The Interwar Period and latter stages of WW1 are criminally overlooked.

@robertortiz-wilson1588

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@datnatanguy29

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@fanta-cool7532

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@Nino-ye8ve

Жыл бұрын

@@Anonymouslikemydad cringe

@MintyLime703

Жыл бұрын

It's frustratingly riddled with an insane amount of myths as well. Myths that are still being taught in schools today that change the entire context behind WW1 and WW2. And as per usual many of them were started by socialists, wehraboos, former German generals, and etc.

The fact that this was land controlled by the Imperial Japanese ARMY instead of the Imperial Japanese NAVY cannot be understated. The IJN/IJA rivalry was unlike any other inter-agency rivalry. At times, Imperial Japan acted more it had two empires, one controlled by the IJA and one controlled by the IJN. The 1920s saw a shift in political dominance of the IJN over the IJA, with one of the factors being continuous assassinations.

@kaydenchan7093

Жыл бұрын

This is the most fascinating part of Japanese history.

@Unlinked72

Жыл бұрын

Is there any sources, books, videos etc you can recommend on the subject?

@Septimus_ii

Жыл бұрын

And neither of those empires was controlled by the civilian Japanese government

@fusionreactor7179

Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you make the armed forces only under the monarch instead of the f***ng state

@deleted-something

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting

"The Japanese government didn't trust the army." I'm sure that'll work itself out.

@andrewklang809

Жыл бұрын

It's not like the IJA stabbed the civilian government in the back. They shot it from the front, chopped its head off, and dared anyone to do something about it.

@seneca983

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the feeling was mutual.

@capncake8837

Жыл бұрын

They’ll fix that after they win the next war

@Raminagrobisfr

Жыл бұрын

also the army and the navy hated each other.

@harrisonlee9585

Жыл бұрын

@@Raminagrobisfr With some hilarious/fortunate for history consequences

It's interesting to see how the Japanese government went from imperialistic but more cautious to hypermilitaristic and believing they could roll over Shanghai in three days.

@zanderaw

Жыл бұрын

The army was always like that, they just lost control of them

@ImSpookd

Жыл бұрын

as the video mentioned, the army and the government (and the navy too) were all pretty much independent and constantly trying to one-up one another. The army in marco polo bridge, the navy in pearl harbor, and the government in it's refusal to listen to the emperor's demand to end the war

@seneca983

Жыл бұрын

It's not like the government shifted to militarism on its own. It's more like that the army didn't obey the government and started wars on its own and murdered government ministers.

@jimmiller5600

Жыл бұрын

After crushing Russia in 1905 the sane Japanese military counted their enemies (and economies) and decided that they couldn't win a major war. The ultranationalists (and every country has them) said they were traitors & cowards. "Bravery & honor will triumph against any odds!". Well, we see how that worked out for them.

@diddlypoop4722

Жыл бұрын

@@seneca983 yeah it was mainly economomic hardship and military successes in unsactioned wars that let the IJA go off the rails and the government in Tokyo was just about powerless to stop them. The way the Japanese constitution was arranged, any cabinet needed approval from the army and navy to function. If the military withheld that approval, the government would just collapse. This, mixed with the increasingly common assassinations and growing radicalism brought about by the Great Depression, led to quite a bit of militarism very fast.

Huh. I didn’t even know that they wanted to annex it. I know they invaded but not that they actually wanted to keep it. The Russian civil war and all the various factions and invading forces were wild and interesting to read about!

@wederMaxim

Жыл бұрын

Я Барон Унгермен ! Я вернулся ! Вам всем п*здец ! Слава монгольской империи !

@egregius9314

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention that the Russian civil war is barely covered in most Western history books. I remember reading Eastern Approaches, and reading about a British graveyard somewhere in central Asia, from the British soldiers sent to intervene. I was like: what?!

@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit

Жыл бұрын

Japan was an Imperial country in the past. It needed to expand because the Japanese mainland had little in the way of natural resources compared to it's neighbors. And its pretty hard to run an all-expanding empire without important things like metal, oil, and rubber.

