I really appreciate that this video doesn't look at the numbers from any certain country's POV, but just lays them out as facts and data to be taken in as they are without being skewed by bias. It was heart-breaking, but very necessary, because remembering these losses is what keeps us from repeating these mistakes (hopefully).
well the video does describe the loss of 2,500 americans as "one of the most tragic moments of the war" which seems kinda insulting compared to the losses other countries were suffering
My Grandpa was in the Navy during WW2 he never really said much about it until he was going through Alzheimer’s.. he basically was reliving what he went through and it was so heartbreaking ..RIP Grandpa ❤️
My Great Uncle was too. And his brothers. He would never talk about it until one of his Granddaughters had to do a report on it and he told her. That's all we have from it. He earned himself a purple heart and i got to hold it a few years ago. Rest In Peace to him and to your grandfather💕
@@onepiecexskz I have deep respect for anyone who had been through that. My Grandfather had won lots of awards as well but I just don’t know exactly what. It was definitely a hard time back then and hopefully it never gets to that point again in the future.
My Grandfather was in the Navy in the Pacific Theater as well. He had always been a quiet man, according to my other relatives, but after the war he rarely ever spoke. We could have a 6 hour family event like Thanksgiving, and he would say maybe 10 words the whole time. He mostly just sat and watched the grandkids play. The only time he ever talked about it was when I joined the Army. He shared a few stories then. He was a gunner on a landing craft. He felt guilty, I think, that he would land soldiers on the beach, then get to go back to the ship. He said on the way back, he would always wonder how many of the men he just dropped off were going to die.
History is all about learning and not repeating. Yes you can have feeling about the fact of it, but you got to remember feeling do not change the past just influences the future. So being negative about something that can not be changed is victim hood. To be a survivor you most learn from the mistakes of others.
War is a death machine. And because of how apparent that is since WWII, everyone is too scared to start another one. Especially now that technology has reached the point where there's no distinction between military and civilian death. America's "war" in Afghanistan has been more guerilla war rather than formal war. If we start a war in the near future, it's going to be a question of which country extinguishes the other first. The war may only last a day. For how war itself has changed, this is a good video to watch or react to: th-cam.com/video/uSTdUqgIdyk/w-d-xo.html
One of the scariest things about this is that the Soviets lost so many men in the war that every few generations the Russian population plummets because there's just a whole generation that never had kids, and the kids they would have had never had kids and so on.
Most education systems in the world are “nationalistic” meaning that when it comes to your history classes, the majority of it relates to your own country
Yea that is true. I have heard from many people on how do I know more about world history then they know about their own or any other place. Yes I am from U.S.A. I went to school when school was more learning about accountability and repeating history and teachers had no feeling about the true history. No pandering to any one race.
I would agree that most education systems focus on their own history, which should be normal because it's THEIR history, BUT some countrys are more critical than others in this. In Germany for example we learn many things about WW2 and are very critical about our own role in it, and how we can prevent things like national socialism to spread again
@@delfasimletsplays3445 its all just propaganda, the tiny slice of history the people in power currently think is relevant. If they were objectively critical about anything they would know the second didn't need to happen if not for america's involvement in the first. Like in China where they won't imagine a timeline without Mao, this timeline is best timeline mythology.
Aleta- out of curiosity, what state do you live in? I live in upstate NY and feel that I received a well- rounded education overall, with my world history knowledge becoming far greater in college. It seems that some southern states have different rules and regulations when it comes to what is taught regarding local and world history sometimes though. I’m curious if there is much truth to that. Ive heard foreigners say that the US is just 50 separate countries smooshed together. Since state and county and government rules and regulations vary from state to state, they’re not wrong 🤷♀️
I'm third generation from grandparents who fled from Poland in world war II to the U.S. No country is clean everyone has made mistakes but like the end of the documentary we should enjoy the connections we have with the countries now and keep and enjoy this piece that we have.
D-day was a seaborne invasion of Nazi occupied France there were 5 allied beaches 4,414 killed and 10,000 casualties suffered by the allies On June 6 1944
That burp was so unexpected 😂 What made it even more hilarious was that an ad immediately played, slightly cutting it off. This is a serious video, which is why I found this inappropriate burp to be so dang hilarious.
"For the countless souls who died, their voices fill this night, sing with me never again" "They are not lost, you see, their truth will live in me, believe me never again!" -David Draiman, "Disturbed" lead singer, song "Never Again"
As another person who grew up in Japan, I think you probably had a terrible teacher who didn't teach you such facts, because in my elementary and middle school the textbooks explained about the calamities that befell the South-East and East Asians(like the Mamila massacre, Romusha, Nanjing), and my class watched videos about Japanese aggression and victims in every country in school. My Polish girlfriend says that there are many politicians in both Germany and Japan who try to hide the war, but since both countries have officially apologised, it is sad and discussing to see that some people betray this in the area of passing it on to our children. I hope there will be no more such teachers...
@@Choppylovechoppy The government made agreements with Asian countries in the 50s and 70s to apologise and complete reparations of a magnitude rarely seen in history. Apologies have been issued by Prime Ministers and Emperors since then. (The extent of the apology is subjective, but personally, I want more strict words to appeal) With China and South Korea, it was previously recognised that an apology had been made, but the demand for a new "apology" broke international rules, the CCP's stance that it would not accept an apology unless it accepted 100% of the CCP's claims, and the failure of victim-perpetrator talks to result in government bickering. This, combined with an education system that teaches that Japan is the enemy and must be defeated, makes for a rather complex problem... Nevertheless, I think that Japan is also prioritising the protection of its national interests and is not sufficiently committed to achieving a proper apology. As a result of this dishonest dispute, there has been a rise in historical revisionist nationalism on the internet and on the far right in Japan, and the Korean government has set up propaganda organisations aimed at damaging Japan's reputation like VANK. In most other countries, the apology has been made, but the Japanese must forever apologise, because an apology will not solve their anger and grief. Even in Germany, there are still many problems that are coverd, such as not teaching much other than "Nazi crimes", refusing to apologise to the Roma peoples, denying the invasion of Poland, justifying the Soviet invasion, and war criminals who were not involved in Nazi crimes being restored to honour (like the Yasukuni issue in Japan).
@@Choppylovechoppy yeah, they apologised again and again. The Emperor has made it his life's work to make memorial/apology journeys to Asia. There is a race between Germany and Japan to see who is quicker to apologise for the crimes committed on those fronts, because it is not an apology for national policy, as in Germany, but an apology for the actions of local soldiers. Germany apologised for Soviet POW in 2015 and Japan for British POW in 1998. It will take a long time to finish a apology like UK never apologized to india...
@@権兵衛-e8u The Germans have started to remove much of the war crimes part of their education system. I have seen many that know about it, but have no idea on actual details. I can't speak to what they teach in Japan, I would imagine they have probably toned it down as well. Honestly there is a good reason to teach it, but also to explain that these generations have nothing to apologize for. It was not their actions that had caused all of this. These crimes are far removed from today, all we can do is try are best to learn from it and never repeat it.
I feel compelled to point out something very significant regarding the 2 nuclear attacks on the Japanese. What isn't commonly told is that if those bombs were not dropped, it was estimated another 2 MILLION would have died as the United States was going to invade Japan. This would have far exceeded the lives lost with the 2 nuclear bomb being dropped. It's just something to think about, a bit of perspective.
The number is actually higher for Japanese estimated losses as it would have thrusted a large majority of the civilian population into the fight. Girls were armed with sewing needles and spears. The most common and agreed numbers stands at 5-10 million.
