National Archives video shows the final Japanese surrender in 1945.
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@condorboss33392 жыл бұрын
Interesting factoid: The Canadian representative signed on the wrong line, leading to a persistent urban legend that Canada was still at war with Japan decades later.
@AquaWeiner2 жыл бұрын
Xd lived in Canada all these years never learned about this
@taserrr2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he apologized :)
@ryaneye63472 жыл бұрын
@michael boultinghouse why is that?
@ryaneye63472 жыл бұрын
@michael boultinghouse who did we need military protection from? Losing British sovereignty was the greatest thing that's happened to Canada, along with winning the American-Canadian conflicts
@TheRealMartinDominik2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I spotted that when visiting Pearl Harbor
@genataylor4602 жыл бұрын
My older sister was born almost exactly nine months after this. I know how my parents celebrated.
@nick56677 Жыл бұрын
👉👌
@118Columbus Жыл бұрын
No that day your mom just swallowed the first round and then took the second round in her ass. It was the mailman the next day that impregnated her.
@tchitchouan6 ай бұрын
they had sex
@kwekuog78125 ай бұрын
How did they celebrate?
@jamesk61265 ай бұрын
@@kwekuog7812they had sex
@gordonames18923 жыл бұрын
My uncle Frank took the pictures of the Japanese surrender on the Missouri. He was General McArthurs personal photographer.
@dannyboy86253 жыл бұрын
Cool !!
@ColKorn19653 жыл бұрын
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@jesusjaviersicairos54213 жыл бұрын
Amazing, you uncle its one big men , one hero
@landocalrisianguitars3 жыл бұрын
Great! Cheers from Spain
@attilavidacs243 жыл бұрын
Are you able to backup your claims?
@genataylor4602 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the honor of being on that ship that day and seeing that horrible war finally come to an end.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын
Honor? I wonder what are your standard and ideas about this word.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
@@vittoriomarano8230 Honorable is a principle. An abstraction. The underworld is completely lacking in honor, talking out of all sides their mouths, so long as they're able to force a result for themselves. Their center is self. Eaten bread is immediately forgotten. Until the underworld learns that there is more to life then themselves, they won't be competitive with Overworld. Humanity is caught up in the middle of all of this, where none of that is allowed to exist to them because of the enforcement of the balance. They're is a balance between two invisible worlds. One has an arrow, another a Cross.
@lpatlau7024 Жыл бұрын
@@vittoriomarano8230 during war , what do you think Honor is ?
@mastershake9827 Жыл бұрын
@@vittoriomarano8230 we all have buttholes. Can't we all just fart into the wind and let be?
@bartschwartz92332 жыл бұрын
My great uncle said the fly over was the ultimate sign of defeat and lasted well over an hour and told to fly as low as possible to create the deafening sound as to never forget this victory at sea
@crocodile13132 жыл бұрын
I've read from high level US leaders that were there, that although the ceremony was formal and dignified, there was certainly no love lost between the US and Japanese. My grandfather, who fought in Europe to defeat the Germans, said that the war in Europe was oddly sort of business-like to the United States...but the war against Japan was personal.
@vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын
@@crocodile1313 imagine what kind of idiots from both sides 😅
@JohnSmith-vy7ck Жыл бұрын
@@crocodile1313 They did attack Pearl harbor
@catherinelw9365 Жыл бұрын
@@crocodile1313 The Western European theater was like a boxing match. The Pacific war was like a gutter knife fight.
@Cjinglaterra10 ай бұрын
All the WWII vets I knew (they're all dead now) had very different opinions of the enemy based on which theater they were in. I never met a European Theater vet who didn't respect the Germans. This includes the guy I knew who spent most of the war as a POW. He said they went hungry towards the end, but they were eating the same as their guards the whole time. On the other hand, everyone I ever talked to who fought the Japanese hated them to their dying day. I have heard that those who were involved in the occupation after the war and got to know the Japanese people were more sympathetic, but I never met any of them.
@eac12353 жыл бұрын
My grandfather who passed away last May at 96 was here for the surrender. However not on board the Missouri he was on a smaller boat and didn't see much until the 400 or so B 29s flew overhead along with 600 or more various aircraft. He said you couldn't possibly imagine how loud it was!
@vernwallen42462 жыл бұрын
This massive fly-over was too show the Japanese that they didn't make a mistake by surrendering.They would have been bombed back into the stone age.
@jeffclark78882 жыл бұрын
Great!
@organicgardener11122 жыл бұрын
@@vernwallen4246 Luckillly Japan is inhabited by Japanese not Pashtoons
@Americanpatriot-zo2tk2 жыл бұрын
Well I want to say thank you to your grandfather! If it weren’t for heroes like him we would enjoy the freedoms we have today!
@user-ed8wc1yr8s2 жыл бұрын
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@Cincinnatus18693 жыл бұрын
People should understand how much credit Macarthur deserves for helping Japan ease into the post war world. He understood the Japanese and his respect for their culture and history did a lot to make the transition successful and to assure they would recover quickly.
@Loulovesspeed2 жыл бұрын
@Spin the black circle - He even wrote the Constitution that they follow to this day! Yes, he deserves a great deal of credit for helping to rebuild and restructure our former enemy.
@vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын
@@Loulovesspeed you are not the World leaders anymore... accept it.
@Once_in_a_Lifetime Жыл бұрын
Truman had to back off his unconditional surrender demand after The Japanese would not surrender if anything was done to harm the emperor. Only then did they agree to surrender.
@stoggafllik Жыл бұрын
What do you mean? The US brought back the yakuza. They did not respect Japanese culture at all
@Razzle_Dazzle- Жыл бұрын
Even today many Japanese people still believe that their Emperor is God. The Japanese occupation went smoothly because of the cooperation between MacArthur and Hirohito
@CocoaBeachLiving3 жыл бұрын
The emotions of all the people who were there must have been, indescribable. Such a powerful moment.
@jimschnase3 жыл бұрын
My uncle was on one of the ships & watched it
@HVTV92 жыл бұрын
Well you killed children with atom bombs
@godmode47902 жыл бұрын
@@HVTV9 and they killed innocent people at Pearl Harbor who wasn’t even in war! If we were to face this situation again,we would do the same thing but this time we would drop two atom bombs in each city.
@HVTV92 жыл бұрын
@@godmode4790 🤣bro you just lost to taliban ! And what a humiliating way to lose ! Literally US begged tailban to let them leave
@godmode47902 жыл бұрын
@@HVTV9 bruh, We only send 13 thousand troops and you think we lost?🤣 That’s not even a fraction of our power.😂 With a snap of our finger we can turn Afghanistan to dust. They are alive only because of the civilians that these trrst are using as shield.💀
@russellmiller66092 жыл бұрын
Most people don't realize what a disgrace it was for the Japanese to come on our ship in thier harbor to sign the surrender document
@crocodile13132 жыл бұрын
Which, after the atrocities committed by some of the Japanese military, is exactly why MacArthur wanted it to be that way. He wanted them broke down, so they could be built up better.
@johnpatrick6998 Жыл бұрын
Good
@SilentTheorist_0173 ай бұрын
American might is unmatched
@nenadg36653 ай бұрын
@@SilentTheorist_017 Was... Maybe.