@xymos7807

Жыл бұрын

Why We Fight(produced in 1947) explains a little bit of why Japan wanted the Philippines(uranium, oil, etc) and their reasoning behind their eventual attack on Pearl Harbor. Though it has since possibly been debunked or discredited; I think it provides a very informative perspective on the matter.

@johnwhittaker311

Жыл бұрын

Maybe I’m wrong but surely 9 times out of 10 the reason you invade somewhere is that you want to keep it? Not like they just fancy a jolly good war because they’re bored

Super interesting. My Czech grandfather was evacuated from Russia via Vladivostok in 1920. Once he reached the Japanese held territory, he was safe - for the first time since 1914.

@user-bb6xb3cz1k

Жыл бұрын

wow, how did he go home afterwards?

@falnica

Жыл бұрын

Your grandfather was part of the Czechoslovak legion? The one who stole all that Russian gold? There should be a million movies about them

@kirby1225

Жыл бұрын

Was he a Czech legionare?

@tefky7964

Жыл бұрын

@@falnica Russians got their gold back, legions left without it.

@royale7620

Жыл бұрын

​​@@falnica there is a movie called Admiral from 2008 about Kolchek that shows that

Now you need to make a video about the following subjects: 1. Why did the revolutions of 1848 fail in Germany and Spain? 2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?

@brandonlyon730

Жыл бұрын

I also like to know the Carholic world’s opinion on the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire, especially the Pope’s.

@plarteey1316

Жыл бұрын

1. It's really hard to centralize a bunch of states that dont want to be annexed 2. The British

@CallieMasters5000

Жыл бұрын

3. Jamea Bizzonnette and Kelly Moneymaker: illuminati or rich donors?

@adamlakeman7240

Жыл бұрын

@@plarteey1316 More like 2. Napoleon. The British just kept the pre-Napoleon system.

@plarteey1316

Жыл бұрын

@@adamlakeman7240 right, but most of the countries that drive on the left side of the road have something to do with the British influencing them to do so.

Japan saved hundreds of Polish kids that were in work camps in Siberia . These were Polish families that were deported to the Russian far East by the tsar . A lot of people do not know that the Tsar built the first gulags . These kids were raised in Japanese orphanages and returned back to Poland . While Japan was cruel in many of its conquests this is one good thing they did and a part of history that many people have never heard of.

@chaosXP3RT

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Putin deporting Ukrainian children to Siberia today... Russia never changes, does it?

@theuserjoan

Жыл бұрын

Poland and Japan were strong allies before the outbreak of WW2 which saw them pushed onto different sides of the war and Poland destroyed. Japan was highly critical of Germany’s invasion of Poland but didn’t want to risk losing its friendship with Germany

@spaman7716

Жыл бұрын

I love your GTA and Red Dead content, cool to see you are a history buff too!

@goldenstilettos3166

Жыл бұрын

@@chaosXP3RT I heard he deports them straight to North Korean gulags! But first he makes them hand over their washing machines which are then given to Wagner for use in their human wave tactics. Man, Russia is so brutal and backward

@RussianMania

Жыл бұрын

@@chaosXP3RT Also the fact that he eats ukranian babies now instead of russian ones. Man, he can't keep getting away with it!

This man makes random history videos and i love it

@MasterBomer

Жыл бұрын

​@RmBeast then why are you even watching this video

@delfinenteddyson9865

Жыл бұрын

@@MasterBomer he isn't, he just spams

@spqqq_

Жыл бұрын

common History Matters W

I read this as Serbia at first and got EXTREMELY confused

@VKK-cr1uk

Жыл бұрын

You are not confused becus Siberia is Serbia

@tarpecigdra

Жыл бұрын

Srbija do tokija

@andrewklang809

Жыл бұрын

About as plausible as Red Dawn.

@edwinhuang9244

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: My history class was doing a roleplay on if we could revise the Treaty of Versailles(The 1919 one), and my group's roleplay character(Italy) went "We want more Austrian land." The Japan roleplay group went "No we want Austrian land. Give it to us." PS Germany was invited to the revision in that roleplay.

@Ogaitnas900

Жыл бұрын

@@edwinhuang9244 that sounds a lot of fun, you could make a game out of that haha Historic strategic negotiation roleplay? players can only use facts their real counterparts actually knew at the time.

