How the Soviets Blitzed Japan in WW2

How the Soviets Blitzed Japan in WW2 | Animated History

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@jackfish3792 2 жыл бұрын

@kgb1780 2 жыл бұрын

Joe?

@ashman8891 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on the WW2 Burma campaign and/or the exploits of the Chindits. The forgotten war shouldn't stay that way. Would love a video on the exploits of the Flying Tigers too.

@isarabualuang7152 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do the video about the six day war from the arab nations perspective, please.

@danielforcedtofilm8461 2 жыл бұрын

Actually Manchuria was invaded in 1931

@theactingace 2 жыл бұрын

Most people don’t even know the Soviets fought the Japanese. The whole topic of the relations between the two countries even before WW2 is fascinating.

@BHuang92 2 жыл бұрын

And the fact that the Senkaku Islands dispute is still going on is interesting which technically that means WW2 is still going on between Russia and Japan!

2 жыл бұрын

Most western-centric people

@KangaKucha 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly mate :)

@KangaKucha 2 жыл бұрын

@@BHuang92 well kinda mate but it's kinda common over the world. Like Argentina still wants the Falklands for example.

@crook7493 2 жыл бұрын

@@BHuang92 not sure how I feel about that statement

@cavaliere5676 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being in Berlin, ending the war and then hearing: Comrade, we are going in Japan.

@thinkingboi9508 2 жыл бұрын

Americans hearing about the Fall of Berlin and hearing the victory speech while sitting in a muddy trench in Okinawa still trying to take that danm hill.

@stevemc01 Жыл бұрын

@@thinkingboi9508 I remember the picture I saw in a book at one point. No excitement on their muddy, dusted faces. It's nothing but fatigue and resignation. But of also what I can only describe as "hardiness".

@manmilk9437 Жыл бұрын

@@thinkingboi9508 beacause the americans are the only one pushing to japan while their allies in asia are liberating their country and not pushing to japan so its hard for the to push forward than in europe

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

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@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@hardassteel 2 жыл бұрын

Many of the Soviets that fought in Manchuria against the Japanese were battle hardened from the Eastern Front Conflict against Germany, the largest military conflict in human history. They celebrated at the Reichstag and then at the Kremlin Victory Parade, but immediately afterwards were sent to Manchuria.

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

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@hellomoto2084 Жыл бұрын

This comment section is the most retarded one I have ever seen

@yeetyeet5079 Жыл бұрын

Must have been quite the road trip

@hukubis 9 ай бұрын

Eh, not really, there was a sizable force of no less than 4 million soldiers during entire war with Germany. The only ones that really came en masse were tank crews and and pilots.

@user-ub3hd4sy4e 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather served in the Soviet army during the attack on Manchuria. He said that the Chinese were absolutely intimidated by the Japanese and were afraid of their own shadow.

@kzr_1613 Жыл бұрын

Its understandable considering how unstable China was at that time and all of the crimes against humanity Japan committed

@Jebu911 Жыл бұрын

I guess it was good then that after "saving the day" they could finish the work by filling the massgraves with the rest of the locals there. Hope your grandpa wasn't there to do what a lot of the red army did.

@V.T.A.Z. Жыл бұрын

@@Jebu911 опять, многие красноармейцы? Мне уже надоело разным индивидам (но ты вроде адекватный) рассказывать от том что они не правы, просто почитай не на антисоветских сайтах про количество вернувшихся из плена и про опыт над русской матерью в отряды Исси или Кама или более известно 731

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@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Soviet invasion of Manchuraria. Often neglected when talking about the end of WWII. Thanks for covering it. You guys once again did a great job!

@KangaKucha 2 жыл бұрын

Ah Operation August Storm. It should be remembered like Operation Babarosa (sorry if misspelled) which is when Axis attacks in the USSR in 1941.

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

Can you even imagine Operation Downfall? Nearly every major military power on earth would have converged on Japan's home islands. The scale and violence would have been unthinkable.

@KangaKucha 2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 I bet millions would have died and Japan would have been divided like Germany was (Korea could have been just taken over by the Soviets and been communist but united). At least their be no atomic attacks.

@glamrockbonnie5983 2 жыл бұрын

@Thunderbird and they would've had to fight anyway it just go's to show the amount of patriotism they had

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

@@KangaKucha The atomic bombs were honestly the MERCIFUL option from everything I've seen. They killed tens of thousands, but the Operation Downfall invasion might have resulted in TEN MILLION casualties. There were no good options. It's probably one of the most horrible decisions any US President has ever had to make.

@omarmatouq3855 2 жыл бұрын

On a different note, the reason Japanese tanks where utterly horrible compared to other allied or axis(specifically German)tanks is because they didn't really focus on them as much, as they focused more on naval and aircraft production, so what do you do as an infantry soldier with no good tanks or antique AT weapons? you become the AT weapon.

@dillonc7955 2 жыл бұрын

Their artillery capabilities went as far as their planes could reach, if you get what I mean ;)

@charles_0017 2 жыл бұрын

The tanks were of little use in the many Pacific islands that required extra effort for them to be carried from island to island constantly. And even when they got to the island it was often full of forests and jungles which is the kind of terrain that all tank crews fear. Also, by 1942 the US had achieved mostly air superiority in the skies and any tanks that were caught in the open were great targets for the American Air Force. In addition by the time the island hopping campaign started, the Japanese were fully on the defensive,something which tanks are not made for. Finally, Imperial Japan was, like it’s ally Nazi Germany, short on resources and manpower, meaning if they mass produced tanks, there would be not enough fuel to run them all.

@user-rl8hf8kt1r 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that thay had Bad light wepenry ( machin guns .. Rifles ..pistoles ) even so that thay did some Times demege to there owne users And thé armerd viecles couldn't even Penn thé side armer of t34s at all . In thé end even there airforce was infiriore to thé soviet one 🧐🧐🧐

@soviet_doge1263 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-rl8hf8kt1r Their airforce was really only worse because of lack of resources and having a lot of industry be destroyed. Also Japanese tanks had good cannons however their armour was worthless since it was quite thin all around or just wasn't good enough. They were designed to be able to easily transported for naval invasions.

