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@emmanuelfernandez04

Жыл бұрын

Great video, What will the next one be on?

@extrahistory8956

Жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelfernandez04 It will most likely be either the Spanish-American War in The Great War channel or The Seventh Coalition in this channel.

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

Although there are negative opinions about the battleship Yamato's special attacks, they were used as decoys, and the special attack unit was able to achieve results in the American fleet's special attacks. However, (a moment of silence for the civilian victims as Okinawa became a battlefield) bombing of the mainland by fleet bombing became impossible. Many civilian lives have been saved. Kamikaze is not dog death! Thank you to Yamato, the escort fleet, and the kamikaze corps for dedicating your precious lives to your country. With the overlapping ten-stage special attacks of the Okinawa Special Attack Corps, the bombing of the Japanese mainland by the US military's carrier-based planes became impossible. Thanks to them, many civilians were saved! Defeated special attack unit A total of 37 aircraft carriers Hankook, Enterprise, Four Double, Indomibul, Victorious, Hanga, Hill, etc. Two battleships! Others: 300 dead, 556 wounded, 4,907 killed in battle and 4,824 wounded, 4,824 wounded, 1,827 killed in operation Kikusui Special attack aircraft, 3,067 total killed in Operation Kikusui, including fleets such as Yamato

My grandpa, a BAR man in the marines fought across the entire island of Okinawa to the edge of the city of Naha where he was wounded. He’s 98 now

@yeedbottomtext7563

Жыл бұрын

Based walking fire senior chad

@johncox2865

Жыл бұрын

Tell him I said hello, and “Thanks🇺🇸”. My Uncle Carly fought in the South Pacific, but I don’t know where. He died about 30 years ago.

@johncurtis6815

Жыл бұрын

Go spend time with him. Listen to him, hug him and tell him you love him. American hero right there, make sure he knows it lad.

@mikeromero8162

Жыл бұрын

Much respect to your Grandfather. The Pacific war was probably one of the most difficult campaigns. Many young lives lost on both sides. May they RIP.

@mgway4661

Жыл бұрын

Tell him from one Vet to another he has my undying respect and gratitude

The more one reads or hears about the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, the more one realises how horrifying an invasion of the home islands would have been.

@Abelius

Жыл бұрын

It's a terrible thing to say, I know, but the bombs saved countless Japanese lives. Many times more than they stole. I hope they never get used again.

@mgway4661

Жыл бұрын

@@Abeliusour propaganda is working then. Im an avid reader of the 2nd world war. And I tell you. The bombs were not necessary (nor were the fire bombing of the other cities) We could have negotiated a surrender.

@edwardtroth8630

Жыл бұрын

@@Abelius Honeatly, I've no sympathy for the japanese regarding the bombs whatsoever. Unit 731, the rape of Nanking. Not to mention their plans to kill all allied POWs. They got off lucky, just thankfully our grandfathers came home in 1945 instead of dying in the Far-East in 1946.

@enrique88005

Жыл бұрын

@@mgway4661 wishful thinking. They would have never surrendered. I don't blame them, I don't think we Americans would ever surrender

@johntaylor4513

Жыл бұрын

@@mgway4661 the bombs were absolutely necessary, they objectively saved way more lives. "avid reader" lol

I was born in Okinawa. When I was a child, people who experienced the war are still alive, and I have seen elderly people without arms or legs. My mother was a child born after the war, but my grandmother and grandfather both experienced and witnessed the war. Luckily they were alive, but war was scary, and my grandmother and grandfather were a little bit afraid of Americans (not discriminatory, of course.) I am now have an American wife. I am married and live in America. It's a wonderful time to find love and have children in countries that used to be enemies. I have wondered how my grandfather and grandmother would feel when they saw me now. My mother's sister had already married an American, and my grandfather and grandmother had accepted that, so I'm sure they would be happy with me. In Okinawa, there is a word like this. "Nuchi dyu takara" means "life is the true treasure" in Okinawa native language. my grandmother used to say this

@aloeveratropical

9 ай бұрын

美しい言葉つきです。私はアメリカ人、でも日本で仕事があります。もと平安な世界が良かったです。 (私の日本語は下手だよ、変な日本語でごめん。)

@manubishe

9 ай бұрын

The Island was conquered, the residents left without children, the younger generation lured to live in the conqueror's lands. All in line with the tribal thinking.

@user-qr2ym7nu5v

8 ай бұрын

Ryukyu language is facing distinction.

@tehcsiamg3185

8 ай бұрын

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@chiaraog5476

6 ай бұрын

If you are happy, I am for sure your grandparents would be happy too.

My father, a US Army Combat Engineer, fought all the way to the most southern tip of Okinawa. General Buckner was less than 100 yards from my dad when he got killed by a mortar. He never spoke in detail but did say he was involved in a lot of cave fighting. You could see on his face that it was a hard, grueling experience that left a lasting mark on him.

@robertmartinez7307

Жыл бұрын

He's a hero.