I wish lots of luck to those Norwegian scientists in finding the mythical lands of “Denmark” I believe in you !!!

@kirbymasterx-3637

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it clear that Denmark doesn’t exist? They describe the danish language as someone quote “chocking on a potato”, that’s something you hear from fairytales. It’s pretty obvious that the Norwegian scientists have been bribed by the CIA to lie about the lands of “Denmark”.

I love that you cover such underdeveloped subjects like Norways search for the fabled city of Copenhagen in Bolivia. A shame this land remains lost to time

@tahamuhammad1814

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about

@iordanvassilev8091

Жыл бұрын

@@tahamuhammad1814 read the articles at 0:46. There is always gold when you read the articles on these videos

@tahamuhammad1814

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@whafflete6721

Жыл бұрын

And such accurate map of Japan...

@MyVanir

Жыл бұрын

Where else would Copenhagen be?

I've got a question for you history nerds out there: what are some events during the Interwar period that few people know about? I personally feel like it's an underrepresented part of history and I have been learning about stuff like the Polish Soviet War and the German Friecorps.

@dobi2236

Жыл бұрын

The Turkish War of independence is relatively untalked about by the average person

@malachiphoniex8501

Жыл бұрын

@dobi 223 Definitely. I think it's intentional though since most people don't want risk condemnation from Turkey by talking about the concurrent Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian Genocides.

@dobi2236

Жыл бұрын

@Malachi Phoniex Funnily enough, the Turks were supposed to try and execute the perpetrators of the various ottoman genocides but the following war of independence saw that it got forgotten about

@malachiphoniex8501

Жыл бұрын

@@dobi2236 Which is a shame, because history shouldn't be forgotten

@dobi2236

Жыл бұрын

@@malachiphoniex8501 truly

It's nice to see Mitsubishi have mineral rights in Siberia at 1:28.

@mattdavis9601

Жыл бұрын

Sadly they ended up being a Mirage.

"The government didnt trust the army"... knowing what will happen to Japan later on, that sentence gave me chills.

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

Japan's national identity was safely preserved, and tragedies like Manchuria, Korea, and Taiwan were avoided. The colonies were wiped off the face of the earth, and the abolition of racial discrimination that Japan had proposed at an international conference in 1911 was adopted by the colonial empire in 1965.

@MyVanir

Жыл бұрын

@@21goikenban17 What?

@angkhoanguyen6114

Жыл бұрын

@@21goikenban17 Still not a proper excuse for Japanese war crimes.

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

@@angkhoanguyen6114 The speech-controlled nations of East Asia still teach such lies. It is the cause of civil wars that have lasted for more than 80 years. Japan has never been asked to pay reparations for war crimes. Nor has any national leader been punished for war crimes.

This is a question I never asked, but one that that as soon as I saw it needed to be answered. Great videos, keep it up.

I knew that they invaded Siberia but never knew they controlled all of that land. The Interwar period is incredibly fascinating

@pushista9322

Жыл бұрын

It was incredibly dangerous for Russia, too.

0:45 "Pictured Japan" That caught me off guard

Read on British sailor caps HMS Floaty Boi 0:52 HMS Ship and Slide 1:05 HMS Ship to be Square 1:35

As usual the small captions on peasants and the newspaper headlines are hidden gems, but the pun in the name of the ship from the sailor's cap was expected, and awesome. Well done!

@matthewbrotman2907

Жыл бұрын

A different one in different scenes, at that.

@vinnynj78

Жыл бұрын

Must be my screen resolution because I am having terrible trouble reading this one

“You’re a Land Rover, I’m a land expander.” Ivan the Terrible

2:00 Greetings from Japan. Hiilarious picture from gunboat diplomacy days. This channel is awesome!

Japan has control of its army and gives up some land to maintain other gains: Profit. Japan loses control of its army and has to keep picking more and more fights to get more lands to fuel more fights: Oops.

