The US bombers continue destroying Japanese cities with a rain of firebombs. As the country burns, the Japanese leadership and Emperor Hirohito finally realise they must seek peace.
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Operation starvation. Ominous
Hirohito? More like hirostupid
Whenever I am confronted with certain moral questions about this time in history, I like to remind myself that the last japanese soldier to surrender was Teruo Nakamuta in 1974. He refused to believe that Japan would ever surrender -this was the mindset of many a japanese and would’ve resulted in the loss of so many lives.
The second is a scene from the first Indiania Jones movie-the one where Indy has fought off a couple of attackers with his hands and whip. Then another guy wants to fight Indy. The crowd parts, wanting to see another show down. Indy teaches for his whip but, tired, exhausted, out of breathe, he’s done for so he takes out his gun and shoots the guy. The crowd is disappointed, but it ended the fight. Should the U S A keep on fighting mano y mano? Or, being sick and tired of all this death , should we use the weapon available to us? What would you do?
I hope there is a long video discussing how the main generals, politicians, and all nations militarily involved in world war 2 began vs how they are at the end of the war.
Looking back at older videos it gets very muddled and forgettable about what happened to all figures. Also with certain nation leaders making unpredictable decisions on who controls what makes knowing what happened to the men they bossed around
this kinda behaviour is what nationalism does to a mfer's brain.
Don't do like Japan, kids, it ain't worth it
I've read that the USAAF made no serious attempt to attack the Japanese railroad network. However, studying the aftermath of the war in Germany during summer 1945 had caused them to realize it was a weak link in the Japanese supply chain they could break. The plans to do so weren't implemented before Japan surrendered.
Is this accurate? If so, why did the Americans underestimate the value of such an obvious target for so long? Was it simply a matter of wanting to hit easier targets (i.e. mass bombing of cities) before turning to smaller targets that were harder to hit (bridges, tunnels, rail yards)?
Spartacus looking sharp as always
I thought Toyoda was an extremist hawk
Off topic, but Sparty's suit is ice coooold
Another powerful episode. Thank you Spartacus
The Big Six: "We will fight to the death, to the last drop of blood. And by "we" we mean "you" because we are too important to make such a sacrifice."
Outstanding.
Why don't you mention that the people incinerated were mainly civilians?
I understand that Secretary of State Cordell Hull and his wife visited Kyoto on their honey moon and liked what they saw. He was supposedly instrumental in limiting attacks on the city. An example of the randomness and effect of small coincidences on the fate of thousands.
Quite a contrast in how the Japanese military thought the homeland could be defended and the US assessment of how much it would take.
That last line.
1:23 "burned through their stock of incendiaries…"
Very punny!
Thank you Spartacus. 🏆🏆🏆
I've always thought about this, but why were the fire bombings of Tokyo, Dresden and other cities with heavy civilian populations and also the atomic bombings not considered war crimes?