@navaro1060

10 ай бұрын

We thank your father service. We lived in borneo south east asia. My grandparent told us nightmare stories, the japanese kills thousand live including women and children. He also almost got killed. But hes got lucky and live to tell us how cruel the war was. Tell your father, without their sacrifice. We wont have our indepence from japan. ❤

@azurecliff8709

10 ай бұрын

On April 1, 1945, during the Pacific War, US forces landed and began occupying Okinawa, Japan. The villages in Okinawa had only women, children and old people, because all the young men had been mobilized for the war. Taking advantage of this situation, the US military began "woman hunting" in broad daylight and repeatedly raped or raped and murdered. ■ Try to search for "Rape during the occupation of Japan" ❢❢❢ 😫😖😩😱

@Mondo762

10 ай бұрын

@@azurecliff8709 Get out of this thread.

@azurecliff8709

10 ай бұрын

@@Mondo762 No, cause I love you.

I was stationed on Okinawa at Kadena AFB in the 1970s in the Civil Engineers so as base maintenance we got to see a lot of the hidden corners of the facilities. There were Japanese bunkers in several places on Kadena and our other facilities and it gave me chills to thin of the battles that raged around them just thirty years before. If you ever get to go to the battle field at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, you'll get a similar feeling, the silence of death permeates the place.

@carolhill1102

Жыл бұрын

Kevin:: the feeling may be similar to the the disquiet I felt in Montana at the site of Custer's last stand. Odd, kind of fear, restlessness. Hard to describe. I'm not a vet so I have nothing to compare the feeling to.

@brandonwingfield4166

11 ай бұрын

Did you experience any weird things at Kadena? Just curious

@forcesmuggler7667

10 ай бұрын

Gettysburg truly is something

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116

8 ай бұрын

@@forcesmuggler7667love all the monuments to every regiment at the battle, all in a place roughly where they’d been on the lines. Staring accross the field where picketts charge happened. Seeing all the bullet holes and cannon holes in the buildings. It’s a truly amazing place to experience.

@iwa7649

3 ай бұрын

used to live on kadena. that base is haunted 😂

My parents took me and my two brothers to Okinawa in Nov 51. They lived on Okinawa for 21 years working for the US Army. I have many fond memories of the people of Okinawa and I left when I finished high school. I returned four years later after completing 2 tours in Vietnam with the US Army and enjoyed 5 more years on the island, which had greatly improved. Okinawa is now considered the vacation destination of Japanese visitors.

@johnvann2940

Жыл бұрын

That’s ironic

@DarkWraithKevin

Жыл бұрын

@@johnvann2940 what's more is that it used to be a place where they would take their prisoners for exile during the Pre-Edo period

@Canadianvoice

10 ай бұрын

Crazy what Americans did to Okinawa civilians after the war. Hope your related wasn't involved in that.

@FlowingValley

10 ай бұрын

On April 1, 1945, during the Pacific War, US forces landed and began occupying Okinawa, Japan. The villages in Okinawa had only women, children and old people, because all the young men had been mobilized for the war. Taking advantage of this situation, the US military began "woman hunting" in broad daylight and repeatedly raped or raped and murdered. ★ Try to search for "Rape during the occupation of Japan" ❢❢❢

@maximus0928

10 ай бұрын

@@FlowingValleythe US military went woman hunting. Shoot I was expecting to research a new rape of Nanking story. Yes there were rapes, rape in general is always wrong. But to say the US Military was woman hunting is completely false. Compare that to Nanking or any Japanese occupied area of women or just the local populations and you’ll wonder why wasn’t US stronger on seeking more recriminations from Japan.

My dad, U.S.Navy arrived in Iwo Jima first of March 1945. He turned 20 on the way. From there on to Okinawa then the Philippines. My hero may he RIP.

@Me-fm9zk

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it ironic that the victorious and the losers of the war are now both dead, making the outcome irrelevant. It’s just matter of who got killed or died first, but in the end, they are now both dead.

@marklandmarkofexcellence6629

Жыл бұрын

@@Me-fm9zk But, the actions of both the victors and losers then determined your present liberty & freedom from tyranny and oppression. It wasn't for nothing. They fought and died for you to live a better life today.

@takebacktheholyland9306

Жыл бұрын

@@Me-fm9zk "making the outcome irrelevant" now riddle me this smart man, socrates is dead for 2 millenia then why does he still matter? Same could be said for the inventor of the lightbulb thomas eddison, steve jobs ceo of apple or Shakespeare? They're all dead making their contributions to society worthless? Well that's because firstly, there's these things called "consequences" which is the equivalent of ripples in a pool of water. Despite the droplet disappearing causing the ripple, the ripple doesn't stop entirely, but rather goes on despite it's cause being very much gone. If the world functioned by the individual and not what they have done then we would not be having this conversation in the internet

@richardcostello360

Жыл бұрын

@@marklandmarkofexcellence6629 you Americunt butchers invaded a homeland of honourable warriors and couldn't fight them so you decided to go and nuke them back to a glowing Stone Age

@Me-fm9zk

Жыл бұрын

@@marklandmarkofexcellence6629 They did? Aren’t you justifying war as means to resolve conflict and now I need to be thankful for the killings of innocent men and women for the freedom that I am enjoying right now? Are you saying that as a Japanese, my life is better now because the Americans dropped an atomic bomb in my homeland, and as an American, I should be thankful because Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, otherwise my life would have been different? Tell me, what would be our lives today if Japan and US did not declare war back then? Does anybody know what would life in Iraq would be if US did not invade Iraq? The answer is “no one knows”, and your answer was based purely on your speculations. Our lives today was shaped not only by the action by our parents, but by our very own actions at present. Those people back than reacted not to forge the future of their sons and grandsons, but reacted only to the situation presented to them at that time.

