The Pacific War | Animated History

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Huge thanks to Kan Shimada for the Japanese translation!

This video has been sponsored and approved by Oasis Games

Sources:
The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, Daniel Marston (editor)
Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific, Larry Smith
Hell is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific, Victor Brooks
Eyewitness Pacific Theater, Firsthand Accounts of the War in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Atomic Bombs, John T. Kuehn and D.M. Giangreco
Lost in the Pacific: Epic Firsthand Accounts of WWII Survival Against Impossible Odds, L. Douglas Keeney (Editor)

Music:
WIP

[TheArmchairHistorian]

Huge thanks to Kan Shimada for the Japanese translation!

Please list any corrections underneath this comment.

*Correction: The first nuclear bomb was not dropped exactly five months after fire bombing, it was the second nuclear bomb that was dropped exactly five months after.

Thanks again,
Griff

[Wallyworld]

My grandfather fought in the Battle of Saipan. He was a heavy machine gunner. After storming the beaches they were taking cover in a ravine and my grandfather yelled at his commanding officer, "Sir get down there are snipers in those trees". The brave officer stood up and exclaimed, "No God Damn sniper is going to stop the United States Army" and was immediate shot in the head and killed. My grandfather said the US loved it when the Japanese would do Banzai attacks as they would all come out of there cover and charge making it easy to mow them down. Just before the Banzai attack he said you could here them all getting drunk and rowdy preparing for the suicide attacks. Later in the battle my Grandfather was shot in the leg and was in the open with no cover and had to lay and play dead bleeding out for hours before the US were able to take control of the situation and treat him. To treat him they just cut his leg off and put him on a hospital boat and sent him back home. Thankfully he survived the ordeal or else his 8 children (my dad included) and 9 grandchildren (including me) would not be here today. RIP Grandpa McIntyre!

[Shenaldrac]

"We don't have the materials needed to wage war with the USA. So to get those materials, we'll declare war on the USA!" Japan's thought process for the invasion of the Philippines was questionable.

[HistoryHouseProductions]

Those Japanese voice overs were quite excellent.

[Duxaization]

5:23 The main reason America recuperated their losses was due to the Japanese not destroying three important assets.
1. The two aircraft carriers (edit, actually 3)
2. Fuel depos
3. Repair bays

[Jameman]

The flag was raised on Mount Suribachi upon its capture about 2 weeks before the end of the battle of Iwo Jima

[siryoyo]

Japanese august 8th 1945:
"What is this strategy, they're sending only one plane"

[paulinotou]

Minor detail but Guam was taken by the Japanese immediately after Pearl Harbor. I noticed it remained blue on your map the whole time. Guam was the only American territory with a sizable population to be occupied by enemy forces. It wasn't till after Saipan was Guam liberated. I know this because I'm from Guam.

[bernardrednix]

Kinda ironic that it took the power of the sun to get the empire of the rising sun to surrender

[elmashable]

If Hawaii falls into Japanese hands, They will surely rename it from Hawaii to Kawaii

[OweeReviews]

My grandpa served in the Filipino army and fought alongside American forces in the battle of Bataan. He survived the battles, the death march, and being a pow. He was the most peaceful man I knew and died at the age of 89. Miss you grandpa.

[dragonslayer]

Japan: We shall win for our glorious empir—-
USA: T A S T E T H E S U N.

[matthewmckenna]

A favourite story of mine from the Pacific theatre. Is that of Ira Hamilton Hayes. A Native American from Arizona, who joined the Marines in late August of 1942. Despite the fact that the local authorities. Turned off the water supply to his community's farm when he was young.

[BenBomb]

These videos have no right to be this good

[crosbychang]

I find it interesting that you left out East Malaysia (North part of Borneo island). The Japanese also invaded there, because there are oil fields off the north coast of Borneo island. Being of Chinese descent diaspora, my great grandfather was killed by the Japanese soldiers during the Japanese occupation of Sarawak (East Malaysia). The rest of my family back then fled to the jungles to escape persecution by the Japanese soldiers back then.

Also part of the Pacific campaign, was the Australian army halting the advance of Japanese forces at Port Moresby. On the treacherous mountainous Kokoda track, the Australians, even though outnumbered, managed to halt the Japanese invasion, and prevented Port Moresby from being taken.

[wajahathussain]

Also make video on battle of Al alamien.

[JHohenhauser]

As a Filipino, this episode is very interesting to me.

[jeffhenry]

The flag on Iwo Jima was raised only on the 5th day of the battle. The battle on Iwo Jima went on for 31 more days after the flag was raised

[cvetomirgeorgiev]

The animation made it look like China was united. It wasnt at all

[ghjctxr]

My dad’s friend is the grandson of William b ault. He fought in the battle of coral reef, and while bombing a Japanese ship, he was shot down and never seen again.