Yes, that is indeed correct: it was estimated that another 2 million U.S Marines might have perished. And thereto innumerable Japanese civilians - who were literally 'brainwashed' with 'consepts' such as Bushido and (a more or less, at least historically invented term:) Kamikaze: where the entire society, including young boys and girls, women as well as the elderly were 'armed' with 'bambu-spears', long and short swords and other weapons of that caliber, at least. All of which had been 'taught', from a young age that it was better to die with a weapon in your hand - than to surrender. (Which the U.S Marines learned 'the hard way' when they took the island of Iwo Jima - which was a total slaughter, on both sides!). An incident which deeply traumatized the Marines since they witnessed both women, with their children in their arms jumping from the cliff! All Japanese would rather die than been taken captive....they were led to believe they would be tortured, raped, etc...if taken alive. If I remember it correctly at least. So, it was actually a 'calculated move' - from the U.S army's perspective. As horrible as it was - another 2 million U.S Marines plus several millions of Japanese children, women and elderly would have perish otherwise: since the Japanese at that time simply refused to surrender (even though they were given time to do so.... I believe that they were given 2 days to surrender after the first bomb..but, they still refused...and thus felt 'compelled' to drop the 2nd one. PS. Isn't Kami the Shinto term for 'spirit', and Kaze roughly 'wind'? A term which 'came to use' after the Mongols invasion-fleet were (mostly at least) crushed by heavy winds? (Correct me if I'm wrong anyone though).
The video was depressing, but the ending made me smile. God bless you, never apologize for sharing our Lord when a perfect opportunity arises! 🙏 WWII as a whole is very heavy. It always saddens me when I look into it. I'm currently reading an eyewitness account book from a Jewish man who was forced to work in an Auschwitz crematorium. It's very heavy. While there are MANY other atrocities in history that showcase the lengths people will go to when they hate others (or feel superior to them), WWII is the best example of this because it's so well documented and even filmed. The Nazi concentration camps and Soviet gulags, and all the torture and experimentation that happened within them, I'd say was indeed one of the worse things people have done to others. Period. And we have videos of it! I saw one graphic video that showed the Nazis throwing dead Jewish people into a mass grave. Tossing them in like trash bags by the 1000s. It's sick what people are capable of doing to each other. And some people out here try to believe that humans are capable of progressing to a utopia-like state on their own. The Nazis thought killing minorities was leading to an "Aryan" utopia, and that experimenting on them was scientific "progress" to aid in it. Humans like to think they know best for humanity, but they always end up tearing it apart (especially when they destroy things they don't think fit into their idea of a Utopia). Only God knows what we need. He sees all, knows all, and holds all together. Only He can cleanse the sin that leads to these actions. The wages of sin is death and Jesus paid our fine with His own death! Then He defeated death by raising again! What He did looks even better and baffling the more you look at what people are like. We did things like WWII and He still died to give those of us who accept Him hope! That's true love.
21:56 That's really explains position of Japan to Kuril islands. This islands became part of Russia as a result of WWII. If you don't learn about this war, you don't know it's consequenses. Hm..
What an impactful video. Really shows the devastation through a worldwide perspective. Makes me think seriously about pacifism. This is why the mantra of “never forget“ is so important. And is why it is so upsetting when extremist groups/people go into Holocaust denial. Holocaust denial is particularly difficult for me. I am of part Jewish background, and I have relatives who died in Auschwitz. On the other side of my family, my grandfather was a Colonel in the US Air Force, and he lost so so many friends, He carried the horrors of war with him until he died at the age of 80. As war prone as our species is, I do think a huge amount of war has been avoided, because we are still grappling with the horrors of World War II. Nobody wants to repeat that. Big powers find other ways to “ fight” each other... the Cold War, fighting each other through a third, usually poor, country. ( hello Vietnam War... The alternative to this was a straight out war between the USSR and the USA- Though these two countries certainly dragged most of the world into their power struggle for decades.. It was still probably better than a full out direct war) And in more modern terms, we get these social media manipulations of Russia and others, economic warfare, social warfare etc. so we find other ways to fight each other, but they aren’t as likely to bring these huge casualties. Sometimes I do wonder, if we had to go through World War II, to stop these high casualty wars. It is still miles from perfect, but again it is so important that we “never forget”
It is important to remember that is wasn't just the US and the USSR. It was NATO vs the Warsaw Pact. While those two were definitely the leaders, the rest of Europe should get just as much credit, and blame, for the Cold War. Perhaps a little less for the other WP nations. They weren't given much choice in the matter.
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Yes, people can apologize for their country's role in mass murder. The Nazis and Japanese empire murdered 16 million soldiers and 45 million civilians. An apology does not hurt anyone.
It’s true with most countries that you only hear the deaths of your country, here in the us we did talk about other countries deaths but not as much as we did with our own
I'm pretty happy that Cross you wear isn't just decoration like some people think of It but true symbol. May God bless you, your family and all souls of dead in WWII.
6:30 Those ruins are probably thanks to NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia, not the WW2. Thanks for your sincere reaction and recognition of the fallen heroes. Take care.
I highly recommend Scott Horton's Enough Already playlist. It's about the US's terrorism wars, how they connect to each other and what really happened. The book is a must read.
This is one of the best video's on WWII that should be near required info for everyone. However, the one criticism I have of it, is that like many other western prouctions the asian theatre generally, and Japan's crimes in the occupied countries are covered too briefly compared to the in depth coverage of the European front
6:30 that seems like a misunderstanding. Wasnt Yugoslavia part of an ethnic conflict post WW2 before NATO started bombing and they surrendered? I think this might have been a misunderstanding
It is easy to look at these people and call them monsters. Its far harder to look at them and remember that they where people just like you and me. Harder still to realize that under the wrong circomstances we can become as monsterous as they. If we forget this, if we fall into the trap of villifing these people as somehow other we deprive ourselves of one of the tools we can use to keep ourselves the deacent human beings most of us are and. Self introspection can help us recognize the flaws in ourselves that led them down to what they became.
This is crazy! In school in America, we always just learned about how many people were lost on the U.S. side. I can't believe I never knew how much life was lost in the Soviet Union. Such a tragic war with so many innocent deaths.
I went to school in Britain we rarely covered the deaths in the pacific but we learnt about the casualties in North Africa, Europe (and a bit of Russia). I only knew about the pacific theatre because my grandpa was a child in a Japanese concentration camp
@@randomhistoryfan7803 It's interesting how everyone is taught a different side of the same war, and not many people learn the impacts that all sides faced. It's terrible that your grandpa had to go through that
@ please tell me where I ever said it was hard for me to find information about it. I literally clicked on this video because I WAS looking it up on the internet.... Anyway, I'm glad this video educated me a bit more.
Two things 1. I wish the structures like der flankum were talked about more 2. These were just the people that died, now.imagine adding pets and other creatures and environments into the mix
My heritage includes Serbian and German ancestry. People on the Serbian side died due to the Croatians, although they committed horrendous acts they are often forgotten about as evident through this video, and also at the hands of the Nazis. One family member from the German side lived in Dresden and experienced the allied bombings, which reduced everything to rubble. I pray that a war like this never happens like this again.
My Grandfather served during the landings in Normandy at Pegasus Bridge with the Paratroopers of the British Army. He only told us about the jump and that was it, he never said what happened during the fight, most likely he saw friends die during the battle and receive news of friends being killed. He was also supposed to fight in Burma once the Nazis surrendered but when he was getting ready to board the boat news got out about the bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. also the reasons why Russia lost so many was rather sick, they sent lesser trained soldiers to head first into battle to cover and protect the more trained soldiers and if they turned back or stop they would be shot by their own.
What are your views on shintoism? Does your mother follow Shinto rituals? Japanese mythology is incredibly fascinating, I've always loved everything Japanese. There is something very calming about Japan. I hope you're proud of your Japanese heritage.
too bad they didn't show the civilians were killed by their own countries, mao for example killed 45million in his "great leap forward", easily making it the the largest mass murder recorded. Stalin also killed some tens of millions.
I look at this way Tim, even if you aren't Christian, as long as you believe in something greater than yourself you'll be ok. Believing in something you have to answer to in the end keeps you on the straight and narrow.
"The irretrievable losses of the troops and forces of the army and navy amounted to almost 12 million servicemen. 4.5 million people went missing and were captured, 1.8 million returned home from captivity. 5.3 million people were forcibly taken to work from the occupied Soviet territories, 2.2 million of them died." "The total irretrievable human losses of the country - military personnel and civilians - amounted to 26.6 million people."