Remembering my cousin, Marine Private Clarence Milton Staples from Bethlehem, Indiana, killed in action in bitter fighting in the Awacha Pocket of the Shuri Line on 7 May 1945.

I was stationed in Sukuran 20 years later. Many of the battle scars were still there. The caves were horrendous hideouts but the Okinawans adjusted and most were very friendly after they realizing how the Japanese had used them.

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

Although there are negative opinions about the battleship Yamato's special attacks, they were used as decoys, and the special attack unit was able to achieve results in the American fleet's special attacks. However, (a moment of silence for the civilian victims as Okinawa became a battlefield) bombing of the mainland by fleet bombing became impossible. Many civilian lives have been saved. Kamikaze is not dog death! Thank you to Yamato, the escort fleet, and the kamikaze corps for dedicating your precious lives to your country. With the overlapping ten-stage special attacks of the Okinawa Special Attack Corps, the bombing of the Japanese mainland by the US military's carrier-based planes became impossible. Thanks to them, many civilians were saved! Defeated special attack unit A total of 37 aircraft carriers Hankook, Enterprise, Four Double, Indomibul, Victorious, Hanga, Hill, etc. Two battleships! Others: 300 dead, 556 wounded, 4,907 killed in battle and 4,824 wounded, 4,824 wounded, 1,827 killed in operation Kikusui Special attack aircraft, 3,067 total killed in Operation Kikusui, including fleets such as Yamato

@dave-d-grunt

Жыл бұрын

I spent almost 3 years on Camp Hansen, Okinawa. 1974-77. USMC

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

@@dave-d-grunt Thank you for your hard work.

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

@@dave-d-grunt All those killed in the war between Japan and the United States Salute to the Marine Corps! am philippines kamikaze corps mechanic

@daleknight777

Жыл бұрын

@@dave-d-grunt I was a Schwab 1979 -81 USMC 0331 fox co 2/4

My grandfather's older brother was sent to Okinawa after being put on standby at Kure, Hiroshima for months. He sent letters to my grandfather in Osaka saying how he was so excited to finally do his part for Japan. He never made it back. Apparently he was 15 at the time.

@Standbackforscience

10 ай бұрын

It's nice to read something from the Japanese side of the war, thanks for sharing this.

@mjs3343

8 ай бұрын

Sad.

Veteran of the USMC and was stationed in Okinawa back in 2013-2016. Crazy to see all the places I’ve been in actual combat footage.

My grandmothers uncle was a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima. Letters from Iwo Jima gives me chills every time I watch that film. Can’t imagine the sights, sounds, and smells that my grandmas uncle experienced over there.

I work with a 98 yo man who was there. He spoke of the flame thrower guy losing his mind and those guys having to get rotated. After the surrender served as one of MacArthur’s guards. Still got his body and mind at 98.

@Dulex123

Жыл бұрын

I thank him very much 🙏

@richardcostello360

Жыл бұрын

So he got rewarded for his war crimes and became one of "Mac's Murderers" 😳 That's not something to be proud of mate..... MacArthur sent his "personal guard" to kill Aussies in "Battle of Brisbane"

My mother, an Okinawan, told me of attending school classes in caves during the US assault.

@circleofsorrow4583

Жыл бұрын

Did your mother describe the conduct of US soldiers when they found young Japanese women? I'm really curious.

@morgan97475

Жыл бұрын

@@circleofsorrow4583 She did not.

@circleofsorrow4583

Жыл бұрын

@@morgan97475 thanks for the reply. I wanted to believe that they were the ones that didn't act like animals.

@TheEvilmooseofdoom

Жыл бұрын

@@circleofsorrow4583 Were there any Japanese women on Okinawa?

@circleofsorrow4583

Жыл бұрын

@@TheEvilmooseofdoom I'm sorry...I might not be following the thread, but the OP seems to be saying her Okinawan mother was in a cave near where US infantry were assaulting. I get these things wrong though.

This is the place where my great-uncle Harold (USMC) was KIA. Our family suspects he was killed by Japanese guerilla fighters on the island. May he and all others who died in this hellish struggle RIP.

@joycechuah6398

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if they invaded Japan, even if they won the battle, so many Americans would have been killed by Japanese guerillas !

@ChefPoirotProductions1

Жыл бұрын

@@joycechuah6398 Yeah, we're still giving our troops purple hearts that were made for the preparation of that invasion!

