The First Sino-Japanese War--The Birthplace of Imperial Japanese Expansionism

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Жыл бұрын

Discover the history of the Sino-Japanese War, a pivotal moment that reshaped Asia's territorial holdings and marked Japan's rise as a military and economic powerhouse. Learn about the events leading up to the war, the brutal tactics used, and the impact they had on China and Japan's societies.
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@manofcultura Жыл бұрын

I like the part where the Soviet Union under Yuri travelled back in time to fight border wars with the Qing.

@lullu311 Жыл бұрын

Comrade Yuri, unsung hero of the Soviet Union.

@PiousMoltar Жыл бұрын

Conscript reporting.

@cd5433 Жыл бұрын

Just about to comment that lol

@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын

Yeah...

@tanguero_ 5 ай бұрын

Simon doesn't bother to read these?

@chickenintrousers6723 Жыл бұрын

2:03 “by Britain, France, and even the Soviet Union” don’t think the Soviet Union existed during the 1800s lol

@potatosinnato1767 Жыл бұрын

2:04 You're 62 years too early for the Soviet union

@InquisitorXarius Жыл бұрын

lol blooper

@samsungtesz2193 Жыл бұрын

BTW at that time, it's so-called Russian empire duh🤦‍♂️

@dmoon9037 Жыл бұрын

Or those Opium Wars actually occurred in the 20th century? Lol

@lajoyalobos2009 Жыл бұрын

I know you already covered the Russo-Japanese war, but the insane journey of the Russian Baltic fleet deserves its own video. Simon's humor in that story would be a good match.

@devastator6570 Жыл бұрын

I’d watch that

@ThatGUY666666 Жыл бұрын

There is a video by Bluejay you should check out if you have not. Still, I would love to see Simon cover it, I am sure it would be hilarious in a different way

@jimtalbott9535 Жыл бұрын

“Do you see torpedo boats?”

@jimtalbott9535 Жыл бұрын

@@ThatGUY666666 Drachinifel also has an excellent video on that journey.

@simonkevnorris Жыл бұрын

@Jim Talbott - I've watched that and it is epic.

@michaelsinger4638 Жыл бұрын

It’s extremely impressive how quickly Japan manages to modernize. And build such a powerful modern military,

@spritemon98 Жыл бұрын

Both scary and amazing

@ricecakeboii94 9 ай бұрын

Did know guns allow training to be done in months instead of decades? It took 10-15 years before an archer is proficient with a bow. Pulling a trigger at a target takes an afternoon & being proficiency with a firearm takes ~1,000 rounds. US army boot camp poops out soldiers in 2-3 months.

@Knihti1 Жыл бұрын

2:02 "...Britain, France and even Soviet Union." This is some Red Alert type of time traveler shenanigans.

@shandonoates9614 Жыл бұрын

2:04 Russian Empire not Soviet Union, love your videos btw

@just_a_turtle_chad Жыл бұрын

After this war the Imperial Japanese Army learned their lesson and never again decided to massacre civilians and prisoners out of anger and boredom.

@Banditxam4 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@Grimnir_x Жыл бұрын

And they all lived happily ever after

@Hillbilly001 Жыл бұрын

Right.

@ex-navyspook Жыл бұрын

...oh...wait...

@PresidentAutumn Жыл бұрын

Uh huh

@kcollier2192 Жыл бұрын

This video reminds me of an old PBS series called Connections, where a British narrator examined the connection between some modern invention or process and something seemingly unrelated from the past. Very informative and interesting - well done all.

@decodingtheunknown2373 Жыл бұрын

That's a great concept for a show.

@XXMatt0040XX Жыл бұрын

@@decodingtheunknown2373 there's totally an opportunity for a bus-- brain blaze video in that idea

@sandybarnes887 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. James Burke was amazing. The timing of the Voyager launch was outstanding

@rosenraikov Жыл бұрын

Kioubv9i

@markhough1027 Жыл бұрын

It's great having historical battles on this thank you. I love to see the 1798 Irish rebellion

@Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын

The war commonly known in China as the War of Jiawu, referring to the year (1894) as named under the traditional sexagenary system of years. In Japan, it is called the Japan-Qing War. In Korea, where much of the war took place, it is called the Qing-Japan war.