@user-rl8hf8kt1r 2 жыл бұрын

@@soviet_doge1263 put there wepens honsltly were all bad and laking in tech and nempers even thé air craft despite thé zero bieng god in thé starting stage (1940-1943)but thay fall behind in thé end It was becouse of there weeke industry and laking of développement and fast enieshit of those New technologies

@timurkoschachmetow3760 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for covering this operation! My grandfather was a lieutenant in the artillery units of the Red Army on this front as he was transferred from Karelia when Finland singed peace treaty in 1944 and now had to fight German forces in Lapland. It's quite interesting that the forces built up was gradual and started from early 1945. My grandfather father haven't talked much about the war, but from what my parents told he and several of his men were severely sick and some died as they drank from a water well that the Japanese soldiers had poisoned - cases like this were very common. As my dad told me, grandad never took part in victory day parades and did not go to veteran meetings and always kept his campaign medals stashed away. Most of his combat history we found out in an official file which we request ed from the military of defense archives, only after his death.

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@Temuulente Жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning Mongolian war effort. Mongolian people’s army sent almost it’s all power to battle Japanese. Even the numbers were small those people fought well.

@revolter7094 2 жыл бұрын

Vasylevsky is a quite underrated general of WW2. And this whole offensive in general is a very underrated in historical sense as it was a very large contributor of Japan's surrender, not just the two atomic bombs.

@marktaylor6491 2 жыл бұрын

I would have Vasilevsky up with Zhukov and Rokossovsky as the best generals of the war. No one did pure logistics better than him.

@jstevinik3261 2 жыл бұрын

@@marktaylor6491 Vasilevsky desrved his position as a Marshall.

@ernestous 2 жыл бұрын

@@marktaylor6491 How Zhukov was one of the best generals? That's complete bullshit

@marktaylor6491 2 жыл бұрын

@@ernestous Khalkhin Gol, Moscow, and Stalingrad. That's why.

@senorpepper3405 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone wants to say it was the atomic bombs when they were just one factor. The US airforce burnt down central Tokyo in one night of napalm bombing in March of '45. Killing about the same as Hiroshima. And then, here come the soviets.

@piratamaia 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most important events of WW2 that is really overlooked It led to the creation of the DPRK (and the division of Korea) and Mao's victory in the chinese civil war, leading to the creation of the PRC The moment the soviets stepped into Manchuria the future of east Asia for the next 70 years (at least) was settled

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

And remember, Stalin set up North Korea without any free elections, the "Democratic People's Republic" was NEVER appointed by the people.

@piratamaia 2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 of course, the name doesn't represent reality

@JACK....2788 2 жыл бұрын

Osea que gracias a la URSS existe Corea del Norte en dónde la gente se muere de hambre 🤔

@letsgowinnietheflu5439 2 жыл бұрын

@@piratamaia Winder why he was removed.

@tng2057 2 жыл бұрын

Even more overlooked, was the fact that Stalin actually turned Manchuria over to Chiang Kai Shek in 47, but not before passing on all captured Japanese hardware to the Chinese Communist Party and Kim Il Sung.

@n1k1george 2 жыл бұрын

My uncle was stationed in Manchuria as a young lieutenant. Two weeks before the Soviets attacked, he was recalled to Tokyo as he spoke fairly decent English . The upper command had correctly predicted that his linguistic abilities may be needed there very soon. His fate would have been very different otherwise.

@svpmvp2433 Жыл бұрын

And then you wouldn't exist...

@visassess8607 Жыл бұрын

@@svpmvp2433 He would still exist. It was his uncle not his father or grandfather.

@svpmvp2433 Жыл бұрын

@@visassess8607 xD

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@twistedshrimp8239 Жыл бұрын

Just finished up my college research paper and used your video as one of my sources, this video actually helped me reach the topic I ended up choosing! Love your videos, super informational and brings the history to life

@felicityc Жыл бұрын

you should use the direct sources he links in the description instead of the video itself. this is sort of like sourcing another college research paper for your research paper at best.

@remhk6672 7 ай бұрын

Why in the hell would you do that? You do know these youtube historians can and do get factual errors as well right? Do your own research. Your laziness in college will cost you in the long run.

@asianperson104 2 жыл бұрын

The second sino Japanese war was arguably as chaotic and interesting as the eastern front. The sheer amount of things Chiang Kai shek had to deal with ( the communists, the Japanese invasions, the loss of their capitals, rampant corruption, a famine, and the many warlords/cliques) was insane. I hope you can do more videos on China as there is a lot of unpack when looking at it.

@bradanklauer8926 2 жыл бұрын

China is where some historians believe the Second World War began, not in Poland on September 1, 1939.

@tianhaoju4634 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradanklauer8926 For us it is indeed. It began on when Manchuria was invaded. Chiang Kai-shek is a massive L in historical regard. Before, during and after the war, he is known notoriously for white terror which puts Mao to shame in the regard. Heavy taxation and corruption formed the mention famine, and creating massive wealth gaps, even to a stage where the Americans stepped in. Intentionally collapsing the dam of Huayuankou, spending money sent by overseas Chinese for personal enjoyments etc. In 1945 where the Allies were steamrolling in every theater, he managed to lose a few thousand kilometers of frontline on what was probably the worst allied offensive in the late-war. A film made regarding this was released a few years back, im not sure if it is available on youtube or netflix - 1942, quite a good one, and was not politically biased - the Communists played an insignificant role in the film. The situation in Henan was so dire, due to the taxation, forced conscription and corruption, that people believed going under Japanese occupation was more acceptable. Chiang is indeed an enemy of the Chinese race.

@bradanklauer8926 2 жыл бұрын

@@tianhaoju4634 I meant the Marco-Pollo Bridge incident on July 7, 1937. As where Chiang and Mao stood, they were equally as bad.

@user-rl8hf8kt1r 2 жыл бұрын

But thé chines was never able of buting ap a good faight to gapan.like thé russians did with nazi Germany

@tianhaoju4634 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradanklauer8926 Make your own judgement and I won't force a change. But no, we believed that it was on the 18th of september 1931 the war began.

@Robbstark2024 2 жыл бұрын

It’s been so hard to find anything about this campaign that isn’t 4.5 hours long told in the most boring way. Thank you armchair historian!

@slick8038 2 жыл бұрын

Trueee. They’re all old boring documentaries

@whaleio9476 2 жыл бұрын

A series called "Soviet Storm" has an episode on the invasion of Manchuria: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frRnrJuKxsXHdYE.html

@eminem2996 2 жыл бұрын

Три танкиста - три весёлых друга, Экипаж машины боевой!

@Minboelf 2 жыл бұрын

There is a 45 min documentary called soviet storm maybe you can check that out

@Crashed131963 2 жыл бұрын

"Soviet Storm" is the best Russian ww2 series ever. All 50 min episodes. You're not learning much in 15 min no matter how well put together it is.