@dave-d-grunt

Жыл бұрын

@@joycechuah6398there were estimates of up to 10 years of guerrilla warfare.

@richardcostello360

Жыл бұрын

Your great uncle invaded these people.......he deserved worse for his murderous Americunt ways

@ChefPoirotProductions1

Жыл бұрын

@@richardcostello360 lol. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Reading the book "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge was really an eye opener as to just how savage and animalistic the combat of the Pacific theater was, and specifically Okinawa. It almost makes fighting the Germans in the European theater look tame by comparison, although I don't want to downplay the brutality of that theater in any way. But there was a different element of extreme savagery in the combat of the Pacific. I cannot imagine what those men went through. That book was extremely difficult and heartbreaking to read, to see the sadistic violence that literal boys who hadn't yet become men were forced into. One of the most profound and memorable war memoirs I've ever read.

@ramsfan1st43

11 ай бұрын

The part where his superior refuses to let him move his foxhole. I'd also swear at the dude...

@dingus6317

9 ай бұрын

@@chuckginther1398 The Pacific is actually about Eugene Sledge's book!

@cobrachannel100

7 ай бұрын

Eastern front was more savage and brutal between Germans and Soviets. FYI.

@user-cu6ij1ui4i

4 ай бұрын

@@cobrachannel100 still it was arguably less than the pacific.

@cobrachannel100

4 ай бұрын

@@user-cu6ij1ui4i The numbers just dont compare. The battles in the Pacific are like child's play in comparison to Stalingrad, Rzev, Kursk, just to name a few.

my grandpa fought through almost all of the Pacific campaign. I was really young when he was around but I do remember one story. he told me is group was hunkered down in a bunker waiting on bombs to drop and that the guy beside him had pooped himself. and when the bombs hit, he said you could feel the whole earth move. and the leader told em," up and out it's time to go, up the ladder". grandpa said he got stuck behind the guy that pooped himself and on the way up the ladder, it was dropping on him. grandpa said he was upset but he had a job to do.

I am an Okinawan citizen living in Okinawa. My grandparents experienced the Battle of Okinawa. My grandfather passed away before I was born, but I often hear stories about their war through my grandmother. Also, every year in Okinawa schools, we invite people who experienced the war to the school and listen to their stories, and we actually visit the Peace Memorial Museum, which has detailed information about the Battle of Okinawa, and learn about how tragic the Battle of Okinawa was. Masu. Okinawa also suffered very difficult times not only during the war, but also after the war. For a time, the Okinawan dialect was even banned. I think Okinawa has had a really difficult history, and I am truly proud of my ancestors who survived such a difficult past. I love this country and Okinawa very much. It may be a beautiful thing, but I want war to disappear from this world.

@user-sz8dr3ef2s

5 ай бұрын

I used a translator, so some parts may not be clear.

My Uncle S/Sgt William T Leung, machine gunner, 7th Infantry Division, awarded Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Achievement, Okinawa Campaign. Veteran of 4 major campaigns, survived the war.

@roderickstockdale1678

Жыл бұрын

Chinese? How did feel about them?

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

Although there are negative opinions about the battleship Yamato's special attacks, they were used as decoys, and the special attack unit was able to achieve results in the American fleet's special attacks. However, (a moment of silence for the civilian victims as Okinawa became a battlefield) bombing of the mainland by fleet bombing became impossible. Many civilian lives have been saved. Kamikaze is not dog death! Thank you to Yamato, the escort fleet, and the kamikaze corps for dedicating your precious lives to your country. With the overlapping ten-stage special attacks of the Okinawa Special Attack Corps, the bombing of the Japanese mainland by the US military's carrier-based planes became impossible. Thanks to them, many civilians were saved! Defeated special attack unit A total of 37 aircraft carriers Hankook, Enterprise, Four Double, Indomibul, Victorious, Hanga, Hill, etc. Two battleships! Others: 300 dead, 556 wounded, 4,907 killed in battle and 4,824 wounded, 4,824 wounded, 1,827 killed in operation Kikusui Special attack aircraft, 3,067 total killed in Operation Kikusui, including fleets such as Yamato

Most people don't know more Sailors died in the Battle of Okinawa than any other branch of the military.

@JJ_5289

7 күн бұрын

It was insane. At one point there was a 40 day long stretch where an allied ship was hit by a kamikaze every day

The amount of explosive ordnance used on Okinawa was so much, they're still finding it to this day (an unexploded shell was found a few weeks ago during some construction work). That comment about the rain is spot-on. It rains so hard you can barely see in front of you. I genuinely wonder how those guys did it fighting in such miserable conditions.

@sesameseedbar8853

8 ай бұрын

Ordinance is found everywhere wars have been fought though. With an average percentile of around 2.5% failure rates of explosives, there's bound to be plenty.

@user-sz8dr3ef2s

5 ай бұрын

That's right. It is said that a subway cannot be built in Okinawa for these reasons.

My dad was there April 1, 1945 Easter Sunday. He was a BAR man with the 88th Chemical Mortar Battalion Company C attached to the 96th Infantry Division. He received his Purple Heart being wounded on June 7th 1945.