Timothy , you’re such a charitable . empathetic young man . May God continue to bless and keep you. 🙏🌹 . Remember to stay close to Jesus and do not be afraid. Prayers continue for peace in Ukraine and in the whole world ❤️
20:15 thank you for sharing. You made me think of this passage from the Book of Mormon that my religion views as companion scripture to the Bible: Mosiah chapter 3 verse 19 "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
We all need Jesus! Yes my brother in Christ I agree with everything you said..Never apologize 🙏 praying every day for this world..know 🙏 works. Thanks for everything you are a blessing! We need Jesus 💛💙
I agree very much with the notion that each generation MUST be taught the wrong-doings, mistakes and wars their nation has committed in the past. So that everyone knows about what has been done - and at the very least apologize, and if possible at least try to make amends for it. But the absolutely crucial thing is that we can understand where other nations are 'coming from', whom might perhaps not always have a good 'picture' of our nation....that's literally the ONLY way we can learn - and hopefully also learn not to repeat the very same mistakes over and over again. But I feel that all too many nations fail to do this - and thus can never understand other nation's feelings towards us: which - BOOM - may very well result in another war! (Simply because we didn't know our history and thus tend to appear as arrogant!). As you mentioned too: Nazi-Germany committed many horrific war-crimes as well as many other atrocities - still, Germany is the only country (at least that I know of) that are taught all of this in school from a rather young age. And have had many of their top-politicians publicly recognize, apologize and trying to make amends for it! Which I believe is, at least one major reason as to why Germany have not 'only' been able to get fully 'accepted' into the 'world-community', but basically have been able to successfully project a new, unthreatening and positive image! Sure - recognizing, apologizing and trying to make amends for truly horrific crimes are probably not enough for making the other party having positive feeling for you. But are often at least 'enough' to neutralize any strong feelings of hatred and/or vindictiveness that could otherwise easily lead to a new conflict. So I feel it is very important - if not even crucial - to openly recognize and apologize for your nation's (for ex.) eventual wrong-doings! (Just as an ex.: Germany and France used to have a national rivalry that during several centuries made them go to war with each-other rather regularly - which subsequently, at least partly resulted in both World-Wars! A rivalry that was fueled by deliberate acts of 'different warcrimes', annexation of territories as well as other acts that were deliberately meant to bring shame to the other nation...A cycle which was fortunately stopped with the WWII - at least to a large extent by Germany collectively apologizing and trying their best to make amends. Today Germany and France are almost inseparable entities that together makes up the core of the EU. Which actually was the exact, intended reason for 'creating' EU in the first place.). Unfortunately, we seem to have another 'downward spiral' at our hands since some countries feel hostility towards Japan, although not exclusively so. Who feel they were 'raped' and aggressively attacked - but probably even more importantly have had their regimes nurturing in them a feeling of having been unjustly and 'arrogantly treated'. A feeling that still seem to linger on, not so much based on the actual, historical invasion and perpetrated war-crimes, although that of course play a role. But to a large extent because of the fact that they seem to feel that most Japanese 'seem to act like they don't even know about it'....Which is, of course all too often the case. Sadly. (I guess you realize that we're really, primarily talking about China here? Which is also a country that for a long time has been led by an autocratic, ultra-nationalistic regime - facts which historically have all too often shown to be a 'catastrophic' factor when it comes to both starting wars, and its ability to do so. Their regime has, for a really long time played heavily on the sense of "victimization" and resulting humiliation [such as their "Century of Humiliation", which hardly ever fails to be mentioned] which in turn serves to stir up strong nationalistic feelings of 'hurt pride', injustice and revenge. Which I believe hardly any Asian country situated at the Sea of Japan, South China Sea and/or the Indian Ocean have failed to notice..? Actually China's assertive aggressions are known, and to a certain degree felt around the world.) Anyway, the point I wanted to get through is that even though it is now probably too late, since China essentially have ruled its citizens for generations, stirring up unabashed nationalism, 'shared, nationalist feelings' of hurt pride and a lust for vengeance - perhaps China's government wouldn't have been so successful in accomplishing this, if the countries involved had apologized [for their respective role]? Of course, there's no way of knowing that for sure, and all we can do now is basically keep our fingers crossed - and hope for the best. But I have to admit I really don't feel too positive about it though! And you never know - a recognition and apology can go a long way! We really need to learn to put our pride and shame aside - since really it isn't about anything else than acknowledging our history, and the bad things that our forefathers may have committed (as well honoring the good of course). (Since, as you said as well - those were different times with different values, where most of 'us' lived under a more or less autocratic regime and people thus had a very different mentality back then [in many cases - hopefully so ;-) ]. And even IF it 'turns out' that our great grandfathers might have acted in a way that we today find deplorable or committed this or that act which we today regard as a crime: To them it was most probably regarded entirely different - they might have considered it be an 'honor', a duty or perhaps didn't even have choice in the matter!? Regardless - we are not them! We mustn't take it so personally that we try to hide the fact! There is no way of hiding well-recorded historical facts anyway. So, we must dare take responsibility - in the only way we can: recognize that 'it' happened!)
This is very heartbreaking. What is scary is China and how provoking they are in current times, they seem very willing to top all these numbers taunting the US and Allies currently.
I'm surprised on all you young people from around the world have no idea of real history. I'm a fraid history will repeat if these things are not known. I'm so glad some are now learning
German losses are greatly underestimated. This is clearly seen in the Volkssturm, when in 1945 old men and children were taken into the militia, because many men died.
Great reaction, I highly recommend reacting to the youtube channel "Oversimplified" they have great episodes like World war 2, cold war, napoleonic wars ect...
Thanks for sharing the truth of the horrific nature of the Second World War. Really appreciate your courage to share your Christian faith. Following the teachings of Jesus is our only hope. I came up during the height of the “Cold War “ between the Soviet Union and the United States and will never forget how frightened I was of a nuclear war between my country (the USA) and the Soviet Union. I can’t even begin to imagine the horrors people suffered due to World War II. Thanks again for sharing this video and God Bless.
Kinda weird that he didn’t even mention Norway since germany occupied it during ww2 but he did mention Denmark. It’s strange because Norway lost bigger numbers, put up a bigger fight and Denmark was invaded because they were going to secure iron supply from Sweden which went trough Norway
Hey tim another great video as always! You might be interested in checking out the video "Hardcore History Blueprint For Armageddon with graphics" Its a teaser for the Hardcore History podcast by Dan Carlin (an american researcher & historian). The idea in the teaser is the question "Who was the most influential person of the past 100 years?"
The biggest part of the 'sin' you talk about in not even the wars themselves. Because you know, extreme situations tend to make apparent both the worst and the best in people. There are many stories, like how the british and the german fraternized for christmas 1914. You must have heard about it. Germans put christmas trees out of their trenches, then Germans and englishs took white flags and went to meet each other in the No man"s land. Holding hands, drinking and singing christmas songs together. It is said that a few football matches even occured in the no man's land. No, the worst part of this 'sin' you talk about, is how many people amongst our leaders, and maybe many of us if we were in their shoes, try to see how to take advantage of every last corpse before it has time to get cold. Why Japan can't tell the numbers? Because Japan has been trying to rewrite its History to its advantage all this time, which is why they won't say anything about Nankin or any other slaughter. We all do that or are under the temptation to do it to some degree. And this capability of being so petty when faced with tens of millions of dead... Here lies the true, irredeemable 'sin'. Although i talk like that, i am actually fiercely anti religions. But i can share how you feel, even though i wouldn't use the word 'god' to express it. Hi from France.
