In August 1945 Japan was in utter chaos, having lost millions of their own and having had many thousands maimed, plus having almost no industry. At that point they were starting from scratch, and Hirohito, who had been intimately involved with the six-member War Cabinet in their decisions to continue the war even after both A Bombs had been dropped, was as guilty as those who were executed. He and the several icons they worshiped would not have been missed, but religious America kept him on.
BradShion, I don't appreciate your insulting attitude. I saw in a YouTube video that the Germans designed the pre-WW II Japanese planes. Other stuff, such as the Hamilton Standard propeller, they stole from the U.S. As the war progressed, the Japanese kept two officers in Germany learning what their ally had for technology. At the wars's end the Germans, knowing their war was lost, loaded a sub with their technology and the 2 Japanese officers, and sent it off for Japan, which it did not make.
The German Wehrmacht at the beginning of WW II before America entered the fray was likely the most successful army of all time. But individually the Japanese soldier was likely the most fanatical and courageous of all time. You could give him q bag of rice, a piece of meat for protein, puttees and a rifle, and by eating bamboo shoots he could survive in the jungle for a month, something no Western soldier could approach. And until Okinawa no Japanese unit above platoon size ever surrendered.
Japanese resurgence after WW II was largely due to an American, W. Edwards Deming, the #2 man in the American war effort who met with Dr. Toyoda (spelled correctly) and other surviving industrialists in 1948 and whose tenets of how to run a company they adopted. In his late years Deming attempted to help U.S. companies as well, but was less successful because the U.S. does not have huge holding companies like the Japanese. Wikipedia the word keiretsu to understand the Japanese way of industry.
The Japs, as they were known then, did borrow German technology. Japanese airplanes at the beginning of WW II, including the Zero, were German-designed, and their later aircraft designs worked off them. The Japanese warrior code, bushido, was a copy of a more rational bushido of centuries before and emphasized death serving the Emperor, who survived the war only due to American stupidity and religious culture. The Japanese soldier was tough, fanatical, and overly willing to die for his cause.
@SabraStiehl Japs is an outdated racial slur that the non-ignorant person would choose not to use. I suppose it was a lazier way then saying the entire national origin. I can semi-understand you using that word to explain your point of view.
Secondly, I have never heard, nor could I find any information that indicated the "Zero" was German designed. If anything, I believe some of their design ideas and parts were exported from America. (On a side not the Airplane's maker was Mitsubishi)
@SabraStiehl Which now makes the more famous Mitsubishi automobiles. If you could elaborate of provide sources that indicate its German origins, please post them for me.
Also, your view of Bushido is off. Too put it as simply as possible, Bushido at that time had become a corrupted distortion of the older Samurai code of ethics, honor, and loyalty. The idea being in this corrupted form of Bushido was to serve the Emperor as one would their Daimyo, sacrificing their life if duty called for it.
@SabraStiehl This also enforced the Japanese Spirit which was virtually unbreakable until the end of the war. The Emperor was to remain the head of Japan after the war because the General of the US forces in charge of the pacific campaign knew that he was too important in status and leadership. He was needed to guide and stabilize Japan after WWII. He died on January 7th 1989 as a side note. It had nothing to do with the intellect of America. But I agree on your view of the Japanese soldier.
Japanese had their luck in the early years of WWII only because they faced even less prepared opponents. Japanese troops were no match with western powers, and they finally realised it after 1942.
@eddielung31 they destroyed, australian, dutch and english forces on the philipines, burma, singapore and many more places, they were a match for western forces but the combined english, australian, american,... battlegroup was to much for them
@eddielung31 Once the US regained the offensive, we did sweep through them to a certain point. By the time we were fighting at Iwo Jima though, the japanese had learned to really effectively dig in against naval artillery. I think the death toll in that battle ended up being close to even on both sides if I'm not mistaken.
The Japanese had the idea that a wounded enemy was more of a problem for the other side than a fatality, and the idea has merit. You must care for the wounded, while you can bury the dead. That's why their basic rifle was .25 caliber (6.5mm). They also had .31 caliber rifles, but they were in the minority. I at one time owned one of the .31 caliber rifles which had been brought back by a marine from an island campaign. It had a copied Mauser action, a chrysanthemum stamp and was very long.
Imperial Japan would tear apart Korea Russia Hawaii and Alaska with their Imperial gunmen and force Japanese blood and tongue into everyone's veins and mouth to create their dominion in a large radius effecting over 500,000,000 people...
they could have started the documentary by saying that the chinese had been fighting the japanese empire since 1937, and the british since 1940 but why when in actuall fact the war only started when america entered, the years before that was just a bit of a skuffle
i think Japanese weapons are still cool, i mean not as good as the American guns but still they caused some serious damage and casualties against the U.S. marine corps.
@sbflash311 probably not a full size bayonet, but if its folding then as long as it abides by your states laws regarding folding knifes(not fixed blade) then possibly.
@sbflash311 probably not a full size bayonet, but if its folding then as long as it abides by your states laws regarding folding knifes(not fixed blade) then possibly.
its talks about the bolt being hard to use, I have a type 99, which this program fails to mention, and I have no problem operating a straight bolt, but then again, I have had the rifle for five years, so I know it inside and out.
General Tojo Hideki told emporer Hirohito, "I can only promise 4 years of invincibility." he was right, with the invention of the atomic bomb from the help of german scientists, we launched two. One blew up in the skies of Hiroshima, the second blew up in the skies of Okinawa. Emporer Hirohito put down the japanese military and government, formally surrendering to the Americans. Days later, the Americans helped the Japanese rebuild. Japan now creates the best in advanced technology paying the...
The only reason the Japan lasted 4 yrs against the U.S, with their outdated tanks,artillery,rifles was because all the battles were on terrains, like islands and jungles that gave good defensive cover for the Japs, and limited the speed of any U.S advance, if the Japanese were on a flat open plain such as Russia, and had limited hiding
places, The U.S would have rolled them up in months not years.
@BlackMetalWorld They did, kind of. The Japs started developing their own copy of the Me-262, but the war ended before it could go into operation. I'm sure they used some other German technology. It just wasn't very widespread.
The only good of the Japanese were their Navy and airforce. They had more carriers and planes than the Brits or USA, their planes were more agile and faster during a long time. But their army, poor guns, inferior tanks, only fanatism and numbers and this code to die for the Emperor.
If the History Channel still played shows like this - IE REAL HISTORY not some bull#$@% about finding the Sasquatch ... again ... I might still watch it.