@AndresLeon-hz5qe3 ай бұрын
@@SilentTheorist_017Until today.
@johnetter76992 жыл бұрын
When Japan surrendered, my mother and my grandparents were grateful, because it meant no more suffering for them, all because of the arrogance of the few. Note: They were Japanese . And I am half Japanese and half American who followed my father's "footsteps " to serve in the United States Army. (My father began his service with the U.S. Army who ended his career with the U.S. Air Force).
@michaelpatterson87992 жыл бұрын
Much respect sir.
@jtonxbox14332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@Jeversonapilz2 жыл бұрын
Thinking with my boots I think that Japan can had saved all world against atomic bombs. Yes. Everybody could see the disaster in Hiroshima and Nagasaky. Buy all of you, please think. Without knowing this, in Cold War times maybe they had destroyd all. Sorry for poor English and hugs from Brazil.
@jtonxbox14332 жыл бұрын
@@Jeversonapilz depends on how you look at it? The US could have just made Russia work on their own bombs faster. Russia was already working on their own bomb though just nowhere near done at the time.
@user-ed8wc1yr8s2 жыл бұрын
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@kellykedsie32363 жыл бұрын
Amazing that we see this today as an interesting history video. When this film was shown for the first time in theaters in 1945, people's hearts exploded with indescribable joy and pride after four long years of war.
@endrizo3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the rothchilds celebra ted their billions earned funding both sides
@joegodbout83383 жыл бұрын
6 for everyone else 🙄 and somewhat longer for a few more.
@vedanandnarain99563 жыл бұрын
But so horrifying that thousands upon thousands of innocents including women and children had to die in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war. What a war crime. In a flash thousands, maybe over a 100,000 were incinerated. Complete destruction of 2 entire cities. Would that be an option today in similar circumstances.?
@kellykedsie32363 жыл бұрын
@@vedanandnarain9956 When you consider the human costs (military and civilian) of a land invasion for both sides, Japan's behavior concerning the treatment of American prisoners, brutality in Korea/China, and their "fight to the last man" mentality, Dropping the A-bombs were justified. Remember that Japan almost didn't surrender after the second bomb was dropped. Luckily, the Emperor got his way ending the war. Ultimately, you cannot compare today with yesterday. It was a different time. If you were an American adult in 1945, you wanted the Japanese to pay for Pearl Harbor and you wanted the American GIs to come home. They didn't have the benefit of hindsight and today's technologies.
@alperdue27043 жыл бұрын
@@vedanandnarain9956 Look at the number of civilian deaths throughout both European and Pacific theaters and the atomic bombs were a drop in the bucket.
@discover8543 жыл бұрын
No matter how expensive the fly over might be. It was a smart plan to cement any doubt within any elements of the Japanese Military that there was no way they could win. Imagine the sight of 1500 planes of different types flying over Tokyo Bay and the city.
@highwatercircutrider3 жыл бұрын
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう Americans love everything Japanese these days, we honor hard work, quality and our alliance with Japan.
@Hurricane04993 жыл бұрын
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@mikerice52983 жыл бұрын
Us made 325,000 war planes
@BOORAGG3 жыл бұрын
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう ?????????????
@Schultz983 жыл бұрын
@国君含垢こっくんがんこう don't worry, we love you guys now!
@sappypappy85952 жыл бұрын
0:39 Could you imagine how loud the cheers must have been in the theaters when these words flashed on the screen?
@jbjoeychic2 жыл бұрын
I Love how Mac gave General Wainwright the first pen of surrender. Wainwright was captured and suffered terrible humiliation at the hands of Japanese. Many thought that Wainwright should not have surrendered and simply fight on until the last man. It turns out with Roosevelts Europe first strategy that there was no support for Wainwright so he could fight on so he surrendered many men and felt alot of shame becuz of it. General MacArthur was not gonna allow him to feel bad too long as he gave Wainwrighta prestigious platform to witness Japanese capitulation. America was blessed with a great class of leaders born from 1880-1890...So many, so so many.
@gradyhernandez46992 жыл бұрын
They don't admit what really happened in Okinawa to the USA soldiers
@user-ed8wc1yr8s2 жыл бұрын
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@Longtack552 жыл бұрын
When was the Spanish American War?
@user-ed8wc1yr8s2 жыл бұрын
@@Longtack55 At the end of the war GHQ order The good history of Japan All erased Because I was afraid of Japan's resurrection. I Erased by GHQ Only history has been revived!
There is such a huge backstory to this. First, Macarthur sent out a request for the tallest members of the navy, army, and so on, to be present at this ceremony, because he wanted the Japanese to feel small. Second, each man that stands behind him is a former POW, and he gave each of them an ink pen from the signing of the surrender. He said he wanted them to be part of the ceremony, and he wanted the Japanese to surrender to not just him, but to those who they had captured. Third, every ship involved in this, were positioned to have their guns pointed toward Japan. Macarthur wanted Hirohito to understand that should he welsh on their surrender, that the Americans had no problem wiping them out.
@halfdome41587 ай бұрын
Great comment. Thank- you for detailing those facts. Too many people on here want to smooth everything over.
@spikespa52087 ай бұрын
Always gave it to Mac Arthur for not being too verbose in his remarks during the ceremony.
@sherrielee88716 ай бұрын
The ship’s guns were actually trained on the emperor’s palace.
@Sshooter4444 ай бұрын
what's your source for this "fact"?
@hermi89182 ай бұрын
Some time later Mcarthur would be "killed" upon discovering that the enemy was never the Axis countries but the Jews.....
@cecilwilson54423 жыл бұрын
My grandad was on the hms King George the 5th, in the Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender,, he was in the royal navy from 1936 until 1948,, navy reserve until 1953,, from Belfast,, northern Ireland,
@Arbeedubya3 жыл бұрын
Was he on KGV for the sinking of the Bismarck?
@morgs4563 жыл бұрын
My uncle was on kgv in late 45 too. I was on trenchant and talent myself
@miamaryra25063 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. God bless you all
@GeorgeEconomides18963 жыл бұрын
May his memory be Eternal 🙏
@laurieday34953 жыл бұрын
That's so cool!
@martinmcdonald88443 жыл бұрын
Not a cell phone in sight, everyone just enjoying the moment
@bencarlick98742 ай бұрын
Underrated comment
@jeffwoods98163 жыл бұрын
When visiting Pearl Harbor it was interesting to stand on this deck on the Missouri. You are in a way standing where WWII for the US started (Pearl Harbor) and ended (the deck of the Missouri) at the same time.
@edwardhale42943 жыл бұрын
I did that too
@michaelwalter33993 жыл бұрын
Almost like the experience of Wilmer McClean, whose home at Manasas, VA was involved in the first Battle of Bull Run. McClean subsequently moved to Appomattox Court House, purchasing the house where Lee and Grant eventually met to end the Civil War.
@danielheartfire6143 жыл бұрын
Must have been odd to stand on her decks and look over at the wreck of the Arizona. The beginning and the end for American involvement in the war.
