under new management*. "

@joeerickson516 Жыл бұрын

"New management?" "My allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!"

@joeerickson516 Жыл бұрын

"Shocking!"

@joeerickson516 Жыл бұрын

"Only a Sith lord can deal with absolutes and I have to do I must?"

@joeerickson516 Жыл бұрын

"It's over Anakin, I have the high ground!"

@aleksandarvil5718 Жыл бұрын

"LIAR!!!"

@samsmotzzz2171 Жыл бұрын

Post WW2, many Japanese military officers, soldiers, and pilots stayed in Indonesia after the nuking. They helped build the Indonesian Air Force with leftover Zero's, Ki-84s, Ki-43s, and D3A1 Val Bombers. Japanese volunteers played a vital role in the liberation of Indonesia from Dutch colonial rule.

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

Allied propaganda always paints axis as evil. Winners write history. Most people dont realize the japanese trained Viet Minh which became Vietcong. Before they left to help them resist the french and English if they tried to reoccupy them. This isnt an action done by a country that eats children and wants to take over the world

@lottenetzel8751 Жыл бұрын

Yes. It's an interesting part of Indonesia that I like the most. Had the Philippines not have been too loyal to the US, they might go the same path as Indonesia.

@kenjiprasetijo1099 Жыл бұрын

and german help aid kar 98k and mp 40

@unconscious1076 Жыл бұрын

So Indonesia is Argentina in eastern hemisphere 💀

@kenjiprasetijo1099 Жыл бұрын

@@unconscious1076 Yes maybe The weapons Mentioned are probaly from the weapons suply from john lie.

@kilotun8316 Жыл бұрын

Likely a tall tale, but apparently when Aung San met with the British general to ask for help kicking out the Japanese, the Englishman (who I believe was Sir William Slim) mentioned that the Burmese only seemed to support the British when they were winning. The prompt reply was "Of course! Why would we support you when you're losing?"

@mantic1008 Жыл бұрын

The animations are getting better now! I subscribed to Simple History when the channel is still getting large with a thousand subs and now i keep watching it because of the animation. The thing is i watched the History of WW1 in Simple History and The animation is somewhat new and now Simple History grew and grew with more subs and more views the animation and background change over the past year! Keep the good job Simple History finding new kinds of History for the Viewers.

@2ndcomingofFritz Жыл бұрын

You literally joined a year ago

@matthewfergusons4318 Жыл бұрын

I think can you imagine if Japanese backed in that area travel back into the future it deserved China's ideas the future Chinese Communist party I think they can learn a lot from the future Communist party used in soft power

@moose2143 Жыл бұрын

True tht brother 🫡🫡

@berkkarsi Жыл бұрын

I love Simple History too but the only change that they made that I didn't like is they are making exagerrated clickbaity thumbnails now like a lot of KZfaqrs instead of using an image from the video itself. People will click on the video for the thumbnail and see it was not actually in the video.

@Makafushigi Жыл бұрын

Man joined 1 year ago, not doubting you because this isn’t my first account either but it’s kinda funny.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 Жыл бұрын

The incorporation of the Manchukuo army into the Chinese Red Army became one of the biggest mistakes Chiang Kai-shek made, as they went to him first but he rejected their service because of their collaboration.

@princessmarlena1359 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Talk about shooting one’s self in the foot.

@brianlong2334 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but 200,000 men wasn't going to win the war alone.

@ihavenojawandimustscream4681 Жыл бұрын

I don't blame him tbh,most Chinese people don't have a good view of Japanese collaborators (for good reason)

@kiwiprouddavids724 Жыл бұрын

Should have let Japan keep it's parts of china we'd probably all be better off now

@NightPhoenix.Y Жыл бұрын

Tbh his massacre of the fourth new army and breaking the united front alliance.

@skypher7936 Жыл бұрын

There are another two of Japan's allies that haven't been mentioned: One is Thailand, who paved way to Malaya that lead to Japan's success Two is Second Philippine Republic, another puppet state under Japanese rule

@bricklingtonlego Жыл бұрын

Were they allied or was it just forced cooperation.

@user-op8fg3ny3j Жыл бұрын

You mean Siam. Thailand didn't exist yet like how you said Malaya because Malaysia didn't exist either. Anyway, yeah they sold out to Japan

@no.stop.6894 Жыл бұрын

@@user-op8fg3ny3j Did Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram not rename the country to Thailand in 1939

@odtuhan Жыл бұрын

Only less than half of Philippines were allied with Japan, Philippines have guerilla figthers fighting for freedom against American Colonist that time but the Government is pro American.

@Loki-Gab Жыл бұрын

And Vietnam which was under occupation by France

@darthkarnage7538 Жыл бұрын

My grandma told me that during the occupation, the Korean conscripts that Japanese brought over where even more brutal and terrifying than the regular Japanese soldiers.

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

There were many soldiers who joined the Japanese army including tons of chinese soldiers as well

@derblitz5837 Жыл бұрын

bullshit

@randomtanker4355 Жыл бұрын

@@ii4826 any reason for why they were so harsher than ethnic Japanese themselves?

