The Repercussion of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima | FULL DOCUMENTARY

25 years old here seeking out history lessons almost on a daily basis. I will never forget the sacrifices made, on both sides, to get us where we are now. I pray that nobody gets nuked again.

It seems so strange to me. I have been watching WWII documentaries since I was ten. Now for the first time in this doc, the movie clips of dead soldiers or injured civilians being treated for their burns- are blurred. the images now too disturbing to view. Really? I didn't realize I had become so fragile to need to be spared these images. It is a disservice to anyone injured or scarred by what they endured. Don't hide the past. This is a good documentary.

To this day the Japanese have never admitted their atrocities over other countries. My mother as a child survived the Japanese invasion in China. The Hamas' recent slaughter in Israel pales in comparison to what my mother saw. Like my father, a WW2 veteran, she found it necessary to repress wartime experiences. Peace in this world can never be taken for granted.

You forget the way your military people treated our soldiers. My great Uncles were treated so badly it was an absolute disgrace. They were starved and beaten 😢

A friend of mine from high school said bombing Hiroshima did not save a single American life. I told him that the US simultaneously prepared an invasion force to take Japan if the nuclear weapons failed or were not used. He laughed and asked me where I heard that. I said, “from my father; he had been moved from Colorado to California and was awaiting deployment to invade Japan when the news of the nuclear attack was released in the States. His fellow soldiers threw a party in the barracks. They woke him up saying’Cooper we aren’t going!’ “ Let historians argue whether it was immoral. That is fair considering how many innocent civilians died, but to claim the attack did not save American lives is demonstrably false. Great video.

Thank you, American troops, for keeping us safe.

I’m from Gunma japan I’m proud I’m living in one of the most peaceful and safest countries in the world! I’m sorry about what happened in the past but we have to move forward and stay calm and peaceful and kind!

There was no mention of the attempts by the Japanese military command to prevent the Emperor’s concession speech. The military was resistant to the end despite the loss of life.

The sad part is the leaders of these Countries Who start wars the innocent always pay the price

One of Japan's ace pilots, Saburō Sakai, said that if someone had told him that bombing two American cities would end the war, they would be crazy not to.

A friend of mine called the Japanese the Empire of the setting sun, he was fighting in Europe, but was going to be shipped to Japan when Germany surrendered. Thankfully he didn't have to after the bomb was dropped

I wish one day there will be no war . every country should treat their own people with dignity and respect and respect of others.

Had the Japanese the atomic bomb first they would not had a debate on the immorality of using the bomb. They would use it without blinking an eye. You can be sure of that.

My Marine father-in-law fought on Iwo and short stints on other island campaigns before being shot. Upon recovery he was assigned as an MP during Japan occupation. t his death at age 89 he felt extreme hatred for the Japanese because of the horrible tortuous atrocities they committed to American POWs.

Nuclear bombs are horrible. But at that time, after the atrocities committed by Japan in WW2, there was no other way to get them to surrender. It prob saved millions of American and Japanese lives.

I'm 95. Went to Japan in 1945 to replace combat troops. Landed in Yokohama to the view of devastation everywhere. I cried throughout the video because the world hasn't learned a freaking thing.. Young American lives lost. Young Japanese lives lost. The hate and animosity was huge. I was offered rank and other stuff to reenlist and go to Korea. I'm glad I didn't because after Korea was Viet Nam, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine (we are up to our ears, there), Gaza, I can still remember WW1 disabled veterans. My brain cannot comprehend the talk I am now hearing of Atomic threat. The scriptures tell of a war in Heaven before people came to earth, It looks like it spilled onto the earth. All that I have mentioned above is kindergarten stuff compared to what can befall us, momentarily. I tenaciously cling to the belief that truth and goodness will triumph in the end. Stop and think for a minute - what else but the return of Jesus Christ can save this earth? Cheers.

They fucked around and they found out

Man, I couldn’t imagine living in that timeline! Back in high school (early 2000’s) I didn’t give a sh!t about the war or cared to understand it. But now, as a 36 y/o father of 2, I have so much respect and understanding of history that it makes me appreciate each day I am alive ❤

This documentary brought a tear to my eyes. A very rare event in my lifetime. 😢

The Japanese public forgot that they were the aggressors that started the war and made themselves into victims….By the way, surrendering to the US was a blessing for Japan and Germany bc with US support they both became a economic power house