Many of the commenters are missing the point. World II was total war for most countries. The point of video was that we (most people in the so-called "first world") have essentially been at peace for close to 80 years, this is longest period of peace in over 1600 years. But note, one of the underlying reasons that the "Cold War" didn't get "Hot" was that leaders on all sides, both civilian and military, had memories of how horrible and terrible that war was. That institutional memory is now rapidly dying out. We have now essentially lost all of that first-hand memory, and we are getting a lot of sabre-rattling by foolish leaders. I think a good point can be made that none of today's leaders realizes how fast a small border war - say Russia vs Ukraine, could turn into a very short, very hot, nuclear total war. I live in Montana, USA; within 200 miles of my home are I00 Armed Minuteman III ICBMs in scattered missile-silos(hardened protective structures buried in the ground), each of which can hit targets 8,000 miles (13,000km more-or-less) away with up to 3 thermonuclear weapons (H-bombs, if you know the term) each of which is equivalent to about 330 thousand tons of TNT (about 20x the explosive yield of either of the two nukes used on Japan). These missile warheads are able to hit within 50 m of a target. All it takes to launch those missiles is a phone call. I am certain similar structures are found in Russia and China. If a hot-war involving NATO and Russia starts (on the ground in Ukraine, or elsewhere) what future historians (if there are any) might call World War III, will likely remove "civilization" from mankind's list of achievements - a prolonged nuclear winter (resulting from a prolonged nuclear war, say one that lasted 2 days) - would like give us at least 24 months of world-wide cold weather (high temperatures to, say about 0 deg C, 32 deg F, along with not enough light for photosynthesis... = equal no food for anything. Well, I wouldn't give betting odds on anything except, at best, marginal survival for humanity. We had really better start trying somehow to drum some sense into all politicians. NO total war will be survivable by our civilization, and it is likely to render the future of humanity moot. With those cheery thoughts. Happy trails to you all...
*all countries teach thr history weird. how do you think the atomic bombs are covered in the US?* but i imagine in japan they dont say _"yeah, we were literally nazis. dont mention the war"_ or do they? all war is bad. & thr are no good sides who do no atrocities. -JC
Look how many people have been killed in the name of various gods throughout history. It was not the Bible but the realization that blind obedience to "gods" or men always ends in catastrophes that brought us to a more enlightened world.
I have always wondered what the Japanese teach their students about ww2. The nukes were horrible, Americans were told it would have been worse if we tried to invade like we did in Normandy. Kamikaze pilots were used as an example of how how determined the Japanese were to stop Americans, at least in my history books. However I wonder how much we are vilified for doing it? Us being allies now must make that part of history strained, Especially since while we didn't start the war, we became the invaders.
As someone's who's a few years after schools end all I can say is that American history is pretty much just filled with American propaganda, like they never actually talk about the Holocaust or anything major like market garden, they never focus on what we do to other countries that doesn't push some agenda and they never go into detail about the horrific tools they'd use like white phosphorus, flame throwers, gas, poison and many other things to be named
@@stevepowell6503 well, I mean they did "teach" the Holocaust but what they did teach was so bare bones compared to what should actually be taught, so while yes we did learn it it was very surface level
Agreed and unfortunately most videos or opinions tend to have a more nationalistic biases such as say the Americans who yes were attacked at Pearl Harbor, yes the Japanese did commit terrible human experiments, however the Americans aren’t entirely exolved from any blame, since the Americans themselves committed many war crimes such as shooting prisoners, targeting civilian populations along with mass genocide and even concentration camps for native Italian Americans or Germans believing that they were affiliated with the Italian and German governments, even we the British aren’t clean from a few war crimes such as spandaou prison, heavy targeting of Berlin, we shot over a thousand Italian prisoners in Africa because we simply couldn’t keep them. And so on and we even attacked and killed our own allies the French in fear of the French navy becoming a part of the German navy which would have easily rivaled Britains. In India vast amounts of food was redirected towards Africa leading many people to starve to death
very distorted, weaponised wording, internment camps were very different from the concentration camps, trying to make every event sound like deliberate murder. Are you a russian bot?
My neighbors kids know basics of WW2 and they are not even 16, when I say basics I do not mean numbers but stuff like who attacked who, who invaded and why.... I am 40 year old.... wtf is thought on history class now in the West......
I recommend you watch The insane American plan to invade Japan in 1945 by RealLifeLore. Great reaction! I love watching your reactions and have been binging as of late. No need to apologize or feel sorry. Though we should never forget the past, we should always strive to move forward and learn from it. God bless you from Texas!
Unfortunately, while history can be horrible, alternative history can be even worse. Without the atom bombs, without the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan (both were critical, especially the Soviet intervention), the Japanese Empire and America would fight until both were dead. This is what Hitler intended for Germany, that if he was going to die, no German would survive him. Japan almost didn't surrender, there was an attempted coup, that failed during a 5 minute blackout (on accidental US flyover) that prevented it.
Amazing what man can do to other men, we are absolutely the most violent of all the animals on the planet. Small deception in the video though, the US was not targeting civilians with the atomic bombs, they we actually trying to destroy key industrial facilities, which turned out to be mostly non operational at that point in the war. People have argued that those bombs actually saved more lives than the deaths they had caused. The Japanese were very skilled at defensive fighting, and the powers that be were scared of an actual land invasion of mainland Japan. The death toll would certainly have been much higher on both sides had that taken place.
Timothy, one of my favorite sayings is that God is good all the time! It is always important to remind ourselves that even in the midst of these great human atrocities and human suffering, God is always good and is ever present in our lives if we seek Him out. Love and peace to you, brother!
This video is very hard to watch. may our future and our children uphold the mindsets we live with today, that war is evil and every human life is precious.
@@deborahasher176 except when it comes to Japanese and several other languages, japanese is wildly different from English and thus google translate tends to fuck up or mix up translations all of the time
Don't take it too terribly dude the Japanese did what they did as a result of hundreds of years of Bushido code and it's hard to counteract a war ideology like that
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I'm a Christian too God bless you seem to be a very caring person and it is very sad about what happened in the Holocaust
Amen that is so true I struggle with sin still and I'm a Christian everyday is a battle but we got to keep faithful
They're actually is technically a war going on a war that's bigger than World War any War combined a million times over and that's a spiritual war
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I'm glad you're taking the time to further educate yourself. It's crazy how much history class leaves out.
Yes
I really appreciate that this video doesn't look at the numbers from any certain country's POV, but just lays them out as facts and data to be taken in as they are without being skewed by bias. It was heart-breaking, but very necessary, because remembering these losses is what keeps us from repeating these mistakes (hopefully).
Absolutely
"If you read the history of a thousand years, you learn the history of a thousand years."
King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to his sons
Well the germans are only portrayed as the "nazis" tho
@@viikmaqic because they were under the Nazi regime, either by choice or force. They were only viewed as nazis, it is sad but a fact overall.
well the video does describe the loss of 2,500 americans as "one of the most tragic moments of the war" which seems kinda insulting compared to the losses other countries were suffering
My Grandpa was in the Navy during WW2 he never really said much about it until he was going through Alzheimer’s.. he basically was reliving what he went through and it was so heartbreaking ..RIP Grandpa ❤️
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My Great Uncle was too. And his brothers. He would never talk about it until one of his Granddaughters had to do a report on it and he told her. That's all we have from it. He earned himself a purple heart and i got to hold it a few years ago. Rest In Peace to him and to your grandfather💕
@@onepiecexskz I have deep respect for anyone who had been through that. My Grandfather had won lots of awards as well but I just don’t know exactly what. It was definitely a hard time back then and hopefully it never gets to that point again in the future.
Woah! I had the same experience. I wonder how many stories they had in common! Rest in peace to our lovely grandfathers💗
My Grandfather was in the Navy in the Pacific Theater as well. He had always been a quiet man, according to my other relatives, but after the war he rarely ever spoke. We could have a 6 hour family event like Thanksgiving, and he would say maybe 10 words the whole time. He mostly just sat and watched the grandkids play. The only time he ever talked about it was when I joined the Army. He shared a few stories then. He was a gunner on a landing craft. He felt guilty, I think, that he would land soldiers on the beach, then get to go back to the ship. He said on the way back, he would always wonder how many of the men he just dropped off were going to die.
History is all about learning and not repeating. Yes you can have feeling about the fact of it, but you got to remember feeling do not change the past just influences the future. So being negative about something that can not be changed is victim hood. To be a survivor you most learn from the mistakes of others.
War is a death machine. And because of how apparent that is since WWII, everyone is too scared to start another one. Especially now that technology has reached the point where there's no distinction between military and civilian death. America's "war" in Afghanistan has been more guerilla war rather than formal war. If we start a war in the near future, it's going to be a question of which country extinguishes the other first. The war may only last a day.