The newspapers on these videos are always such great highlights of them Like "search for 'denmark' continues" is probably one of the funniest things in the video

Japan: Can Japan has Siberia? Entente: We have Siberia at home "Siberia at home" = Mariana, Caroline, Palau and Marshall Islands Japan: UwU

@carltonleboss

Жыл бұрын

At least it's warmer than Siberia...

@andrewklang809

Жыл бұрын

MUCH better land. Barely needs a garrison, expands Japan's Maritime influence, and a lot more whales for...scientific research.

@ricardokowalski1579

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewklang809 delicious scientific research

@popaog6786

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewklang809 And the land has no resources, no population, minimal landmass. I mean if you want tell me that a bunch of backward tropical islands are better than the most resource rich region on earth filled with almost infinite amount of lumber, precious metals, oil and gas and even grazing land for animals then i would disagree.

@MyVanir

Жыл бұрын

@@popaog6786 Which makes them even better as naval outposts for further expansion.

Awesome! Actually at 0:30 'random peasant' that actually did happen. The delegation was on its way to negotiate with the Germans and realized they needed a peasant to have a proper representation of the revolution. They then snatched one from the streets. During diner this peasant made an impression on the Germans who were bewildered by his table manners.

It's a relief to know that the search for Denmark is still on. I want to believe!

@briankoepke9891

Жыл бұрын

The Americans want to buy it when found.

Skye Chappelle told Japan to not bother. Maggie Paskowski and Spinning Three Plates unilaterally agreed.

@normaluser333

Жыл бұрын

It was soon afterwards occupied by a James Bissonnette-led coalition

Sparing the government vs. army debate/rivalry, this is one of the few events in WWI history that I’ve heard, where a nation makes their choices based on regional stability, rather than self interest.

1:33 Nice little nudge to Huey Lewis. xD

This channel makes me think I should have far more questions about history. It's good not only because I learn something that helps me connect the dots but mainly because when I do learn more I will ask questions I didn't tend to before. We gather too much history from consensus and honest to god from vibes. I just wish it cited sources.

Nice Video Keep it Up

Japan was characterized by having a pragmatic diplomatic approach on its way to making an empire. That is until Tojō came to power and decided that going 1v1 against the US would be easy

@sodadrinker89

Жыл бұрын

No, it lost control of it's military in the 30s, way before Tojo ever came to power.

@mastrorick

Жыл бұрын

@pottman101 the military was still pragmatic, it was Tojō who started making the dumb decisions that all the japanese high command hated. But they weren't able to do shit about it because Tojō was the emperor's BFF

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

No, sir. Tojo's cabinet was formed to prepare for war because the U.S. ended all peace negotiations in order to force Japan to attack the U.S. first! It is an American tradition to let the other side attack first if they want to go to war. The U.S. government understands that this method is effective for the people.

@mastrorick

Жыл бұрын

@21 goikenban it is true that FDR and his cabinet wanted an excuse to pass in congress a war declaration. But how does that contradict what I'm saying

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

@@mastrorick You incorrectly view Japan's self-defense against the West's colonial race and American aggression against Hawaii, China, Manchuria, and Japan as Japanese aggression. Japan's military was designed to counter the aggression of the West and Russia. The West decided to invade Japan, Germany, and China, and declared the termination of peace negotiations to Japan. The West and the Soviet Union supported the Chinese version of IS and the Chinese version of the Taliban on the Chinese mainland, bringing disaster to China. It is only natural that the Japanese military would seek to declare war on the invaders, since without oil, Japan would have no way to resist Western aggression! Naturally, the Japanese people supported it. And it was the British and French who declared the invasion of Germany first.

Always an awesome Saturday to see an upload!

This is actually a major plot point in "Oil!" But Upton Sinclair kind of just stops talking about what the Japanese are up to when the other allies withdrawal. Thank you for resolving that for me.

Who frankly, weren’t the nicest. This Channel Is So Good At Making really Dark Things Hilarious.

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

Is this a call out to Ungern Sternberg?

@capncake8837

10 ай бұрын

@@alanpennie Probably.

Thanks for your attention to detail on the rifles. Considering they aren't the main focus of your video and its animation you did a great job.