Yet another battle that I really don't know much about. Thanks RTH. This channel is a great way to learn about the final battles of World War 2.

@jessealexander2695

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate your consistent support in the comments, friend.

@b.thomas8926

Жыл бұрын

I suggest reading "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa." By EB Sledge, one of the people RTH quoted. It gives an incredible first person perspective of a Marine during the battle of both Okinawa and the nearly forgotten battle of Peleliu. It's an incredible tale.

@tanyapunyo2074

Жыл бұрын

I gues you're new

@extrahistory8956

Жыл бұрын

@@tanyapunyo2074 Not really. I know my history and that Okinawa is the last major campaign of the Pacific front, but I never actually looked into how the battle played out.

@tanyapunyo2074

Жыл бұрын

@@extrahistory8956 okk

My father was commander of the 17th Regiment of 7th Infantry Division. I grew up with stories of the horror of this campaign.

My Grandfather is in the first 20 seconds...medic on Iwo Jima and a closeup of him wearing glasses. He was in his 40s at the time and was at a mass that a Jesuit priest conducted at the top of the hill after the island was taken. He ended up in Japan treating those who had been injured after the atomic bomb was dropped. He returned to Toledo Ohio after the war and continued his work as a doctor. Sadly, he passed away in the 1950s when my dad was only 19 and I never had the opportunity to meet him.

@abdihassan7208

Жыл бұрын

0:13 is that him? No way , really?!

RIP Pvt. Albert Walcott, USMC, KIA, Okinawa, May 8th, 1945. He was 25.

My Uncle David, fathers side, served on the HMS Victorious, one of three British aircraft carriers to be deployed for the battle of Okinawa, he was a deck gunner. Didn't really know him much. All I remember is that he was 6ft 6 and looked like Clint Walker. Big Irish man with blue eyes. My Dad said that he suffered with night terrors for years after he retired. Just thinking about those kamikaze pilots diving straight into those ships makes me wonder how he survived at all

@user-fl6ek2yq1n

10 ай бұрын

Proximity fuze

My great grandpa was on one of the LSTs that landed on Okinawa. I never was able to meet him because he died a long time ago, but I still have all his medals and the flag that flew on his ship when it landed. It's a great reminder of what happened on that day.

@tigerland4328

4 ай бұрын

You should be eternally proud of your grandfather. Although he never fought against the Japanese my grandfather was in the British army and fought in north Africa,Italy and at Arnhem. He had a lot of respect for American servicemen.

My grandfather was a combat engineer with the 1308th Engineer (GS) Regiment Company E and his unit was tasked with bringing Kadena field back online first before heading to the second airfield. The 1308th was hand picked by Army Command after the Battle of the Bulge for this operation back in January 1945.

@Mondo762

Жыл бұрын

My father was also a combat engineer in the US Army. He fought all the way to the southern tip of the island. He was involved in a lot of cave fighting. Nasty stuff.

@michaelbenjmitchell1

Жыл бұрын

@@Mondo762 What unit?

@Mondo762

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 Gosh, I wish I could tell you. My guess is he was attached to the Infantry for this particular operation. On Guam he was attached to the Marines. He went in on a raft at night and cleared the beach for them. The marines didn't have combat engineers back then.

I was stationed in Okinawa for a year and one day we had a company run and ended up going towards the Naval Hospital up on the hill. (Camp Foster IYKYK). We stopped there and the higher ups had a little talk about something that I dont really remembered.. or cared but I then looked towards the ocean and you suddenly put a perspective of how the Allies stormed the beaches of Okinawa and up this long and steep hill back then. It was an eye opener for me. Ill never forget it.

@scout3058

9 ай бұрын

I was the first surgical patient at that new hospital, in April 2013. I crashed my motorcycle up near Hedo Misaki (not far from JWTC) and had my left tibia and fibula reconstructed in the hospital 4 days before it officially opened.

@jololol7158

9 ай бұрын

@@scout3058 Really? Thats gotta be a dope experience bro. Glad that you’re doing fine.

@scout3058

9 ай бұрын

@jololol7158 Best 4 years of my life spent on that island, brother. Thanks. I have lingering issues from the crash, but nothing that prevents me from working, riding etc.

An amusing story I heard about this battle. When U.S forces reached and took what I think was Shuri castle. The officer in charge of the unit decided to raise a flag over the castle. The thing is, this officer was a native of South Carolina. One who clearly had a strong sense of southern patriotism. I let you guess what flag he used. Much to the annoyance of the northern troops with him.

@johnclarencemercado4218

Жыл бұрын

There's a photo of that exact story somewhere on the internet. It's on Sledge's book too.

@Idcanymore510

Жыл бұрын

Probably planning to enslave the Japanese, just like his grandaddy did to Africans.

@Techno_Idioto

Жыл бұрын

They should have torn down that flag and burned it, and instead should have raised an American flag, instead of a banner of treason.

@TomFynn

Жыл бұрын

The Duke of Hazard.