For how war itself has changed, this is a good video to watch or react to:
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U.S. NAVY VETERAN HERE, great channel sir !! In Texas.
One of the scariest things about this is that the Soviets lost so many men in the war that every few generations the Russian population plummets because there's just a whole generation that never had kids, and the kids they would have had never had kids and so on.
Or they choose to abort their children which is beyond sad 😞.
There was some analysis a few years back that showed the UK was still suffering economic damage from all the men we lost in WW1
Most education systems in the world are “nationalistic” meaning that when it comes to your history classes, the majority of it relates to your own country
Yea that is true. I have heard from many people on how do I know more about world history then they know about their own or any other place. Yes I am from U.S.A. I went to school when school was more learning about accountability and repeating history and teachers had no feeling about the true history. No pandering to any one race.
Especially in japan
I would agree that most education systems focus on their own history, which should be normal because it's THEIR history, BUT some countrys are more critical than others in this. In Germany for example we learn many things about WW2 and are very critical about our own role in it, and how we can prevent things like national socialism to spread again
@@delfasimletsplays3445 its all just propaganda, the tiny slice of history the people in power currently think is relevant. If they were objectively critical about anything they would know the second didn't need to happen if not for america's involvement in the first. Like in China where they won't imagine a timeline without Mao, this timeline is best timeline mythology.
Aleta- out of curiosity, what state do you live in? I live in upstate NY and feel that I received a well- rounded education overall, with my world history knowledge becoming far greater in college. It seems that some southern states have different rules and regulations when it comes to what is taught regarding local and world history sometimes though. I’m curious if there is much truth to that. Ive heard foreigners say that the US is just 50 separate countries smooshed together. Since state and county and government rules and regulations vary from state to state, they’re not wrong 🤷♀️
I'm third generation from grandparents who fled from Poland in world war II to the U.S. No country is clean everyone has made mistakes but like the end of the documentary we should enjoy the connections we have with the countries now and keep and enjoy this piece that we have.
D-day was a seaborne invasion of Nazi occupied France there were 5 allied beaches 4,414 killed and 10,000 casualties suffered by the allies On June 6 1944
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Very Interesting! Keep going with that work Timothy and stay safe☘️! Btw im Shqiptar🇦🇱
Thank you for sharing your reflections and your faith.
That burp was so unexpected 😂 What made it even more hilarious was that an ad immediately played, slightly cutting it off. This is a serious video, which is why I found this inappropriate burp to be so dang hilarious.
"For the countless souls who died, their voices fill this night, sing with me never again"
"They are not lost, you see, their truth will live in me, believe me never again!"
-David Draiman, "Disturbed" lead singer, song "Never Again"
As another person who grew up in Japan, I think you probably had a terrible teacher who didn't teach you such facts, because in my elementary and middle school the textbooks explained about the calamities that befell the South-East and East Asians(like the Mamila massacre, Romusha, Nanjing), and my class watched videos about Japanese aggression and victims in every country in school.
My Polish girlfriend says that there are many politicians in both Germany and Japan who try to hide the war, but since both countries have officially apologised, it is sad and discussing to see that some people betray this in the area of passing it on to our children.
I hope there will be no more such teachers...
wait, Japan apologised ?
@@Choppylovechoppy The government made agreements with Asian countries in the 50s and 70s to apologise and complete reparations of a magnitude rarely seen in history. Apologies have been issued by Prime Ministers and Emperors since then. (The extent of the apology is subjective, but personally, I want more strict words to appeal)
With China and South Korea, it was previously recognised that an apology had been made, but the demand for a new "apology" broke international rules, the CCP's stance that it would not accept an apology unless it accepted 100% of the CCP's claims, and the failure of victim-perpetrator talks to result in government bickering. This, combined with an education system that teaches that Japan is the enemy and must be defeated, makes for a rather complex problem...
Nevertheless, I think that Japan is also prioritising the protection of its national interests and is not sufficiently committed to achieving a proper apology.
As a result of this dishonest dispute, there has been a rise in historical revisionist nationalism on the internet and on the far right in Japan, and the Korean government has set up propaganda organisations aimed at damaging Japan's reputation like VANK.
In most other countries, the apology has been made, but the Japanese must forever apologise, because an apology will not solve their anger and grief.
Even in Germany, there are still many problems that are coverd, such as not teaching much other than "Nazi crimes", refusing to apologise to the Roma peoples, denying the invasion of Poland, justifying the Soviet invasion, and war criminals who were not involved in Nazi crimes being restored to honour (like the Yasukuni issue in Japan).
@@Choppylovechoppy yeah, they apologised again and again. The Emperor has made it his life's work to make memorial/apology journeys to Asia. There is a race between Germany and Japan to see who is quicker to apologise for the crimes committed on those fronts, because it is not an apology for national policy, as in Germany, but an apology for the actions of local soldiers. Germany apologised for Soviet POW in 2015 and Japan for British POW in 1998. It will take a long time to finish a apology like UK never apologized to india...
@@権兵衛-e8u The Germans have started to remove much of the war crimes part of their education system. I have seen many that know about it, but have no idea on actual details. I can't speak to what they teach in Japan, I would imagine they have probably toned it down as well. Honestly there is a good reason to teach it, but also to explain that these generations have nothing to apologize for. It was not their actions that had caused all of this. These crimes are far removed from today, all we can do is try are best to learn from it and never repeat it.
@@Choppylovechoppy They've still not admitted to cannibalism conducted by their troops on each other when supplies failed.
I feel compelled to point out something very significant regarding the 2 nuclear attacks on the Japanese. What isn't commonly told is that if those bombs were not dropped, it was estimated another 2 MILLION would have died as the United States was going to invade Japan. This would have far exceeded the lives lost with the 2 nuclear bomb being dropped. It's just something to think about, a bit of perspective.
The number is actually higher for Japanese estimated losses as it would have thrusted a large majority of the civilian population into the fight. Girls were armed with sewing needles and spears. The most common and agreed numbers stands at 5-10 million.
Yes, that is indeed correct: it was estimated that another 2 million U.S Marines might have perished. And thereto innumerable Japanese civilians - who were literally 'brainwashed' with 'consepts' such as Bushido and (a more or less, at least historically invented term:) Kamikaze: where the entire society, including young boys and girls, women as well as the elderly were 'armed' with 'bambu-spears', long and short swords and other weapons of that caliber, at least. All of which had been 'taught', from a young age that it was better to die with a weapon in your hand - than to surrender. (Which the U.S Marines learned 'the hard way' when they took the island of Iwo Jima - which was a total slaughter, on both sides!).
An incident which deeply traumatized the Marines since they witnessed both women, with their children in their arms jumping from the cliff! All Japanese would rather die than been taken captive....they were led to believe they would be tortured, raped, etc...if taken alive. If I remember it correctly at least.
So, it was actually a 'calculated move' - from the U.S army's perspective. As horrible as it was - another 2 million U.S Marines plus several millions of Japanese children, women and elderly would have perish otherwise: since the Japanese at that time simply refused to surrender (even though they were given time to do so....
I believe that they were given 2 days to surrender after the first bomb..but, they still refused...and thus felt 'compelled' to drop the 2nd one.
PS. Isn't Kami the Shinto term for 'spirit', and Kaze roughly 'wind'? A term which 'came to use' after the Mongols invasion-fleet were (mostly at least) crushed by heavy winds? (Correct me if I'm wrong anyone though).