@basenwagen Жыл бұрын

Russian agression... What a strange collocation to use in the context of WW2

@user-ez8le1rp3x Жыл бұрын

What do you expect from the american? He accused Russia of fighting nazism in WW2, even though, Soviet Union declared war to Germany before them. Not to mention him talking about the vietnamese war "from the vietnamese perspective" and still bragging about american victory just because they have killed 3 millions of Vietnamese (but haven't managed to kill all of them) 😂 what a joke

@seanmacguire6898 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ez8le1rp3x The USSR only declared war on Germany, because they were invaded by them. The USSR didn’t wanted war with Germany for the foreseeable future.

@UserName-om6ft Жыл бұрын

hes right though

@UserName-om6ft Жыл бұрын

@@user-ez8le1rp3x imagine being anti American and anti Western yet you sit here on western sites using everything invented by westerns and you still cry and cry

@esenamanurazayev6796 Ай бұрын

Самый объективный комментарий

@blackfalcon1610 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was General Zhukov who lead the invasion of Manchuria. Anyway great video. I really enjoy how you cover battles that arent discussed much. Keep up the great work!

@zaynahub4729 2 жыл бұрын

Shukov fought before ww2, 1939, this was a different fight

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name, again I was baited that I had to play in this child's game to save my face. I'm so mad at this insanity

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name and I pretend that I got the situation under control but I'm not. Im losing my mind now, 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Jager is genius

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@Brzerz 2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa was a soviet tankman during this war. He was part of group of soviet forces that attacked japanese through Great Khingan mountains.

@ethantham7292 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@vivofoottheseventh7393 2 жыл бұрын

Based

@kidkous 2 жыл бұрын

your grandpa sounds like a good comrade

@klen7642 2 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@joaoostroski4778 2 жыл бұрын

a true hero he was, may he rest in peace knowing he was on the frontlines of the saviors of humanity!

@EeJee404 2 жыл бұрын

One thing that was inaccurately depicted was, the lunge mine. The lunge mine could NOT penetrate soviet or american armor, it could only damage the vehicle, but even that was not enough to destroy vehicles, you had to use several lunge mines to destroy one vehicle.

@juliandedicatoria3728 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about that, but what got me was when they said Theodore instead of Franklin Roosevelt. (5:57) Mistakes happen, still loved it.

@user-up7nb6id1f 2 жыл бұрын

@@juliandedicatoria3728 Also Russo-Japanese war of *1904* again not the correct version of 1905

@heccsclips3319 Жыл бұрын

@@user-up7nb6id1f Russo-Japanese War Feb 8, 1904 - Sep 5, 1905 -from google

@wattsnottaken1 Жыл бұрын

Lunge mine? Oh you mean “anti tank stick” JK 😂

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is "User Name", I BAITED so badly by jager that I lose my credibily to anyone sees my comment. I got paraded, tossed and dragged with all total humiliation and embarassment, I got played by jagers hands. I spent years policing the comment section and perfectly polish it to look that I am believable, but I lost it all. To my family, friends and fellow workers especially my mother you can't look at me I'm in total shame now 🤡🤡🤡

@StubbornBishop 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work, great to see the lesser known fronts of WW2 get quality coverage.

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@rogofos Жыл бұрын

the battle of khalkin gol was a decisive defeat for Japan and is largely considered (by russian historians) to be a reason Japan decided to turn its attention to expanding southwards against allies, seeing that there will be no easy victory against USSR on land

@UserName-om6ft Жыл бұрын

Japan only used 20,000 soldiers at Khalkhin Gol and the Japanese were outnumbered 4-1 by the Soviets at Khalkhin Gol and that was in 1939, in 1941 Japan was planning an invasion of the eastern USSR called Operation Kantokuen and it was going to be the largest land invasion in Japanese history but because of the fuel and oil blockade on Japan and the rising threat of the great sleeping giant known as the United States Japan was forced to divert their attention to the US and the Pacific, and if it wasnt for the US then Japan would have crushed the USSR from the east while the USSR gest crushed from the west by Germany because even in Europe if it wasnt for the US Lend Lease supplies then Germany would have steamrolled the USSR but thanks to the US that didnt happen, the US is the one that did most of the work to defeat the Japanese empire the USSR had little to no involvement in the Pacific, the US did even more in Europe than the USSR in the Pacific

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@bydloshkolnik 11 ай бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft Your mom got used only by 20000 japanese soldiers. Those soldiers were a private military of the "northern faction" of the japanese military which was tied to the medieval samurai clans. Creme le crope. Also there were 60000 japs under their command but front got annihilated too fast for all of them to get involved. The northerners wanted to take sparsely populated Siberia, since japan was struggling in China, even though Chai Kai Shek being retarded. And those northerners were a staunch opposition of the Tosa clan which controlled the naval and air forces. Thus they tried to instigate the war between USSR and Japan and were humiliated. It led to Tosa getting control over all the military. Tosa wanted to expand towards European colonies of the south-east Asia.

@MrDrow-bi9js 11 ай бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft there were many of those in the entire history of Russia who wanted to crush it, everyone was left to rot in the ground

@comradeofthebalance3147 11 ай бұрын

@@UserName-om6ftRising threat of the US was mainly because of the militarism in Japan. So militaristic that they argued against each other and did contradicting things. And no, without Lend Lease, the Soviets would not be able to launch counter offensives as much as they were able to, nor would they be able to push Germany back beyond Poland and Kiev.

@ScorpoYT 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the soviet blitzkrieg against anime

@oasis1282 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt laugh but ill just put this comment here stating that i didnt laugh because hes verified and all

@duyanh4609 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@warbrain1053 2 жыл бұрын

@@oasis1282 if you knew him you would understand

@armthecyborg4021 2 жыл бұрын

Yo it's Scorpo

@whathell6t 2 жыл бұрын

@Scorpo What about Tokusatsu?

@sweetdreams5024 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear about Marshal Vasilevsky. He was an underrated commander considering his experiences in the Eastern Front and the Far East.

@kingnevermore25 2 жыл бұрын

There is also Rodion Malinovsky he commanded the Transbaikal front

@MarMar-nq9ii 2 жыл бұрын

If he was underrated, it wasn't in the Soviet Union. Stalin's favorite and Minister of Defense.

@user-up7nb6id1f 2 жыл бұрын

Vasilevskiy, Rokossovskiy, Zhukov - the greatest

@kingofnoob1432 Жыл бұрын

No he is a shitty general. Yamashita would destroy him if he have to fight him.

@juozasmartinkus8033 Жыл бұрын

Malinovsky took wolf hole in Prussia with half soldiers than defenders had. For months he traded small shtoorm groups.