The Japanese DID have a reason to believe their weapons would not be as effective against Western super-powers at the start of World War 2. That reason is the Battle of Khalkhyn Gol, a full two years before Pearl Harbor. Zhukov learned how to fight a modern land battle with tanks and aeroplanes, the Japanese did not. The discrepancy between their level of technology/tactics and those of a non-Asian power should have been obvious to the Japanese.
@charthuryang You need to realize in 1941-1942 the U.S. was getting its ass kicked. Japan had one of the largest armies and navy at the time. We had one the smallest armies. They swept through the Philippines and were on the verge of invading Australia but thankfully the Marines stopped them on Guadalcanal and such, buying us time to mobilize our full power in late 1943-1944. The U.S. Navy was also lucky not to have carriers destroyed at Pearl harbor and only one at the Battle of Midway.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS thats very true. In 1940-1942, Japan had the one of the most largest and powerful Navy's in the world at that time. They developed one of the first aircraft carriers, had the largest submarine, and the biggest battleship ever in history, the "Yamato". It was to a point where the Imperial Navy was even stronger than the German and U.S. navy, that is until U.S. developed even more sufficient and stronger cruisers and battleships in 1943.
Although Japanese were Very Brave... but Foolish brave... They could of had bigger land if they didnt chose to Bomb Pearl harbor... Greed always bring an annihilation...
The Nazi.. could done better if they didnt Attack USSR...
america should try to put more efford into understanding foreign mindsets before going to war. i dont understand the japanese grunt way of thinking myself, but as a liberal german i understand what drove the wehrmacht soldiers mutch better than an american. these misunderstandings are a disadvantage, like the victory over saddam forces and the result of islam terrorists pouring into iraq.
Japan weapons was good but wasnt good enough for the american weapons, as you can see their guns will outperform jap weapons with no doubt, lack of soldiers, and US have atomic bomb...
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS you aint kidding there if the germans had much longer, they would have had the a-bomb. they likely wouldn't have hesitated to use it either.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Hitler and most of Japan was messed up, if they listened to people and know what to do at certain times, the world might be different now, and if Japan didn't attack the USA or Australia and maybe China, they still might have the same type of government to this day.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS theres no way axis could win in that situation, remember that Russia can beat Germans and USA will no doubt will beat Japan, British got most of supplies, and french will support
@mihailolord I believe you meant "No they COULDN'T" Let's learn some grammar ok? And yes, very easily could the Nazis have instead beaten Russia first, then fight the English and Americans and won. Germany was on the verge of creating ICBMS to use against New York. The American fleet was saved at Pearl Harbor by the chance that the aircraft carries were gone. If they had been sunk the Japanese would've swept through the pacific. Know your history, learn some facts before you open your mouth.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS they could beat america and england but soveit union not...soviet union won the war...they destroyed 90% of german war machinery...and do not open your mouth
@mihailolord Are you kidding me, the Germans were on the verge of destroying the Soviet Union in early 1942. If the Germans hadnt attacked england and used all its forces against Russia, it couldve destroyed Stalingrad and captured the oil fields east of their. If the German war machine had infinite fuel from that source it would be almost impossible to stop. And It still took 6 years and over 8 countries to bring Germany down. Learn history retard.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS you stupid idiot....and if the germany didnt attacked russia??remmember that hitler signed a pact with hitler on the bare beginning of the war... what would it be than?? america and england would beat germany?? xD america can only suck dick to germany in that time...The Japanese were armed with inferior weapons and american soldiers barely beat them,and like coward dumped a nuclear grenade on the japan because pussies were afraid of the casulties..so you learn history retard
@mihailolord Ok learn some damn grammar. If Germany didnt attack russia then they couldve taken England easily. Hitlers plan was to betray the soviets from the start. Its quite simple your just too dumb to get the point. And by the way the Americans won every single land battle in the pacific and japanese casualties were always higher except at Iwo. Second the atom bomb saved millions of american and jap lives who wouldve died in the invasion. Ignorant, illiterate fucks like you ruin youtube.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS first of all my primary language is not english...i speak Serbian...so have some respect on that...atom bomb saved lives???? you are fucking retarded.btw I did not even surprised.btw I never heard that the seizure of oil called Freedom..or maybe iraqi freedom...and killing of the vietnam inocent villagers and kids? how can you call that? maybe operation baby killer? . you are fucking brainwashed american
@mihailolord Haha no i actually didnt vote for bush, didnt support both wars FROM THE START. And i know Vietnam was a disaster duh. But you need to understand Jap culture. Millions of japanese were willing die defending their homeland as well as the thousands of americans invading. An entire culture wouldve been destroyed. Firebombing of jap cities would've continued w/o the atom bomb and those would cause more casualties than the atom bombs did. The A bomb was an atrocity but it was necessary.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS every man should die for his land defending it...japanese people was so brave nation i really respect them...they faced ultra modern american army only with arisaka and bayonet...i know that japanese would still fight if the nuke wasnt blasted hiroshima and nagasaki but that nuke was sooooooooo cowardly thing
@mihailolord Your an idiot. More would have died in the invasion. FACT. Your logic is of a middle school education. Go to college so you can learn how to argue and learn some history. Im not "brainwashed" in any way. I know the American GOVT is fucked up but I also know there are tons of dumb fucking europeans too. America did its part to save Europe. We allowed western culture to exist west of the Berlin wall at least. If "just the soviets" won the war you'd all be living in East Germany still.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Its kinda ironic how your opinion / argument is the one with most support on this video and on the second part of the video its quite the opposite, I'm just standing neutral to this, but agreed, people need to learn history before they try to explain it, but if they are wrong, leave it to them and let them find it out them self so their realization of what they have been saying brings more shame to them so they maybe will learn better.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS I will never believe that, too many other factors, even if the leaders WERE intelligent, the jap training was 100% inferior, their weapons were inferior and their tactics were inferior. Their mindsets for how to fight war on the whole was ass backwards or demonic. Sure they COULD of held off longer but it would have ended the same, they had just so much going against them they could never turn it around.
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Nope, they did not have the resources or the oil. America had oil. You should learn your history better. The only thing the Japanese had which was good was their airplane.
japan fucked germany over, it was never a coordinated effort. Their agreements with the Russians freed up alot of Russian troops for the German eastern front, and then worst of all they made a rash decission to take on USA that also affected Germany negatively.