@lorosamp80223 жыл бұрын
I did that too !!!✈️
@BazColne3 жыл бұрын
I can't help thinking, that was the whole point.
@bobbymoore92242 жыл бұрын
Gen. Douglas MacArthur : Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away. I remember as a boy watching his on TV funeral in 1964 and how inspired I was. An America we will never see again.
@sunking2001 Жыл бұрын
I've been on the Missouri (SF Fleet week) and stood right there where the surrender took place. What an historic place in our history!
@afellowamericanafellowamer5317 Жыл бұрын
I've never been on the Missouri but we took the tour of the Iowa. It's almost the same ship. I would recommend that tour to anyone, you won't be disappointed.
@TheRubberStudiosASMR4 ай бұрын
Same- people must have been the size of midgets back then because the deck was cramped as it was
@dougbrowne98902 ай бұрын
Got to see it when I was in Washington in 1980. Got to stand on the plaque, bolted to the wood deck, where the surrender was signed. God bless America.
@neil53073 жыл бұрын
I had a model of USS Missouri as a kid, from about 1967. I'm English. I was always amazed at how many main guns and side turrets it had. I would still recognise that ship anytime...and still do when I see it on TV.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@pherg4072 Жыл бұрын
Is that
@pherg4072 Жыл бұрын
Is. That ship still alive?
@arturonocete3588 Жыл бұрын
@@pherg4072 yes it’s in Hawaii and people visit it like a museum.
@annedejong1040 Жыл бұрын
last standing battle ship of USA till '80's
@tonya.19972 жыл бұрын
I like how Admiral Nimitz greeted General MacArthur as he boarded and proceeded to show respect and walk on his left side as General MacArthur was given the honor and respect of being on the right side while walking to the ceremony! God bless these awesome leaders we had!
@jameshepburn46312 жыл бұрын
@Tony A. That's when competence and ability were more important than 'diversity'. Also, as Admiral King noted "when the going gets really tough, they send for the sons of bitches". Nowadays the snowflakes would complain 'he's not nice'. The woke crowd would riot unless women, minorities, & LGBTQ+''s were the officers in commad. If we had the leadership then that we have now, things might have turned out different. Thank God we didn't.
@silverdrillpickle75962 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too. 👍
@Chiller01 Жыл бұрын
MacArthur reminds me of Montgomery as a leader, his self aggrandizement sometimes getting in the way of the broader strategic perspective. Nimitz reminds me a bit of Eisenhower. He was tactically even better as demonstrated at Midway but he also could work with a sometimes divergent command structure toward a broader strategic objective.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@janviljoen7001 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that too.
@ricardobrauliomorenoperea71633 жыл бұрын
The two men who are behind Mc Arthur when he sits down to sign, are former North American prisoners of the Japanese army, they were invited by Mc Arthur to witness the surrender in the front row, in fact he gives one of them the fountain pen with which I sign, as a historical relic
@jameshepburn46312 жыл бұрын
Ricardo has his information wrong. Of the two men standing behind MacArthur one is Wainwright (on the right) but on the left is British Lieutenant General Arthur Percival who became a POW after the February 1942 surrender of Singapore. Percival died in January 1966 having never been to North America.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@michael boultinghouse Yes I do , and if you look back at President Dwight D Eisenhower closing tv address he said to fear the military industrial complex . And if you look back at the money spent between 1965 - 1975 and the 57000 killed in action he was right , he knew the same thing was going on during Korean War as well. Industry will profit at any cost , whether it be in lives or spent dollars or countries damaged and destroyed. Human nature and greed go hand in hand and now that same complex is insuring that we the people are being forced to stay under control by cctv or covid jabs , one way or the other they will force us to do there bidding. Our government’s are corrupt because they control our so called politicians.
@anonanon7235 Жыл бұрын
it is very very important to have records of history. Video, photographs, signed treaties, etc. Over time, and generations, people tend to forget about what happened in the past and some countries start to re-write history.
@carlamemory7394 Жыл бұрын
My husband has a small B&W photo that his father took during the surrender proceedings. His father was on board a submarine there in Tokyo Harbor which was in turn tied up to a sub-tender. We've been told that a distant ship in the photo is the USS Missouri, but it is impossible to see any detail. It is a 120mm contact print (common in those days) and all of his negatives are long since gone. He didn't know that when the photo was taken that the surrender was actually underway until later in the day. The guys on the sub were surprised to see all the aircraft flying over a short time later. A few days later they were on their way back to Peral Harbor, and from there to San Diego, and from there thru the Panama Canal and ultimately to New York. He then caught an overland train back to San Diego to be discharged (weird that they didn't let him go when passing thru San Diego....but I guess nobody knew what to do next). At the end of the war there were so many enlisted soldiers, ships, boats, guns, radios, vehicles and various war machines and implements that it was almost overwhelming to know what to do with it all.
@BlueDawn1776 Жыл бұрын
Please consider submitting a copy of the photograph to the US National Archives. Your photographs will be available for research by historians, genealogists, and other researchers.
@Monitor2023 Жыл бұрын
Please show these photos in public. They are too valuable.
@afellowamericanafellowamer5317 Жыл бұрын
I have a library of old books, and I also have many old magazines. There are tons of ads for army surplus stuff. Not just guns and fighting gear, but everything you can think of and it's cheap.
@afellowamericanafellowamer5317 Жыл бұрын
@@Monitor2023 My dad was a radio operator 1st class in WWII. He always had a good eye for things. He bought a 35 mm camera in Europe. It was a Lieca. That's the rolls royce of cameras. He took some excellent photos during the water in the pacific and other places.
@Rick-du6vu Жыл бұрын
Could you imagine these great heroes seeing our beloved America today. Todays Democrat has done more damage this country than Japan ever did.
@JC-eq6is Жыл бұрын
My Dad was eighteen-years old, in the US Coast Guard serving as a fireman in the engine room of a ship called the Richardson on the day the Japanese surrendered. They were in the North Atlantic and had just received orders to proceed to the Panama Canal and across the Pacific in preparation for what was expected to be a D-Day like invasion of mainland Japan. I'll never forget how he cried when he told me as a teenager in the 1960s how a general alarm was sounded throughout the ship bringing hundreds of crew members and several thousand troops to attention, at which point the ship's commanding officer announced that the surrender had just taken place in Tokyo Bay and that the war was over. He said the whole ship went crazy, with men leaping in the air, laughing, crying, embracing each other, on their knees in prayer, and some just wandering around speechless with a dazed look in their eyes. Every bullet and every shell that was on that ship was fired into the air, and countless men were stripping off their weapons and military gear and flinging them overboard into the sea. The ship's Captain ordered cold beer for the entire crew and passengers, and the next day after they got the ship cleaned up and order was restored, a celebratory feast was served that everybody said was the most delicious and enjoyable meal they had ever had during their term of service. The entirety of General MacArthur's concluding comments on the deck of the USS Missouri, were as momentous and eloquent as the Gettysburg Address. When I was young, like many of the Baby Boom generation I failed to understand and appreciate what my Dad's generation contributed to mankind in WW2, the sacrifices that were made and the terrible price that was paid. Yet many of them, like my Dad, rarely spoke about it. They just went about restoring peace, compassionately helping those they had defeated to rebuild their nations, and making the world a better place for their children. Thank you Dad, may God bless you and may you rest in peace.