@ShengYu1995 Жыл бұрын

I am Chinese born in one of the 3 mordern Chinese Northeast provinces formerly known as Manchuria. Soviets helped us liberate our land which is why even after the cold war disagreements and border clashes, Chinese and Russians always were more aliened since we knew they helped us even though they annexed some parts of outer mongolia (republic of tuva and republic of buryats) when Qing dynasty collapsed

@Chaldon-hl6yk 11 ай бұрын

Today tuvans and buryats is russians.

@user-nf9nj7kg9y 10 ай бұрын

Тыва сама присоединилась к советам, самая последняя, не привирайте. А Бурятия издавна была, со времен Российской империи в границах страны. Возможно про Монголию это можно было бы сказать, но не про Бурятию. Это вам ответственно говорю как сосед бурятов из Якутии. Историю свою хорошо знаем

@pingmichael3106 2 ай бұрын

@@user-nf9nj7kg9yyeah Russians r known for stealing other countries border that’s the reason why no one likes Russian whether it’s in the west or east ! Slavic’s greed over territories is endless !

@historyforlife1072 2 жыл бұрын

This is so good, thank you The Armchair Historian

@ZhangtheGreat 2 жыл бұрын

One result of this victory not often discussed: the Soviet win basically handed Manchuria to the communists in the soon-to-resume Chinese Civil War, making their eventual victory over the KMT that much easier.

@death2641 2 жыл бұрын

And the creation of North Korea soon to invade South which started Korean war

@peep3298 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of Japanese equipment was given to the Communists who were originally poorly equipped compared to their American sponsored counterparts.

@glennyoungkindid9116 2 жыл бұрын

@@death2641 *invaded the south preemptively when the south was putting down union worker uprisings and blaming the communists.

@VersusARCH 2 жыл бұрын

Not just Manchuria but also the captured weapons and ammo of the Kwantung Army... A major factor in Mao's subsequent victory. Given that USA essentially joined the World War 2 (by embargoing exports to Japan thus largely provoking its attack) in order to maintain its influence in China, one could argue that it ultimately failed in its war aim (but expanded its sphere of influence in Europe).

@juwebles4352 Жыл бұрын

@@VersusARCH not really in china but more to maintain its influence in the pacific which definitely succeeded

@SDluka 2 жыл бұрын

It is strange that people do not talk about this, but when Soviets crushed German attack, they moved a lot army in the far east and destroyed japanese armies there, they were shocked. Soviets even captured the last chinese emperor.

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

the Soviets hardly did anything against Japan in comparison to the other countries, the Soviets only won against Germany thanks to the allies opening up other fronts in Western Europe, Italy, and North Africa, and thanks to the American made weapons provided to the USSR through Lend Lease, the USSR was only responsible for a little over 1% of all Japanese casualties which is very minimal

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

@@theterriblepuddle1830 nothing was decided, Stalin, Zhukov, and Nikita Khrushchev all admit they would have lost the war had it not been for the US Lend Lease supplies, and if it wasnt for the US taking care of Japan in the Pacific (the US is the real winner against Japan not the Soviets) then Japan would have started helping the Germans in Europe

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

@@theterriblepuddle1830 Japan invading the USSR from the east and the USSR would have been crushed by both Germany and Japan from 2 sides but thanks to the US the US saved the USSR by winning in Japan and giving the American weapons to the USSR to save them against Germany

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 жыл бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft I see your back again haha

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

@@theterriblepuddle1830 yes they did actually

@JORMUNREKKR 11 ай бұрын

18:00 "on the Russian aggressors" - wtf? Like how many casualties have the defenders in Normandy inflicted on the American aggressors before the region fell? 🤣

@emmyugwuoti6245 11 ай бұрын

@yangold2007 11 ай бұрын

He is a Brit. Russophobia is in his genes

@talzzz1546 11 ай бұрын

@@yangold2007Brits are worse they are literally pirates who r@ped the whole world

@HealzHS 11 ай бұрын

I bet he calls Russians aggressors in Ukraine as well. He is just a propaganda mouthpiece

@peg2legs90 6 ай бұрын

@@yangold2007 He's not British

@colinadevivero 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Thank you 🙏

@bullreeves1109 2 жыл бұрын

By 1945 the 3 most terrifying things in the world were: Nuclear bombs, The Soviet Red Army, and the American Navy.

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget both the RAF and USAAF also. Hands down the greatest air forces humanity had yet seen by the last days of the war.

@johncarter4956 2 жыл бұрын

You should call it the "Allied" navy as British Royal Navy is still a force to be reckon with. Especially in the Indian Ocean where the largest naval battle prior to Leyte Gulf, The Battle of Ceylon (today's Sri Lanka), was fought.

@bullreeves1109 2 жыл бұрын

@@johncarter4956 Yes but at that point I also should have said "Allied" Army. As the American and British Armies were also forces to be reckoned with. The US had more of a Naval monopoly than even the Soviets had a ground force monopoly. This isn't to bash the Royal Navy either. They were great, and up until WW2 they were ahead of the USN. But the USN simply grew too much for anyone to compete with by 1945.

@stephenheath8465 2 жыл бұрын

@@bullreeves1109 The Americans had thirty Essex Class Aircraft Carriers by the end of the War.

@zpetar 2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenheath8465 24.

@cyrilsuperkonar3422 2 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was a soldier who traversed the Second World War from 1941 to 1945. After the end of the war in the west he was dislocated and attacked Manchuria from Mongolia. For that exploit he got victory over Japan medal and the order of the Red Star.

@forkliftcertifed123 2 жыл бұрын

🧢

@forkliftcertifed123 2 жыл бұрын

@@LJMaxwellDaKilla2007Z how do you know it’s not?

@ppdd7975 2 жыл бұрын

big deal ... the japanese imperial forces were already on death's bed due to the effort of American forces

@cyrilsuperkonar3422 2 жыл бұрын

@@ppdd7975 not in Manchuria but I guess the fleet was

@user-is1eq9jm2t 2 жыл бұрын

This is a heritage to be proud of and to look up to. May he rest in peace as all the passed heroes of our Motherland

@jorgetorres4347 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video, thanks!

@velich76 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather commanded a tank brigade just during this operation against the Japanese army

@obamacrockadile2136 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't learned much about this, glad to watch some more info on the unknown soviet blitzkrieg

@JACK....2788 2 жыл бұрын

los soviéticos se los copiaron a los Alemanes, Los Soviéticos no son originales.😂😂😂😂

@h0lynut 2 жыл бұрын

@@JACK....2788 i wonder where you copied your language from. Perhaps the Spanish conquistadors? What type of statement are you even making. This is a history channel.

@motmot8879 2 жыл бұрын

@@h0lynut let's Also ignore blitzkrieg Is a straight french invention that wqs ignored by command who focused on the defensive

@vinz4066 2 жыл бұрын

@@JACK....2788 The Germans Just copied from Napoleon.