The Japan-Germany team was always a one way buddy fucking relationship
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS if hitler had waited at least 3 more years ..... and if japan took it slow and just tried to control china then this world would be alot different...the technology the germans were making were incredible like the first assault rifle ..... but the rifle was developed towards the end of the war so few were ever deployed
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS like if japan concentrated on controlling china and its new territory then .. japan helps germany fight the russians cuz russia feared japan at the time .... the US would have not jumped into war if Pearl harbor never happened ....thus japan would have destroyed russia in the east and germany from the west ..also Italy sucked during the war
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS If Germany and Japan had 'right' leaders, they wouldn't have suckered their countries into bringing the US directly into conflict. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the US (if they didn't, Congress might still have refused to go to war against them, but only against Japan), and Japan's reason for attacking the US was that they might protest if they attacked Singapore and Indonesia, while in reality, they have still stayed out of the war.
@IcabodCrane The general is in the highest rank in most military ranks (excluding the president and ranks like that) and military is combat plus they got executed for not believing that they can win(I think Japaneses people was like on a 10 year high of heroine or just plain stupid)
I was being an ass about the general comment, although in the US it's basically how it goes. Not sure about Japan, but Japan's honor system was rather ridiculous and even to this day carries a lot of weight. I mean they still ordain people as Shinto Gods, in one case when the wife vehemently refused because her dead husband was a Christian.
@MrMewatchstuff Everybody would lose against the U.S. if they invaded America. The millions of gun owners form basically a second army you would have to deal with. And in many cases, we are better equipped with small arms than some nations regular armies.
Let me guess...you're just jealous that a small island of proud men who still have a fair bit of contempt for guns completely outclassed Chinese weapons systems? China's best weaponry designs came from one place, RUSSIA. Even your new 5.8mm is basically a modified AK with a slightly modified 5.56 style round...and your manufacturing sucks. The only reason my Type 53 is a good weapon is because of it's hard-chromed barrel, otherwise it'd just be a rough copy.
I'm from the US moron, our weapons systems outclass yours in every way...and that's sad considering our weapons are crap in comparison to a lot of European countries and Russia's right now. But as I said, Russia's the one who TAUGHT you how to make weapons of any decent composure, so I guess you could be proud they were willing to share ;).
In WW2, Japanese soliders were rapist and killers. Any countries defeated their women would become sex slaves. If United States of America were defeated in WW2, the american women would become sex slaves for Japanese soliders too, no exception.
I mean...although I prefer my Type 53 Mosin Nagant M44 clone, for military uses aside from being a good woods carbine and short weapon (my specific weapon is 38.8" OAL), the muzzle flash is around 3-4 foot long and the report will give away your position so fast it might as well be a cannon. The Arisaka however is extremely quiet and doesn't really have any flash. Take off the dustcover and it's an extremely good rifle.
What kills me is that so many will try to say the 6.5mm Arisaka was too weak for WWII, even Japan decided it was too weak since everybody else was using .308, .311-312 or 8mm. The notorious elephant hunter W.D.M. Bell used a 6.5 Manliccher-Carcano or 7mm Mauser to headshot elephants and killed over 1000...never using anything larger. I honestly consider it the smartest standard infantry cartridge used in WWII, 6.5mm Swede would've been an incredible advantage.
Oh I love the 6.5x55 Swede...such a beautifully done cartridge, ballistics are wonderful, recoil, report and power is perfectly done. I mean the biggest problem in WWII was for the most part they were using highly overpowered rounds. I'm still a huge fan of my T53 (Warsaw M44 Clone with the hard-chromer) because it's a beautifully done rifle for it's simplicity...but even it was pushing bear/deer loads. (cont'd)
(Cont'd) The Japanese WWII rounds were not only hitting but fragmenting in their targets much like the British Enfield slugs and the Russian 7n1 created shortly after but in a far simpler, easier to manufacture way. The only thing I'm not fond of with my T53 is the bolt is fairly rough compared to stuff like Mannlichers...and then people wondered why Norway gave a lot of hell to the troops in WWII with simple farmers up in trees, often carrying that very 6.5x55 Swede round.
@IcabodCrane I have a Swedish Mauser made in 1910. Its beautiful, has tighter tolerances than the german one's and fires more accurately. I love that rifle for hunting and will never part with it. And the yeah the only issue i have with Asian bolt actions is the weird handles and actions to manipulate them, otherwise they are fine weapons.
I hear you there although once the dust cover is gone on the Arisaka it's not a bad little rifle at all, and the low report, flash, and recoil are all very handy in situations where you want to be discrete. I love my Type 53, it's very powerful but lacks the kick of the 30-06 or 8mm, and from end to end it's only 38.8" long entirely...but the flame and report it puts off make it an absolutely poor weapon for any sort've stealth.
@IcabodCrane Agreed, and the type 99 was an absolutely fearsome machine gun. While my grandpa was in the USMC and fought against the Japanese he has great respect for them. Although American weapons were superior, Japan made some great rifles, and decent automatic weapons. And their navy wouldve destroyed ours if not for chance. Had they industrialized sooner, the U.S. would've been in serious trouble in the pacific. This doc is quite bias.
@BballLyf When Imperial Japan existed, they spread their guns and gun-knowledge amongst all which they controlled. That's why most asian guns are titled type#. Now, why do japanese rifles come with the title "type"? It's because in Japanese the names would include a word "shiki" which literally means "type" (i.e. Type 100=Hyaku-shiki-kikan-tanju/// Hyaku = 100, shiki = type, kikan tanju= mechanized handgun aka smg). Hope I cleared some things up for ye.
Every man always fight for their believe, and every followers must following their leader, i still have respect for all those who fought for their own country and served their duty as a righteous man and woman. May you guy rest in peace forever.
The Japanese were armed with inferior weapons, led by fanatical nincompoops, had little in the way of logistics, armored or artillery support. Yet they still gave our Marines one hell of a run for their money.
The japanese had all the material resources to win WW2 except the brains. they clingd to the old ways of fighting and failed to adopt to new means and modes of warfare thats y they wasted men and material alike. If only they had a couple more generals like yamamoto......
The Japanese used human shields, they raped women all across Asia, they looted and plundered everyone, if they lost a battle the easiest way for them out was to kill them self's instead of fight, they even killed there own Japanese countrymen in the battle for Okinawa and IwoJima. They're skill was reasonable but because of there win or die spirit, they lost the war, they were also one of the best organized pair of savages to come out of the orient race.
