Japan’s Downfall: The End of the Pacific War 1945

Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: Watch 16 Days in Berlin: Nebula Lifetime Membership: In 1945 US forces are advancing towards Japan, but the road to victory will be bloody. » CHAPTERS 00:00 Battle of Iwo Jima 17:41 Battle of Okinawa 34:21 Atomic Bombs and Japanese Surrender 43:07 Why Japan Surrendered » SUPPORT US » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Akikusa Tsuruji, 17-sai no Iōtō (Tokyo : Bungei Shunjū, 2006) Allen, Robert E, The First Battalion of the 28th Marines on Iwo Jima: A Day-by-Day History from Personal Accounts and Official Reports, with Complete Muster Rolls, (Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 1999) Leckie, Robert, The Battle of Iwo Jima, (New York : Random House, 1967) NHK Shuzaihan, Iōjima Gyokusaisen: Seikanshatachi ga kataru shinjitsu, (Tokyo: NHK Shuppan, 2007) Rottman, Gordon L & Wright, Derrick, Hell in the Pacific: The Battle of Iwo Jima, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2008) Sandberg, Walter, The Battle of Iwo Jima: A Resource Bibliography and Documentary Anthology, (Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2005) United States Fleet, Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, Navy Department, “Amphibious Operations, Capture of Iwo Jima: 16 February to 16 March 1945” COMINCH P-0012, (17 July 1945) Alexander, Joseph H., “The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa”, Marines in World War II Commemorative Series, (Washington D.C : Marine Corps Historical Center, 1996) Nash, Douglas E., Battle of Okinawa: III MEF Staff Ride Battle Book, (Quanitco, VA : History Division, U.S. Marine Corps, 2015) Rottman, Gordon, Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle, (Westport, CT : Praeger, 2004) Shimpo, Ryukyu, Descent into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa, (Portland, ME : MerwinAsia, 2014) Sledge, Eugene, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, (New York, NY : Ballantine Books, 2007) Sloan, Bill, The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945 - The Last Epic Struggle of World War II, (New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2007) Yahara, Hiromichi, The Battle for Okinawa, (New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995) Cook, Haruko Taya & Cook, Theodore F., Japan at War: An Oral History, (New York, NY : The New York Press, 1992) Frank, Richard B, Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, (New York, NY ; Random House, 1999) Glantz, David M., “August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria”, Leavenworth Papers No. 7, Combat Studies Initiative, (February 1983) Grew, Joseph C., “Report from Tokyo: An Ambassador warns of Japan’s strength”, in LIFE Magazine, (December 7, 1942) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan, (Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press, 2005) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, “The Atomic Bombs and the Soviet Invasion: Which Was More Important in Japan’s Decision to Surrender” in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Hatano, Sumio, “The Atomic Bomb and Soviet Entry into the War: Of Equal Importance” in Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals, (Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007) Kort, Michael, “Racing the Enemy: A Critical Look”, in Maddox, James, Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism, (Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2007) Maddox, James, Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism, (Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2007) Pape, Robert A., “Why Japan Surrendered”, International Security, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall, 1993) »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Research & Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt, Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023