@letter5330 Жыл бұрын

Its the koreans fault japanese is a saint and just want to liberate the asians "peacefully".😂

@TV-jg2kj Жыл бұрын

@@randomtanker4355 한국인들이 잔인한게 아니라 그들은 대부분 만주군에 입대했고 일본의 초급장교와 부사관으로 근무하거나 일반병,노동군으로 쓰였다. 조선인은 고위직에 오르기 매우매우 힘들었다. 그 예로 1945년 해방될때 일본군 출신으로 장군이 된 조선인은 단 한명뿐이었다.

@Thomas-rl9xd Жыл бұрын

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel. Thank you...

@coleboone8826 Жыл бұрын

I feel like a part two would be needed since Siam and Indonesia didn’t even get mentioned and could have used more explanation on the Koreans and Chinese since they felt a little rushed

@NishiMiyamura Жыл бұрын

Also the Philippines we had a bureau of constabulary working and assisting the Japanese in anti guerillas

@SiPakRubah Жыл бұрын

@Safwaan Thailand wasn't really being concquered, but rather agreed to let the Japanese to use their country as a route for them to conquered Maritime Southeast Asia as long as Japanese allowed their country to not only stay independent (because they don't have foreign power because they're not a colony of the European), but also get the old border that they lost towards British and French, much like Sweden towards German when they want to conquered Norway except they didn't get anything from Germany

@ferriswalcc Жыл бұрын

because siam was never taken over by japan

@ferriswalcc Жыл бұрын

@Safwaan siam was not conquered, we fought a war with japan and ended in a stalemate then signed a alliance with them and allowed japan to pass through our country, also fought war with french (french indochina) and beat them and took back a lot of land from modern day cambodia and laos but they kicked us out of the UN and demanded cambodia and laos back

@bumpermanthesecond615 Жыл бұрын

@Safwaan our troops did fought the burma campaign and the struggling advance to india alongside the japanese forces until the end of the war

@danielnavarro537 Жыл бұрын

A famous quote, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

@shawnofdanaukota3843 Жыл бұрын

I have seen Man in High Castle, I think of how they faced massive uprisings as their allies: Burma, Australia , India and China have rise up to end their tyranny.

@user-pn3im5sm7k Жыл бұрын

That show made no sense in terms of uprisings were concerned. (Never mind the fact that Germany nor Japan ever wanted to or could conquer the world). How on Earth did the BCR get AK-47's and other Soviet technologies when the entire Pacific shipping routes were controlled by Japan? Wtf was the BCR even there for? Hollywood Diversity brownie points? China in real life barely survived Japan and without the important aid they received from the Soviet Union and US they would be left with no weapons to use against the Japanese. I dont recall the other nations even having an uprising in the book or show.

@thitran1362 Жыл бұрын

@@user-pn3im5sm7k according to the show, China isn't fully under control yet for some reason. AK47 could be reason that remaining Soviets fled to China and could assist them in developing weapons. And about the BCR? I dont even want to mention them lol.

@SpencerLemay Жыл бұрын

@@user-pn3im5sm7k "(Never mind the fact that Germany nor Japan ever wanted to or could conquer the world). " I'm pretty sure they wanted to if they could, and obviously would plan to do it in stages.

@shawnofdanaukota3843 Жыл бұрын

@@user-pn3im5sm7k The BCR are a joke

@wisdomleader85 Жыл бұрын

@@user-pn3im5sm7k The book's story has parts that don't make sense as well. Nazis and Japan divided the entire earth but Canada was still a country.... Because reasons.

@lucianoosorio5942 Жыл бұрын

“They took Guam, the Gilbert islands, hong king and the Philippines. They forced Thailand to join them so they can move their troops into Malaya. They sweated through Singapore, North Bornio, the East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomons and they were now threatening Northern Australia and the boarders of India.”

@adahcp4031 Жыл бұрын

Well that's quite an oversimplification.

@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu Жыл бұрын

Uh we all watched the video, was there a reason to copy and paste what was said

@ginger15103 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@user-op8fg3ny3j Жыл бұрын

You mean Siam. Thailand didn't exist yet like how you said Malaya because Malaysia didn't exist either. Anyway, yeah they sold out to Japan

@ancientmachine9070 Жыл бұрын

k cheers

@couriersix2663 Жыл бұрын

During World War II Japan had an "ally" in Indonesia called PETA or Pembela Tanah Air (Defenders of the Homeland) an Indonesian volunteer army founded on October 3, 1943 in Indonesia by the Japanese occupation. The Japanese intended PETA to assist their troops in resisting a possible invasion by the Allies.

@petermmm42 Жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew Peta had a dark past I just thought they helped animals and are Karen s

@whyareyouevenreadingmyname950 10 ай бұрын

Another reason why PETA sucks.

@kadruninsaf5467 26 күн бұрын

PETA was founded on the stage in japan's critical moments. They were formed after the battle of midway, the battle that turned the tides against japan when they lost their best ships and aircraft carriers, and also they lost their best officers notably isoroku yamamoto. So in conclusion, PETA was founded not too long ago, they founded just when the situation were dire against them.