Japanese soldier's willingness to "die for the Emporer" worked against them. If you think it's "heroic" to die then you will not fear death enough to intelligently fight for your own survival. Americans are WILLING to die, but sure as hell don't want to! If dying in combat is your goal the thought of "just getting it over with" is in the back of your mind. That's suicide, and that's not going to help your cause. Japanese were easy to defeat BECAUSE they allowed themselves to be killed.
the major reason why america had such production superoity was because its production abiliities were safe from attacks while axis production facilities were constantly attacked by allie forces
the japanese soldiers was extremely nationalistic and disciplined, things that are extremely valuable in a army that made them of of the greatest armies of the world.
In August 1945 Japan was in utter chaos, having lost millions of their own and having had many thousands maimed, plus having almost no industry. At that point they were starting from scratch, and Hirohito, who had been intimately involved with the six-member War Cabinet in their decisions to continue the war even after both A Bombs had been dropped, was as guilty as those who were executed. He and the several icons they worshiped would not have been missed, but religious America kept him on.
SabraStiehl 3 days ago
BradShion, I don't appreciate your insulting attitude. I saw in a YouTube video that the Germans designed the pre-WW II Japanese planes. Other stuff, such as the Hamilton Standard propeller, they stole from the U.S. As the war progressed, the Japanese kept two officers in Germany learning what their ally had for technology. At the wars's end the Germans, knowing their war was lost, loaded a sub with their technology and the 2 Japanese officers, and sent it off for Japan, which it did not make.
SabraStiehl 3 days ago
The German Wehrmacht at the beginning of WW II before America entered the fray was likely the most successful army of all time. But individually the Japanese soldier was likely the most fanatical and courageous of all time. You could give him q bag of rice, a piece of meat for protein, puttees and a rifle, and by eating bamboo shoots he could survive in the jungle for a month, something no Western soldier could approach. And until Okinawa no Japanese unit above platoon size ever surrendered.
SabraStiehl 1 week ago
Japanese resurgence after WW II was largely due to an American, W. Edwards Deming, the #2 man in the American war effort who met with Dr. Toyoda (spelled correctly) and other surviving industrialists in 1948 and whose tenets of how to run a company they adopted. In his late years Deming attempted to help U.S. companies as well, but was less successful because the U.S. does not have huge holding companies like the Japanese. Wikipedia the word keiretsu to understand the Japanese way of industry.
SabraStiehl 1 week ago
The Japs, as they were known then, did borrow German technology. Japanese airplanes at the beginning of WW II, including the Zero, were German-designed, and their later aircraft designs worked off them. The Japanese warrior code, bushido, was a copy of a more rational bushido of centuries before and emphasized death serving the Emperor, who survived the war only due to American stupidity and religious culture. The Japanese soldier was tough, fanatical, and overly willing to die for his cause.
SabraStiehl 1 week ago
@SabraStiehl Japs is an outdated racial slur that the non-ignorant person would choose not to use. I suppose it was a lazier way then saying the entire national origin. I can semi-understand you using that word to explain your point of view.
Secondly, I have never heard, nor could I find any information that indicated the "Zero" was German designed. If anything, I believe some of their design ideas and parts were exported from America. (On a side not the Airplane's maker was Mitsubishi)
BradShiori 3 days ago
@SabraStiehl Which now makes the more famous Mitsubishi automobiles. If you could elaborate of provide sources that indicate its German origins, please post them for me.
Also, your view of Bushido is off. Too put it as simply as possible, Bushido at that time had become a corrupted distortion of the older Samurai code of ethics, honor, and loyalty. The idea being in this corrupted form of Bushido was to serve the Emperor as one would their Daimyo, sacrificing their life if duty called for it.
BradShiori 3 days ago
@SabraStiehl This also enforced the Japanese Spirit which was virtually unbreakable until the end of the war. The Emperor was to remain the head of Japan after the war because the General of the US forces in charge of the pacific campaign knew that he was too important in status and leadership. He was needed to guide and stabilize Japan after WWII. He died on January 7th 1989 as a side note. It had nothing to do with the intellect of America. But I agree on your view of the Japanese soldier.
BradShiori 3 days ago
if it could pop a hole in a yankee who cares if it's outdated
YoungKoolness17 1 month ago
Japanese had their luck in the early years of WWII only because they faced even less prepared opponents. Japanese troops were no match with western powers, and they finally realised it after 1942.
eddielung31 1 month ago
@eddielung31 they destroyed, australian, dutch and english forces on the philipines, burma, singapore and many more places, they were a match for western forces but the combined english, australian, american,... battlegroup was to much for them
ctannight 1 month ago
@eddielung31 Once the US regained the offensive, we did sweep through them to a certain point. By the time we were fighting at Iwo Jima though, the japanese had learned to really effectively dig in against naval artillery. I think the death toll in that battle ended up being close to even on both sides if I'm not mistaken.
MrJohnw93 2 weeks ago
The Japanese had the idea that a wounded enemy was more of a problem for the other side than a fatality, and the idea has merit. You must care for the wounded, while you can bury the dead. That's why their basic rifle was .25 caliber (6.5mm). They also had .31 caliber rifles, but they were in the minority. I at one time owned one of the .31 caliber rifles which had been brought back by a marine from an island campaign. It had a copied Mauser action, a chrysanthemum stamp and was very long.
SabraStiehl 2 months ago
@SabraStiehl Essentially like current day 556 NATO and 545 Russian?
I never thought of it that way, weird how the Japanese were ahead of their time with that concept, very interesting.
MrThomPS3 1 week ago
Imperial Japan would tear apart Korea Russia Hawaii and Alaska with their Imperial gunmen and force Japanese blood and tongue into everyone's veins and mouth to create their dominion in a large radius effecting over 500,000,000 people...
Tokyo64Shinobi 2 months ago in playlist Imperial Japan Tribute *
3.36 MOUSTACHE!!!
runlarryrun77 2 months ago
With that Arisaka, it's too slow, even I could see it coming out of the barrel.
SWI0001 2 months ago
take Russia, not much of a wise choice
take Korea, don't know
take China, Don't know
Take america, BIG MISTAKE!
xxPithius10n1xx 2 months ago
they should do a russian one :P
TheTime67 3 months ago
@TheTime67 They do, an it's on youtube as well : D
MrJohnw93 2 weeks ago
I'd like to see the japanese fight with firearms used by good manufacturers
shotgater 4 months ago
they could have started the documentary by saying that the chinese had been fighting the japanese empire since 1937, and the british since 1940 but why when in actuall fact the war only started when america entered, the years before that was just a bit of a skuffle
swanyAJ 5 months ago
i think Japanese weapons are still cool, i mean not as good as the American guns but still they caused some serious damage and casualties against the U.S. marine corps.
