Why Russia is Fighting Japan Over These Islands
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The most recent talks between Russia and Japan over the status of the islands were held in early 2019. Japan’s then prime minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to accelerate negotiations based on the 1956 document, which stated that the Habomai islets and Shikotan would be handed back to Japan, and the question of Kunashiri and Etorofu was to be settled during negotiations for a peace treaty.
Look at what has been said recently, Russia took back what they said
Dont read my name..
@@dontreadprofilephoto1728 ok
@@dontreadprofilephoto1728 ratio
But the talk should be considered as null now since japan know clasiffied by russia as hostile state
Suggestion, please do not use use light blue to represent a country that is surrounded by water, use another color specially color that easily visible, when surrounded by the Ocean color. It will also help people who have poor eyesight.
My thoughts exactly. Could have used green or navy instead but, yes, that blue was painful to contrast
I dont even have poor eyesight but for a second i thought russia was now an ocean
For real, at the beginning of the video I was watching the white land and the bright blue sea and was confused what tf was this map showing XD
I guess you are color blind
I too found the colors to be extremely difficult to decipher.
I just want to say i recently discovered your channel and have been feverishly devouring all your stuff (yes even your old stuff, no its not as bad as you probably think it is) and I think it's adorable you use civ 6 icons. I genuinely mean it when I say all your choices in production put a smile on my face :)
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace) -----
Same i love the civ 6 icons
Im happy you shine the light on this information. GOLD
One minor correction: Japan and the Soviet Union did actually end their formal state of war with the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956, though it was not an actual peace treaty.
it wasnt call a treaty by japanese tho, because japan is the only nation who sign it, but soviet approved japan into UN member after that
USSR refused to ratify that after Japan signed the military cooperation with USA which allowed to quarter US forces anywhere in Japan.
@Derone Cerrone no pls
@Derone Cerrone that literally means war with the US
@Derone Cerrone Lets see if russia will even win that
Hearing about all the territorial disputes lately makes successful diplomacy seem more and more miraculous.
Repent to Jesus Christ
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Psalms 4:8 NIV
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@@seekhimwithallyourheartand3358 who tf asked bruv? We're here to learn about diplomatic and territorial disputes, not about our lord and savior in the heavens.
@@seekhimwithallyourheartand3358 sheesh a jesus bot srsly?
@@pretentiousarrogance3614 lol
Because no country wants to surrender land.
Thx u so much for ur content !
Excellent video! Fascinating!
Territorial disputes are always fascinating
Dont read my name..
@@dontreadprofilephoto1728 then why make this comment
@@curious5887 it's a stupid bot
uh what?!
Nature is far more fascinating...
I feel compelled to say every time I hear this false statement, Japan was not closed to the outside world. They had closed themselves off to trade with European and Western powers which is not the same as being closed off from the world. They still interaced commercially and politically with Eastern nations like China and Korea.It's not a small thing that's why it gets under my skin. Good video overall
Even then they still traded with the Dutch
True. There were even Japanese mercenaries that fought in the Burmese-Siamese wars on both sides.
Unfortunately, Westerners have a tendency to see themselves as the whole world, or at least the only part that matters.
@@boxtears Found the non-westerner
Tokugawa shogunate kept trade with Dutch East Indies Company from 1609 up till 1849, four years before the arrival of the American black ship.
Big fan. Awesome content! Absolutely love it. And I love all the detail, which I feel like is a newer development in the channel.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace) -----
This channel kicks ass
here's the thing with territorial disputes and historical claims they don't mean anything unless the country has the military power to enforce them.
And Russia has lots of that , whether they want to half-ass it like Ukraine and only use some forces or halfs is up to them...
The absolute truth
Japan has far superior capability in this region than Russia does.
@@jensboettiger5286 shhhh they want to believe Russia is still in the 1700s with Catherine the great.......
Russia can't even fucking invade a poor country like Ukraine without taking a 1:5 casualty ratio
@@jensboettiger5286 Nukes. . .
I never knew anything about this honestly. I'd just like to say how impressively complicated the World is and how every little detail about every island and territory matters so much, to so many different countries and people. It's crazy how those little seemingly irrelevant islands are potentially so important to some of the World's biggest powers.
a single cm of land is vital to all countries in the world, the land is limited
@@hugomartinez2387 Except Bir Tawil😂
What gets me, is How Large Russia is, and How F-ing Greedy they are. Russia is As Big, as they are Hated. Do you want to Vacation in Russia??? 🥴 ya Right, me too. Their people Don't even know the truth about the facts & what is going down in Ukraine. Propaganda has Clouded their minds, and those who know, are Paranoid to speak out. Gulag is the alternative.