@kadruninsaf5467 26 күн бұрын

@@petermmm42gladly none of them were committed war crimes against their fellow indonesians, they murders their fellow indonesians as per order from their japanese officers.

@kadruninsaf5467 18 күн бұрын

@@petermmm42 don't mistake it, the PETA mentioned above is 'Pembela Tanah Air' or in English called 'Defender of Homeland'. It is a volunteer unit that formed by Japanese military by recruiting the locals mostly the peasants and youths with intention to assist the Japanese against the allies, but it's not worked well for Japanese since most of these volunteers were worked as a cannon fodder and were hardly to get promotion to higher ranks.

@mfinland2767 Жыл бұрын

There's also Indonesia/Dutch East Indies. They never saw fighting the Allies during WW2, but there are military conscription and brutal labor activities. Due to very high populations, Japan promised them for independence, especially Sukarno (Indonesia political activist before becoming president). He became Japanese trustworthy propaganda tool, so the local citizens can join and follow the Japanese military conscription. The Japanese trained them in how to use riffles, vehicles, and tanks. After the war, the Indonesian soldiers that had been trained by Indonesia are put into use in the Independence war against the Allies, who wanted to reclaim back their Japanese lost territorial control in Southeast Asia. There's also Thailand, the most notable Japanese ally during the war. Contribute in the fighting against French Indochina and Britain in Burma and Malaya. They were invaded by the Japanese in 1941, but only for 5 hours until ceasefire was announced. Not know much from that, but they were Japanese only bestie during that war.

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

Notice how the only free nation in Asia sided with Japan directly? While the colonialists didn't?

@jejepangetsu3133 Жыл бұрын

Actually Indonesian who joined Japanese military organization fight against the allies directly or non direct. For example they served on Anti-Aircraft unit but most served auxiliary roles like ammo bearers .

@Violetenist Жыл бұрын

@@NeostormXLMAX notice how every colonialist nation was invaded?

@kadruninsaf5467 Жыл бұрын

Your overall opinion almost correct, but you need further research to make it completely correct.

@jessicalulila5709 Жыл бұрын

@@Violetenist China was colonialist?

@pdenigma9444 Жыл бұрын

There should be a part 2, there are many more collaborationist organizations to cover In Vietnam there were the Cao Dai In the Philippines, there were the MAKAPILI and the Bisig-Bakal ng Tagala In Malaysia there were the Giyugun In Indonesia, there were the PETA and the Hei-Ho

@OnionIlan Жыл бұрын

Yes ikr i feel like simple history keeps ignoring Indonesia for some reason

@zzzmeta4555 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry PETA?!?

@birdick1307 Жыл бұрын

@@zzzmeta4555 wait till you hear about who the MILFs side with

@justoliver77 Жыл бұрын

@@zzzmeta4555 I read it up, it’s short in Indonesian for “ Defenders of the Homeland “, but funny acronym indeed

@user-op8fg3ny3j Жыл бұрын

what is Giyugun?

@EukalyptusBonBon Жыл бұрын

My grandpa serve in the Kyōdo Bōei Giyugun or Indonesian Homeland Defenders in Mrican 1st Battalion. They are trained and funded by Japan but lead by Indonesian to defend the archipelago from the Allies. These soldiers were mainly equiped by captured Dutch weapons (mostly Mannlicher M1895) but somehow my grandpa got his hand an British Sten gun in which he later use to fight the returning Dutch.

@fun18222 11 ай бұрын

Glad that you kicked Dutch out just can't understand why youre country men are so in to their culture

@kadruninsaf5467 26 күн бұрын

@@fun18222excuse me, whose culture you mean?

@paleoph6168 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading this book in 3rd Grade titled "Barefoot in Fire: A World War II Childhood". In one of the chapters, the author described how scarier the Koreans were to them than the Japanese. Having been annexed by Japan since 1910, I think it's no surprise that the Koreans would be perceived as such.

@ArmedPit Жыл бұрын

According to my grandpa most of the brutal members of the Kempeitai are Koreans while their Japanese counterparts are more accommodating.

@johnmason1239 Жыл бұрын

Sadly collaborators driven by blood feuds etc are often more brutal in many conflicts& civil wars are often the worst

@Im-fq1mn Жыл бұрын

Reading your comment reminded me of the Lai Dai Han of the Vietnam War.

@Im-fq1mn Жыл бұрын

Old Filipinos who experienced the Japanese occupation gave testimonies identical to those you point out. I will buy 'barefoot in fire a world war 2 childhood'.

@aleksandarvil5718 Жыл бұрын

During Vietnam War, South Koreans Were Scarrier to Regular North Vietnam Troops and Vietcong THAN American GIs !!!

@brianlong2334 Жыл бұрын

The majority of the Manchuria army was Japanese, and the majority of them surrendered when the emperor ordered it, the invasion of Manchuria by the Soviets was right at the end of the war an estimated 40k Japanese and Soviets even got to shoot at each other, a pretty small amount seeing as there was about 660,000 Japanese in Manchuria and 330,000 in Korea, with about 200,000 Manchukuo and 40,000 Mengjiang troops, vs 1.5million Soviets. The Japanese military was 7.6million strong when it surrendered and it also had 1million allies/ pupets so a total of about 8.6million.