TheStickUpKid187 5 months ago
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TheWWEFan12 6 months ago
I wonder if i could install a folding bayonet on the end of my cane.
sbflash311 6 months ago 3
@sbflash311 probably not a full size bayonet, but if its folding then as long as it abides by your states laws regarding folding knifes(not fixed blade) then possibly.
happyman489 6 months ago
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@sbflash311 probably not a full size bayonet, but if its folding then as long as it abides by your states laws regarding folding knifes(not fixed blade) then possibly.
happyman489 6 months ago
Japanese machine guns and artillery took a heavy toll on their enemies.
sbflash311 6 months ago 2
stupid japs
yinchashe 7 months ago
@yinchashe shut up stupid Aussie.
TheStickUpKid187 5 months ago
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TheWWEFan12 7 months ago
yeah the dust cover rattled...what about the PING of a m1 garand...lol :P
MaxVerhaag 7 months ago
EPIC MOUSTACHE!!!
BUCKSHOTman123 7 months ago 5
goddam right
kha0113 8 months ago
ohh stupid japan..
h4mmers3x 8 months ago
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@deidarajunior1508 if the japanese are more superior then why did the Allies kick their ass?
tt123668 8 months ago
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@deidarajunior1508 if the japanese are more superior then why did the allies kick their ass?
tt123668 8 months ago
@deidarajunior1508 if the japanese are more superior the why did the allies kick their ass?
tt123668 8 months ago
its talks about the bolt being hard to use, I have a type 99, which this program fails to mention, and I have no problem operating a straight bolt, but then again, I have had the rifle for five years, so I know it inside and out.
Akirameerkat 8 months ago
Japanese people are genetically superior to europeans period.
deidarajunior1508 8 months ago
@deidarajunior1508 racist much?
sairoku 8 months ago
@deidarajunior1508 Lol
CaveJohnsonAperture 5 months ago
@deidarajunior1508 They did think they were to the Chinese at least.
MrJohnw93 2 weeks ago
@MrJohnw93 Obviously, that is true even today - the japanese people are a mix of many different genotypes superior to that of the chinese ones.
deidarajunior1508 2 weeks ago
...Chinese to create the technology cheaply.
DrCrazies101 8 months ago
General Tojo Hideki told emporer Hirohito, "I can only promise 4 years of invincibility." he was right, with the invention of the atomic bomb from the help of german scientists, we launched two. One blew up in the skies of Hiroshima, the second blew up in the skies of Okinawa. Emporer Hirohito put down the japanese military and government, formally surrendering to the Americans. Days later, the Americans helped the Japanese rebuild. Japan now creates the best in advanced technology paying the...
DrCrazies101 8 months ago
The only reason the Japan lasted 4 yrs against the U.S, with their outdated tanks,artillery,rifles was because all the battles were on terrains, like islands and jungles that gave good defensive cover for the Japs, and limited the speed of any U.S advance, if the Japanese were on a flat open plain such as Russia, and had limited hiding
places, The U.S would have rolled them up in months not years.
federalwarhawk 9 months ago
@federalwarhawk I dont get why they didnt borrowgerman technology
BlackMetalWorld 9 months ago
@BlackMetalWorld They did, kind of. The Japs started developing their own copy of the Me-262, but the war ended before it could go into operation. I'm sure they used some other German technology. It just wasn't very widespread.
mashmusic11235 8 months ago
The only good of the Japanese were their Navy and airforce. They had more carriers and planes than the Brits or USA, their planes were more agile and faster during a long time. But their army, poor guns, inferior tanks, only fanatism and numbers and this code to die for the Emperor.
Brera011 9 months ago
The way he said Seishun kinda confused me for a sec
Shirayuki619xYuuki 9 months ago
Nice mustache
thegiant1 9 months ago 2
If the History Channel still played shows like this - IE REAL HISTORY not some bull#$@% about finding the Sasquatch ... again ... I might still watch it.
SauceCaptain 10 months ago
@SauceCaptain Not to mention "Ice Road Truckers" and "Tougher in Alaska"! What is this, the Redneck Channel?
TheLoyalOfficer 9 months ago
The Japanese DID have a reason to believe their weapons would not be as effective against Western super-powers at the start of World War 2. That reason is the Battle of Khalkhyn Gol, a full two years before Pearl Harbor. Zhukov learned how to fight a modern land battle with tanks and aeroplanes, the Japanese did not. The discrepancy between their level of technology/tactics and those of a non-Asian power should have been obvious to the Japanese.
Polymorphidz 10 months ago
isnt that the guy who voices all the red dead redemption videos
Warfrae 10 months ago
i suppose japan had better guns and equipment than Italy during the war and made much better progress than Italy during ww2
8000jk 10 months ago
yes i spelled that wrong
Mr66D 11 months ago
it is the bolt that could be dissasseblled in 1 second
Mr66D 11 months ago
5:55
If you can disassemble a Type 38 in about a second, congratulations. You're Superman.
chitoryu12 11 months ago
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Mrsolowing0582 11 months ago
...the English Channel is full of SHAME... ...hehehe...
marktsheppard 11 months ago
Russian Mosin Nagant? Or Japanese Type 38?
THE13EARJEW 11 months ago
@THE13EARJEW Mosin-Nagant, far better rifle.
TaZ101SAGA 8 months ago
Why didin't they provide modern semi-auto and automatic carbines for their elite troops,those rifles were completely incompitent in my opinion.
allrightbrain 1 year ago
@charthuryang You need to realize in 1941-1942 the U.S. was getting its ass kicked. Japan had one of the largest armies and navy at the time. We had one the smallest armies. They swept through the Philippines and were on the verge of invading Australia but thankfully the Marines stopped them on Guadalcanal and such, buying us time to mobilize our full power in late 1943-1944. The U.S. Navy was also lucky not to have carriers destroyed at Pearl harbor and only one at the Battle of Midway.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 15
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS thats very true. In 1940-1942, Japan had the one of the most largest and powerful Navy's in the world at that time. They developed one of the first aircraft carriers, had the largest submarine, and the biggest battleship ever in history, the "Yamato". It was to a point where the Imperial Navy was even stronger than the German and U.S. navy, that is until U.S. developed even more sufficient and stronger cruisers and battleships in 1943.