How did you not know ? Like 80% war are over land and almost every country has a land dispute .
They are irrelevant until they discover HUGE amounts of oil reserves beneath their soil!!!
Very informative
Very interesting and well presented . Geopolitics are fascinating .
Almost simultaneously we’ve both uploaded a video on Russia’s border disputes in Asia - yours with Japan and ours with China. It’s definitely important to take a closer look at Russia’s conflicts with their eastern neighbors, since they have major consequences to Asia’s geopolitics & environment.
It’s all bull. Western medias exaggerate everything.
shameless plug lol
^^ A little bit, yeah. But I want to hear more about territorial disputes in the East. So I think it's a good plug.
their threat to europe is still greater though
Your channel is actually excellent. I've subscribed, and I encourage everyone reading my comment to check out their channel, which is about wildlife.
I love the inclusion of history, politics, geopolitics. And I love all the detail, which I feel like is a newer development in the channel. The graphics are amazing as all ways. Please continue to make the educational and fun videos. Huge supporter
Amazing graphics? You mean the same graphics that had bodies of water colored in teal green and land bodies colored in blue (Russia).. ON A FREAKIN MAP?!! I had a very hard time decifering what I was looking at and I'm quite adept at geography. But yes, everything else was great.
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Another great video but can you change the colours on the maps? The blue tricks my eyes into thinking it’s the sea.
客観的な視点で語られていてとても興味深かった。
👍
OBF made a video on this! Great to see an extended version from your side.
Another insanely informative and well constructed video by Real Life Lore. Thank you!
Thank open source AI
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace) -----
Great job using blue as the color for the islands in question. No one will ever confuse them as lakes since all water is always blue in maps except in this one very specific case.
😂
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I would love for you to do a video on the history of oil and the conflicts caused
love your video, always so informative. the use of blue as color for land really messed up with my head. I'm so used to seeing blue as water. not to nip pick, but can you use anyother color or a topological map with blue with be great 🙏
Thank you for pointing this out! That was definitely a mistake on my end, should've realized. Ah well, I'll do better to pay more attention to coloration going forward!
@@RealLifeLore Sir make a video What will happen if the Soviet Union wins the war in Afghanistan and Afghanistan becomes part of the Soviet Union?☺️There is not even a single video on CZcams with this topic😔😔😔
It’s blue for Russia did you miss the context for this?
@@jithumapper7059 ngl it probably won’t change the world to much
Ok so obviously the blue part here is land
Things are evolving so quickly that the video includes the attempt to capture the capital despite the Russian retreat from that entire front.
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Dont read my name.
@@dontreadprofilephoto1728 ok
@@dontreadprofilephoto1728 just shut up
Who asked
Nice documentation....Godbless!
Watch all your videos. Big fan. Awesome content! Absolutely love it. But on this video it's really confusing to have color of water not blue and then use the islands color blue. Having trouble distinguishing water from land the way it's colored
Haha i thought the same thing, im in the middle of bingeing videos from the channel and have noticed it on a bunch of the videos. It’s especially noticeable when Russia is blue, since its so big lol
Just wow! This channel really are one of the best on CZcams. The explanations is thorough and so much easy to understand, and most importantly it's objective to the 3rd POV. Thank you very much!
8:50 "The soviets suddenly renounced the pact" They were obliged to join the war according to the Yalta conference between England, USA, USSR. It was not a sudden decision by soviets.
England wasn't at Yalta.
@@crinolynneendymion8755 you're correct. It was a meeting between USA, USSR, and the British empire.
GREAT VIDEO! DO you have video of Exploration of Alaska and whole West of of US?
I bought into the nebula thing and it is really good tho I really only like your content and ColdFusion I hope you will cover more Modern Conflicts
Y'know, I love what your channel is doing and the fact that you use Civ VI graphic pictures to depict oil resources is just a nice little easter egg for anyone who enjoys those games too.
Thank you so much for your informative videos! I enjoy them very much 🤓
My poor brain struggled with the maps in this video though, because the water was gray and some of the land was blue. Also, the colors switched at a certain point? Humble request: please show water as blue and don't change colors without explanation. Many thanks 🙏
I was so confused I had to use google maps
agree, the land looked like water and the water looked like land, I was so confused what I was looking at.