@GauravMuralidharan Жыл бұрын

You omitted the part where when the British practically Handed over Indian soldiers to the Japanese to be taken as POWs ... Hence the soldiers felt betrayed by the British Empire for whom they fought

@vorynrosethorn903 Жыл бұрын

Also didn't mention that Indian troops who had joined the Japanese were often in danger of being shot out of hand by if captured by Indians still loyal to Britain. Or that they have been treated as Heroes by the post-independence government while troops who remained loyal were snubbed.

@kishascape Жыл бұрын

Nothing new under the Anglo sun.

@adamaki Жыл бұрын

@@siin9522 wtf

@user-op8fg3ny3j Жыл бұрын

@@vorynrosethorn903 Both imperliasts

@Squitwort448 Жыл бұрын

@@vorynrosethorn903 I wouldn’t say “loyal to Britain” more like loyal to the Indian army even though they took commands from the brits. I do pity the INA and Indian Army because both wanted independence just chose different sides. Also joining the INA sounded a lot better compared to Japanese torture.

@authentic_ametin Жыл бұрын

9:19 I am Burmese and this video summarises our war efforts in WW2! Thank you Simple History! P.S Yeah everyone calls Italy turncoats but what about us Burmese?

@thurahtetaung5600 Жыл бұрын

yes I am also Burmese and fan of simple history

@briancherry3838 Жыл бұрын

Your expansion map from 2:40 shows Taiwan being taken over by Japan, "in the early 1930s". It had been a Japanese colony since 1895 when it was ceded by the Qing Empire after the first Sino-Japanese war. Taiwan wasn't a Japanese ally, it was a Japanese colony. Use of 'Inner Mongolia' for the Japanese vassal state is misleading, since that didn't conform to the boundaries recognised either at the time or now. It was made up of some Mongol tribal lands and some Chinese prefectures from Mongolia and Shaanxi.

@No_Man_Is_An_Island Жыл бұрын

ROC: Did we win the WWII Finals? KMT: Yes. ROC: What did it cost? KMT: *...Everything.*

@HWDragonborn Жыл бұрын

Except Taiwan

@uncommon_name9337 Жыл бұрын

@@HWDragonborn PRC stares at you.

@VersusARCH Жыл бұрын

By far the unlikeliest ally of Japan in WW2 was Poland. And Japan was actually the only country Poland declared war on during WW2 after Pearl Harbor (all other wars on Poland were declared by others on them). Japan refused to accept the challenge 😂. By that time Poland was already occupied and the declaration was symbolic, made under pressure from UK which the exiled Polish government depended upon. Yet Japan and Poland continued to cooperate in espionage against the USSR.

@Sumit-Sh 7 ай бұрын

7:50 India indeed got independence because of Netaji Subash Chandra Boss. There’s popular British propaganda about non-violence and M. Gandhi, now people are getting to know the real truth that British left India because of rising discontent amongst the Indian soldiers in Britain Indian military. In 1946 the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny really hastened the British exit from India.

@senakaweeraratna741 27 күн бұрын

Sinhalese in Malaya and Singapore joined the Japanese for the sole purpose of liberation of their motherland. There was a rebellion in Cocoa Island when the Sinhalese soldiers staged a revolt against the British in 1942. But it was quickly crushed. Had Japan invaded Sri Lanka it is quite possible that the majority of the Buddhist Sinhala people would have welcomed the Japanese soldiers in a manner similar to the warm welcome the Burmese gave the Japanese when the latter enter ed Burma in early 1942. Both Sinhalese and Tamils from Sri Lanka joined the Indian National Army of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose with a view to liberating Asia from Western colonial domination. Japan's war paved the way for Asia to gain freedom finally

@Beans-wr3hu Жыл бұрын

oh good, i was bored. this was exactly what i needed today. Thanks Simple History!!!

@nikill3ss970 Жыл бұрын

I like the longer episodes now, keep up the good work

@Jets1713 Жыл бұрын

Never thought this video would happen. Thanks Simple History!

@emrekocak7931 Жыл бұрын

Same

@user-nt2bq9th1n Жыл бұрын

Another fact that history seldom mentions : There are 400 thousands of Korean and Taiwanese served in the Imperial Japanese Army or Navy during World War II whether as a soldier, a sailor, or in another non-combat capacity Because both Taiwan and Korea were Japanese colony since 1895 and 1910 After ww2 ended,Taiwan & korea broke away Japanese rule Due to some nationalism problem ,this history has became the dark past of both countries In Taiwan,school never teach this part of history until 90s

@mint8648 Жыл бұрын

Taiwanese have colonial mentality?