TheStickUpKid187 2 months ago
fazinating!.........
24zingo 1 year ago
Although Japanese were Very Brave... but Foolish brave... They could of had bigger land if they didnt chose to Bomb Pearl harbor... Greed always bring an annihilation...
The Nazi.. could done better if they didnt Attack USSR...
AnimeGod1995 1 year ago
LEATHER BELT? xD
mihailolord 1 year ago
Cod WaW...BANZAIII
Honken1995 1 year ago
@Honken1995 Roebuck: BANZAI WITH FLAMETHROWER + B.A.R + TOMMY GUN attack!!!!
de4th1snt3nough 1 year ago
@de4th1snt3nough Hell yeah!
Honken1995 1 year ago
britain and france were in world war one and two right from the start amarica joined only when they got attacked
starclonedroid 1 year ago
@starclonedroid wrong dumbass
de4th1snt3nough 1 year ago
@de4th1snt3nough im not hough america joined ww1 in 1917 and ww2 in 1941
starclonedroid 1 year ago
btw. i mean wehrmacht not bastard waffenSS
masterblaster12000 1 year ago
america should try to put more efford into understanding foreign mindsets before going to war. i dont understand the japanese grunt way of thinking myself, but as a liberal german i understand what drove the wehrmacht soldiers mutch better than an american. these misunderstandings are a disadvantage, like the victory over saddam forces and the result of islam terrorists pouring into iraq.
(no offence intended)
masterblaster12000 1 year ago
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Noobssuckass300 1 year ago
Japanese has the worse gun ever in WW2. The arisiki rifle takes forever to reload compare to the US M1 garand and Thompson rifle.
Jakesthegreat1234 1 year ago
Ever Soldier Fights for His Country For His Home
wowhobbster666 1 year ago
Japan weapons was good but wasnt good enough for the american weapons, as you can see their guns will outperform jap weapons with no doubt, lack of soldiers, and US have atomic bomb...
thetrialshot 1 year ago
The nazis and Japanese both taken down by their own leaders stupid decisions. With the right leaders, they couldve beat the allies together
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 48
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS you aint kidding there if the germans had much longer, they would have had the a-bomb. they likely wouldn't have hesitated to use it either.
blueovalfan23 1 year ago
@blueovalfan23 nope the german a bomb program was at a dead end.
Lumotaku 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Hitler and most of Japan was messed up, if they listened to people and know what to do at certain times, the world might be different now, and if Japan didn't attack the USA or Australia and maybe China, they still might have the same type of government to this day.
MrMewatchstuff 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS theres no way axis could win in that situation, remember that Russia can beat Germans and USA will no doubt will beat Japan, British got most of supplies, and french will support
thetrialshot 1 year ago
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Noobssuckass300 1 year ago
@Noobssuckass300 so what? without britain and france, Allied forces can still win
no chance
thetrialshot 1 year ago
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Noobssuckass300 1 year ago
@Noobssuckass300 you mean 6 seconds?
de4th1snt3nough 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS no they cant
mihailolord 1 year ago
@mihailolord I believe you meant "No they COULDN'T" Let's learn some grammar ok? And yes, very easily could the Nazis have instead beaten Russia first, then fight the English and Americans and won. Germany was on the verge of creating ICBMS to use against New York. The American fleet was saved at Pearl Harbor by the chance that the aircraft carries were gone. If they had been sunk the Japanese would've swept through the pacific. Know your history, learn some facts before you open your mouth.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 4
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS they could beat america and england but soveit union not...soviet union won the war...they destroyed 90% of german war machinery...and do not open your mouth
mihailolord 1 year ago
@mihailolord Are you kidding me, the Germans were on the verge of destroying the Soviet Union in early 1942. If the Germans hadnt attacked england and used all its forces against Russia, it couldve destroyed Stalingrad and captured the oil fields east of their. If the German war machine had infinite fuel from that source it would be almost impossible to stop. And It still took 6 years and over 8 countries to bring Germany down. Learn history retard.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 3
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS you stupid idiot....and if the germany didnt attacked russia??remmember that hitler signed a pact with hitler on the bare beginning of the war... what would it be than?? america and england would beat germany?? xD america can only suck dick to germany in that time...The Japanese were armed with inferior weapons and american soldiers barely beat them,and like coward dumped a nuclear grenade on the japan because pussies were afraid of the casulties..so you learn history retard
mihailolord 1 year ago
@mihailolord Ok learn some damn grammar. If Germany didnt attack russia then they couldve taken England easily. Hitlers plan was to betray the soviets from the start. Its quite simple your just too dumb to get the point. And by the way the Americans won every single land battle in the pacific and japanese casualties were always higher except at Iwo. Second the atom bomb saved millions of american and jap lives who wouldve died in the invasion. Ignorant, illiterate fucks like you ruin youtube.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 4
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS first of all my primary language is not english...i speak Serbian...so have some respect on that...atom bomb saved lives???? you are fucking retarded.btw I did not even surprised.btw I never heard that the seizure of oil called Freedom..or maybe iraqi freedom...and killing of the vietnam inocent villagers and kids? how can you call that? maybe operation baby killer? . you are fucking brainwashed american
mihailolord 1 year ago
@mihailolord Haha no i actually didnt vote for bush, didnt support both wars FROM THE START. And i know Vietnam was a disaster duh. But you need to understand Jap culture. Millions of japanese were willing die defending their homeland as well as the thousands of americans invading. An entire culture wouldve been destroyed. Firebombing of jap cities would've continued w/o the atom bomb and those would cause more casualties than the atom bombs did. The A bomb was an atrocity but it was necessary.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 6
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS every man should die for his land defending it...japanese people was so brave nation i really respect them...they faced ultra modern american army only with arisaka and bayonet...i know that japanese would still fight if the nuke wasnt blasted hiroshima and nagasaki but that nuke was sooooooooo cowardly thing
mihailolord 1 year ago
@mihailolord Your an idiot. More would have died in the invasion. FACT. Your logic is of a middle school education. Go to college so you can learn how to argue and learn some history. Im not "brainwashed" in any way. I know the American GOVT is fucked up but I also know there are tons of dumb fucking europeans too. America did its part to save Europe. We allowed western culture to exist west of the Berlin wall at least. If "just the soviets" won the war you'd all be living in East Germany still.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago 19
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
goddam right.
kha0113 8 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Its kinda ironic how your opinion / argument is the one with most support on this video and on the second part of the video its quite the opposite, I'm just standing neutral to this, but agreed, people need to learn history before they try to explain it, but if they are wrong, leave it to them and let them find it out them self so their realization of what they have been saying brings more shame to them so they maybe will learn better.