Such a good channel with great simple explanations

Great video

My great grandpa served onboard HMS Ship and Slide, i'm glad one channel finally honor that my great grandpa's legacy

"HMS Ship to be Square" I am dead.

This channel answers questions I never realized I had

Great video!

"More in page 1776" That reference was bananas 👌🏻

Heres a question pertinent to the topic - Why was the allied intervention in the russian civil war so ineffective?

@andrewklang809

Жыл бұрын

No plan beyond occupying the ports. They were hoping the White Army would soon put the Reds down, but popular will swung heavily against them and the Red Army beat the pants off the Whites in the interior, so the White Armies couldn't link up. Controlling the ports meant nothing if you couldn't use them to deliver arms, and the Red Army didn't need them since their supplies came from the inland cities and Petrograd.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

Жыл бұрын

War fatigue. The intervention came about less than one year after the end of WW1. Everyone who joined the intervention aren't in their best, both morale and support wise. The Royal Navy force sent to the Baltic was forced to withdrew partly because the crews started to act a bit mutinous due to war fatigue and Commies having a better rep amongst them...

@Daniel-rh7kh

Жыл бұрын

After WW1, no one was willing to commit so many resources for a mostly lost cause, you could even argue that Germany would be the one benefitting the most from that.

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

​@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Also, Russia is a nasty place with long cold winters, and no one wanted to be there.

@Heike--

Жыл бұрын

Why is it anyone's business what Russians do in their own country? Oh right, have to invade to make sure those bank loans get repaid. Banks. It is always banks.

Another amazing video

You have the best artist for your documentaries.

As a European, I find it very interesting to learn more about the rich history of Asia. So big thanks for these videos!

The big problem for Japan was also that the Entente were all there for different reasons. France owed JP Morgan's consortium a staggering sum (something like $1.3 *trillion* US in today's money) and had been sending most of it as aid to Tsarist Russia, it looked to both of them like they were going to lose that cash which would have sent the USA into a huge fiscal Depression. The US had already really entered the war to make sure their debtors didn't lose after the shock losses of the 1916 offensives (and you thought it was the Lusitania) and now Russia went belly up owing everything, and the Soviets promptly reneged on the payments. Britain was there because, well, if there's anything they hate more than a Russian it's a communist Russian. After all, they might charge down in a red tide into India! (The perennial fear of UK planning from Napoleon until the mid 1950s) So when the Czechs seized the eastern Russian treasury they gave it to the USA as a way of getting out of Russia, they hadn't been all that useful and were as often a choke point for supplies as they were a guarantor of them arriving. They then handed over the leader of the Whites to the Bolsheviks who took him down to a riverbank and shot him as the Czechs and the US sailed away. The British had really no reason to stay (try reading the 'Evacuation of Russia 1919 address to the House of Commons, it's the best example of official excuses in one place I've ever seen and it could easily have been used for the recent debacle in Afghanistan as written). So as this mess was resolving itself the Japanese now didn't have the excuse of a coalition (a loaded term these days) to cover their imperialism and as said in the video it was made uncomfortable for them to stay. Now the *real* question is: what the hell were the Greeks doing in Sevastopol?

@gideonmele1556

Жыл бұрын

Greeks: …uh, things

@MrMarios3000

9 ай бұрын

Greeks sent troops because the Allies promised us assistance in Asia Minor in exchange of our participance. Also, historically Crimea and surrounding areas have been first settled by Greeks (hence the -pol in Sevastopol, Mariupol etc.) and still to these days host a big Greek speaking population (sadly, many have also been also deported to Central Asia ans beyond)

@417Owsy

9 ай бұрын

it used to be greek... like a reaaaaaally long time ago

@MrMarios3000

9 ай бұрын

@@417Owsy ...but they still hold thousands of Greeks. I never said it still is Greek

@bigsweatyboy1

7 ай бұрын

Greeks havin' a bit of a trip down memory lane is all

Cool stuff. 👍

I live for these vids. I just wish the format would go back to the longer form essays.

I look forward to these videos every week! ❤

New subscriber! My favorite part of each video is when someone happily skips through the flowers LOL

Great video.