@user-nt2bq9th1n Жыл бұрын

@@mint8648 yes we have,and it’s still a major problem among us There’s still some people (probably a lot of them)in Taiwan believe life in Japan is 100% better than us They even hate republic of China 🇹🇼(nationalist one,not the communist one) because they took Taiwan’s opportunity of being part of Japan away

@juilkeyaru405 Жыл бұрын

@@mint8648 Yep, a lot of it. In fact, they have as much of it as Filipinos

@tonysuthechineseguy Жыл бұрын

@@mint8648 very heavy mentality japan had presence there even before ww2

@johnyricco1220 Жыл бұрын

The father of the current president of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen served as an aircraft maintenance man for the Japanese military. The previous president, Lee Teng-hui had a brother that volunteered for the Imperial Navy and was killed by Americans in the Battle of the Philippines. Lee Teng-hui himself considered becoming a kamikaze.

@brainlessnukerperson2748 Жыл бұрын

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@SlickEd91 Жыл бұрын

Finally a video that talks about somthing else other than the same old same old. Awesome informative video

@kylestephens669 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!! This is my fav channel

@VINNICENTE Жыл бұрын

Yo you kept getting better in animations each video you upload so good

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@lucianoosorio5942 Жыл бұрын

Germany: Anyone else want to be friends? Franco? Spain: Nah man. Japan: I do! Germany: Who says that?

@cann0708 Жыл бұрын

It's Japan and they've just taken over Northern China

@V1nce_man Жыл бұрын

It’s Japan!

@yourboishitposts Жыл бұрын

@@V1nce_man and they've taken over northern china

@Gordonjamesheneryproductions Жыл бұрын

@@V1nce_man they took it over northern China

@ZeroRequiem47 Жыл бұрын

Wow one of the best videos yet! I like watching stuff in the Asian theater. Topics like the European theater are over covered in my country and it gets repetitive. This is fresh and new

@SomBohDe Жыл бұрын

Japan for an Asian country back at its time was very impressive at how quick it expanded over Asia

@Ezekiel903 Жыл бұрын

@UCNJOTkFYOCHuUW4QlCLBnbg the Japanese were no worse than the British, they should make a video about their crimes! British propaganda, it's funny because as Japan was defeated, the British had the balls to remain in India, but this time they failed miserably and India became indipendent!

@oneaboveallferrarifan2725 Жыл бұрын

Disciplined and hard worker, also very prominent warriors in the past, Japan was always fighting

@vtv0109 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Japan almost destroyed the US

@BrainFuck10 Жыл бұрын

That's because Japan saw China get colonized during the Opium Wars so Japan began militarizing themselves 100 years before WW2

@Ezekiel903 Жыл бұрын

@@oneaboveallferrarifan2725 absolutely, They were good observers too, they said about the Cossacks that they are a bunch of drunkards and are not a threat in a modern war, after analyzing the Turkish-Russian War

@thorpeaaron1110 Жыл бұрын

Another great video.

@oliversherman2414 Жыл бұрын

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

@lucianoosorio5942 Жыл бұрын

0:20 “Everybody knows you’re at home like ‘Thank God for Pearl Harbor.’” Theodore Roosevelt

@marijanhorvat4253 Жыл бұрын

Respect man. This channel has helped me a lot. Very good knowledge.

@beachboy0505 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video 📹 Great animation 👌

@tovarishmausedits18 Жыл бұрын

Very great video!

@Rizu181 Жыл бұрын

korea and japan teaming in ww2?, damn thats true friendship

@Discosaturn Жыл бұрын

Korea was a Japanese colony from 1910 to the end of World War II.

@richardstephens5570 Жыл бұрын

Friendship? The Koreans were forced to help by the Japanese.

@brianlong2334 Жыл бұрын

@@richardstephens5570 Giving over 100,000 people weapons you forced to do things is probably not a smart move... but then again it's not as simple as they were forced some were some were not it's not black and white it's all gray. Over 600k to over 1million red army troops changed side's and fought for Germany in ww2 only some 60k changed back the majority of the rest died fighting for Germany... Things aren't ever as simple as they appear at first glance.

@mexicobasado8177 Жыл бұрын

@@richardstephens5570 400,000 taiwanese+koreans served the japanese army

@Im-fq1mn Жыл бұрын

Have you read 'Anti-Japanese Tribalism' by a professor at Seoul National University, South Korea? According to his research, there were a very large number of volunteers for the Japanese army at the time. By the way, the number of JPN soldiers the war dead was 2.3 million, kor were 20,000. However, Japanese communists are offended by the claims of this Seoul University professor. They should have a public debate.

@wilbertting9211 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Thailand, known as Siam, wasn't mentioned in this video. I thought they were pretty much (though by force) an ally of Imperial Japan?

@nanderwinthant1655 Жыл бұрын

Yep!Thailand was a major supporter and puppet for imperial japan in the SEA Theater.(Was also thinking of them missing).

@CyberKid-fm4li Жыл бұрын

Likely a mistake and or they can save it in a future video. EDIT: And neither is Ethiopia.

@mason7645 Жыл бұрын

They switched sides later.

@dreamprediction8417 Жыл бұрын

Siam Talk

@edison7300037 Жыл бұрын

true, they joined the axis, but were more like a business partner than an ally.