@kidgaminggaming5731 2 жыл бұрын

You just ignorant ngl

@AnthonyEvelyn 2 жыл бұрын

The Soviets really crushed the Kwantung Army brutally. The Japanese army didnt know what hit them.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair the Soviets attacked a terribly equipped, untrained, unprepared, starving force of soldiers who were the exact opposite of an elite corps. 500,000 men surrendered to the Russians forces, compared to the battle hardened Japanese troops that were fighting all over the Pacific.

@brandonlee934 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ya japan was a third rate industrial power that was worn down by a decade of war with china/allies going up against the largest and most veteran military force to ever exist with material support from the US/UK. Not a fair fight but still impressive in the sheer scale and speed of the attack

@rayyansagheer6 2 жыл бұрын

The japanese, at the places where they had the required ammunition and supplies necessary for a military engagement, still fought ferociously to the very end, as is their nature. They even inflicted more losses on the soviets

@rayyansagheer6 2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelgonzalez562 how much ignorant can you be?

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelgonzalez562 It literally says in the video at 11:14 that the most experienced japanese soldiers of the Kwantung army were shipped off to the Pacific, leaving Manchuria defended by fresh recruits with little equipment. Quote" *as the war situation began to deteriorate for the Imperial Japanese Army on all fronts, the large, well-trained, and well-equipped Kwantung Army could no longer be held in strategic reserve. Many of its front line units were systematically stripped of their best units and equipment, which were sent south to fight in the Pacific War against the forces of the United States in the Pacific Islands or the Philippines. Other units were sent south into China for Operation Ichi-Go* "

@juanDE1703 11 ай бұрын

this channel is a gem

@Alvaro-Garcia 11 ай бұрын

Congratulations for this video, dear youtuber. Good luck from Perú. :)

@kgb1780 2 жыл бұрын

I'll do it again

@Camerynn10 2 жыл бұрын

Uh oh

@d1struct0rcodm50 2 жыл бұрын

“Ever heard of the 1st battle of Kharkov 1941?” *starts Barbarossa”

@xdglitch7963 Жыл бұрын

@Vivziерор shorts 🅥 what did I just get

@yurabiletsky3870 Жыл бұрын

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@BOT-MERC Жыл бұрын

NO ❤🎉

@tng2057 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese government had been actively encouraging Japanese nationals to settle in Manchuria since setting up the Manchukuo puppet state in the early 30s, and the fate of those settlers after the Soviet invasion was very tragic. Many abandoned settlers’ orphans perished and some only managed to get repatriated to Japan in the 80s / 90s.

@Captain_FAIL 2 жыл бұрын

Tragic my ass,they were colonial settlers in a god damn slave state,no less as europeans in africa were.

@themaniac2448 2 жыл бұрын

The Soviets didn't massacre them suprisingly, tho when the chinese got there, well...

@bosunbill9059 2 жыл бұрын

@@themaniac2448 This is false, despite what Mao did after his rule, in military command he have a strict policy of taking care of POWs as much as he can in Korean War and during Civil War. Which is one of his main tactic to cause mass defections in the KMT. He even spared and rehabilitated Puyi and defeated a Hui Muslim Uprising incited by the Ma Clique Clan by causing the leaders to deflect and turn against one another then ended up swearing loyalty to the PRC. Stalin on the other hand, has a track of sheer calculative brutality. While Mao is not a saint, he is more pragmatic and manipulative.

@Brslld 2 жыл бұрын

@@bosunbill9059 I don't he was talking about Mao. Many Chinese civilians would do reprisal attacks on Japanese civilians and chinese collaborators. The soviets turned a blind eye though and also attacked Japanese Civilians.

@jymscarlfamilar7661 2 жыл бұрын

A taste of their own cruelty.

@danielnepveux97E Жыл бұрын

You provide damn fine content sir 👍

@donpromollo6344 2 жыл бұрын

@ The Armchair Historian, great Documentary Best wishes from Bavaria

@kovesp1 2 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty strange approach. How can you not mention Khalkin Gol in 1939 where Soviet victory led by Zhukov (and his fellow commanders Smushkevich and Shtern) was a direct path to Zhukov's appointment to chief of staff in February 1, 1941 (Vasilevsky, BTW, was head of the Operations Directorate at this time with Vatutin as his deputy). That victory in 1939 was also the main reason Japan never engaged again with the USSR until the Manchurian Strategic Operation in 1945.

@providedyeti1518 2 жыл бұрын

Why would he need to? This is a completely separate event?

@dillonblair6491 2 жыл бұрын

Cause russia is nasty

@mrsneakyburt6305 2 жыл бұрын

He did mention Khalkin Gol, he said it was the biggest border conflict they had before the war, but since it was "undeclared" it doesn't count as a part of the Soviet invasion of Japan, that's why he didn't talk more about it.

@kovesp1 2 жыл бұрын

@@providedyeti1518 Because he does talk about the Soviet-Japanese non-aggression treaty ... a direct consequence of Khalkin Gol. Because what he doesn't say is that one of factors contributing to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was that the outcome in the Far East was still unknown. Because the direction of the entire war was influenced by Khalkin Gol. Saying there is no relation ... you might as well say there us no relation to WW2.

@kovesp1 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrsneakyburt6305 I didn't notice the side note earlier. But Khalkin Gol was much more than that. It determined Japanese policy towards the USSR and it meant that Japan considered expansion toward the North infeasible. That was a factor in the decision to attack the US. There is a direct chain connecting Khalkin Gol. The connection I would say is at least as important, if not more than trying to connect the offensive to "revenge for 1905".

@Monkechnology 2 жыл бұрын

13:30 I can't imagine how ferocious the japanese resistance was to shock battle hardened men who fought in hellish battles in places like Stalingrad, Berlin, Kursk, or Finland.

@user-up7nb6id1f 2 жыл бұрын

fair

@russkayaimperiya4918 Жыл бұрын

It is more likely that they would find the Japanese resistance shocking because it was at the point of suicidal, the Japanese stood no chance at victory whatsoever.

@user-im8ub1du7y Жыл бұрын

Шокирующие были только камикадзе.

@TheImperialSoviet 3 ай бұрын

@@user-im8ub1du7ySo like, 90% of all Japanese resistance?

@oliversherman2414 2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

@chaizaeng9653 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, your animations are getting better and better over time. Just one small hickup, at 6:00 that's Franklin D. Roosevelt not Theodore.

@zacharyschwartz3715 2 жыл бұрын

Nice catch was wondering if anyone else even noticed . . .