@timmyturner327 Жыл бұрын

interesting. Thanks for the info.

@Benzi514 Жыл бұрын

1:50 - mutual trade was not a thing, China basically exported goods in ecchange for silver, the British then started to smuggle Opium in exchange for goods (mainly tea) until the Qing government put an end to it (which lead to the first opium war) 2:10 - Both Opium wars were over before the Soviet Union ever existed.

@SamtheIrishexan Жыл бұрын

Gangster I was bored at work and 💥 💥 💥 a warographics drops!

@Andy-te1mw Жыл бұрын

Thank you again to everyone who makes these videos. Really educates and helps get me threw the day!

@ignitionfrn2223 Жыл бұрын

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The circumstances for war 10:10- Chapter 2 - The war 13:30 - Chapter 3 - The aftermath - Chapter 4 - - Chapter 5 - - Chapter 6 -

@jacksonstarky8288 Жыл бұрын

This was one I've been waiting a while for. Thank you! Hopefully the Second Opium War video is in the works too.

@ActivateMysticMine Жыл бұрын

This is one I’ve been eagerly waiting for!

@andyyang3029 Жыл бұрын

Was missing some older stuff, thanks!

@Hillbilly001 Жыл бұрын

Oh goodie! Warographics has posted. Cheers

@ricardoarmenta3766 Жыл бұрын

Love you Simon

@steelofthealloys1081 Жыл бұрын

Thank you I can't wait until I get home to watch this

@Phenom24uk Жыл бұрын

Finally. Back to 'History' and not current events!

@radi0fm Жыл бұрын

Wish there was subtitles with these uploads. But besides that, these videos are super good

@sandybarnes887 Жыл бұрын

Closed captions are available now. The subtitles are made by KZfaq, not this channel and are placed when KZfaq decides to do them 🙃

@ironmanhowes8200 Жыл бұрын

2:03 im assuming you meant russia when you said soviet union. (just a nitpick)

@Destroyer120296 Жыл бұрын

Nice video. You planning on covering the second Sino Japanese war?

@miliba Жыл бұрын

My grandpa fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War

@danielsantiagourtado3430 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful historical coverage about the Sino-Japanese War, which introduced more facilities to European empirical existence on Chinese territories besides practical embodiments of the Japanese empire invented of Formosa Island and other Chinese territories

@Ruosteinenknight Жыл бұрын

Here we go!

@societalnormality2268 Жыл бұрын

Here we go!

@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988 Жыл бұрын

a more fitting way to end the video: "[...] one that wouldn't end till the second nuke was dropped on japan"

@1978Topel Жыл бұрын

This is the only voice I can fall asleep toooooooo.

@RR-in7do Жыл бұрын

Was starting to miss these history themed Warographics!

@ironpro1511 Жыл бұрын

True! The last one was the Cuban missile crisis, over 1 month ago Crazy

@danielknapp5189 Жыл бұрын

I know that this might be controversial video to make due to the fact that tensions has highted between these two countries in recent years, but could you guys on Warographics please make a video about the Greco-Turkish war?

@killer3000ad Жыл бұрын

There were a bunch of other incidents not mentioned in the video in the lead up to the war, such as the Nagasaki incident in 1886 when the Beiyang fleet made a port of call there and the Qing sailors went to shore and started fights with the locals. A riot broke out that saw fighting between local police and civilians against the Qing sailors resulting in deaths on both sides. The incident led to a huge uptick in anti-Qing sentiment in Japan.

@joemagnus5085 Жыл бұрын

Imperial Japan was like the kid in that old anti-drug commercial from the 80's. "Who taught you how to do this stuff!?" "You alright! I learned it by watching you!"

@RRHardyHar Жыл бұрын

Glad we're getting videos about past wars instead of speculations on the outcome of the Ukrainian war IMO

@herypineda255 Жыл бұрын

In the mexican capital city of Merida, there was a bar called Chemulpo, renamed after 1905. A sad history, that one.