@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle Жыл бұрын

*I hope there will be more videos about world history and Vietnam. Thank you team, every video is good 👏🏻*

@AgnibhaSen47 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@reloadenjoyer9674 Жыл бұрын

Simple history taught me more than school

@nileshkumaraswamy2711 Жыл бұрын

the INA siding with Japan, is peak 'grass is greener on the other side' mentality

@stevenicebear-robloxmore9975 Жыл бұрын

Nice video.You finally made a part of the history of our country,Burma! But I really want you to make a video about the present situation of burma , the coup vs civilians.

@Redatcarndal Жыл бұрын

I’ve been noticing that simple history has been kinda going back to their roots with the animations and sound effects and all most everything

@lucianoosorio5942 Жыл бұрын

“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening national parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill

@tomaslopez2940 Жыл бұрын

"You were born asthmatic; you're going to choke hard while I wake up every day and chain smoke cigars!"

@mint8648 Жыл бұрын

Saving planet from bengalis

@blockmasterscott Жыл бұрын

“If Rushmore was a band, than you’d play bass!”

@indianajones4321 Жыл бұрын

Some video ideas: Mesopotamia Campaign WW1 Italian Conquest of Libya US Presidents who fought in WW2 Boer Wars Australia and New Zealand in the Vietnam War Boxer Rebellion Battle of San Juan Hill Battle of La Drang

@Ezekiel903 Жыл бұрын

It would be time to report on the Brits, their cowardly attacks on De Boer, Zulu, Chinese and the false promises they made to many countries to join their side only to broke the promise afterwards! And they were never hold accountable, we German paid enough but the British tried to deftly dismiss the blame, they did everything to don't let this discussion arise until today!!

@yoloi2470 Жыл бұрын

@@Ezekiel903 broke what promises?

@rahultambe544 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@GOML27 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@shubharthidutta979 Жыл бұрын

Well to a note to all viewers, Subhas Chandra Bose never fully believed the Japanese. The biography of Netaji ( Subhas Chandra Bose known in India) written by his general Shah Nawaz Khan states that the ina was reading itself to detach from the Japanese once they marched in the Bengal plains . They had also strategies and plans to launch an offensive against Japan when the Japanese would cross their limits of intervention in Indian affairs. In India netaji is a very respected figure. His ina led the British Indian army soldiers to mutiny just after the end of WW2. As the Indian soldiers lost their remaining trust in British govt , British were forced to leave India with the fears of a combined soldiers and general populace revolt . Netaji is a very respected figure known for his resolute defiance and will to sacrifice anything for gaining freedom. He can be compared to sanada yukimura of Japan and srsly both have many similarities. Thank you Japan for your aid to Indian independence during WW2 🇮🇳🇯🇵 ( Also Netaji used the fascists power as a chair to reach his goal , he has no tolerance to fascism)

@balpreetsingh6834 Жыл бұрын

Nothing to thank Japan for really. Japanese only seek their objectives and badly mistreated Indians on Andaman and Nicobar islands once they disagreed on tactical approach

@vorynrosethorn903 Жыл бұрын

After the fact post-war one can write anything they want of their own intentions, as was done by many of the German generals. It is your actions however you must speak for.

@Roachh2877 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the Japanese would've left India alone and definitely not made it their own colony XD

@arpanbhattacharjee3021 Жыл бұрын

I totally agreed with you.

@oscarmicheal3677 Жыл бұрын

But ig the british were more worried abt the war in europe than in india , india was just a supply hub for them so they had to defend it , gandhi led the non cooperation n quit india movement at that time which restricted british economy n forced them to quit india !

@klaus1815 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Thailand, they were allies for the Japanese empire and the Thailand government during WW2, granted them access to cross their lands to invade British Malay.... Though the reason for the Thai-Japanese alliance was due to japanese threatening the Thailand government.

@swinsfrins1851 Жыл бұрын

Italy and Vichy France: *Switch Teams* Philippines: I'm gonna do the pro move

@gmanawesome5773 Жыл бұрын

THE ANIMATIONS IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

@beachboy0505 Жыл бұрын

9:06 Although the British Indian Army captured the INA, the British realised that they would have to foster good relationships with India 🇮🇳 which is a huge business market.

@picklerickahstly802 Жыл бұрын

Loving the animations SH, keep it up!

@RosinGoblin Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 4 million subs!

@justaviewer904 Жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@Hsinking Жыл бұрын

I was born in the capital city of Manchukuo(Changchun), Henry Puyi was merely a puppet of Japan during WWII, though technically he was the head of state, he didn't have any real power. There was one time he paid a visit to the local zoo without noticing Japanese, and the latter right away started to search for him as if he was a prisoner; He once gave military promotion to his brother in law(Wan Jiaxi) who served in the Manchu army(Puyi was the grand marshal of Manchu Army), and it led to the protest from Japan, his brother in law was sent to the battlefront by Japanese later; his Japanese secretary called Puyi "he is like my child"...You can imagine the kind of life Puyi was having during WWII.

@edison7300037 Жыл бұрын

Emperor of Japan however, was given immunity by the Americans, didn't even spend a single second in the court...