@richardcostello360

Жыл бұрын

Well atleast he was honest about what the Americans were like.... cowardly war criminals

Great research, references, presentation, and visuals! Love your channel!

Everything about your presentation was fantastic! Thank you for doing what you do!

I read that the soldiers carrying the flame throwers were the most afraid and also the bravest. They were needed as the flame throwers were needed to spit flames into caves to flush out the Japanese but they were also afraid because one lucky bullet hitting their tank and they would blow up

My grandfather fought here as a medic. Not sure what he saw exactly since he died before I was born. I only have his dog tags. My other grandpa fought across the Rhineland. I also have a great grandfather who fought for the 3rd Reich and a great great grandfather who fought for imperial germany.

Thanks for a great video, the best I've seen on the Okinawa Battle so far. And a huge thanks for appearing in the video. I like to put a face to the narrator.

I just subscribed to your channel. The way you tell these tales of history is done with such great respect and care to both sides. I can't help but feel heavy hearted at the sight of what went down in those dark days. Thank you for handling this subject matter with such respect.

I was stationed on Okinawa for a year and a half when I was in the Marine Corps Infantry, at Camp Hansen and Camp Schwab, 79 and again in 82, I served with 3/9, 2/4 and 3/7 ! Semper Fi Devil Dogs 🇺🇸

@scout3058

9 ай бұрын

0311 3/9 88 to 92 here. Did UDP to Schwab in 89 and then went back to Okinawa as a civilian 2012-2016. Semper Fi, bro.

An effective strategy used by the Japanese indeed. The losses the Empire takes can mean little so long as they prolong the battle and damage the Americans as much as possible. This battle, and Iwo Jima just a couple months prior, just goes to show how well the Japanese were adapting to American landings by studying them over the last 2 years of the war. Even though the Japanese lacked the heavy firepower the Americans used, their excellent use of natural terrain, camouflage, and deception among many other factors allowed them severely punish any attackers all over the Empire. I must ask though, will Real Time History cover the Battle of Peleliu or Biak? Biak might not be well known, but it was the first battle the Japanese put their new tactics into practice.

@Terrorwanderer

Жыл бұрын

I 100 % agree with you

@huiyinghong3073

Жыл бұрын

Why cant they resupply Okinawa at night from mainland Japan with their remaining ships, replacing their daily losses in men and equipment silently at night. That will prolong the battle even more.

@paulsteaven

Жыл бұрын

@@huiyinghong3073 The US Navy (and its allies) were now more well equipped against the Japanese night time (armed and supply) operations. Aside from thousands of ships deployed during Operation Iceberg, its aircrafts has radar now (F6F-N Hellcats, Black Cats) and its ships has better ASW capabilities compared during the Guadalcanal campaign wherin the Japanese didn't just use their fast destroyers for transport runs (Tokyo express) but as well as their submarines. Lastly, the sinking of Yamato as well as her cruiser and escort destroyers sealed the hope of resupplying Okinawa from mainland Japan.

@srgvette28

Жыл бұрын

@@paulsteaven, plus after the Battle of Midway the Japanese navy was pretty much done for, as it was becoming more clear that aircraft carriers were the future of naval warfare, not giant battleships.

@paulsteaven

Жыл бұрын

@@srgvette28 maybe you missed the part that the Kido Butai still has a chance at the Guadalcanal campaign or once the Essex class become online. The quality the airgroup of both Shokaku and Zuikaku plus IJN's light carriers were better (if not equal) to the combined airgroup of USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, USS Wasp, and USS Saratoga as the former were reinforced with the addition of surviving pilots of Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu. It's just that the Americans has an unsinkable carrier in the form of Henderson Field. The IJN was done for after the Battle of Philippine Sea that even tho Ozawa exploited the impressive range of Japanese aircrafts, they were still nothing compared to the better aircrafts and equipments of the US Navy.

Appreciate your videos! Great imagery and storytelling that always gives me a real glimpse into past. Wish you could’ve been my history teacher lol

Excellent content, presentation and graphics. Thanks!

Another great video. Thanks Jesse and crew.

My great grandpa was a Marine wounded on sugar loaf. Nearly his whole company was wiped out on that hill. Lucky guy.

I visited Okinawa in December 2017 and had a hard time reconciling what the island looked like then compared to what it was like in May 1945.

My grandfather served on an Australian Naval Minesweeper during the Battle of Okinawa, going out on patrol and escort duties. I found it logged in his war record.

My father was on a tin can in the North Atlantic. After the successful capture of Okinawa his can was heading toward WESTPAC via the Panama Canal. Thank you, Harry Truman.

I remember reading "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge. His descriptions of Okinawa are haunting.

I was stationed on “The Rock” 30 years ago…they were still finding 2 or 3 bodies every year and there were caves you couldn’t go into because they were booby trapped.

@johnsterling6659

Жыл бұрын

I was stationed at Okinawa 76-78. I never heard a single story about bodies being found. I did find a lot of passed out drunk bodies in the bars on Gate Two Street. I saw a Marine get beat to a bloody pulp by a JNP on BC Street. I went into a lot of the caves. Never heard a single story about booby traps. I did find some rusty Japanese helmets, a rotted gas mask, a rusty bayonet scabbard and some nasty looking bugs.