Mikkhep 7 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS No way. The war was over as soon as it started. The Axis were against 85% of the world's resources.
TheLoyalOfficer 9 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS I will never believe that, too many other factors, even if the leaders WERE intelligent, the jap training was 100% inferior, their weapons were inferior and their tactics were inferior. Their mindsets for how to fight war on the whole was ass backwards or demonic. Sure they COULD of held off longer but it would have ended the same, they had just so much going against them they could never turn it around.
Arelak 9 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS Nope, they did not have the resources or the oil. America had oil. You should learn your history better. The only thing the Japanese had which was good was their airplane.
ARepublicanVictory 9 months ago
Biggest nazies were Churcill and Stalin. Ussises (americans ) just made the money.
maoqiao 8 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
japan fucked germany over, it was never a coordinated effort. Their agreements with the Russians freed up alot of Russian troops for the German eastern front, and then worst of all they made a rash decission to take on USA that also affected Germany negatively.
The Japan-Germany team was always a one way buddy fucking relationship
USMarineRifleman0311 8 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS but they didn't.... USA!
Kaloshi1687 7 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS if hitler had waited at least 3 more years ..... and if japan took it slow and just tried to control china then this world would be alot different...the technology the germans were making were incredible like the first assault rifle ..... but the rifle was developed towards the end of the war so few were ever deployed
TheJasonDR 6 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS arrogance killed the cat
TheJasonDR 6 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS like if japan concentrated on controlling china and its new territory then .. japan helps germany fight the russians cuz russia feared japan at the time .... the US would have not jumped into war if Pearl harbor never happened ....thus japan would have destroyed russia in the east and germany from the west ..also Italy sucked during the war
TheJasonDR 6 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS If Germany and Japan had 'right' leaders, they wouldn't have suckered their countries into bringing the US directly into conflict. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the US (if they didn't, Congress might still have refused to go to war against them, but only against Japan), and Japan's reason for attacking the US was that they might protest if they attacked Singapore and Indonesia, while in reality, they have still stayed out of the war.
Hotshotter3000 4 months ago
I laugh how some Japaneses generals knew if they invaded USA they would lose everything, that why you don't see them in battles.
MrMewatchstuff 1 year ago
@MrMewatchstuff
Generals in combat? LOL...
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@IcabodCrane The general is in the highest rank in most military ranks (excluding the president and ranks like that) and military is combat plus they got executed for not believing that they can win(I think Japaneses people was like on a 10 year high of heroine or just plain stupid)
MrMewatchstuff 1 year ago
@MrMewatchstuff
I was being an ass about the general comment, although in the US it's basically how it goes. Not sure about Japan, but Japan's honor system was rather ridiculous and even to this day carries a lot of weight. I mean they still ordain people as Shinto Gods, in one case when the wife vehemently refused because her dead husband was a Christian.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@MrMewatchstuff Everybody would lose against the U.S. if they invaded America. The millions of gun owners form basically a second army you would have to deal with. And in many cases, we are better equipped with small arms than some nations regular armies.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago
I have to say, I'm more interested in Samurai swords than Japanese guns. I rather have Luger and Mauser than Nambu and Arisaka .
videofn 1 year ago
dominated china wtf china kicked htere ass
Liuyifeng19 1 year ago
@Liuyifeng19
@Liuyifeng19
Let me guess...you're just jealous that a small island of proud men who still have a fair bit of contempt for guns completely outclassed Chinese weapons systems? China's best weaponry designs came from one place, RUSSIA. Even your new 5.8mm is basically a modified AK with a slightly modified 5.56 style round...and your manufacturing sucks. The only reason my Type 53 is a good weapon is because of it's hard-chromed barrel, otherwise it'd just be a rough copy.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@IcabodCrane 5.8mm has nothing to do with the 5.45 or 5.6
your small island culture comes from china even your language is chinese with a few little signs added
your weapon system is no match for china nowdays
Liuyifeng19 1 year ago
@Liuyifeng19
I'm from the US moron, our weapons systems outclass yours in every way...and that's sad considering our weapons are crap in comparison to a lot of European countries and Russia's right now. But as I said, Russia's the one who TAUGHT you how to make weapons of any decent composure, so I guess you could be proud they were willing to share ;).
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
ok seriously? average soldier height was 5,3? idk if tats true or not or if it was just back then but im azn and all azn arnt tat short! LOl :D
leafboii 1 year ago
Why doesen't the history channel show these shows anymore? Now they got gay ass shows like Axemen and American pickers
capnhands 1 year ago 4
In WW2, Japanese soliders were rapist and killers. Any countries defeated their women would become sex slaves. If United States of America were defeated in WW2, the american women would become sex slaves for Japanese soliders too, no exception.
keynesac 1 year ago
@keynesac Not in the Bronx, they wouldn't.
Salguine 1 year ago
i used these guns in world at war they are very cool i always carry one american gun and a japanese gun
lewisgunner1 1 year ago
I mean...although I prefer my Type 53 Mosin Nagant M44 clone, for military uses aside from being a good woods carbine and short weapon (my specific weapon is 38.8" OAL), the muzzle flash is around 3-4 foot long and the report will give away your position so fast it might as well be a cannon. The Arisaka however is extremely quiet and doesn't really have any flash. Take off the dustcover and it's an extremely good rifle.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
What kills me is that so many will try to say the 6.5mm Arisaka was too weak for WWII, even Japan decided it was too weak since everybody else was using .308, .311-312 or 8mm. The notorious elephant hunter W.D.M. Bell used a 6.5 Manliccher-Carcano or 7mm Mauser to headshot elephants and killed over 1000...never using anything larger. I honestly consider it the smartest standard infantry cartridge used in WWII, 6.5mm Swede would've been an incredible advantage.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@IcabodCrane I totally agree. The Japanese cartridge was superior to the 30-06, and the Swedish 6.5 X 55 is simply perfection.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
Oh I love the 6.5x55 Swede...such a beautifully done cartridge, ballistics are wonderful, recoil, report and power is perfectly done. I mean the biggest problem in WWII was for the most part they were using highly overpowered rounds. I'm still a huge fan of my T53 (Warsaw M44 Clone with the hard-chromer) because it's a beautifully done rifle for it's simplicity...but even it was pushing bear/deer loads. (cont'd)
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
(Cont'd) The Japanese WWII rounds were not only hitting but fragmenting in their targets much like the British Enfield slugs and the Russian 7n1 created shortly after but in a far simpler, easier to manufacture way. The only thing I'm not fond of with my T53 is the bolt is fairly rough compared to stuff like Mannlichers...and then people wondered why Norway gave a lot of hell to the troops in WWII with simple farmers up in trees, often carrying that very 6.5x55 Swede round.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@IcabodCrane I have a Swedish Mauser made in 1910. Its beautiful, has tighter tolerances than the german one's and fires more accurately. I love that rifle for hunting and will never part with it. And the yeah the only issue i have with Asian bolt actions is the weird handles and actions to manipulate them, otherwise they are fine weapons.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
I hear you there although once the dust cover is gone on the Arisaka it's not a bad little rifle at all, and the low report, flash, and recoil are all very handy in situations where you want to be discrete. I love my Type 53, it's very powerful but lacks the kick of the 30-06 or 8mm, and from end to end it's only 38.8" long entirely...but the flame and report it puts off make it an absolutely poor weapon for any sort've stealth.