@hmk5123 Жыл бұрын

2:05 Although the Menshiviks had anti-Communists, Czarists, and Modernists, the main ideology that the Menshiviks fought for was Communism. The only real ideological difference between the Menshiviks and the Bolsheviks is that the Menshiviks wanted to work with the private sector to slowly abolish it over time, while the Bolshiviks wanted to abolish the private sector completely and immediately.

@vtv0109 Жыл бұрын

Bolsheviks are cool

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Жыл бұрын

@@vtv0109 evil

@vtv0109 Жыл бұрын

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 No.

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Жыл бұрын

@@vtv0109 cope

@vtv0109 Жыл бұрын

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Communism is good.

@khalonclayton5196 Жыл бұрын

Do a video on the battle of midway please

@wealthybone2990 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I didn't read a lot about Asia in ww2 or even know that Japan had over 7 million + allies in Asia during ww2, I'm surprised they lost especially being allied to many different countries in Asia, still I wonder what their plan would've been if they have succeed but happy that they didn't quite brutal what they did. Thank you for this video as I learned more about Japan and Asia in ww2.

@brianlong2334 Жыл бұрын

When they surrendered they had over 7.6million military personnel and 1million allies/ pupets so 8.6million. They also had a huge amount of conscripts over 31million almost half of the population of the Japanese home islands at the time, men, woman and children as young as 8, they were armed with just bamboo spears and were going to be used in massive kamikaze attacks if the USA attempted to take over the Japanese home islands by force. The Japanese planed from memory to be the dominant power in Asia so no one could conquere them, they wanted land population and resources, there idear was better us then them. Basically same kinda idear as the Nazis however they wanted Eourpe, this idear of world empires doesn't hold up, sure they want to be the most influential like the USA is now but only there nabours were to be incorporated as part of the empires, conquering distant lands is a lot harder then your nabours.

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

@@brianlong2334 the British invaded every country in the world except 5. And killed 50 million indians in the span of ww2. Ironic that the rulers of the world pax Britannia. And pax Americana now accuses the axis of taking over the world. What next? China is gonna take over the world? Or is 🇺🇸 angry it cant take over china

@stoggafllik Жыл бұрын

Brutality was exagerrated and most of the brutality was done in the name of the IJA but not by the Japanese themselves. It’s often swept over and simplified in most textbooks

@lesdodoclips3915 Жыл бұрын

@@stoggafllik got a source for that?

@bingobongo1615 Жыл бұрын

They lost because of three things: 1. Industrial capacity: Japan build up Korea and Taiwan quite well in the prior decades but all the new conquered territories had zero war industry capabilities so the US simply outproduced Japan easily. 2. The Allied unrestricted submarine warfare which completely strangled any inner Asian trade and let millions perish from famine across Asia and by 45 also had Japan strangled without food, resources and no way to transport reinforcements 3. inefficiencies from totalitarianism. Since Japan was a totalitarian state by the 30s, a lot of decisions were made for idealistic reasons or just by rank in society so Japan was never as strong as it grew post war

@peelsherrif0995 Жыл бұрын

As an Indian, I say that netaji was not a political opponent of Gandhi, but sinply disagreed with him on the use of violence. He saw that the Germans and the Japanese were useful for throwing off the yolk of British rule. But Gandhi simply wanted non cooperation and independence through passive resistance.

@SlyCooper1920 Жыл бұрын

Have you done the Battle of Tsushima yet? And I must say the Japanese must've got pretty lucky with it's allies like all of these just simply fell in their lap

@No_Anime_No_Life. Жыл бұрын

all because FDR fault

@aungkaungsett5687 Жыл бұрын

9:20 Thank for explaining about our country. Thank a lot, really !!!!.

@ry1786 Жыл бұрын

Need part 2 There still more

@Thomas194. Жыл бұрын

However, beside Japan's allies in the Pacific, Vietnamese people rose up and conducted guerrilla warfare against Japanese occupation authorities.

@bd4246 Жыл бұрын

Can you talk about the Burma railroad of death during WW2?

@nathangaoiran5082 Жыл бұрын

Your video is going beautiful and smooth moves

@Discosaturn Жыл бұрын

The Golden Buddha appears with a lot of gold bars at 3:02.

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Жыл бұрын

Poor buddha

@emrekocak7931 Жыл бұрын

Hey simple history pls do more ww2 japanese videos and love youre vids(:

@oznelnavnaekal6679 Жыл бұрын

Even though this video is awesome like all the others, I’m kinda surprised that Thailand wasn’t mentioned in it.

@thurahtetaung5600 Жыл бұрын

Finally "Burma'' now in your video and i really happy to see that

@anicrowsenjixd8918 Жыл бұрын

Damn, These Animations are soooo good

@YAMUKASEN Жыл бұрын

Can u do a video on the Burmese campaign WW2

@mrgoodnigth6742 Жыл бұрын

Myanmar ( Burma) : * go to setting * * Change Team* * Victory *😎

@prothese9672 Жыл бұрын

What is with Siam?