@seferino Жыл бұрын
Wow. Great story of your father life. 👏
@allanstriber5272 Жыл бұрын
Thnx for your dad's service... Allow me to enjoy the things I do... Forever greatful
@dicko70593 жыл бұрын
One of the sweetest moments at the signing ceremony, was General Percival signing the peace treaty whilst being watched by General Yamashita …. karma right ? he was hanged a year later now known as “ The Yamashita Standard” …. Knowing the history of these two men with the surrender of Singapore on 15th February 1942 and how “The Tiger of Malaya” treated the captured soldiers , with Gen Percival started his POW captivity in Changi then Formosa ( Taiwan) then Manchuria. General MacArthur made sure revenge was served on a cold plate by having Arthur Percival as number #2 at the signing in front of Yamashita “ Along with the other senior British captives above the rank of colonel, Percival was removed from Singapore in August 1942. First he was imprisoned in Formosa and then sent on to Manchuria, where he was held with several dozen other VIP captives, including the American General Jonathan Wainwright, in a prisoner-of-war camp near Hsian, about 100 miles (160 km) to the north east of Mukden. As the war drew to an end, an OSS team removed the prisoners from Hsian. Percival was then taken, along with Wainwright, to stand immediately behind General Douglas MacArthur as he confirmed the terms of the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.[80] Afterwards, MacArthur gave Percival a pen he had used to sign the treaty.[81] Percival and Wainwright then returned together to the Philippines to witness the surrender of the Japanese army there, which in a twist of fate was commanded by General Yamashita. Yamashita was momentarily surprised to see his former captive at the ceremony; on this occasion Percival refused to shake Yamashita's hand, angered by the mistreatment of POWs in Singapore. The flag carried by Percival's party on the way to Bukit Timah was also a witness to this reversal of fortunes, being flown when the Japanese formally surrendered Singapore back to Lord Louis Mountbatten. “ Thanks Wikipedia
@jameshepburn46312 жыл бұрын
@Dicko Many of the older people in Singapore who experienced the Japanese occupation personally were still bitter 45 years later toward Japanese because of the unprovoked cruelty the Japanese displayed. The huge Ang Mo Kio "new town" complex up upper Thomson Road translates to Red Hair Bridge, named for the dead British, Aussie, and other non- Asian dead soldiers who were tossed in a big ditch in S'pore by the Japanese. The death rate among POW's was horrendous due to total abuse of and no medical care for prison camp captives by the Japanese, who of course announced they would only follow Geneva Convention rules "with necessary changes".
@odysseusrex5908 Жыл бұрын
I'm confused, was Yamashita present at both the Tokyo and Philippine ceremonies?
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@Razzle_Dazzle- Жыл бұрын
General Yamashita was not present in Missouri. He had been in the Philippines since 1943 and never returned to Japan. He was executed in the Philippines in 1946
@williammorris584 Жыл бұрын
Nice story, except that Yamashita was not present.
@1001780209592 жыл бұрын
A friend of our family Eddie Worth was one of the photographers, he showed me all his original prints, even at a young age I was fascinated by it.
@dasker209w52 жыл бұрын
Cappin
@dannycalley77772 жыл бұрын
A.C. ...............you just new it was History right before your eyes ????
@user-ds8mg2nv7v2 жыл бұрын
🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲Death to you and criminal America
@mikebryant2582 жыл бұрын
My Father was on staff of McArthur, my Mother joined him in Tokyo in 1946, and my sister and I were both born there in a military hospital. We returned stateside when the Korean War broke out
@simongleaden28643 жыл бұрын
This happened on my father's 18th birthday. He was called up for service in the British Royal Navy a few months later. He was fortunate not to have to face the dangers of war.
@remycallie3 жыл бұрын
My father was 24 when this happened and he served in the Philippines. Then he came home and helped to make all us boomers. :)
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@l8tbraker3 жыл бұрын
Fun facts: One of the two Japanese signers of the instrument, Yoshijirō Umezu, was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was personally ordered by Emperor Hirohito to sign the instrument of surrender on behalf of the armed forces on September 2, 1945 and was thus the Army's senior representative during the surrender ceremonies on the battleship USS Missouri, officially ending World War II.After the war he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1949. The other signer was Mamoru Shigemitsu, a civilian who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. After the war, he was convicted at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for waging "an aggressive war." He was paroled in 1950.
@jameshepburn46312 жыл бұрын
The tradition in Japan is that Umezu only was in the surrender separation because of Emperor Hirohito's direct order. Umezu had yelled at Admiral Toyoda " you go, you lost the war" because of the Japanese Navy's major loss in the Leyte Gulf including Admiral Halsey's "Bull's Run".
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@daviddhulst15132 жыл бұрын
I have a great uncle that was in charge of the translation of the surrender papers. He was appointed by J Egdar Hoover to be in charge of all translations from the Japanese during the war.
@UnitAlir Жыл бұрын
The white supremacist?
@rappcom7 ай бұрын
The Japanese man with the black top hat to the far right at 3:12 said in an interview some 30 years later, during the 1970's, that he was standing there looking around at all the many U.S troops lining the ship, all the airplanes flying above and the vastness of the Battleship Missouri, saying he wondered how in the world we (the Japanese) ever thought we could win a war against all of this manpower and might. He found the whole experience that day to be overwhelming.
@jakim20203 ай бұрын
Despite of all the bad things that came from that war, it helped Japanese discover that their strength belong to industries not war. They later ruled the world in terms of industries. A huge lesson to them " never start a war you can't fight".
@argustuft23943 ай бұрын
No. What Toshikzu Kase said in episode 24 of The World at War was that he looked at all the different uniforms of the Allied power representatives from the US, Russia, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, Holland, China, etc who were lined up to sign the surrender document and wondered how Japan thought it could win against "all those nations." He wasn't in awe of how star spankily wonderful 'Murican power was. Do try to get it right. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7-Direivs_Ocpc.html
@hoodatdondar26642 жыл бұрын
“Did we lose?” “No, they have fallen for my cunning plan to capture the battleship Missouri.”
@jordanmorris58272 жыл бұрын
As soon as they take it they would've instantly been destroyed. What you don't see is the hundreds of American and Allied Naval ships that were also in Tokyo Bay at the surrender ceremony. I believe it was one of the largest fleets to be assembled in history.
@gaylordc-ops74732 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmorris5827 and what you don’t see is that HooDat DonDar was making a joke.
@ttop23852 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmorris5827 it's called a joke loosen up lol
@jordanmorris58272 жыл бұрын
@@ttop2385 My comment was being humorous to. Do you really think I thought OP was serious?. Maybe you should loosen up.
@ttop23852 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmorris5827 my comment was just a joke too take it easy and Don't forget to loosen up a bit there bud.
@lisasimmons53623 жыл бұрын
Some moments in history just leave me absolutely speechless. And some footage, particularly that of D-Day, makes me weep utterly. It is because of the Greatest Generation that future generations including mine were born into a free country. I can't possibly thank those dear soldiers enough.