I'm Japanese and I leaned 100times more about japan on those videos than the time I was studying at school. Big fun.
What did they teach you about about Russia?
Amazing content ! We need more ! love for sst!
That’s wild to think about what would’ve happened had Japan expanded north instead of south.
The video purposely left out the 1939 Japan Russo war that Japan suffered a defeat, closing that option. Besides the US oil embargo was implemented after Japanese southward expansion into Indochina. The cause and effect were turned upside down.
@@zsarimaxim692 Russo-Japanese in 1939 is way different situation than Japanese expansion in 1941, as Soviet was focusing on western front and even nearly lost them.
@@amirulhakim9898 Stalin didn’t pull its Siberian forces to the west front until the end of 1941, by which point Japan has already pivoted south.
It would likely mean a Nazi victory in WW2
Alternate History Hub made a video on what if Pearl Harbor never happened. In this alternate timeline instead of using Japan’s southern strategy and going to war with America, Japan instead expands their empire north and attacks the Soviets. Had the USA sat out of the war, Japan likely would have fallen to communism. Same with most of Europe up until France. So Germany would be united under the East German Communist state. This would be the rise of Soviet global dominance. Interestingly the reason why Japan surrendered in 1945 wasn’t really the Atomic Bombs, Japan feared the USSR far more than the USA so I few cities being nuked was like it being fire bombed. Just with less bombs. The United States really nuked Japan for political reasons.
Great info and thank you for this, but the colors on the animation is a little hard to differentiate ground from ocean. My point of view
ukraine does not exist, it was invented by Poles in the Austrian Empire in the 19th century to designate the eastern territories of Austria, and not more,
anyone else in awe of these videos?
I love this channel so much… I literally just spent hours watching one video after another like this is such a good channel and it’s teaching me so much. Thank you for the amazing work you do.
I'd be really interested in a spin off here: wars we all thought ended, but haven't. WW2 is still not officially ended between Russia and JP, but the 80 year war between NL and Spain didn't officially end because Zeeland didn't rattify the treaty (disputed though). I bet there are more.
Isn't the US technically still at war with North Korea?
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@@indiasuperclean6969 Jeez you can chill now.
@@chesterbless9441 Yes, because North Korea has never signed a peace treaty.
@@indiasuperclean6969 😂 I guess the Indian government PR budget was approved.
Very good
The actions of Japanese politicians in negotiations about the Kuril Islands are very strange, instead of close relations and friendship with Russia, to soften Russia's ultimatums, they chose the side of the opponents and then try to negotiate, it's ridiculous.
This is the same as wanting to take a candy from another person's hands and instead of making friends with them, you say that if anything happens, you will beat them up.
2:45
I love the usage of the Civ 6 Settler Unit portraits here. That was a "tip of my tongue" moment for me trying to figure out what game I remembered it from.
Thank you for making our territorial issues your subject matter
Thank you for getting this out on the table! Btw, the name of our prime minister is not Sushida, it’s Kishida.
You neglected to mention another highly valuable resource in the disputed quartet of the Kuril Islands: The largest known deposits of rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral first discovered in 1994 within active hot fumaroles of the Kudriavy Volcano, Iturup Island (the northeastern of the two larger islands), which led to Russia displacing Chile as the largest producer of rhenium. Rhenium is exceedingly rare and thus very expensive, and 70% of its production worldwide is dedicated to making jet engine parts, which makes it crucial not only to civilian aviation but military aviation as well. It may not have played a role in the Soviet decision to take the islands and refuse to hand them back due to them being unaware of its existence, but it does play a major role in modern Russia's decision on the matter.
thank you for this :)
very informative as i was unaware of this element's importance.
thank you :)
Please verifiy your information as to finding " the largest known deposits of rhenium ... (on)Iturup Island. I have not been able to verify this information.thx
@@lordemed1 Hey numb nuts! your fingers aren't broke you can search for it yourself!
Anything to do with Jet Engines Russia is going to fight you over that.
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During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. Polk accomplished this through the annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, which ended with the signing and ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 184
Firstly, this video is incredible. Secondly, what this video neglects to mention is the decisive battle of Khalkin Gol in Mongolia in 1939, (before the invasion of Poland.) Japan and the USSR didn't just have border skirmishes on the Manchurian border, but on the Mongolian border as well. Mongolia at the time was a communist puppet state of the USSR. Japan had a border dispute with Mongolia in the Khalkin Gol region and sent troops to the land in the region they had claimed. But the Soviets came to Mongolia's aid and the was able to check them at the decisive battle of Khalkin Gol. Japan was able to push Russia around pretty well up until this point. Therefor, Japan had tried to keep the USSR on side from that point on. This battle is also the big reason why Japan didn't begin attacking the USSR.