@302racing3 Жыл бұрын

Can you explore the Battle of Leyte Gulf or the Battle of Jutland? Naval combat is always fascinating to discuss

@coreybenson3122 Жыл бұрын

For an in depth look at the battle of Leyte, BBC created a documentary called Battlefield WWII. They have a 90 minute episode dedicated to it.

@1978Topel Жыл бұрын

This is a stupendous

@Theshropshireratter Жыл бұрын

Battle for Lake Tanganyika make a great video carrying a mini navy overland though jungle to defeat a stronger opposition.

@scaler1179 Жыл бұрын

You should do an episode on the 800. In 1937.

@multiyapples Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace to those that passed away.

@seanmarshall5463 Жыл бұрын

I like how Japan absolutely kicking Britan and France’s butts in the Pacific at the beginning of WWII was actually kind of caused by their mistreatment of China some 90 years earlier. What goes around comes around I guess.

@EmilyJelassi Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video!! How many Sino-Japanese wars were there? Will you be covering all of them? We didn’t get a lot of Asian history in school, so this is fascinating! Excellent work Simon and team 😊👏🏻🔥🙌🏻

@ridgecrestwack9746 Жыл бұрын

There were two, the second one was apart of Japan's invasion at the pre- beginning of WWII

@miliba Жыл бұрын

@@ridgecrestwack9746 Lets hope a third doesnt break out

@iCrapBubbles Жыл бұрын

@@ridgecrestwack9746 The second Sino-Japanese war did mark the start of WWII, in my opinion.

@ridgecrestwack9746 Жыл бұрын

@@iCrapBubbles I pretty much agree too

@ridgecrestwack9746 Жыл бұрын

@@miliba if things continue on their current trajectory then I'd almost count on it

@tomashidalgo5538 Жыл бұрын

2:04 Auch…. As a history nerd, that was painful to heard. I will forgive you this time, I will consider it as a misspoken moment. ;v

@PhoenixAscending Жыл бұрын

You should do a warographics on the Russo-Japanese war, if you haven't already

@Hillbilly001 Жыл бұрын

They already have. According to the playlist it was released 11 months ago. Cheers

@QuantumNoir Жыл бұрын

Muy interesante

@A13X_H_22 Жыл бұрын

What ever happened to your Japanese history channel you said you were making? It was either that or some alternate history channel. You only mentioned them both in passing

@dmoon9037 Жыл бұрын

Something amiss around time hack 2:00 with the mention of the Soviet Union (a 20th century construct) and the Opium Wars (19th century conflicts).

@duncancurtis5971 Жыл бұрын

The Sick Man of Asia! Bruce Lee's Fist 👊 of Fury 1971.

@etzool Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this, but I do hope someone notices the red X's over the transitions. I could only guess why they're there, but I assume they're not supposed to be; they're more than a bit distracting from an otherwise good presentation.

@denisecorzette1676 Жыл бұрын

🖐 Simon

@JawsHLL Жыл бұрын

Yes

@thevenbede767 Жыл бұрын

We need more maps. Idk where anything is happening

@reconsoldier135 Жыл бұрын

Did Simon say “Soviet Union” referring to events in the 19th century?

@1978Topel Жыл бұрын

Literally. All channels,

@AbsoluteKhan. Жыл бұрын

Let's gooo

@evanwood8985 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you talk so damn fast I have to replay sections just to follow. It's KZfaq not Twitter. Adding maps of what areas your talking about would be a great visual aid as well. Great content though. You give great perspective on what lead to future events that "most" (used loosely in this age) know about.

@joels5150 Жыл бұрын

You can always set the playback speed a bit slower.

@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын

I don't know who these Imperial Japanese are, but it seems like they're going to do very well in the future years of the 1940s.

@dannypayton5965 Жыл бұрын

I remember very well watch this day on TV and just waiting to see what county we were going to go to war with and the hurt I felt when I found out it was a American who did this

@mangyminotaur30 Жыл бұрын

You mentioned the Soviet Union in 2:00 , I’m assuming you meant the Russian empire?

@maggiedaniel7329 Жыл бұрын

Dang, I was counting on this to be longer so cleaning would be slightly less horrible. I’m not even half done🫠

@back2babylon513 Жыл бұрын

Did you just skip over the Naniwa incident or what? I'd always heard that Togo's actions there pretty much kicked off the war.