@a1chemist13 жыл бұрын
Contrasting with that is the present head of our country, who honestly does not know where he’s at. He has handlers who tell him what to say and do.
@Loulovesspeed2 жыл бұрын
@Lisa Simmons - You are absolutely correct in your statement. I am an older American who was fortunate enough to visit The American Cemetery at Normandy. It had the strongest emotional impact on me that I ever experienced. I said to my Sister, who was with me, that every American, old, young, male and female should see this incredible final resting place of 9,000 young American boys who made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us today and in the future. They would realize the cost of freedom is extremely high!
@islandborn14572 жыл бұрын
🙏
@juliandanieljimenezkrause78022 жыл бұрын
... and after a few generations born in peace and abundance, we are messing it up again with self-destruction and lack of any vision or ambition.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@tonytheabc3 жыл бұрын
Today, Japanese ppl love mcdonald's. And American ppl love eating sushi. that's the answer!!!
@miltonruela42173 жыл бұрын
Kkkk
@charlesvan133 жыл бұрын
There must be something better American culture has offered them. I eat sushi for lunch all the time, but have to be really desperate to go to McDonalds.
@sethmorgan82583 жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself. Sushi is disgusting.
@tankman13203 жыл бұрын
@@sethmorgan8258 well no one cares about what you think
@sethmorgan82583 жыл бұрын
@@tankman1320 and no one cares what u think. Mic drop
@cl5703 жыл бұрын
That's the thing that always stuns me, instead of MacArthur choosing to reign with terror over Japan, he liberated them. From all we've been through, we instead chose to keep the peace in spite of all the horrible things both sides did, primarily the Japanese Imperial Army in Asia. There's a reason the Japanese outpaced the American automotive industry a few decades later, he set them up for success.
@TeachUBusiness3 жыл бұрын
Came out very differently with Soviets....
@admiralcraddock4643 жыл бұрын
No, we set ourselves up for failure
@rogerout74983 жыл бұрын
He even wrote their constitution.. They've done well for themselves not having a population armed to the teeth.
@Hurricane04993 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKemmNOk2Kjbqo1g.html
@joseftullen63723 жыл бұрын
He was similar to Washington. Washington did not want to be president for life.
@sandyblue42352 жыл бұрын
This is awesome to be able to see this in 2022. Wish I'd found this when daddy was still alive he fought the Japanese in the phillipines
@sandyblue42352 жыл бұрын
My dadfought this war
@AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi3 ай бұрын
This is the final surrender document being signed for all of Japan's forces. Yes, August was the surrender and supposed cease of hostilities, but the official signing was September of 1945.
@pitsnipe55593 жыл бұрын
Recently learned one of my uncles was aboard Missouri watching the ceremony.
@psychedelicpython3 жыл бұрын
That’s really interesting.
@saltedjester44583 жыл бұрын
They must’ve been really tall
@ukeboy91343 жыл бұрын
Where? 😀😀😀😀
@casualobserver31453 жыл бұрын
Wow! Also aboard the USS Missouri that day were both the father & grandfather of Sen. John McCain. Adm. John “Slew” McCain Sr. and his son, Cdr. John S. McCain Jr., a submarine skipper witnessed the surrender ceremonies. Adm. McCain Sr. would pass on just 4 days later on September 6th at age 61.
@maks88913 жыл бұрын
Wow🐴
@frankpitochelli67863 жыл бұрын
This news clip is amazing to see right here on KZfaq anytime one wishes to see it. One of the most historic events of our modern times. Now Japan is one of our better allies and economic traders in the world.!!
@Katarinarabbit3 жыл бұрын
Its weird how both countries are still technically occupied but I guess that’s how it goes for countries who kill scores upon scores of people
@TheEdwardrommel3 жыл бұрын
Japan and Germany and Italy all became great allies and members of Nato or other organizations. It just goes to show that people can change!
@twisterwiper3 жыл бұрын
@@TheEdwardrommel But mostly because they are all people of reason. Which is why many Muslim countries will never thrive unless supported by foreign petro dollars.
@edwardhayes61113 жыл бұрын
@@TheEdwardrommel Probably because we were so generous in peacetime and let them up easy. A good record to establish. I would not call Germany or Japan “occupied” Not for more than 50-60 years or more.
@soran272 жыл бұрын
same with Germany. I guess the lesson is: declare war on the US, sacrifice a generation, then profit?!?!
@edwardharrison97143 жыл бұрын
I watch this mostly to see General Wainwright being recognized for his outstanding bravery in the face of insurmountable odds
@will19909153 жыл бұрын
So letting more man die in Philippine is more honorable action? surrender is not an unacceptable action, I would think this is a heroic act by a General as well.
@flyingtigerline3 жыл бұрын
Abandoned by Dugout Doug.
@BOORAGG3 жыл бұрын
@@will1990915 He fought hard and well against impossible odds. He was as heroic as Percival was stupid. He was there to fight NOT TO SURRENDER. He only did so, at last, to spare his last men. I know that is hard for modern generations to understand.
@BOORAGG3 жыл бұрын
@@flyingtigerline MacArthur was ordered to Australia by Roosevelt.
@cremebrulee47593 жыл бұрын
It was a difficult decision, but it saved lives.
@MrMattstearns Жыл бұрын
I new someone on the ship that day, he worked in the boiler room. I loved talking to him he had some incredible stories. One story he told me that it was common knowledge that Halsey said he was going to Japan to ride the emperor's horse. It got back to the homeland and someone from Nevada sent him a Golden saddle to be used when he got there. He put it out for the crew to see and got in serious trouble since they were trying to negotiate Japan's surrender.
@DistantEarlyWarning8 ай бұрын
*knew
@jcoats1502 жыл бұрын
Dad was at Okinawa, Sunday, 1 April, 1945, USS New Kent. Uncle Bill, Iwo Jima, 5th Marines. God brought them home. We are blessed. God Bless America.
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@rickchollett Жыл бұрын
My uncle was there too. He passed last year and despised the Japanese his whole life. After Okinawa he said the "Japs didn't have souls" because of the things he saw.
@thomthumbe3 жыл бұрын
My father was on a submarine which was docked to a sub-tender nearby the signing.
@snuggles033 жыл бұрын
What an awesome name “Chester Nimitz” - with a name like that you’d have to be a general.
@snuggles033 жыл бұрын
@Skylab 5691 ohhhh, my mistake
@joeyfitz93 жыл бұрын
Good name for a class of aircraft carriers, as well.
@snuggles033 жыл бұрын
@@joeyfitz9 sure is
@michaelh4943 жыл бұрын
And in 1975, the lead ship in what is the “Nimitz” class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers entered service with the US navy, It is still in service although soon to be replaced by a new “Ford” class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, i believe the new USS John F. Kennedy. There were 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers built. The USS Nimitz was the second nuclear powered aircraft carrier built for the US navy almost some 15 years after the very first nuclear carrier, the USS Enterprise entered service in 1961.
@nandolopes98973 жыл бұрын
Well ... I am not sure, to me "nimitz" sounds like a sneeze, a quick sneeze.
@weirdshibainu3 жыл бұрын
Class move that Wainwright received the first pen.