@paulphanachet 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment. But damn, what if Theodore Roosevelt was born later and participated in WW2 as the President of the United States

@jamesbrowne1004 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was going to add this if it wasn't caught yet. T.R. was involved in that he helped broker the peace treaty ending the 1902 war..

@yunleung2631 2 жыл бұрын

I DID

@PremierCCGuyMMXVI 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulphanachet both Roosevelts were pretty similar on policy despite being of different parties so not much may change

@RedWinter21 2 жыл бұрын

I remember what a Soviet soldier told his comrades in a ww2 documentary footage: "LET'S SHOW THEM THE MEANING OF UNCONDITIONAL (SURRENDER)!" as they poised another artillery barrage

@awwee34 2 жыл бұрын

Soviet Storm: World War 2 in the East by Star Media. Also, wasn't it about blowing up bunkers and not artillery?

@Charliecomet82 2 жыл бұрын

URA!

@Lunar_Pendragon 2 жыл бұрын

People love to praise the UK and USA for the victory of World War II, but without the Soviets and Stalin in particular, we would all be living under fascism right now. The Soviets won us the war.

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@thijs6264 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@jasonz7788 2 жыл бұрын

Great work Sir thank you

@philliplarose8570 2 жыл бұрын

It is a damn impressive military feat. For perspective compared to the blitzkrieg of France; this is basically capturing twice the land area of ALL of France; in half the time, in an area with minimal infrastructure, against a seasoned army of near equal force numbers, with an army half the size.

@kalle911 2 жыл бұрын

a depleted army as well, as was mentioned.

@richardstephens5570 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese were outnumbered almost 2 to 1 in this. And the Japanese army was depleted, most of it's best troops and equipment had been siphoned off to fight the Americans and Chinese.

@philliplarose8570 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardstephens5570 The reason I used the term "Near equal force" is for this exact reason. In WWII; it was generally thought that an attacking force required about a 3:1 advantage in manpower to accomplish the combat goal. The 2:1 listed here (1.5 million vs ~750k+) would put the numerical advantage to the defender. And I totally agree that the Japanese army was depleted; as was the Guard's Battalions that attacked. The Soviet population lost 25% of their fighting age population in WWII; I doubt that meant the cream of the army was doing the attacking; and I doubt the training the Soviets were giving their conscripts was much more than the training of the Kwantung. The Soviet did have much better equipment due to lend lease, and much better experience; due to the Wehrmacht. I'm not trying to prop up the Soviets or idolize them, just point out that even with the factors; I think it is still very impressive.

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@AFT_05G Жыл бұрын

Still German invasion overall was more impressive,French Army in May 1940 was still more advanced and much larger than Japanese Army in Manchuria. And don’t forget that Soviets outnumbered Japanese almost 10 to 1 in number of tanks in the area.

@peterkarpo1227 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this part of history not often covered! Love it!

@dodimiller1956 2 жыл бұрын

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@ChochunskaNebena 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it’s rarely talked about and this led to many changes for years to come and it’s good that it’s getting the recognition it needs

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@prakashghumaliya3960 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for video sir 👏👏👏

@themightybunghole1088 Жыл бұрын

Christ what a crazy amazing yet relatively unkown story! Thanks for sharing

@WiggleOcto 2 жыл бұрын

Chiang Kai Shek: You’re gonna give Manchuria to me, right? Stalin: Chiang Kai Shek: You’re gonna give it to me, right?

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@stephendaley266 2 жыл бұрын

Stalin: Comrade Chiang, care to explain why you've been murdering thousands of civilians accused of being Communists? Chiang Kai Shek: " " Stalin: Burn in hell, punk-ass fascist!

@nbewarwe 2 жыл бұрын

Preferred anti tank methods of each nation: USA: Air strikes USSR: More tanks Germany: Repurposed AA guns Japan: Human bombs

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@Mrgunsngear 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JohnAaron-DrainExpert 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, love your historical accuracy. You made a bit of a typo with President Roosevelt in reference to the Yalta conference. You referred to him as Theodore Roosevelt instead of Franklin Roosevelt. Common verbal typo, thought I’d bring it to your attention. Otherwise great job sir!

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@VegasViking420 2 жыл бұрын

The growth this channel has experienced in just the last 12 months is incredible! The production quality is only getting better! Great job guys!

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@darkalleyhoboii8264 2 жыл бұрын

“Fortunately by this time Stalin had accepted the fact that competency in his officer corp was not the inevitable precursor to treason” Favorite ACH quote

@WM-gf8zm 2 жыл бұрын

quite oxymoron considering he never really had issue with competency, for example tukhachevsky kept developing doctrines until everyone got tired of his seering ultra paganism, reactionary views and plotting

@theimmoralcode7639 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a great quote in my opinion. Stalin's purges often went too far he isn't the sole actor or perpetrator in them. Nikolai Yezhov head of the NKVD for example admitted to unfounded arrests and was largely responsible for the reign of terror. Some purges were necessary with the fifth column, a fascist reactionary group operating in the USSR but Stalin's paranoia and being surrounded by people like Yezhov meant things got out of hand with disastrous consequences. I digress but competency was never Stalin's problem with people if it was the USSR wouldn't have been the second fastest growing economy in history or go from war-torn feudalist backwater to global superpower in less than 25 years.

@WM-gf8zm 2 жыл бұрын

@@theimmoralcode7639 im still waiting for the sources revolving paranoia, considering everyone mentioning it never bothered to dig deeper than some online blogpost. Would such a man be in moscow during siege? i highly doubt it. Anyway yezhov, genrikh yagoda and so on, lot of bad weed to be purged

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@scouttrooper7804 2 жыл бұрын

Hey armchair historian, you should do a video explaining the Khalkin Gol battles, that would be very interesting as its a very untold campaign from Russia and Japan.

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@LTBLACKCOAT 2 жыл бұрын

It was fascinating to see this engagement was much more interesting then other accounts had lead me to believe.

@kenny187ful 2 жыл бұрын

Been to the tunnels on Okinawa where some of the last defenders committed mass seppuku rather than being prisoners. It was haunting, to say the least, to imagine what being in those tunnels during the war and what the last moments would've been like.

@dantheman3022 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine all the civilians these soldiers massacred !!!! those soldiers got what they deserved !!!! warcriminals every one of them !!!

@canadianmmaguy7511 2 жыл бұрын

@@dantheman3022 like how the us firebombed cities of refugees like dresden? Or nuked two cities of christian civilians?

