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Japan's Downfall: Pacific War from Tarawa to Okinawa (Full WW2 Documentary)

Get Nebula with 50% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch History's Most Daring Raids on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory/historys-most-daring-raids In 1944 the days of dashing Japanese victories in the Pacific theatre are over. But the Empire is not defeated yet and desperate to at least gain a favorable position for peace negotiations. Against the full might of the dramatically expanded US Navy, Marines and Army forces, the Japanese are determined to fight to the last. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Mike Gloudemans, George Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen Røste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje, CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Battle of Tarawa 23:39 Battle of Saipan 01:01:42 Battle of Peleliu 01:23:02 Battle of Leyte Gulf 01:56:12 Battle of Manila 02:21:46 Battle of Iwo Jima 02:38:50 Battle of Okinawa 02:55:12 Japan's Downfall » SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Akikusa Tsuruji. “17-sai no Iōtō”, Bungei Shunjū, 2006 Frank, Richard B. “Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire”, Random House, 1999) Gentile, Gian P. “Advocacy or Assessment? The United States Strategic Bombing Survey of Germany and Japan”, Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 66, No. 1 (1997) Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (ed.), “The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals”, Stanford University Press, 2007 Hastings, Max. “Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45", Alfred A. Knopf, 2008 Hornfischer, James D. “The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, Bantam, 2016 Hunt, George P. “Coral Comes High”, Harper & Brothers, 1949 Ienaga, Saburo. “The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan’s Role in World War II, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1979 Maddox, James, “Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism”, University of Missouri Press, 2007 Miranda, Miguel. “Battle of Manila: Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February – 3 March 1945”, Pen & Sword Military, 2019 McManus, John C. “Island Infernos: The US Army’s Pacific War Odyssey, 1944”, Dutton Caliber, 2021 McManus, John C. “To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945”, Dutton Caliber, 2023 NHK Shuzaihan, “Iōjima Gyokusaisen: Seikanshatachi ga kataru shinjitsu”, NHK Shuppan, 2007 Pape, Robert. “Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War”, Cornell University Press, 1996 Rottman, Gordon. “Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle”, Praeger, 2004 Rottman, Gordon L & Wright, Derrick, “Hell in the Pacific: The Battle of Iwo Jima”, Osprey Publishing, 2008 Sledge, Eugene. “With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa”, Presidio Press, 2007 Sloan, Bill. “The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945 - The Last Epic Struggle of World War II”, Simon & Schuster, 2007 Stille, Mark E. “Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle”, Osprey Publishing, 2023 Symonds, Craig L. “World War II at Sea: A Global History”, Oxford University Press, 2018 Toll, Ian W. “The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944", W. W. Norton & Company, 2016 Toll, Ian W. “Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945", W. W. Norton & Company, 2021 Vego, Milan. “The Battle for Leyte, 1944: Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution” Naval Institute Press. 2006 Wukovits, John F. “One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa”, NAL Caliber, 2006 Wright, Derrick. “Pacific Victory: Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945", Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2005 Yahara, Hiromichi, The Battle for Okinawa, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander, Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt, Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt, Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Mark Newton, Florian Wittig, Christoph Bergs Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Mark Newton Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2026