Another great video ❤🎉

1:33 "To be square" as in "be there or be square" and they weren't going to be there. I love these stupid jokes in your videos lmao

*Entente Powers:* "Hey Japan! Would you like to do a bit of invading??" *Japan:* "Hmm... Ask us again in about 12 years."

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

It is harsh to treat Japan, which has never invaded and declared itself as its own country or built a colony since the 20th century, as if it were a Western country.

@gloverfox9135

Жыл бұрын

@@21goikenban17 “japan has never invaded”- someone who desperately needs to open a history book

@21goikenban17

Жыл бұрын

@@gloverfox9135 I wrote: "Japan has never invaded another country and declared it its territory." Please don't tamper with it. All of Taiwan, Korea, etc. acquired by Japan since the 20th century have become Japanese territory according to the rules of the world. Taiwan was transferred to Japan by the Qing as compensation for the war it started. Korea went bankrupt like North Korea, so Koreans offered Japan to bail them out by annexing them. Since Japanese territories were in line with world rules, Taiwanese and Koreans at that time are still treated by the world as Japanese.

@gloverfox9135

Жыл бұрын

@@21goikenban17 How do you think Japan acquired those territories? By invasion you idiot. Japan invaded Korea in 1592-1598 and failed then, so they tried again in the 1900s and succeeded and they annexed it in 1910. Japan invaded Manchuria, China, the Philippines, Indochina, Burma, India, Laos, Cambodia, all of south East Asia really, hundreds of islands and was threatening to invade Australia. Only Japan was stupid enough to attack the US and reap the consequences for their actions in the conquered territories.

@StalinSpokeYiddish

Жыл бұрын

*in 12 seconds

I love this channel lmao always a banger

Great vid

Make a video about Romania please

Dude, keep up these videos, they're amazing.

About time this thought got noticed. Great job 💯

0:45 I paused for a while to read the article on the fabled lands of Denmark. Great writing whoever came up with it!

"Japanese politicians didn't agree with the army" We see how nicely that plays out in 20 years.

Love your content !

Man I Have Become Addictive To Your Videos

The Royal Navy cap ribbon names are a nice touch

0:46 Missed the opportunity to call it a "land war in Asia," which is the #1 classic blunder

Would love to see a live-action version of one of your videos. I’ll be the guy hopping in a field of daisies.

@pacificostudios

Жыл бұрын

Subscribe to the "Squire" videos if you want your history acted out.

I'm in the shout out at the end of the video!!! 😄

0:46 is a news paper clipping. I live for these 3 seconds while on screen... so much humor in such a brief window

Have you ever considered doing a video on how Sakhalin ended up as part of Russia and not Japan? I feel like that's probably something a lot people wonder when they look at a world map.

@mel1s218

Жыл бұрын

Well because Japan has always been really isolated and their leaders also have been isolationist, they really started their internationalism ik the 1800s when Sakhalin was already claimed by Russia

@unknownsoldier9438

Жыл бұрын

@@mel1s218 Yeah but there was a back and forth between the two countries over it, and they ended up splitting it and then Japan finally lost it in WW2. Its a pretty interesting story.

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

​​@@unknownsoldier9438 Yes it is. The island was originally claimed by Ming China which set up a very intermittent form of government, but then, in the nineteenth century, Japan and Russian also began claiming it, or parts of it.

@peoplesempireofchina6839

Жыл бұрын

the southern part of sakhalin belongs to Japan it call karafuto prefecture but after Japan surrendered in WW2 they need to give it to Russia the same with Germany need to give up it eastern territories to Poland and Russia.

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

@@peoplesempireofchina6839 Yep. Japan no longer claims any part of Sakhalin though it does claim the four most southerly of The Kuril Islands to the east.

Japan be like: I'm something of a coloniser myself

This was actually something I wondered about a lot

Woah. I’ve always wondered this

“Don’t get your fans stirred up in some sort of Twitter Civil War!” Abraham Lincoln

Yup, that definitely is Japan pictured in the newspaper 😂. It's those little details that make me love this channel so much.

@howiehall4622

Жыл бұрын

No way that was Japan. Pretty sure it is Greenland.

I love this news channel

Pretty interesting indeed!