IcabodCrane 1 year ago
@IcabodCrane Agreed, and the type 99 was an absolutely fearsome machine gun. While my grandpa was in the USMC and fought against the Japanese he has great respect for them. Although American weapons were superior, Japan made some great rifles, and decent automatic weapons. And their navy wouldve destroyed ours if not for chance. Had they industrialized sooner, the U.S. would've been in serious trouble in the pacific. This doc is quite bias.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 1 year ago
this was before the History channel turned gay.
capnhands 1 year ago
why do asian countries call there guns type whatever?
BballLyf 1 year ago
@BballLyf why do western countries use the term Mark?
death5089 1 year ago
@BballLyf When Imperial Japan existed, they spread their guns and gun-knowledge amongst all which they controlled. That's why most asian guns are titled type#. Now, why do japanese rifles come with the title "type"? It's because in Japanese the names would include a word "shiki" which literally means "type" (i.e. Type 100=Hyaku-shiki-kikan-tanju/// Hyaku = 100, shiki = type, kikan tanju= mechanized handgun aka smg). Hope I cleared some things up for ye.
Chrismonchan 1 year ago
@BballLyf
"Type" is the "model/ design" typically related to the year of introduction
"式" Shiki (Japanese) Shi(Chinese)
三八式歩兵銃 (san hachi SHIKI hohei juu)
Type 38 Infantry Rifle / Arisaka (manufacturer)
九五式轻步枪 (jiu wu SHI qing buqiang zu)
Type 95 Light Infantry Rifle / QBZ-95
sometaaw 1 year ago
honestly i'm kind of surprised the Japanese didn't use German weapons, i guess there might have been manufacturing and naionality issues tho
Ninjaspyfan 1 year ago
banzai!!!!!!!!!!!!
gta1172 1 year ago
Every man always fight for their believe, and every followers must following their leader, i still have respect for all those who fought for their own country and served their duty as a righteous man and woman. May you guy rest in peace forever.
Juinor 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
japs had shitty fucking weapons because their slanty eyes couldntsee shitttt
ijl1i 1 year ago
Hey,where is the scoped Type 99 sniper rifle which killed Col.Hankins in battle of Peliliu?
deathstrike44 1 year ago
its all because guns dont fit with the japanese. but katana's do.
MrRik338 1 year ago
The Japanese were armed with inferior weapons, led by fanatical nincompoops, had little in the way of logistics, armored or artillery support. Yet they still gave our Marines one hell of a run for their money.
Veerwhil 1 year ago 31
@Veerwhil yeah thats why i respect them
Warfrae 10 months ago
@Veerwhil Only from sheer weight of numbers, also the marines were also outdated in weapons yet they still kicked the japs asses.
Arelak 9 months ago
The japanese had all the material resources to win WW2 except the brains. they clingd to the old ways of fighting and failed to adopt to new means and modes of warfare thats y they wasted men and material alike. If only they had a couple more generals like yamamoto......
giant848 1 year ago
@giant848 brain, they do had brain, but they didnt know how to put them in service of good combat tactics, mastly cultural values about honor and etc
curseofa5r5a 1 year ago
The Japanese used human shields, they raped women all across Asia, they looted and plundered everyone, if they lost a battle the easiest way for them out was to kill them self's instead of fight, they even killed there own Japanese countrymen in the battle for Okinawa and IwoJima. They're skill was reasonable but because of there win or die spirit, they lost the war, they were also one of the best organized pair of savages to come out of the orient race.
pyrosheen 1 year ago
@pyrosheen Talk your shit, when the U.S. loses the war in Afghanistan I'll take your tone.
Bronzecop 1 year ago
Japanese soldier's willingness to "die for the Emporer" worked against them. If you think it's "heroic" to die then you will not fear death enough to intelligently fight for your own survival. Americans are WILLING to die, but sure as hell don't want to! If dying in combat is your goal the thought of "just getting it over with" is in the back of your mind. That's suicide, and that's not going to help your cause. Japanese were easy to defeat BECAUSE they allowed themselves to be killed.
randy95023 1 year ago
@randy95023 The Japanese were not "easy" to defeat. Don't know what the hell you've been smoking.
Dresden1065 1 year ago
the major reason why america had such production superoity was because its production abiliities were safe from attacks while axis production facilities were constantly attacked by allie forces
eastern2western 1 year ago
the japanese got everything,seriously.the men,the moral and their might.but lack of one thing that is very important,weapon
kamikazeboy123 1 year ago
lol the japenese dosen't need a really good weapon the japanese will to fight and braves is the greatest weapon a soldier can have
gamer5274 1 year ago
@gamer5274 but it be much more helpful if they had better weapons
TiSiSDaNiEl 1 year ago
What a great documentary.
Kelborn81 1 year ago
Why don't they make guns of the Chinese?
Excalibur01 1 year ago
the japanese soldiers was extremely nationalistic and disciplined, things that are extremely valuable in a army that made them of of the greatest armies of the world.
mazdahardcore 1 year ago
@mazdahardcore they were never one of the greatest armies in the world.
brutedude1 1 year ago
@mazdahardcore the only thing the japanese army was good at was fighting to the death.
lifes40123 1 year ago
The Japanese Military don't about weapons. Just blades. And closer combat. But today they should know their weapons today, and the problems too.
ROTFT2 1 year ago