@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын

disguise yourself as a civilian and flee the battlefield.

@deanzaZZR Жыл бұрын

Chinese dynasties looked at Japan with contempt for over a millennium as Japan would not (regularly) acknowledge China as the supreme power. Japanese invasions of Korea in the 7th and 16th centuries failed miserably as China extended a helping hand to the Kingdom of Korea. It was only a modernizing Meiji Japan that finally had the confidence to confront China openly with some initial success (and misery for many) followed by ultimate defeat at the end of WW2.

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

As a Chinaman, I'm more upset at the incompetent Chinese leadership than I am towards the Japanese for the outcome of this war.

@zed9251 Жыл бұрын

As a Korean, same but with the Korean leadership at the time

@andrewberrocal2281 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know the Soviet Union existed in the 19th century

@michaelb1761 Жыл бұрын

You must believe the lies of the capitalist pig-dogs. Glorious Soviet Union has existed for centuries and will rule the world. (Please read with a Russian accent.)

@michaelb1761 Жыл бұрын

"Modeled after the British Navy", the 18th century British Navy.

@sashaburrow6186 Жыл бұрын

Ooops - look like someone hasn't got a licensed plug-in...

@XamaL1 Жыл бұрын

Nice video, but you It would help if you talked slower so your audience (with english as a foreign language) could process your words

@ridgecrestwack9746 Жыл бұрын

Helps explain China's current position and attitude, I can't blame them being as aggressive as they are

@frankieseward8667 Жыл бұрын

When you get absolutely destroyed in just 6 months yeah, weariness is warranted

@Jones-xf5rr 5 ай бұрын

I do blame them actually

@thorpeaaron1110 Жыл бұрын

You guys should definitely cover The Battle of Antietam the bloodiest single day in American History.

@metalthrashingai2238 Жыл бұрын

Can you do the Battle of Doiran (1918)? It's pretty ironic to ask a channel hosted by a British to do it but it's a pretty important battle for the history of my country. This or any Balkan related warfare that is not the 90s would be great. P.S. Why was Korea so willing to be under foreign rule?

@jxz107 Жыл бұрын

It depends on whether you're referring to different political factions or the common Korean people. At the time, the conservatives in Korea were pro-Beijing, while progressive intellectuals in Korea looked up to Japan. But just as Chinese and Japanese intellectuals/government officials are a heterogenous group, so were the Koreans. For example, many conservatives wanted a stronger alliance with Beijing, while progressives wanted a reformed Korea that follows Japan's path. But there hasn't been any sources showing that a majority of them advocated for direct foreign rule. Peasants had no voice in government decisions in the late Joseon period, so saying that they were "willing to be under foreign rule" is misleading. For example, during the peasant rebellion mentioned in the video, their forces fought Korean state, Qing, and Japanese troops as part of a nationalist movement. Some reasons that Korea as a state capitulated so quickly include: 1. Korea made none of the reforms that Japan and China did because of its leadership's incessant fixation on conservative neo-Confucianism and rejection of Western ideals/tech 2. A centralized state that brutally suppressed any public attempts at reform 3. A reliance on foreign states to balance against each other because Korea was too late to modernize enough to catch up on its own Regardless, it was a terrible time to be Korean, and part of the reason why modern South Korea is the way it is today (strong investments in military and engagement with the international community) is surely to prevent another scenario like this one from occurring.

@poil8351 Жыл бұрын

more complex queen min was trying to mordernize the country and thus was pro russian and fairly anti japan.

@opanababy Жыл бұрын

@@jxz107thanks for the info!

@bluenight104 Жыл бұрын

I think you guys messed up on small detail. At 2:05 you mention how the Qing were defeated by Britain, France & the “Soviet Union”. First sino-Japanese war was from 1894-95? The Soviet Union was founded in 1922 and the Russian Revolution itself didn’t occur till 1917.

@mykolasdobilaitis1565 Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes the soviet union in the opium wars just as my grandfather told me from experience

@jezalb2710 Жыл бұрын

And?