At 2:54 that looks like a type 99 short rifle because of the full hand guard and the recoil lug on the side of the stock, which was not introduced until 1939.

They didn't want it because James Bisonette wasn't living there

Thank You for adding little details in the Newspaper! I hope the Researchers at Norway find Denmark Soon! 😄

I got that “random peasant” reference. Very obscure. Loved it.

Because James Bisonette is a member of the Navy faction.

Just wished they kept North Sakhalin only for the sole reason as because it looks better in a map

@galatheumbreon6862

Жыл бұрын

it would look so good on a map honestly

I am so glad Boogly Woogly remains a patron. I keep listening to the patron read on each of your videos just to check that you still have to read their name out. It's like a post-credits bonus scene.

I really enjoy pausing/replaying to see stuff like: "peasant, do not touch" Oh, and learning cool/important stuff w/o checking out books. And then, of course, smashing the like button...that's not painful at all.

The West does colonialism Japan: takes notes Japan does colonialism The West: No, not like that!!!

1:00 interesting pronunciation of Vladivostok

@B715

Жыл бұрын

I had to rewind back to hear that again too.

Nice

You should do a short on the legend that is James Bissonette.

I suspect that one of the most politically powerful groups in Japan, that being the IJN and its supporting industrialists,would have bitterly opposed the occupation of Siberia. It would have regarded aland war with the Soviet union as an existential threat, to the IJN. You can't bomb pearl harbor with tanks and you can't reach lake baikal with battleships. Japan didn't have the resources to build massive numbers of both. Committing Japan to a land war with the Soviet union would have ensured the ascendancy of the army and reduced the navy to a coastal defense force. No battleships or aircraft carriers. Land based naval aircraft and patrol craft only. What fleet admiral wants to fly his flag from a patrol boat?

If they kept it. That would've made a very interesting timeline for sure. It might've stopped/delayed an invasion of China in the thirties. Thanks for the upload as always.

@carlbates9110

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Almost definitely. China was their alternative choice for new land, though they would’ve likely tried to subjugate it in other ways.

@OnionChoppingNinja

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It would certainly have a major impact on how WW2 would unfold regardless if Japan was able to hold on or not that's for sure. On hindsight maybe holding on to Siberia may not have been such a bad idea for Japan if they did. Considering that Trotsky (inapt) was in charge of the red army at the time and they had their hands full quelling the nationalists.

@HDreamer

Жыл бұрын

If they'd been even able to hold it, it would almost certainly meant war with the soviets in the 30s at the latest. Can't see Stalin just writing that area off.

@dwarow2508

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​@@OnionChoppingNinja It wasn't Siberia though. It was just the far east.

@Protont

10 ай бұрын

China would probably be a domacracy today if they weren’t attacked by Japanesse in WW2. China would probably have time to subdue it’s rogue warlords and maybe completelly finish of communist rebels. After this would be done China would probably wait a bit and let allies weaken Japan before attacking itself to retake Manchuria

1:56 OMG 😂😂😂 That was a brilliant Matthew Perry summation!

Sometimes I like to check in that spinning three plates is still there. Good to see you're keeping on man.

When did the descendants of the Roman Empire who spoke Latin stop understanding each other entirely? I asked because in your video regarding Romans becoming Italians you brush on the subject of those living in Italy transitioning from Latin to Medieval Italian, so were Medieval Italian speakers able to understand Medieval French speakers barring some differences or were they still separate languages like today.

I'm surprised we didn't see Stalin with a sign saying saying to the Japanese "Soon."

1:55 I like this channel because he makes historical figures speak my language.

Every video takes the declared time minus 30 sec of outro but also plus 5 minutes to read the whole newspaper

Japan still had plans to annex Siberia after the civil war too, but a war with the Soviets followed by a treaty convinced them to pivot towards China instead.

@Gabriel-sdf

Жыл бұрын

Battle of Lake Khasan and Battle of Khalkhin Gol if i'm not mistaken on their names, the latter saw the rise of the famous Soviet general Georgy Zhukov.

@Heike--

Жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel-sdf That wasn't until 1939. Russian civil war and Japanese invasion of China was 20 years earlier.