FDR admired Stalin more than anyone else. Therefore the moment Germany attack the URSS he stop admiring Hitler and started to do everything to get involved in the war.
the man in the high castle might be true then,
I’m just glad that Japanese atrocities were eventually forced to a halt in (our) reality. I’m disappointed that Japan has not quite matched Germany in terms of recognizing their pasts, though.
@@DetectiveRackham Yeah because Germany handled it well. No Germans are being exterminated because „they killed millions of Europeans“, so you must apologize. But (1) the genocide was done at the behalf of the Weimar republic's Hitler Administration's population as a secret operaration. (2) Today population is no responsible for the genocide (3) neither that day German, because the NAZI party only sttod in power by the force of the Welfare State.
@@DetectiveRackham who cares
Geographically these islands should belong to Japan as they are no where near any Russian mainland but are a very short distance from Japanese main islands. Secondly it was actually peacefully agreed way back before WWI that this was the case so as far as I see it, this is another example of Russia illegally occupying territory that does not belong to them.
I was looking at the map and just thought, They probably fight over this! Then boom!
A whole video on it.
One thing I learned from this is that Japan really likes suprise attacks on ports.
Who doesn't like surprises
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@@danko5866 I'm going to guess the people that have their ports attacked by surprise.
@@danko5866 that's why they have stuck in a hole cPorn
Hitler also didn’t like Japan’s surprise attack ultimately and officially dragging the US into the war.
7:46 what he didn't mention was that ANOTHER giant oil field exists in Manchuria called Daqing. It is the largest oil field in the entire PRC and would've probably prevented Japan from attacking Pearl Harbour as well as the European colonies in Asia (they would possibly still occupy French Indochina) .
Considering Japans relatively good relations with the West at the time, the Emperor System would probably have survived and Japan would be to the US what Saudi Arabia is nowadays to them. Manchuria would've played a far larger role in the Cold War and the decolonisation of East Asia would have taken longer.
Japan still has the Emperor system. They just stopped worshipping him as a demi-god.
And then I would have never been born.. since I am half Japanese / half American. T_T
Why would Imperial Japan be like Saudi Arabia to the US? lol. They had aircraft carriers for god's sake. If anything, discovering those huge oil fields would have cemented Japan's super power status for decades to come. As it was Japan's need for oil that drove it to its deadly conflict with the allies.
@@prs_81Because they would probably have maintained a strict oligarchy and not have an innovative capitalist economy like the one they've had in the 80s. Resource-rich but huge income disparity and lack of innovation.
And the US might still control the Philippines.
1:35 that just mind blowing
I can't stop smiling at fact Japan copes over these islands.
Yeah, and you guys have no life outside of seething about capitalism lmao.
Your videos are phenomenal! Really appreciate all the effort and hard work you do.
6:57 Actually the oil embargo was in response to their attack on French Indochina. They'd already been going south by then to reach it.
When Japan won the war in 1905,Japan occupied some territory from Russia,then it’s fair Russia do the same after won the ww2.
But I think this situation blame to the USA who should occupied the islands for Japan at that time
i agree with the first part, not so sure about the second
Thank you. And still more, Japan has the territorial issue with South Korea and Red China, too.
This, like most of Russian history, stems from Russia wanting a warm water port
Kuril islands don't have a military port though.
Sinple: give a piece of Hokkaido, or (if this were still WWI) Constantinople, and the issue may have been resolved for decades already
@@LancesArmorStriking sinple inded
we just want a little warmth (((
@@yoloolo8184 you want a javelin missile's warmth?
Super interesting how you bring up oil reserve alternate history. The Japanese were also in control of the lands that would become the Daqing and Liaohe oilfields in Manchuria and I've often wondered how it would have changed their foreign policy and military planning if they had known.
Probably just continue munching on china, really.
I've heard that those oil were too deep to suck up and quite hard to refine. So it still was way ahead of technology Japan had then.
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@@indiasuperclean6969 sarcasm?
@@indiasuperclean6969 ahaha
6:46 The Battle of Khalkhin Gol is actually a fascinating subject. Between the defeat convincing the Japanese military to persue the southern strategy leading to pearl harbor, the Soviets modifying their tanks and stragegy afterwards before more important tank battles in WWII, plus Zhukov who was one of the only officers with field experience (from this battle) to survive Stalin's purges before the war and become indispensable for the Soviets, it's maybe one of the most important moments in modern history that you never hear about!