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@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@snakeplays_roblox9685 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up bro keeping me at the top of my history class

@achilles9448 2 жыл бұрын

as a history buff I really enjoy your videos and I love history and one of my favorite parts of the history is learning about the wars.. now I know a lot about world war II but I had no idea that the Soviets and Japan fought this much... after United States drop their second bomb on Japan is that Russia declared war on Japan but never realized that the interfere more than I thought well done and it's a part of history that I am looking forward to learning..

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@BRANFED Жыл бұрын

love your channel

@freezy8593 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best, thanks for more informative and entertaining videos!

@TheRealAwtoh 2 жыл бұрын

The animations and graphics just keep getting better, keep it up!

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@brianschwarz 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you.

@rob1399 2 жыл бұрын

interesting and overlooked topic this time!

@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord 2 жыл бұрын

Like it when people talk about this forgotten Russo-Japanese War

@itsblitz4437 2 жыл бұрын

@саrwow Shorts 🅥 not gonna fall for that.

@itsblitz4437 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese Soviet War doesn't get a lot of attention in World War II history. Hopefully that changes.

@iattacku2773 2 жыл бұрын

People also forget chinas involvement in the war.

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

@@itsblitz4437 because the Soviets were only responsible for 1-2% of all Japanese casualties in WW2, the Russo-Japanese war in 1905 should get more attention i liked how Japan won the war against Russia and embarrassed them

@vinz4066 2 жыл бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft You are quite russophobic arent you?

@RBN1939 2 жыл бұрын

great video on a topic as you have said doesn't get covered its always interesting learning about lesser know historical topics always enjoy the work of the channel and especially all of the animation really helps bring the history alive the one thing I would say is I think you should have the option of subtitles available for those who are deaf or who have other hearing impairments so they can enjoy these videos as well and learn about these topics otherwise great work keep it up

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

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@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

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@LivonianGuy 2 жыл бұрын

USSR: "We not gonna fight Imperial Japan, we got non-agression pact." USA: "You may have Manchuria..." USSR: "Alright capitalist b***h, say no more."

@chilldude8003 Ай бұрын

At the time, the soviets and Americans were friendly, so they won't call their own comrades b***h lol

@LivonianGuy Ай бұрын

@@chilldude8003 More like frienemies.

@johnclayden1670 Жыл бұрын

Very good, as always. Lighter b/g music would be nice next time.

@mrmr446 2 жыл бұрын

Japanese conditions for surrender were that the Emperor should stay in his position, anything else was secondary, and this was accepted by the US after the bombs were dropped. The Korean peninsula only split because when the US suggested Red Army troops only occupy half Stalin surprised them by agreeing and withdrawal to the 38th parallel followed.

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they hadn't settled for only half of Korea. All of that peninsula would be under the monstrous Kim dynasty today.

@mrmr446 2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 Whatever the result it wouldn't be the same regime as the current one in North Korea without the siege mentality that followed the Korean War.

@user-pn3im5sm7k 2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind Japan sued for peace months before the atomic bombs with these same exact conditions. Nearly every US General and Admiral believed the atomic bombs to be unnecessary, as Japan had already lost the moment they lost air and naval superiority, and not to mention barbaric. America declined this peace and accepted it AFTER showing off their new toy to the world. Burning innocent children, elders, and women with a fiery ball of atomic flame should not be supported in any circumstance. Its insane to me people still defend this as the only way and try to justify it.

@derpidius6306 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmr446 Tbh he probably accepted because at the time, since the USSR lacked atomic weapons of its own, its ability to dispute American claims were extremely limited, so the fact they were being allowed to have anything in Korea was probably an instant win they weren't going to provide much pushback on

@mrmr446 2 жыл бұрын

@@derpidius6306 That would assume that such a request would be backed up by force against a country that was then an ally. The US had no ground forces in area, they were surprised Stalin agreed as they had no leverage.

@guy8834 2 жыл бұрын

Hello I’m almost 100% sure this won’t be seen but I would like to say how much I love this content and how much time you guys put into these videos and I always am looking forward to the next vid thank you for bringing me much joy and knowledge have a good night 😁

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name, again I was baited that I had to play in this child's game to save my face. I'm so mad at this insanity

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name and I pretend that I got the situation under control but I'm not. Im losing my mind now, 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Jager is genius

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

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@EzekielDeLaCroix 8 ай бұрын

It really isn't that far fetched when you realize that there are few concentrated supply centers. Even if the total area is wide, most strategic and tactical locations are in predictable places.

@TehMorbidAtheist 2 жыл бұрын

Really digging this animation.

@conserva-chan2735 2 жыл бұрын

I would love a video about the Portuguese Colonial War. It's such an underrated and important War that is super fascinating.

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name and I pretend that I got the situation under control but I'm not. Im losing my mind now, 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Jager is genius

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@anthonyminimum 2 жыл бұрын

5:53 goes to say Franklin D Roosevelt, but ends up saying Theodore Roosevelt

@johnchi1 2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that is not "Teddy" Roosevelt in my comments ...

@Mohamedistan_offical95 Ай бұрын

Look at stalin's face lmao

@angusbeef2115 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing content

@isaacjones4016 2 жыл бұрын

great video!

@AntonPavlovich2000 2 жыл бұрын

My great-grandfather participated in Manjuria campaign, thanks for a vid!

@bobo9519 2 жыл бұрын

at 6:12 there is a Map showing the eastern railway Network of the USSR, the map shows the trans Siberia railway in red but also the B.A.M. railway in green just above the trans siberian, the B.A.M. wasnt built until the 1970s under Brezhnev so i'd be quite surprised if Soviet leaders were planning such a railway in 1945 but its an interesting thing that i took note of. It could also just be an error on the part of the animators who might have used modern Maps as reference.

@letsgowinnietheflu5439 2 жыл бұрын

Good catch. Missed that one myself

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@baptistebeardwood Жыл бұрын

Great video! As a sidenote, at 5:58 you mention Theodore Roosevelt as being the U.S. President. It was in fact Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt having been dead for almost 40 years.

@AtaurRahman-vv5xv Жыл бұрын

I never knew vasilevsky was so thorough with his planning and strategy. Instead of disorder, he brought sanity and control back to the soviets.

@TheLocalLt 2 жыл бұрын

One of the main reason the Japanese pursued the southern strategy was because they had been thoroughly destroyed by Blitzkrieg tactics at the Battle of Khalkin Gol in 1939, it was more than a border clash it was basically an undeclared two year border war (between Soviet puppet Mongolia and Japanese puppet Manchukuo) culminating in an overwhelming Soviet victory, overseen by none other than Zhukov.