@LS-he9xb2 жыл бұрын
History of the Japanese government at that time was quite interesting to say the least. The atrocities committed by their military personnel were quite soulless which I suppose you can say is a strong soldier. Practicing your sword skills on pregnant women while opening their womb and then spearing their unborn is less than honorable and simply defined the animals that were created.
@gnggng.2 жыл бұрын
It was a war on racial annihilation, The Germans view the Russians as an inferior race, the Japanese view the Chinese as an inferior race. Now the Russians and the Chinese are allies and are very aggressive in their own spheres. Now that is an interesting political development.
@willywonka5212 жыл бұрын
100% correct
@honedrazorblade2 жыл бұрын
Western nations were no less checkered in their slaughter of native peoples in their conquests of lands they now govern, and today espouse the killing of the unborn up till birth by making it a right under the garb of women's health. Pretty shameless I should say trying to preach to the world.
@honedrazorblade2 жыл бұрын
@Wehrmacht_BearIi I too hope so
@budmcneely15712 жыл бұрын
there are psychos on both sides. our people commit atrocities on battle field and unfortunately some spread killer weapons in our own countries to wipe out innocent people.
@budmcneely15712 жыл бұрын
unconditional surrender meant that the Japanese must become a democracy.. the US work in Japan worked. Japan became a democracy and a much better nation internationally. good work USA.
@SuperBigblue193 жыл бұрын
The first Japanese guy in uniform who signed was later to be a convicted war criminal. Died in prison of butt cancer 4yrs later.
@danrook57573 жыл бұрын
Watts his name.?
@SuperBigblue193 жыл бұрын
@@danrook5757 General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff
@pkerry122 жыл бұрын
this is truely amazing how civilisized this is.
@markpedroza72943 жыл бұрын
Admiral Nimitz is resting comfortably at The Golden Gate (Military) National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA
@jesusjaviersicairos54213 жыл бұрын
Chester nimitz , Forrever , USS misouri togueter , increídible , the legends amazing
@kenkelble3583 жыл бұрын
thank you for your comments.
@user-zk1no9pj7x Жыл бұрын
A Japanese friend of mine told me that in 1945 (at the end of the war) his grandparents were not afraid of the Americans but of the revenge of the Russians and the Chinese.
@Sshooter4444 ай бұрын
they should have been afraid, they were no less brutal than the Nazis
@hoodatdondar2664 Жыл бұрын
Like the fact that the Soviets are there - they did nothing here until the first atomic bomb was dropped, then they jumped in and attacked defeated Japan to tear scraps off the Imperial carcass. This jackal- like behaviour is similar to Mussolini attacking France and seizing Nice, after Hitler had already beaten it.
@artificialintelligence832819 күн бұрын
Did nothing? They were fighting the bulk of the German army for most of the war. 75-80% of the German Army and SS were killed in the Eastern front. And the Western allies got Stalin to promise to declare war on Japan by 3 months after Germany surrendered. The USSR declared war precisely 3 months after. The Red Army utterly smashed the large Kwantung Army that remained in Manchuria in record time, despite the rough mountainous terrain and immense size of Manchuria, which is larger than Ukraine. The Chinese army (NRA) in 1945 was in an extremely poor position against the Japanese, despite Allied success in every other conceivable front and the Japanese homeland being bombed to bits. The Red Army was the reason the remaining Japanese troops on China would have been crushed if they chose not to surrender, and certainly Japanese commanders in China were adamant against surrender before the Soviets took Manchuria because of how little threat the NRA was. Then there's the Japanese hope of Soviet mediated peace between Japan and other Allies, which became obviously impossible when they declared war. This final factor is considered by at least 8 historians (Americans and Japanese) to contribute to the Japanese decision to surrender.
@anthonysoriano58473 жыл бұрын
Not that I feel bad for the Japanese or Germans in WW2 but man that must be rough to have your country in ruins then have to sign a document confirming you got your ass kicked
@TesterBoy3 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that US and her allies help build up those countries better than they were before!
@tomsampson80843 жыл бұрын
@@TesterBoy That is sadly true. It was primarily the US.
@inigobantok15793 жыл бұрын
You reap what you sow mate
@lukedaniell3 жыл бұрын
Losing is supposed to taste like a sh*t taco.
@borisbobbington32343 жыл бұрын
Especially so for the Japanese. Their culture dictates that surrender is the height of dishonor and shame. That’s why it took two atomic bombs to end it.
@justonecornetto803 жыл бұрын
Toshikazu Kase who was the third Japanese representative in morning dress to board the Missouri, once said that he spent the entire surrender ceremony he looked around at all of the representatives of the allied powers and thought how the hell did Japan ever think it could beat all of these countries. Kase also happened to be Yoko Ono's uncle and lived until 2004.
@rcbuck042 жыл бұрын
MURDEROUS
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@knoz5688 Жыл бұрын
They actually came close at times which is unbelievable
@kamxam1384 Жыл бұрын
@@knoz5688 Only way they could have come close was for the US to give up the fight. And with the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was no way that was going to happen. The US had 10X the production capacity of Japan. Japan was looking for a quick war where the US would give up and let them keep what they conquered. Once that didn't happen it was inevitable that Japan would lose eventually.
@catherinelw9365 Жыл бұрын
@@knoz5688 Early 1942. But that was turned around at Midway.
@oldvet7547 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine the overwhelming relief felt by the sailors, soldiers, marines, and airmen that the war was over and they were going to Ive.
@ronjones9447 Жыл бұрын
Going home, start their lives. Marry and have children. Wonderful
@handel11114 ай бұрын
then the Korean War happened
@erolgenlik49222 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this one of the most important times of world history.....
@vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын
... wtf the most important? 😂😂😂
@erolgenlik4922 Жыл бұрын
@@vittoriomarano8230 In 1945 this was most important event,.....if no meaning for you, than stay away do not even bother to watch or talk...
@JohannGambolputty222 жыл бұрын
If you ever visit Pearl Harbor it’s imperative you visit the USS Missouri. Might Mo! You can stand on the very spot of their signing of the surrender. It gives you chills.
@jimlackie1814 жыл бұрын
In the original video clips of the signing it shows the Japanese boarding the USS Missouri and the first Japanese aboard goes to shake a Naval officers hand. The officer refuses his hand and tells him to move along. That part has been cut out from all the clips I've seen on utube. History cleansing at it's finest.
@forgottenartist363 жыл бұрын
that officer is so mad at the japanese i guess
@redriot87563 жыл бұрын
They just had the most brutal war in history, I probably wouldn't be ok with it either.
@xKaylaaxD3 жыл бұрын
@@redriot8756 I get that 100%
@ge26233 жыл бұрын
GOOD for that officer!
@user-xg8op2lv7v3 жыл бұрын
The bottom line.All Countries that participated in that terrible war is guilty.Unhuman torturing, Atomic bombs,raping,criminal acts. GOD will make this pay.Does not matter who you are.Thats the most scary part.
