Watch History of World War II - The Japanese Paranoia
- 2007
- 1 hr
This unique Video examines the contrasting philosophies and reactions of two nations at war - The United States and Japan. It explains the psyche behind Japan's relentless pursuit of global annexation and America's rationale behind the use of the atom bomb! Strangely, Japan's insatiable hunger for territorial conquests brought about her own downfall during World War II. It was this ambition that led Japan to launch an unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor and thus invite the wrath of the United States. The declaration of war on Japan spelled doom for the hundred thousand Japanese who had made the United States their home. Of these only two-thirds were American citizens. The War Department realized that while most of these Japanese were loyal to the American flag, they could not ignore the possibility of a few owing their allegiance to their motherland. The government thus had no choice but to relocate the entire Japanese population living on the West coast to the interior. Japan's continual and mindless massacre of innocent civilians in South East Asia necessitated the presence of American troops in the region, thereby diluting America's war effort in Europe. The United States decided to take a bold step in bringing an early end to the bloody war - the unprecedented use of atomic power. The story of the annihilation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atom bombs is a familiar one and many credit America's victory over Japan to this event.