Of course, allied american cover in particular is far too strong for it, but its kind of their last gasp. The idea is they have to have the American Fleet in a place where they know they can find it. They dont have enough fuel to sail around the ocean. Even if American Power werent an issue. Yes . Also right here they launched 355 kamikazes. Although we did some back and sink the yamato and escort ships as well. Absolutely. The American Navy suffers more deaths at okinawa than they did in their whole previous rest of the pacific war. Now how does that play into the japanese strategy . Got to cause the pain, right . Thats the whole idea. Wear down the american will by causing casualties. Okinawa is almost ideal from the Japanese Point of view. They cause horrific casualties to the American Land forces, the length of the battle forces, American Navy to stay off okinawan waters, especially the kamikazes. But okinawa does fall. And the japanese high command very quickly realizes whats most
Coming up, American History tv on cspan 3 looks at the dropping of the atomic bomb during world war ii. Next grant weller teaching a class on american and japanese strategies leading up to the dropping of the bomb. Then a debate on president trumans decision to use the atomic bomb. Later president trumans zbroond join survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki to consider the legacy of the atomic bombs. Next u. S. Air force Academy History professor grant weller teaches a class on americas use of the atomic bombs against japan at the end of world war ii and examines japanese social and political attitudes. This is just under an hour. Outside standing. Take yo outstanding. Well finish your survey of the Second World War with ten of the asiapacific war. Before next week launching into a more detailed discussion about the war without mercy. We start off with the surrender ceremony on the 2nd of september, 1945, with the demonstration of air and naval strength that macarthur and others arranged t
The triple punch. Hiroshima, the soviet invasion of manchuria and nagasaki. Within 3 1 2 days, japan has to absorb these major blows. Finally, there is enough of an impact on the japanese Senior Leadership to make a difference. Its not that there had been no one in japan who was contemplating getting out of the war by surrendering up until this point. Certainly nobody did it publicly. But within high government circles, there are peace advocates, folks saying the war is lost, we need out of this. But they were outnumbered and outvoiced, outshouted in some cases, by the militarists who wanted to hold on. Battle. One more battle. If we can just inflict american casualties in one more big battle, then we can negotiate and really get something out of this war. But after hiroshima, after the invasion of manchuria and afterc nagasaki, the japanese high command finally allows the emperor essentially to step in and override, make the final decision to surrender. Theres a little bit of lastminu
1965, 1967, 1968. Outbreaks of violence throughout the country. You read the introtucdurks tctie turner report. This was after the detroit riot was a particularly big one. Five days. 41 dead after the detroit riot. There were 163 riots during the summer of 1967. Johnson put together this panel to investigate and come up with an explanation so were moving now to interpreting urban uprisings. So what is the colonel commission. This commission by the way is chaired by the governor of illinois and has members from both parties on it and has a labor official and member of the naacp. Its a real blue ribbon panel. What did they have to say. I thought it was interesting. White tuinstitutions created it White Society condones it talking about the violence that occurred. They are talking about the ghetto. Yeah. But thats where the riots occurred. So they are saying that white institutions created it. They maintain it. They keep that status quo. I thought its interesting that they basically defin
Decision to use the atomic bomb. In 1999, a poll of journalists ranks the bombing is the top new story of the entire 20th century. Beating out the landing on the moon, the attack on pearl harbor, and other prominent stories and events that occurred in the last century. The importance of a story of the atomic bombings of japan, has come over the last five decades or so, a enormous and highly acrimonious controversy, both among scholars and among the general public. It is safe to say that the issue of the atomic bombing is arguably and it is a strong argument the issue of the atomic bombings of japan is the most contentious debate in all of American History. I dont think we are going to settle it today. But i hope we will advance our knowledge of the subject and shed some light on some important issues and perhaps lower the volume of ill will at all to often has been a prominent part of this controversy. Trumanssy over decision to use the atomic bomb arises from two fiercely competing in