@eleazarmilka55963 жыл бұрын
I realized if we're only holding pen and paper, there would be no war
@conservativedemocracyenjoyer3 жыл бұрын
Maybe, just upwards of a hundred million dead Chinese and Russians
@Strato133 жыл бұрын
THAT America was, IS, insurmountably stronger than what we've become.
@ingurlund96573 жыл бұрын
You are ruled by your implacable enemies. The people you saved in WW2 turned round and destroyed you and Europe too.
@zomcom113 жыл бұрын
@@ingurlund9657 Lol. Delusional.
@zomcom113 жыл бұрын
Sounds pretty anti-American to me.
@wolfgangholtzclaw26372 жыл бұрын
Some say MacArthur was slighted by fighting in the Pacific Theater as opposed to the Europe First initiative. But I must say, in taking the final surrender of WWII, it gives MacArthur much prestige as a combat leader. You have heard it said from times of old: "He who laughs last, laughs best".
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@OctPSfever Жыл бұрын
Even in 1950 Korean war he successfully upmoved to all the way North Korea from Incheon landing. It was stupid US president, who told him to end the war.
@uzmamajid96112 жыл бұрын
My father was a cameraman when this agreement was signed and we still have that camera..
@darksith75103 жыл бұрын
Filipino is proud of you general mc arthur thank you 🙏
@billbusen2 жыл бұрын
I was happy to see that the surrender was printed on parchment from our Filipino friends (now allies).
@oneeyedman99 Жыл бұрын
This whole video reminds me of Eisenhower's response when asked if he had served under McArthur: "not only did I serve, I studied dramatics under him."
@MelanieAF Жыл бұрын
Lol
@marklivingstone371022 күн бұрын
Or MacArthurs comment to his wife when Eisenhower became President, that he’d make a good President, he was the best damn clerk whoever worked for me.
@emeraldbreeze52044 ай бұрын
The people of the world don't know that the US military indiscriminately massacred approximately 500,000 Japanese civilians during World War II. The top three prefectures for the number of deaths of Japanese citizens due to indiscriminate air raids by the Allied Forces are as follows: ★ Tokyo 146,597 people ★ Due to incendiary bombs ★ Hiroshima Prefecture 142,572 people ★ Due to atomic bomb ★ Nagasaki Prefecture 75,520 people ★ Due to atomic bomb Incidentally, from February 13 to 15, 1945, at the end of World War II, Allied forces indiscriminately bombed the eastern German city of Dresden, but the death toll in Dresden was only about 25,000.
@ron883034 ай бұрын
Most people in the world hardly know about WW2 at all. And to call them indiscriminate is dishonest, or maybe to be more kind, intellectually lazy.
@garywiseman50803 ай бұрын
Approximately 1000 humans died every hour, 24 hours a day, every day for more than 5 years. May we never see anything like this again.
@user-ou3dm6th3x2 ай бұрын
My uncle, a writer for Stars and Stripes was on the Missouri writing about it. My dad, his brother said my uncle was on Iwo Jima and Okinawa documenting the battles. He would talk about the signing of the surrender, but not Iwo Jima or Okinawa.
@maxwellfan553 жыл бұрын
Spare no sympathy for the Japanese and their policy of the savagest brutality during WW2. This a stern lesson of how the bully can only be beaten when one has the power and resolve to stand up and overcome them.
@AlexanderJScheu3 жыл бұрын
maxwellfan55 - please read - real - history.. brutality of Japanese Soldiers, the Superiority of Japan-Soldier - in relationship of 'Fighting Moral was: 1-to-12 for JAPAN!!! US-Soldiers have no fight moral as Individuum, US-needs Aircraft w/Bombs,rockets, Chemical-Agent -Orange like in Vietnam, Artillery etc. after finish - then - are coming the Heroes like US-Hollywood-Movies.. Did you ever think about US-Atom-Bombs over Japan or - very simple - the brave US-Soldiers used 'Flamethrouwer against Soldiers !! Why - did USA - never win a war; see Korea Vietnam, Afghanistan, Somalia, etc . pp. !?! America never did learn by war, but You are not alone, same most other Countries too.. Thank's for attention,
@maxwellfan553 жыл бұрын
@@AlexanderJScheu Your comment insults ALL those who suffered death, torture, needless deprivation at the hands of Japanese brutality and overt disregard toward mankind. Let's not mince words. ANY defence of such a policy of inhumanity by making comparisons or declaring the "superiority" of the Japanese soldier (or any soldier) by way of defence renders you the same in mind. Bow your head in shame, start to think about what you are writing, and learn. Being young or immature as you appear to be, is no excuse either. End.
@GeorgeVreelandHill Жыл бұрын
If you start a war, then don't complain how it ends.
@saeidkharrat4397 Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTE MILITARY RESPECT WAS DONE BY AMERICAN PERSONNELS TO JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GROUP. AMAZING
@danielg.1707 Жыл бұрын
Almost 80 years after, and we haven't learned anything.
@catherinelw9365 Жыл бұрын
That's because current generations don't know any history.
@TheMichaelBeck Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather served in WWI and my grandfather lied about his age to join the Army TWO YEARS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR and served in the Air Force for 28 years. He was an aircraft maintenance chief and aviation engineer in the Pacific theatre. My great uncle was a seaman on the battleship Missouri on the deck when this surrender ceremony took place. If they were alive to see what he who's name I spit and his cult of hate have done to our democracy, they'd handle it the way they did during WWII. A trial and a rope. To all my fellow veterans, do not bow down to an orange Benito Mussolini wannabe and let those who fought and died before us have their service and sacrifice squandered. Cheers from America.
@gordonames18922 жыл бұрын
My uncle Frank took these pictures of the Japanese surrender on board the USS MISSOURI. He was General McArthurs personal photother. He served on McArthurs staff till McArthur was released from duty by President Truman.
@Dan-gg8fk Жыл бұрын
When asked what we now have. Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic if we can keep it". And Regan said that "We are never more than a generation away from losing it". With all that is going on today, I think we're in trouble. God save the union.
@SashaPomeranian3 жыл бұрын
"..were printed by the army on a rare parchment found in a basement in ravaged Manila..."
@skymaster47437 ай бұрын
Everything about this surrender ceremony was symbolic.
@Cha-y4124 ай бұрын
My Uncle Jim stood the deck of the USS Astoria cl90 and watched the surrender live. An 18 year old gunners mate on the Astoria was in fierce combat in the Pacific , 13 confirmed Kamakazi kills, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, bombardment of Japanese home Islands. What a life all before age 19.
@tombasye10162 жыл бұрын
That Day Will Never Be Forgotten For All The Great American People, Plus For Many, Many Other Veteran's In Wonderful Country's Around The World Too.
@HesTNTonPMS Жыл бұрын
hardly anyone today even knows anything about this , but they should, perhaps they would not be so willing to want to squander their freedom and perhaps they would be more appreciative
@kevinhoward95933 жыл бұрын
I read a book called "Dog fight over Tokyo". It tells the story of the last 4 casualties of the war. (actually they were killed AFTER Japan surrendered). Good book.
@kdfulton31523 жыл бұрын
Are we supposed to be wrong with your comment that they were killed after the surrender? Because what happened to our soldiers in Europe were nothing compared to the what the Japanese did to our men in the Pacific Theater!