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

I think the channel should hire a fact checker

@demetridowell6563 Жыл бұрын

2:04 lol

@route2070 Жыл бұрын

Can we get something on any channel about an independent Korea? Seemed like we always get stuff about occupied Korea from any content creator.

@killer3000ad Жыл бұрын

We live in great times when youtube channels do documentaries better than the History Channel. If HC did this, they would have stretched it out over 10 episodes with dozens of interviews with historians and 'experts' followed by shitty re-enactors and unrelated footage taken from unrelated movies.

@encapsulatedslime Жыл бұрын

2:00 the Opium Wars involved the Soviet Union?

@1978Topel Жыл бұрын

2 27 am in Minnesota insomniac

@adriangonzalez1665 Жыл бұрын

Please, the american-english 1812 war is always forgotten but quite interesting

@SoundShinobiYuki Жыл бұрын

Forgotten? If you grow up in Canada, it’s like 90% of the history you learn in school (partly because it was the last real war fought on our own soil). Especially if you lived in a historic city that actually saw battle like I did.😅

@sandybarnes887 Жыл бұрын

It's only forgotten because we burned down their White House, eh 😂 🇨🇦

@SoundShinobiYuki Жыл бұрын

@@sandybarnes887 I can never bring that up without needing to quote Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie. "And the White house burned burned BURNED, and we're the ones that did it! It burned burned burned, while the president ran and cried! It burned burned burned, and things were very historical! And the Americans cried like a bunch of little babies yeah yeah yeah, in the War of 1812!" 🤣

@sandybarnes887 Жыл бұрын

@@SoundShinobiYuki 😂 I love it. Thx

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

Yep they wanted to be just like the colonizing Europeans.

@TangoHotelW01fi Жыл бұрын

02:02 Soviet Union?!?! In the 18-hundreds?!?

@iwatchDVDsonXbox360 Жыл бұрын

1:55 wait... Soviet Union?! 🤨

@mylex817 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but did he say that the Soviet union was involved in the first Opium war? The Soviet union was created 70 years or so after the first Opium war?!

@Brotherman94 Жыл бұрын

Took me a second to realize he was saying Korean and not career.

@stephenlavin7512 Жыл бұрын

Qing Dynasty against the Soviet Union???

@azorohhi8711 Жыл бұрын

Glaring oversight where you said “Soviet Union” instead of Russian Empire in relation to the Opium Wars. The Soviet Union wasn’t established until 1922 and the Opium Wars ended in 1860.

@noahlogue Жыл бұрын

You listened to the comments can't wait for the second sino-japanese war. Edit* Soviet Union?

@SuperTonyony Жыл бұрын

Sahm'n's acc'nt is so veddy, veddy POSH!

@nborr258 Жыл бұрын

2:04 the who now?

@DGKOP72 Жыл бұрын

Pretty good job Simon, there isn’t another KZfaq channel called history of China that has way more in-depth analysis of this conflict and also has correct pronunciation of all the names and stuff, don’t get me wrong. I love your graphics, but he doesn’t do the best job of covering Asian and wars in the Pacific that don’t involve Western countries

@Ricardo-ps7wv Жыл бұрын

2:03 that was a mistake, the soviet union did not exist until after ww1

@georgenettleton1857 Жыл бұрын

The soviet Union fought in the Opium Wars? I didn't think it formaly existed till after the October Revolution in 1917?

@michaelb1761 Жыл бұрын

That's what they want you to believe.

@user-go2fl1ow2k 2 ай бұрын

Just error he means Russia empire

@nicholashuestis8830 Жыл бұрын

The Soviets beat the Ching dynasty?

@sirjacobthe8 Жыл бұрын

The Soviet Union wasn’t involved in either Opium war. 2:04

@JohnSmith-pm6zb Жыл бұрын

“Even the Soviet Union”? It was the Russian Empire back then…

@gregggibson3109 Жыл бұрын

Wow…! As an avid historian, I relish the information presented here, BUT, the narrator absolute wears me out as his speech moves at hyper speed while I try to both hear and assimilate the substance presented here. For pity sake, slow down!

@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын

disguise yourself as civilian and flee the battlefield.