@65tallmax Жыл бұрын

My suggestion for a video would be about the hashashin

@Weeboslav Жыл бұрын

Do video on Battle of Odžak(Ojak),the last battle of WW2 in Europe,fought in Yugoslavia between Yugoslav Partisans and ustashe

@troyraymund8256 Жыл бұрын

By 1942 Philippines would’ve been independent, as granted by the US. By that time Philippines was sick of any foreign imperialist power thats why it has 2nd most destroyed city after warsaw after ww2 they fought teeth and nail for every inch of land

@guynamedneko331 Жыл бұрын

You should do a video about Thailand of it's about japanese world war 2 allies

@JAPAN4K Жыл бұрын

Wow very good nice. I'm a big fan of you＋👍🔔

@Imnotsmg4bob Жыл бұрын

*If you think Japan had unlikely allies, then just wait until you see what kind of allies Germany had.*

@-p2349 Жыл бұрын

Italy

@thesovietduck2121 Жыл бұрын

they all left germany to join me

@Imnotsmg4bob Жыл бұрын

@@thesovietduck2121 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia says otherwise.

@Gordonjamesheneryproductions Жыл бұрын

@@thesovietduck2121 no you forced them to join you

@aleksandarvil5718 Жыл бұрын

Ustaše From NDH; _Independent_ Slovak State; Collaborationists from Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Baltic states, Ukraine, India, Arab countries, Great Britain, France ; Cossacks; Chechens; Caucasian ethnicities; Spanish Blue Division; ETC.

@voodoo_1_viper Жыл бұрын

“Voodoo one, Viper’s on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot - the skies belong to me. Nowhere to run… Nowhere to hide.” “Tally, engaging bandit”

@jeffhom1736 Жыл бұрын

Hay Simple History can you please do the famous Benkei no Tach Ojo a.k.a the standing death of Benkei.

@hezekiahjhudielsantos8442 Жыл бұрын

Hello sir, can you make a video about ww1 japanese equipment and uniforms on the next video, thank you very much!!

@HUZZ_6954 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I want to thank you for including I.N.A in the video, actually Netaji(it is the tittle given to Subhas Chandra Bose and it was given by Mahatma Gandhiji)was not a opponent of Mahatma Gandhi, both men respected each other and Netaji was a follower of Mahatma gandhiji before organising I.N.A

@SwtorSateleShanFan Жыл бұрын

Just a small point of criticism: why don‘t you rename the channel to “Simple Military History”? History is not just wars, weapons, tanks, warplanes, tactics, strategy, ww1 and ww2 you know…

@aquatic4760 Жыл бұрын

A small point of criticism towards your comment: Simple History has a better ring to it for starters. There’s also the fact that we still call military history, well, history. Also they make videos that aren’t about military history. Literally just start scrolling to see.

@1947airman Жыл бұрын

They do cover other stuff in history too like the plague and the great beer flood in London.

@_Mohit_Joshi Жыл бұрын

Just if you get some spare time, please scroll through their list of videos. They've made videos on everything from military to innovation, and from plague to toilets!

@SwtorSateleShanFan Жыл бұрын

To all you guys above me: yes i know that they made these videos as well. But just look at the proportion of the videos that discuss non military topics with the ones that i just mentioned…

@ZaHandle Жыл бұрын

Check his medieval videos

@dustybawls7085 Жыл бұрын

Who's side are you from? Swiss: no one's Indian: Everyone's

@rosswebster7877 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video Simple History! I’d love to see a companion piece video on Inter-war Shanghai with its jazz clubs, gangsters, spies and refugees.

@daivam.9442 Жыл бұрын

Since WW2 had ended, many post WW2 Japanese officers and soldiers stayed in Indonesia after Japan got nuked. Indonesian air force was established with the help of Japan and liberate us from the Dutch. Dutch simply hand over half of Indonesia except West Papua, which will be part of Indonesia in 1962 due to Operation Trikora.

@pavan923 Жыл бұрын

What is your opinion on west papua

@alexanderkarvos6728 Жыл бұрын

@@pavan923 They're good folks. But divided between the Pro-Governent and Pro-independece factions. Sadly both had been Brainwashed that they'll Punch each others' throats for what they stand for

@kenjiprasetijo1099 Жыл бұрын

@@pavan923 I Don't know men

@Im-fq1mn Жыл бұрын

🇮🇩🛡⚔＝Great The Dutch colonised Indonesia for 350 years. In the 12th century, an Indonesian king said, "From now on, white men will come to my country and torment us for hundreds of years. But one day the yellow man will come down from the sky and liberate us", he prophesied. In fact, Indonesian soldiers and the Jpn drove the Dutch out. This king's prophecy came true. I don't know much about Indonesian prophets, but they must have some great power

@pavan923 Жыл бұрын

@@daivam.9442 I dont have opinion on Hawaii because I am not American, I just asked to get opinion from average Indonesian

@prateektewari2780 Жыл бұрын

Also the Romani genocide by the Nazies is also less remembered

@MaxVonKreiger Жыл бұрын

I love the voice when you are saying Burma because I am from Myanmar (Burma)

@speed8347 Жыл бұрын

Why you have Ukraine flag though

@MaxVonKreiger Жыл бұрын

@@speed8347 I support Ukraine and against Russian military because Russian president offers weapons to Myanmar Juntas to eliminate all People Defense Force (PDF) in Myanmar.