Great video. Very well produced. Thank you.

Lovely! Thank you so much for doing this video.

私は日本人です。 This uses google translate. I'm sorry if there is any misunderstanding. There are some points that need to be corrected. That is the Japanese army placement map in the beginning. As of April 1945, the 44th Independent Mixed Brigade was not stationed on the Katsuren Peninsula, but on the Chinen Peninsula.

Great documentary, excited to see what the team makes next

Brilliant Summary of the Battle!!!!

Great overview!

My grandfather, who was a 20+ year veteran of the air force, was stationed in Okinawa after the capture. The stories I have heard are too many in number. My mom being the military brat. Lived on base. Always talked about the papa-san selling candy thru the military fence to the American children. Stories on stories. Cool people. Minus the imperial warmongers that made the mainland at the time. Japanese culture fascinates me.

@MikeSmith-vl5em

Жыл бұрын

Probably because they had one of the most honourable warrior culture and didn’t treat war like a game like the European knights did trading nobles for ransom... complete victory or absolute destruction

@RespectMyAuthoritaah

Жыл бұрын

The Japanese culture will fascinate you a lot less once you learn more about it. They despise all foreigners. Okinawan's actively hate Americans. They rioted when we returned Okinawa to Japan. They rioted to get American Airbase at Kadena out of their country. There is nothing American's can do that is right. I actually felt it when I left base to visit the town. Menacing. One trip was enough for me.

@user-ed8wc1yr8s

Жыл бұрын

Although there are negative opinions about the battleship Yamato's special attacks, they were used as decoys, and the special attack unit was able to achieve results in the American fleet's special attacks. However, (a moment of silence for the civilian victims as Okinawa became a battlefield) bombing of the mainland by fleet bombing became impossible. Many civilian lives have been saved. Kamikaze is not dog death! Thank you to Yamato, the escort fleet, and the kamikaze corps for dedicating your precious lives to your country. With the overlapping ten-stage special attacks of the Okinawa Special Attack Corps, the bombing of the Japanese mainland by the US military's carrier-based planes became impossible. Thanks to them, many civilians were saved! Defeated special attack unit A total of 37 aircraft carriers Hankook, Enterprise, Four Double, Indomibul, Victorious, Hanga, Hill, etc. Two battleships! Others: 300 dead, 556 wounded, 4,907 killed in battle and 4,824 wounded, 4,824 wounded, 1,827 killed in operation Kikusui Special attack aircraft, 3,067 total killed in Operation Kikusui, including fleets such as Yamato

My grandfather was on the radar picket line at Okinawa, USS Ingersoll DD 652.

Nice presentation. I enjoyed it very much.

I got chills reading that haiku from Isamu Cho

My great-uncle and namesake, VADM Harry W Hill, was Commander Amphibious Group Two which landed the Marines and Army on Okinawa.

The kid at 14:04 makes me sad, I have a daughter in that age and seeing it shiver and full of fear hits hard

Hello Jesse and the team, thank you for the dcoumentary about the battle of Okinawa (1945). Are you planning to do one about the battle of Crete (1940)? That would be really cool.

I stationed on Okinawa in the 80’s. My Uncle was there in the 60’s. My grandmothers nephew, guess my cousin, was there during the battle. He was Ie Shima. One or two jeeps behind Ernie Pyle’s jeep when he was killed in the ambush. Beautiful Island. I knew the people did not care for us. Understandable. I tried to courteous and respectful while there. I like the vid. I had to stop watching since YT was throwing ads in every minute or so. Very well done.

A familiar voice for me. Glad to see the gentleman. I wish more explaining was done about the VPN. I bought it about 5 or 6 months ago and end up clicking on the US where I live.

My father was a Sea going Marine stationed on the Battleship USS ARKANSAS BB-33 as an Anti-Aircraft gunner. Fought off the coast of Normandy on D-Day, Iwo jima and Okinawa. He spoke about being in a turret above the crane with no cover. "You just had to take what came at you" he'd say "No where to hide". He said that towards the end of the battle of Okinawa when the Kamakazi attacks subsided. They pulled he and his fellow Marines off ship to the Island for guard duty for a short time. Then island hopped his way back to San Fransisco by sea and air. One plane ride had to make an emergency landing on an Island. Then train ride to New England to get home. Spent the fall preparing for the invasion of Japan. Had no remorse whatso ever about the two Atomic Bombs on Japan to end the war.

The book "With the Old Breed" of Eugene B. Sledge is such a great read. It is so vividly told that I dream of it....

@realtimehistory

Жыл бұрын

agreed

@212th

Жыл бұрын

The complete audio book version is free on KZread

Best ever on this subject thenk you

Great video!

Couldn’t wait to get home from work to watch this. Once again excellent content from RTH

16:15 Just looking at the casualties, Japan had about 18 times more than US forces. From these number, they are very similar to the estimated killed during one of the atomic bomb drops. I cant imagine the casualties for a land invasion of Japan.