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

Lol battle of Khalkin Gol only saw 18,000 Japanese casualties that was nothing but a tiny skirmish the Soviets were only responsible for 1-2% of all Japanese casualties on WW2 the US made a far bigger impact in defeating Japan and if it wasnt for US Lend Lease supplies plus the allies opening up several other fronts in Western Europe, Italy, and North Africa then the USSR would have lost, if it wasnt for the US taking care of Japan in the Pacific then the Japanese would have started helping the Germans in Europe then the USSR would have been crushed by both Germany and Japan from 2 sides but thanks to the US that didnt happen

@legokingtm9462 2 жыл бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft It was just a few weeks of invasion tho.

@takebacktheholyland9306 2 жыл бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft You're missing the point. The whole reason the americans were even actively(the lend lease act was still then staying neutral) involved in ww2 was because they went for the south, and there they attacked pearl harbor, now why would the japanese attack it? Because the IJN (Imperial japanese navy) had better success against the colonies than the IJA (Imperial japanese army) had against the soviets because of this sole reason, meaning that not only was going south and a war against america a favoured option, but that japan had no choice as well

@kiennguyenanh8498 2 жыл бұрын

@@takebacktheholyland9306 The Japanese was suffering heavy shortage of oil and other resources that can only be found in the South, that why they went there

@kiennguyenanh8498 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese was suffering heavy shortage of oil and other resources that can only be found in the South, that why they went there. That border confict was nothing massive nor the Japanese was anything destroyed.

@wangity 2 жыл бұрын

This is why Japan was so willing to concede anything to prevent a soviet invasion

@explainatorylore799 2 жыл бұрын

we want a north communist japan like north korea.

@tannerhuxtable6118 2 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't. The Japanese proved time and again that they were a match for Russian/Soviet forces. The Japanese were facing annihilation.

@axelfoley1812 2 жыл бұрын

@@tannerhuxtable6118 before yes but during the end stages of WW2 Japan was significantly weaker and low on resources. The Japanese also knew that Stalin would most likely murder the emperor

@tannerhuxtable6118 2 жыл бұрын

@@axelfoley1812 when had the Russians/Soviets ever conducted a large scale blue water amphibious invasion of an enemy nation? Never happened. The Japanese would have gobbled up their whole force on inbound. By the end of the war in the Pacific, the Japanese were experts at amphibious defense and their Navy, while only a shadow of its former self, was still held in check by AMERICA'S navy. The idea of Japanese sailors and infantrymen quaking in their boots is clearly some sort of Russian propaganda. The Japanese of 1945 were not the Japanese of 1904. They were BETTER.

@bogdangiusca7431 2 жыл бұрын

Because the Soviets would have definitely removed the Emperor as head of state.

@KommandoLando 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting how it was mentioned that a factor in the decision to fight Japan was restoring Russia's damaged image from the previous war, and with that in mind, at 11:48 the background colors match the old Russian Imperial flag.

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@FNA27601 Жыл бұрын

They kinda restored it when they defeated the Japanese in 1939

@charlenemoniz3448 Жыл бұрын

Very well executed!

@dpink4832 2 жыл бұрын

I just think it's amazing that the Japanese Empire began with the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 and ended with the Soviet invasion.

@mayukhmitra5819 2 жыл бұрын

Like French 3rd Republic, Began with Sedan and Ended with Sedan .

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@Kazakov_Vasiliy 10 ай бұрын

Думаю, она всё таки началась с первой японо-китайской войны, а не с русско-японской

@user-zb4ef5tf7m 2 жыл бұрын

7:04 "... a Greater Germanic Reich was crumbled by the Soviet *agression*..." (died choking on laughter from cringe)

@JudgeBread. 2 жыл бұрын

opression или agression? Я даже не разобрал, полез в комменты. В любом случае какой-то кукож.

@user-zb4ef5tf7m 2 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeBread. Именно "agression". Хотя раньше автор допускал некоторые неточности, пороть подобный кринж он начал совсем недавно. Парень, очевидно, "на зарплате".

@savascool3416 Ай бұрын

@@user-zb4ef5tf7m ну он же американец. Они даже когда упоминают союз всегда должны его как-то обосрать, сказать что кто-то там кого-то изнасиловал и массово ссылал в Сибирь а вот доблестные американские солдаты всем всё прощали и вообще не совершали никаких военных преступлений на тот момент (ну в одном из его видосов про судьбу японских военнопленных это было)

@shakecioccolato5105 2 жыл бұрын

omg how detail the animation is

@alih6953 2 жыл бұрын

Red Army was very mighty. They defeated Japan in 1939 also. Halder also ignored warning from Paulus about the failure of operation Barbarossa

@UserName-om6ft 2 жыл бұрын

the USSR did not defeat Japan the US defeated Japan and Germany at the same time

@personnenestici 4 ай бұрын

@@UserName-om6ft go watch some more Hollywood, kiddo 😂

@UserName-om6ft 4 ай бұрын

@@personnenestici It's not hollywood its historical facts, Russian propaganda doesnt fly anymore sadly.

@rainmanslim4611 2 жыл бұрын

The reason Japanese tanks sucked so much was because they weren't designed for anti-tank warfare. They were designed to be strictly anti-infantry since they were designed to fight China and China had no tanks, only slow, weak and cumbersome field guns and napoleonic-era cannons. Against China they were terrifyingly effective. But when faced up against industrialised powers fielding their own tanks designed to kill other tanks, Japanese tanks just didn't stand a chance

@tnminhkhoi1398 Жыл бұрын

Well they have a lot of plans for making much better tank models but unluckily all of the resources were used for making ships

@64_chances73 2 жыл бұрын

I believe I read somewhere that between 1932 and 1934, there were 152 border disputes between the Soviet Union and Imperial Japan. Some were small and some were intentionally large.

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@paulwilson8061 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. There are few videos on this topic on KZfaq. Can you do smth about Suvorov?

@user-qv2ls5pm1b 2 жыл бұрын

I think battles like the battle of Shumshu should be more highlighted in the video then just the invasion of Manchuria.

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@americanprepper4206 2 жыл бұрын

I think you meant Franklin Roosevelt not Theodore. Love the videos! Thank you for all you do!

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын

@jamesbrowne1004 2 жыл бұрын

Good work on an obscure topic. You could have added how fighting the Japanese provided general Zhukov with valuable experience at Khalkhin Gol, and the subsequent truce and non agression pact freed that victorious army for the defense of Moscow.

@sansaravir9442 2 жыл бұрын

Yes very true

@UserName-rc6le Жыл бұрын

My name is User Name, again I was baited that I had to play in this child's game to save my face. I'm so mad at this insanity

@jagerherten5008 Жыл бұрын

@jagerherten4134 Жыл бұрын