@morgs4563 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton uploaded a good vid on here about the last Luftwaffe dog fights in ww2
When the battleship USS Missouri was in mothballs in Bremerton Washington, I went to pay my respects. The `16-inch guns are so awesome and big, I could only walk around on the top deck. Eventually, I found the plates attached to the deck where the peace treaty was signed. This brought chills to my mind, wow to think where I was standing and what history.
@edwalker83753 жыл бұрын
It is OK , the USA loves Japan. A great alliance now - the USA and Japan!! Amen!!
@SoloWolf-ze7uf3 жыл бұрын
Yes a radioactive love
@KT-ln8em3 жыл бұрын
Bullshit they took our jobs 😒
@TV-qz3bc3 жыл бұрын
@@KT-ln8em "our job"?! what is that?
@jonnysupreme2 жыл бұрын
@@KT-ln8em "Day tuk arr juubs''
@miks_w89452 жыл бұрын
@@KT-ln8em just like you took native american lands.
@Fugazinome3 жыл бұрын
We were at the top of the world back then,sadly,we pissed it away.
@svendoleh.poulsen29793 жыл бұрын
Maybe you are bit hard on yourself?! I pressume you are american?! If so you should know at that friendships were forged in that war. We dont forget your efforts. Even though you might not by now be at the top of the world. At least not alone 😊
@Fugazinome3 жыл бұрын
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 Your and your country‘s friendship is certainly appreciated.On the other hand, Russia and China became enemies ,at least in as much as they are undermining our efforts ,whenever and wherever it’s possible.Be that political,economic,or military,their actions are inimical to US interest .Ironically,Japan and to a good extent Germany, are much more amicable.I know that self-interest drives each country,but Russia and China are outright hostile.
@union3103 жыл бұрын
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 America has never been on top of the world.......period
@svendoleh.poulsen29793 жыл бұрын
@@union310 A matter of opinion I guess. In the immediate post-ww2 USA was by far the most influential power on Earth. Not everything went the american way though. Some problems were handled quite cumsy - the Vietnam war was a major failure in judgement. In many ways the americans were noobs in foreign affairs. But still: full of optimism and idealism. And believing in pax-americana.
@union3103 жыл бұрын
@@svendoleh.poulsen2979 America has ruled nothing but itself , even then ....not very well
@jeffreyallen96263 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest days in world history!🙏❤🇺🇸🗽
@union3103 жыл бұрын
Funny that statue you posted, the idea was started by french masons as a gift , the money raised my masons then then the scottish and english provide the stone to mount it on because americans didn't want it. Now look at you
@DustinPlatt Жыл бұрын
Just got done watching The Pacific and Band of Brothers for the 5th time, always come to KZfaq to learn more about the war.
@bradengoertzen42597 ай бұрын
The crew members chosen to be abord the deck were all over 6ft to show dominance over the short japanese.
@S62bhas2 жыл бұрын
one of my father's uncles was a POW in the Burma Conflict for the British Army Greatly Missed
@benkeel29662 жыл бұрын
I was in the Marines in the late 80's. I was in Iwakuni and dated a Japanese girl. She was 30, I was 19. She told me her family got reparations from the US Government every month because her grandparents were in Nagasaki when it was bombed. Unreal
@Paul1958R2 жыл бұрын
Either she was wrong or you mis-heard. The US never paid reparations to any Japanese citizens. The US government did pay reparations to _American_ citizens of Japanese decent who were put in 'internment camps' in the US during the war.
@JessicaRodrigues-dp8te Жыл бұрын
@@Paul1958RFrom what I know of Americans, I think they are too proud for that, although they may consider me pro American
@James-ov9rh Жыл бұрын
A time in history that will never be forgotten
@steamon2 Жыл бұрын
A chap I worked with was there at that time and a senior officer told a rating to remove a sword from one of the uniformed Japanese officers saying “ there not coming on board this ship armed” I hope the story is correct
@ajtaylor80166 ай бұрын
My maternal grandfather was present as a radar operator on an attack transport (USS Whiteside). He was a real so-and-so, and kind of never really happy after the War, but hell if I was 21 when I saw this I'm not totally sure anything could top it.
@yurieu58723 жыл бұрын
Japan should be happy, imagine signing soviet papers and making deal with soviets.
@alexg.m.1373 жыл бұрын
Hiroshima and Nagasaki made them really happy and delighted with american treatment. What a dumbass!
@yurieu58723 жыл бұрын
@@alexg.m.137 I think the US should have bombed some bridge or airfield, not a town. The innocent lives didn't deserve this.
@Loulovesspeed3 жыл бұрын
@@yurieu5872 That is a noble thought, but the brutal reality of war doesn't work that way. The Japanese would have never surrendered if we only nuked bridges and fields. Do you realize that the American B-29 bombers dropping incendiary bombs on Tokyo killed 3 times the people that the 2 H bombs did? More than 300,000 people were killed by fire bombing Tokyo. The Japanese military was quite good at murdering civilians too. They killed some 300,000 + innocent civilians in Nanking, China over a 2 to 3 week period. They beat, raped and then savagely murdered thousands of Chinese women. They went into hospitals and killed everyone....Doctors, Nurses, aids, patients. What an incredible contrast to the very respectable people they are today.
@yurieu58723 жыл бұрын
@@Loulovesspeed That is why it's a different culture, and look on how respectable they are today as an NATO ally
@giancarlopegoraro40243 жыл бұрын
How incredible, I was born only 7 years later and only in school they taught me in a soft manner about the war.... The truth of so many human beings killed was quite different.
@BOORAGG3 жыл бұрын
What 'truth' is that? And remember you were a child..........that is often forgotten by many teachers today.
@joseftullen63723 жыл бұрын
It's awesome hearing all that is written here. I'm not alone in my love of history or my country. Some of what I've read has brought me to tears. In the early 80's I stood on the deck of the Missouri in Bremerton Washington. My brother pointed off into the distance to a Carrier at anchor. USS Hornet. It plucked the Apollo 11 crew from the Pacific. My brother in law's father flew in one of the planes that photographed Hiroshima after the bombing. I guess he probably ate in the same mess hall as the crew of the Enola Gay. My brother and I also were on top of Tower One in Lower Manhattan in 78 looking over at the Statue of Liberty. By chance I crossed paths with President Clinton in 94. Shook his hand. He didn't look me in the eye.. John Glenn was next to him. Even though I'm a space buff, I didn't shake his hand. Once you press the flesh of a sitting president, you can't get any higher. No pun intended.
@Loulovesspeed2 жыл бұрын
@Josef Tullen - That's just what Monica Lewinsky said! Lol
@joseftullen63722 жыл бұрын
@@Loulovesspeed lol!
@ericwilson6994 Жыл бұрын
7 nation satanic army.... surrender.... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute 'Military Advantage' We run Montana -Allies Chief of Police -Michael Faith
@hextoken Жыл бұрын
Having this moment on film is incredible
@gvalley072 ай бұрын
The Japanese are great people. I worked for a Japanese-owned company here in the US. They couldn't have been nicer or more generous to me as an employee. Sad we had to go to war with each other during WWII. Peace.