@therampanthamster

Жыл бұрын

true. many people have no appreciation of just how many lives the dropping of the 2 A-bombs actually saved.

@diollinebranderson6553

8 ай бұрын

​@@therampanthamsterbecause they are shortsighted and brainwashed by the far leftist Americans.

Currently watching the show "The Pacific" and some of the basis of it follows Eugene Sledge through these island battles. so cool to see him mentioned here in this video too.

Great video! However what happened to the campaign to take the northern part of the island? The last mention of that was at 6:36.

the last battle my dad fought. Easter Sunday 4/1/45. he was a 20 year old SSGT, and was told to expect 100% casualty rates. 82 days later, the enemy defeated and the island secured. next stop, the japanese mainland

Dad's two older brothes were in the USMC. One of them, uncle John was on this island.

@Me-fm9zk

Жыл бұрын

You must be really old. Your uncle should be at least 98 yrs old if they were there when they were 21. How old are you? 75?

Powerful. Thanks

I'm a history buff (nut? lol) and just found this channel. This is the first video I've watched and I was intrigued. New subscriber.

@realtimehistory

Жыл бұрын

welcome to the show. Check out our video about Iwo Jima too if you are interested in the Pacific Front of WW2.

The decisive decision to use the Bomb, Truman said "I don't want another Okinawa" referring to an invasion.

Father was a merchant marine during the Japanese invasions of china and other islands. His friend was with UPI, I think, and wanted father to photograph all he witnessed. So he supplied father with cameras, film Etc. The pictures he took were horrific, and his friend made copies for newsreels and propaganda. I have spotted some of his pics. over the years on the internet. I got in a bunch of trouble for taking them to high school for a history project. I guess they werent happy about major war crimes.

@lelouchvibritannia4028

Жыл бұрын

Why would you get in trouble for sharing the truth? Honestly, that pisses me off.

Thank you for this very informative and sad video

We’re in Okinawa this week and it is amazing and sad to imagine what war was like back then compared to modern busy city full of tourists today.

8:30.. Damn that looks like a direct artillery hit..

My brother was there Edward T Hall wounded 16 shots he was on five different Islands Saipan Okinawa Bougainville y Iwo Jima and fought with the Australian army 🪖

Cool to see Eugene Sledge quoted in this video. His book is a fantastic read.

My neighbor (much like a great grandfather) saw similar fighting as a BAR gunner in Manila 1945. He’s 97 now

The fact that I had three ads for Mitsubishi cars while watching this was just hilarious to me...

This was great! Absolutely

Thank u for your information. I cried

Well done with real footage and photos and people's sacrfice that paved the way for peace in the world.

Extraordinario.....ahora puedo dimensionar lo terrible que fue esa batalla....tanto para los victoriosos cómo para los derrotados....gracias por la intensa y dramática narración...!!!

I was stationed on Okinawa with the Marine Corps Aug74 to Sep75. So much History there. Some of the "older" Okinawans did not like the Japanese from Mainland Japan.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

11 ай бұрын

Okinawans also experienced a lot of prejudice in mainland Japan. Even now they're regarded by many Japanese as somewhat "different." Not really fully Japanese, but not foreign either. Younger Japanese I know consider Okinawans to be fully Japanese, and view Japan's past treatment of them as shameful.

I was stationed on Okinawa in 86-87. Camp Schwab near Henoko up north. Nago was a cool city.

For pronunciation, the stress is on the first syllable: OH kee na wa. You keep stressing the second syllable "kee".

12:55 My father was in Okinawa. He said that he remembered approaching a civilian area. Him and his unit could see a Japanese civilian throwing his wife and children off a cliff. The civilian was convinced that the American attacking force would torture them because of Japanese radio propaganda broadcasts. Guy cried his eyes out when he found out it wasn't true. 13:39 He said when a Japanese unit surrendered it was not taken seriously and as Japanese soldiers approached with raised hands and came within range, they were gunned down. Their bodies were examined and they were always loaded to the hilt with concealed grenades and weapons. The Americans learned from sad experience that a Japanese surrender was always a ruse.

Sledgehammer’s account of combat in the Pacific is second to none.

My grandad was there serving with the 137th 139th Seabees NCB. His brother was there as well serving with the marines.

うちのじいさんの兄弟は硫黄島では海軍の整備兵、たぶん整備すべき飛行機が無いから、陸戦隊で戦死してます、もう一人は歩兵第89連隊で アメリカ軍の呼び方「コニカルヒル」付近にて戦死してます。

My dad was a sailor on a destroyer escort, a boatswains mate, and a loader on a bofers gun. He faced down the kamikazes.

"Everything that was asked of us - we've done. Every night we lay in a filthy foxhole - prayin' the enemy won't slit our throats. Every day we spent crawling through the mud and the dirt while bullets whistled all around. But this is the last time we're gonna have to put our lives on the line. This is the enemy's last stand. When we take Shuri Castle, we go home. All of us"

Wow ! At 00:14:03 is the strongest emotionally moving picture, that I have ever seen !

Great episode as always RTH.