The video was depressing, but the ending made me smile. God bless you, never apologize for sharing our Lord when a perfect opportunity arises! 🙏
WWII as a whole is very heavy. It always saddens me when I look into it. I'm currently reading an eyewitness account book from a Jewish man who was forced to work in an Auschwitz crematorium. It's very heavy. While there are MANY other atrocities in history that showcase the lengths people will go to when they hate others (or feel superior to them), WWII is the best example of this because it's so well documented and even filmed. The Nazi concentration camps and Soviet gulags, and all the torture and experimentation that happened within them, I'd say was indeed one of the worse things people have done to others. Period. And we have videos of it! I saw one graphic video that showed the Nazis throwing dead Jewish people into a mass grave. Tossing them in like trash bags by the 1000s. It's sick what people are capable of doing to each other. And some people out here try to believe that humans are capable of progressing to a utopia-like state on their own. The Nazis thought killing minorities was leading to an "Aryan" utopia, and that experimenting on them was scientific "progress" to aid in it. Humans like to think they know best for humanity, but they always end up tearing it apart (especially when they destroy things they don't think fit into their idea of a Utopia). Only God knows what we need. He sees all, knows all, and holds all together. Only He can cleanse the sin that leads to these actions. The wages of sin is death and Jesus paid our fine with His own death! Then He defeated death by raising again! What He did looks even better and baffling the more you look at what people are like. We did things like WWII and He still died to give those of us who accept Him hope! That's true love.
100% agree with all you said 🙏🏻 hallelujah !
Shut up with your religious propaganda.
If a god exists and lets this happen, then he isn’t worth praying to
21:56 That's really explains position of Japan to Kuril islands. This islands became part of Russia as a result of WWII. If you don't learn about this war, you don't know it's consequenses. Hm..
I enjoy all that you share. God Bless
What an impactful video. Really shows the devastation through a worldwide perspective. Makes me think seriously about pacifism.
This is why the mantra of “never forget“ is so important. And is why it is so upsetting when extremist groups/people go into Holocaust denial.
Holocaust denial is particularly difficult for me. I am of part Jewish background, and I have relatives who died in Auschwitz. On the other side of my family, my grandfather was a Colonel in the US Air Force, and he lost so so many friends, He carried the horrors of war with him until he died at the age of 80.
As war prone as our species is, I do think a huge amount of war has been avoided, because we are still grappling with the horrors of World War II. Nobody wants to repeat that. Big powers find other ways to “ fight” each other... the Cold War, fighting each other through a third, usually poor, country. ( hello Vietnam War... The alternative to this was a straight out war between the USSR and the USA- Though these two countries certainly dragged most of the world into their power struggle for decades.. It was still probably better than a full out direct war) And in more modern terms, we get these social media manipulations of Russia and others, economic warfare, social warfare etc. so we find other ways to fight each other, but they aren’t as likely to bring these huge casualties. Sometimes I do wonder, if we had to go through World War II, to stop these high casualty wars.
It is still miles from perfect, but again it is so important that we “never forget”
Yes.
It is important to remember that is wasn't just the US and the USSR. It was NATO vs the Warsaw Pact. While those two were definitely the leaders, the rest of Europe should get just as much credit, and blame, for the Cold War. Perhaps a little less for the other WP nations. They weren't given much choice in the matter.
May GOD Bless you and your family my Brother. From your friends in America 🇯🇵 🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏
4:27 yes in ww2 america did a full invasion of europe which is the largest invasion in history with over 2 million troops.
Operation Barbarossa is still larger with over 3 million troops
@@enriqueperezarce5485 operation overlord was actually the biggest.
Everyone should really see this. It brings perspective. This was under a century ago that's insane
Посмотрите документальный фильм Неизвестная война и увидите , что там было он на английском , снят США в СССР и много кинохроники , что сняли во время войны . Всем добра и мира на Земле !
Never ever apologize for your ancestors your here and now. Share the Lord brother!!! I'm independent Baptist.
Yes, people can apologize for their country's role in mass murder. The Nazis and Japanese empire murdered 16 million soldiers and 45 million civilians. An apology does not hurt anyone.
It’s true with most countries that you only hear the deaths of your country, here in the us we did talk about other countries deaths but not as much as we did with our own
OMG. If you haven't seen "The Prince of Egypt" yet, you should totally make a reaction video of it! It's about The Exodus and it's wonderfully done
I'm pretty happy that Cross you wear isn't just decoration like some people think of It but true symbol. May God bless you, your family and all souls of dead in WWII.
It's crazy to think how far we've come
I sure hope this latest mess doesn’t steer us back down this road. It’s never worth it.
6:30 Those ruins are probably thanks to NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia, not the WW2.
Thanks for your sincere reaction and recognition of the fallen heroes.
Take care.
God bless you!
You too !
I thought I knew a bit about WW II, but this shocks me every time I watch it.
I highly recommend Scott Horton's Enough Already playlist. It's about the US's terrorism wars, how they connect to each other and what really happened. The book is a must read.
Can you give sources they use in the Japanese teachings? I've never seen the Japanese perspective
This is one of the best video's on WWII that should be near required info for everyone. However, the one criticism I have of it, is that like many other western prouctions the asian theatre generally, and Japan's crimes in the occupied countries are covered too briefly compared to the in depth coverage of the European front
6:30 that seems like a misunderstanding. Wasnt Yugoslavia part of an ethnic conflict post WW2 before NATO started bombing and they surrendered? I think this might have been a misunderstanding
It is easy to look at these people and call them monsters. Its far harder to look at them and remember that they where people just like you and me. Harder still to realize that under the wrong circomstances we can become as monsterous as they. If we forget this, if we fall into the trap of villifing these people as somehow other we deprive ourselves of one of the tools we can use to keep ourselves the deacent human beings most of us are and. Self introspection can help us recognize the flaws in ourselves that led them down to what they became.
Hi Tim, you never need to apologize for speaking your beliefs.
This is crazy! In school in America, we always just learned about how many people were lost on the U.S. side. I can't believe I never knew how much life was lost in the Soviet Union. Such a tragic war with so many innocent deaths.
I went to school in Britain we rarely covered the deaths in the pacific but we learnt about the casualties in North Africa, Europe (and a bit of Russia). I only knew about the pacific theatre because my grandpa was a child in a Japanese concentration camp
@@randomhistoryfan7803 It's interesting how everyone is taught a different side of the same war, and not many people learn the impacts that all sides faced. It's terrible that your grandpa had to go through that
@@1020mikki thank you it really scared him :/ he also ended up being murdered by his coworker when my mum was a child
@ please tell me where I ever said it was hard for me to find information about it. I literally clicked on this video because I WAS looking it up on the internet.... Anyway, I'm glad this video educated me a bit more.
@@randomhistoryfan7803 you're welcome, and that's so tragic :(
Two things
1. I wish the structures like der flankum were talked about more
2. These were just the people that died, now.imagine adding pets and other creatures and environments into the mix
My heritage includes Serbian and German ancestry. People on the Serbian side died due to the Croatians, although they committed horrendous acts they are often forgotten about as evident through this video, and also at the hands of the Nazis. One family member from the German side lived in Dresden and experienced the allied bombings, which reduced everything to rubble. I pray that a war like this never happens like this again.
WTH? No mention of the invasion and illegal annexation of the Crimea‽
My Grandfather served during the landings in Normandy at Pegasus Bridge with the Paratroopers of the British Army. He only told us about the jump and that was it, he never said what happened during the fight, most likely he saw friends die during the battle and receive news of friends being killed. He was also supposed to fight in Burma once the Nazis surrendered but when he was getting ready to board the boat news got out about the bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. also the reasons why Russia lost so many was rather sick, they sent lesser trained soldiers to head first into battle to cover and protect the more trained soldiers and if they turned back or stop they would be shot by their own.
A great battle to us but to him it might not have been a lot different from fighting in the rest of the war
Timothy, you sharing Jesus openly makes me so happy!😌
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What are your views on shintoism? Does your mother follow Shinto rituals? Japanese mythology is incredibly fascinating, I've always loved everything Japanese. There is something very calming about Japan. I hope you're proud of your Japanese heritage.
too bad they didn't show the civilians were killed by their own countries, mao for example killed 45million in his "great leap forward", easily making it the the largest mass murder recorded. Stalin also killed some tens of millions.
Just so so devastating to see the number of deaths & for what?? Power & money😔🙏🏻
I look at this way Tim, even if you aren't Christian, as long as you believe in
something greater than yourself you'll be ok. Believing in something you have to
answer to in the end keeps you on the straight and narrow.
