Rise of Ultranationalism in Japan - Pacific War #0.3 DOCUMENTARY

The new Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues with a video on the rise of the Japanese Empire. We’re going to continue analyzing the evolution of the Japanese Empire during the Taishō and Early Shōwa eras, covering its role in the Great War, subsequent expansionist developments, and the start of its trajectory towards fascism and the Pacific War.

#Documentary #PacificWar #JapaneseEmpire

[holyarchangelmichael]

Great video. I recently took a Japanese History course and the events that preceded the Pacific War often don't get the attention they deserve. Thanks for helping to address that problem. I look forward to the next episode in the series!

[robertmorgan]

Hey don't think we didn't notice Jin Sakai at 2:20. :D

[WannabeBushcrafter]

Christ, these pre WWII videos are addictive!

[AKAZA-kqjd]

A permanent chair in the league of nations but a very little say so in all affairs

[jeanlannes]

Your productions are of a astonishing good quality in content, graphics and educational information. For me the team of Kings and Generals is on par with the top content creators who have at least a 10x higher budget at their disposal! Every episode teaches me things and are giving me insights in certain developments that I did not consider before! Whenever I feel like I have some advanced knowledge about a certain topic, you guys prove me wrong by introducing new facts and neutral observations. Hats off to you all!

[napoleonibonaparte]

The HOI4 is strong in this one, and very nice graphics.

[musoklimbu]

I’m so glad to be able to watch this for free.fantastic job guys

[elliottmcnear]

This is such a great series. Due to the way history is written and taught, so many people believe wwii started on September 1st 1939 and ended on may 8th 1945. In fact, fighting was happening long before and well after that period in the pacific!

[jerryx]

Fun fact: The Kwantung Army’s opponent during the Mukden Incident, the Northeastern Army, was comprised of 300k troops (25 infantry brigades, 6 calvary brigades, 10 artillery regiments), 36-50 FT-17 tanks and 262 aircrafts. The Kwantung Army did not exceed 60k troops during the entire Mukden Incident and did not have proper tanks as well. (Mostly armoured cars) Yet due to the “no resistance” order from the brass, the Northeastern Army did not even return fire for most of the time. All tanks, artilleries and aircrafts were captured in perfect condition by the Kwantung Army. This disgraceful “no resistance” act would later fuel the Northeastern Army troops and generals initiating the Xi’an incident, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to start negotiation with CPC and form the United Front.

[PakBallandSami]

“I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive--those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

[fdYkn]

High quality content, Kings and Generals, beside other similar YT channels, is a endless source of interesting content for history teachers and everyone who is interested in history in general. You are the beacon of hope to inspire the youth of today to be interested in the history of mankind.

[MdArtsandGaming]

Impressive work as always! Though there is one bit of trivia that’s overlooked: as the Treaty of Versailles was being signed, the Japanese delegation tried to propose anti-racism clauses that would have also given non-Western states a greater stake in the postwar world. Not only was this soundly rejected by most of the Western Powers, including Woodrow Wilson, but it also led to the delegates being humiliated for trying to be their equal.

Though not the sole cause, this would in time serve to help embolden the ultranationalists and militarists, and would ultimately bring much pain to Japan and much of Asia.

[erlendkaarb]

9:41 I like how you showed Hirohitos feelings as leader just by moving a beverage up and down.

[JFIX]

The Zaibatsu sign around 3:45 looks suspiciously familiar... HOI4, anyone?

[danielconde]

_Preservation of knowledge..._

So, Blinkist is sponsored by Venerable Jorge?

Jokes aside, what (yet another) great series. The podcast idea is indeed very interesting.

[ikediz]

Man, I'm loving this series. Can't wait until it's complete and I can binge the whole thing. Thank you Kings and Generals!!

[istvansipos]

- general, I want a war. Of some kind. Somewhere.
- A war... Can you be more Pacific, my lord?

see? It was never really planned. They were practicing English, and sh!t happened

[MGood-ijhi]

Ironic that , in the Western Pacific, at the same time the rapid industrialization, modernization, and growth by expansion of Japan to their east occurred , in the Eastern Pacific the United States was experiencing a rapid industrialization, modernization, and growth by expansion to their west. There was no way these two young ambitious empires would not eventually go to war.

[Newidhan]

There's a lot of "meiji did this meiji did that. what you really mean is some choshu clique of ministers and their deputies did this and that

[ellington]

I'm a native of Harbin, my Grandpa was there as a 14 year old young boy in 1930 working as a labour, when the Japanese came, he fled into the forest and mountains with a few others and they joined a group of "anti japan resistance fighters" which was really a group of vagabond/bandits that survived in the wild and raided what ever supplies they can get their hands on, included some shoot out with Japanese patrols and Manchukuo security forces but they fled all the time. Fast forward years later to 1945ish they were absorbed by the CCP into the PLA. He pass away in 2011 but told me his war stories in Northeastern China and Korea. I just wish I talked to him more before he passed.