WWII in the Pacific: Why Japan Lost

How Japan almost won WW2

This is a story of how Japan built a massive naval empire in less than 6 months and then lost it all.

Special thanks to Dr. Alexis Dudden & Dr. Steve Rabson for speaking with us for this story.

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
02:00 The Japanese offensive
04:14 Midway
08:26 Island hopping
11:16 Okinawa
12:23 Endgame

Correction:
2:58 This map should have been labeled “Germany and Occupied Territories” to reflect the extent of the German army’s advance in December 1941.
3:01 This map mistakenly includes the territories of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland as part of German-occupied territories. These nations were aligned with the Axis powers but not under German occupation.

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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