"The irretrievable losses of the troops and forces of the army and navy amounted to almost 12 million servicemen. 4.5 million people went missing and were captured, 1.8 million returned home from captivity. 5.3 million people were forcibly taken to work from the occupied Soviet territories, 2.2 million of them died."
"The total irretrievable human losses of the country - military personnel and civilians - amounted to 26.6 million people."
They are only numbers until we truly understand that we are really dealing with the lost lives of human beings.
"What if it happens?"
Don't let it happen.
Like the end of the video, look for the numbers of people who didn't die. 😊 Bless you brother in Christ!
you too ;)
Timothy , you’re such a charitable . empathetic young man . May God continue to bless and keep you. 🙏🌹 . Remember to stay close to Jesus and do not be afraid. Prayers continue for peace in Ukraine and in the whole world ❤️
20:15 thank you for sharing. You made me think of this passage from the Book of Mormon that my religion views as companion scripture to the Bible: Mosiah chapter 3 verse 19
"For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
We all need Jesus! Yes my brother in Christ I agree with everything you said..Never apologize 🙏 praying every day for this world..know 🙏 works. Thanks for everything you are a blessing! We need Jesus 💛💙
Amen bro 😎
Don’t pray instead contribute to improve our world because no God will improve this world
You need to watch "Band of Brothers". It is based on the real soldiers of "E" or Easy company. It is a 10 part series.
Seconded. It is a great series, made even more so by the interviews with the surviving members of the company.
Praise God for the forgiveness of sins!
Amen
Amen
It was so much on over countries the people that died I hope it never happens again
Timothy, I appreciate your heart and your willingness to share your faith in Christ. I agree with your assessment! Sin = death.
I agree very much with the notion that each generation MUST be taught the wrong-doings, mistakes and wars their nation has committed in the past. So that everyone knows about what has been done - and at the very least apologize, and if possible at least try to make amends for it. But the absolutely crucial thing is that we can understand where other nations are 'coming from', whom might perhaps not always have a good 'picture' of our nation....that's literally the ONLY way we can learn - and hopefully also learn not to repeat the very same mistakes over and over again.
But I feel that all too many nations fail to do this - and thus can never understand other nation's feelings towards us: which - BOOM - may very well result in another war! (Simply because we didn't know our history and thus tend to appear as arrogant!).
As you mentioned too: Nazi-Germany committed many horrific war-crimes as well as many other atrocities - still, Germany is the only country (at least that I know of) that are taught all of this in school from a rather young age. And have had many of their top-politicians publicly recognize, apologize and trying to make amends for it!
Which I believe is, at least one major reason as to why Germany have not 'only' been able to get fully 'accepted' into the 'world-community', but basically have been able to successfully project a new, unthreatening and positive image!
Sure - recognizing, apologizing and trying to make amends for truly horrific crimes are probably not enough for making the other party having positive feeling for you. But are often at least 'enough' to neutralize any strong feelings of hatred and/or vindictiveness that could otherwise easily lead to a new conflict. So I feel it is very important - if not even crucial - to openly recognize and apologize for your nation's (for ex.) eventual wrong-doings!
(Just as an ex.: Germany and France used to have a national rivalry that during several centuries made them go to war with each-other rather regularly - which subsequently, at least partly resulted in both World-Wars! A rivalry that was fueled by deliberate acts of 'different warcrimes', annexation of territories as well as other acts that were deliberately meant to bring shame to the other nation...A cycle which was fortunately stopped with the WWII - at least to a large extent by Germany collectively apologizing and trying their best to make amends. Today Germany and France are almost inseparable entities that together makes up the core of the EU. Which actually was the exact, intended reason for 'creating' EU in the first place.).
Unfortunately, we seem to have another 'downward spiral' at our hands since some countries feel hostility towards Japan, although not exclusively so. Who feel they were 'raped' and aggressively attacked - but probably even more importantly have had their regimes nurturing in them a feeling of having been unjustly and 'arrogantly treated'. A feeling that still seem to linger on, not so much based on the actual, historical invasion and perpetrated war-crimes, although that of course play a role. But to a large extent because of the fact that they seem to feel that most Japanese 'seem to act like they don't even know about it'....Which is, of course all too often the case. Sadly.
(I guess you realize that we're really, primarily talking about China here? Which is also a country that for a long time has been led by an autocratic, ultra-nationalistic regime - facts which historically have all too often shown to be a 'catastrophic' factor when it comes to both starting wars, and its ability to do so. Their regime has, for a really long time played heavily on the sense of "victimization" and resulting humiliation [such as their "Century of Humiliation", which hardly ever fails to be mentioned] which in turn serves to stir up strong nationalistic feelings of 'hurt pride', injustice and revenge. Which I believe hardly any Asian country situated at the Sea of Japan, South China Sea and/or the Indian Ocean have failed to notice..? Actually China's assertive aggressions are known, and to a certain degree felt around the world.)
Anyway, the point I wanted to get through is that even though it is now probably too late, since China essentially have ruled its citizens for generations, stirring up unabashed nationalism, 'shared, nationalist feelings' of hurt pride and a lust for vengeance - perhaps China's government wouldn't have been so successful in accomplishing this, if the countries involved had apologized [for their respective role]?
Of course, there's no way of knowing that for sure, and all we can do now is basically keep our fingers crossed - and hope for the best. But I have to admit I really don't feel too positive about it though! And you never know - a recognition and apology can go a long way!
We really need to learn to put our pride and shame aside - since really it isn't about anything else than acknowledging our history, and the bad things that our forefathers may have committed (as well honoring the good of course).
(Since, as you said as well - those were different times with different values, where most of 'us' lived under a more or less autocratic regime and people thus had a very different mentality back then [in many cases - hopefully so ;-) ].
And even IF it 'turns out' that our great grandfathers might have acted in a way that we today find deplorable or committed this or that act which we today regard as a crime: To them it was most probably regarded entirely different - they might have considered it be an 'honor', a duty or perhaps didn't even have choice in the matter!?
Regardless - we are not them! We mustn't take it so personally that we try to hide the fact! There is no way of hiding well-recorded historical facts anyway. So, we must dare take responsibility - in the only way we can: recognize that 'it' happened!)
This is very heartbreaking. What is scary is China and how provoking they are in current times, they seem very willing to top all these numbers taunting the US and Allies currently.
I'm surprised on all you young people from around the world have no idea of real history. I'm a fraid history will repeat if these things are not known. I'm so glad some are now learning
German losses are greatly underestimated. This is clearly seen in the Volkssturm, when in 1945 old men and children were taken into the militia, because many men died.
Great reaction, I highly recommend reacting to the youtube channel "Oversimplified" they have great episodes like World war 2, cold war, napoleonic wars ect...
"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." - Josef Stalin
Red or listen to Carl Jung’s the red book, journals from 1915-1930 that will give you sense of what war is perceived after, the 100 years of peace.
Thanks for sharing the truth of the horrific nature of the Second World War. Really appreciate your courage to share your Christian faith. Following the teachings of Jesus is our only hope. I came up during the height of the “Cold War “ between the Soviet Union and the United States and will never forget how frightened I was of a nuclear war between my country (the USA) and the Soviet Union. I can’t even begin to imagine the horrors people suffered due to World War II. Thanks again for sharing this video and God Bless.
Kinda weird that he didn’t even mention Norway since germany occupied it during ww2 but he did mention Denmark. It’s strange because Norway lost bigger numbers, put up a bigger fight and Denmark was invaded because they were going to secure iron supply from Sweden which went trough Norway
and finland
The most bloodiest war in history was WW2 and its not even 100yrs, that’s crazy when you think and some people who suffered from the war are alive!
Hey tim another great video as always! You might be interested in checking out the video "Hardcore History Blueprint For Armageddon with graphics" Its a teaser for the Hardcore History podcast by Dan Carlin (an american researcher & historian). The idea in the teaser is the question "Who was the most influential person of the past 100 years?"
The biggest part of the 'sin' you talk about in not even the wars themselves. Because you know, extreme situations tend to make apparent both the worst and the best in people. There are many stories, like how the british and the german fraternized for christmas 1914. You must have heard about it. Germans put christmas trees out of their trenches, then Germans and englishs took white flags and went to meet each other in the No man"s land. Holding hands, drinking and singing christmas songs together. It is said that a few football matches even occured in the no man's land.
No, the worst part of this 'sin' you talk about, is how many people amongst our leaders, and maybe many of us if we were in their shoes, try to see how to take advantage of every last corpse before it has time to get cold. Why Japan can't tell the numbers? Because Japan has been trying to rewrite its History to its advantage all this time, which is why they won't say anything about Nankin or any other slaughter. We all do that or are under the temptation to do it to some degree. And this capability of being so petty when faced with tens of millions of dead... Here lies the true, irredeemable 'sin'. Although i talk like that, i am actually fiercely anti religions. But i can share how you feel, even though i wouldn't use the word 'god' to express it. Hi from France.
Many of the commenters are missing the point. World II was total war for most countries. The point of video was that we (most people in the so-called "first world") have essentially been at peace for close to 80 years, this is longest period of peace in over 1600 years. But note, one of the underlying reasons that the "Cold War" didn't get "Hot" was that leaders on all sides, both civilian and military, had memories of how horrible and terrible that war was. That institutional memory is now rapidly dying out. We have now essentially lost all of that first-hand memory, and we are getting a lot of sabre-rattling by foolish leaders. I think a good point can be made that none of today's leaders realizes how fast a small border war - say Russia vs Ukraine, could turn into a very short, very hot, nuclear total war. I live in Montana, USA; within 200 miles of my home are I00 Armed Minuteman III ICBMs in scattered missile-silos(hardened protective structures buried in the ground), each of which can hit targets 8,000 miles (13,000km more-or-less) away with up to 3 thermonuclear weapons (H-bombs, if you know the term) each of which is equivalent to about 330 thousand tons of TNT (about 20x the explosive yield of either of the two nukes used on Japan). These missile warheads are able to hit within 50 m of a target. All it takes to launch those missiles is a phone call. I am certain similar structures are found in Russia and China. If a hot-war involving NATO and Russia starts (on the ground in Ukraine, or elsewhere) what future historians (if there are any) might call World War III, will likely remove "civilization" from mankind's list of achievements - a prolonged nuclear winter (resulting from a prolonged nuclear war, say one that lasted 2 days) - would like give us at least 24 months of world-wide cold weather (high temperatures to, say about 0 deg C, 32 deg F, along with not enough light for photosynthesis... = equal no food for anything. Well, I wouldn't give betting odds on anything except, at best, marginal survival for humanity. We had really better start trying somehow to drum some sense into all politicians. NO total war will be survivable by our civilization, and it is likely to render the future of humanity moot.
With those cheery thoughts. Happy trails to you all...
Over 28000 cities and towns were destroyed as well
*all countries teach thr history weird. how do you think the atomic bombs are covered in the US?* but i imagine in japan they dont say _"yeah, we were literally nazis. dont mention the war"_ or do they? all war is bad. & thr are no good sides who do no atrocities. -JC
Not sure where 15:53 statement comes from. We know Curtis LeMay and his theory. I call BFS on the statement.
Look how many people have been killed in the name of various gods throughout history. It was not the Bible but the realization that blind obedience to "gods" or men always ends in catastrophes that brought us to a more enlightened world.
I have always wondered what the Japanese teach their students about ww2.
The nukes were horrible, Americans were told it would have been worse if we tried to invade like we did in Normandy. Kamikaze pilots were used as an example of how how determined the Japanese were to stop Americans, at least in my history books.
However I wonder how much we are vilified for doing it? Us being allies now must make that part of history strained, Especially since while we didn't start the war, we became the invaders.
Right
As someone's who's a few years after schools end all I can say is that American history is pretty much just filled with American propaganda, like they never actually talk about the Holocaust or anything major like market garden, they never focus on what we do to other countries that doesn't push some agenda and they never go into detail about the horrific tools they'd use like white phosphorus, flame throwers, gas, poison and many other things to be named
@@dragonmaster3030 that is odd. I learned about all of those things in school. Where did you go that they don't teach about the Holocaust?
@@stevepowell6503 well, I mean they did "teach" the Holocaust but what they did teach was so bare bones compared to what should actually be taught, so while yes we did learn it it was very surface level
"There is no justice among men"
-The First World War (1914-1918)
Agreed and unfortunately most videos or opinions tend to have a more nationalistic biases such as say the Americans who yes were attacked at Pearl Harbor, yes the Japanese did commit terrible human experiments, however the Americans aren’t entirely exolved from any blame, since the Americans themselves committed many war crimes such as shooting prisoners, targeting civilian populations along with mass genocide and even concentration camps for native Italian Americans or Germans believing that they were affiliated with the Italian and German governments, even we the British aren’t clean from a few war crimes such as spandaou prison, heavy targeting of Berlin, we shot over a thousand Italian prisoners in Africa because we simply couldn’t keep them. And so on and we even attacked and killed our own allies the French in fear of the French navy becoming a part of the German navy which would have easily rivaled Britains. In India vast amounts of food was redirected towards Africa leading many people to starve to death
very distorted, weaponised wording, internment camps were very different from the concentration camps, trying to make every event sound like deliberate murder. Are you a russian bot?
My neighbors kids know basics of WW2 and they are not even 16, when I say basics I do not mean numbers but stuff like who attacked who, who invaded and why.... I am 40 year old.... wtf is thought on history class now in the West......
I recommend you watch The insane American plan to invade Japan in 1945 by RealLifeLore. Great reaction! I love watching your reactions and have been binging as of late. No need to apologize or feel sorry. Though we should never forget the past, we should always strive to move forward and learn from it. God bless you from Texas!
I will publish a video soon on that video !! 😌 thank you as always !
Unfortunately, while history can be horrible, alternative history can be even worse. Without the atom bombs, without the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan (both were critical, especially the Soviet intervention), the Japanese Empire and America would fight until both were dead. This is what Hitler intended for Germany, that if he was going to die, no German would survive him. Japan almost didn't surrender, there was an attempted coup, that failed during a 5 minute blackout (on accidental US flyover) that prevented it.
React to Potential History's video called Japans last hail mary
I just reminded my son not to go to Japan only knowing phrases from WWII movies. Phrases like te wo atero, korosanai yo.
lol
Who is Cheesebus?
Yes! Brother in Christ! Christ knew these wars would happen and the millions of people would die and come home to his kingdom!
Still have papers real once
That my great grandfather had to work for the German work afford 😊
Amazing what man can do to other men, we are absolutely the most violent of all the animals on the planet. Small deception in the video though, the US was not targeting civilians with the atomic bombs, they we actually trying to destroy key industrial facilities, which turned out to be mostly non operational at that point in the war. People have argued that those bombs actually saved more lives than the deaths they had caused. The Japanese were very skilled at defensive fighting, and the powers that be were scared of an actual land invasion of mainland Japan. The death toll would certainly have been much higher on both sides had that taken place.
Timothy, one of my favorite sayings is that God is good all the time! It is always important to remind ourselves that even in the midst of these great human atrocities and human suffering, God is always good and is ever present in our lives if we seek Him out. Love and peace to you, brother!
This video is very hard to watch. may our future and our children uphold the mindsets we live with today, that war is evil and every human life is precious.
Good
привирают ....откуда взяли и прибавили неизвестно где погибших немцев?.....все они погибли на восточном фронте - 5 миллионов
War is hell
Das is nichted gut but it happens I wish didn't.
You look like the most common Kazakh out there😅
So Japanese + European is the formula of Kazakh look
おーごめんなさい🙏英語分からない！日本語わからなーい
Google translates it so don't worry.
@@deborahasher176 except when it comes to Japanese and several other languages, japanese is wildly different from English and thus google translate tends to fuck up or mix up translations all of the time
Don't take it too terribly dude the Japanese did what they did as a result of hundreds of years of Bushido code and it's hard to counteract a war ideology like that
And I oop-
Russia broke the “no war” streak 😅
I’m curious about what your “special feeling” is toward Jews?