Actually Soviet forces got more casualties and they had more troops
@@user-xl1pb2xc7r sure, but the Japanese were forced to retreat and the soviets got experienced commanders from the exchange, so it's considered a Soviet victory
@@andy62501 yeah
@@user-xl1pb2xc7r No of course.
@@user-xl1pb2xc7r The USSR only had significantly more tanks. But Japan had more planes.
The number of Japanese forces was one and a half times greater.
The defeat of the Japanese army was complete.
Japan lost 5-7 times more in killed
Russia is not associated with a bear for nothing.And the bear's paws are arranged so that if something gets into them, then the bear will not release it. The Japanese will not see these islands as their ears.
*Dude...why on earth should they see them, these islands have been in Russia's possession for several centuries, and Japan owned them from 1905 to 1945!;-)*
I'm honestly impressed by the time and effort you put into these videos. Keep it up! 👍👍👍
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While European Colonizers such as Britain and Russia have already Colonized half of Asia, stretching from Australia/New Zealand, to Siberia/Far-East, all in the Asia-Pacific region; Native Asians themselves are fighting for a few tiny islands left out there in the South China Sea. Obviously something is not right here.
Moreover, all these invaders Colonizers do is dig and empty out all the bountiful abundant natural mineral resources from the looted giant resourceful Continent in Asia-Pacific region, and sell them back to Asia-Pacific nations. True, it has been their largest export, earning several hundred Billion Dollars, every year.
The fact that notorious Anglo Western clans are major participants & benefactors of Colonization worldwide, stretching from North America, the land rightfully belongs to indigenous Native American people to Australia/New Zealand in Asia-Pacific, the land rightfully belongs to Native people of Asia Pacific region.
As a matter of fact, here in Singapore, a tiny island with 6 million souls lives like sardines in a can, whereas in nearby vast bountiful Australia which is ten thousand times 10,000 bigger with a mere 27 million inhabitants.
Similar situation in tiny and packed Japan, which is running out of space and land. Do you know that their living room and bedroom are the same place, and that most Japanese people sleep in their living room? 😔
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Here's a suggestion for a video, the territorial dispute between South korea and Japan, the dokdo takeshima islands
During WWII in that same theater, Japan occupied Attu and KIska Islands which belong to the USA. Today they are part of the USA in the eastern hemisphere.
11:36, I have read that it was president Roosevelt who asked Stalin if he could intervene in the pacific war at Yalta in Febuary 1945 and even back in Teheran 1943, Stalin agreed with Churchill and Roosvelt that once Germany was defeated the Soviet Union will join the war against Japan. Sure it was illegal due to former treaties and obligations but thats not how realpolitik works.
Secondly: Japan and Ussr/Russia HAS signed a peacetreaty, ending ww2 in pacific. Soviet-ukranian general Kuzma Derevyanko was onboard USS Missouri and singned the instrument of surrender. The argument that "ww2 never ended in Japan" dosn´t work. There is peace treaty signed by Russian and Japanese delagators.
(Edit: saw the yalta bit now that you mention it :))
An instrument of surrender is NOT a peace treaty.
More history learned here than all of my history classes combined. And much more fascinating.
You sound like you were a dull kid. Maybe you should think of paying attention in class and putting in a little effort.
In 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender in the face of the Bostein Proclamation. Article 8 of the Bostan Proclamation is as follows:
8. The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine.
We want a video on what if Russia kept Alaska
Maybe I missed this part, but there something important here:
Japans constitution forbids them to deploy their SDF outside their territory. In fact, they recently made a amendment to allow them to send troops to allies territories.
But since those Islands are their territory - with the EU and US agreeing - they would not violate their constitution sending troops there.
JMSDF have a navy base in Djibouti Africa since 2009!
Not that simple, Russia ain't gonna go for that, it's like Russia is taking territories and claiming there gonna use nukes if anyone buts in
Yes after the US dropped the bomb on Japan the US stopped Japan having their own defence , US stated they would provide it, hows that for big bully control. So Japan cannot as such defend themselves. And now the US is grasping at straws telling Europe they must do this and that as the US is losing its place at the top while China rises higher and higher in economic terms. Even with all the wars the US is the only country that has nuked civilians twice and here they are demonising other countries. One wonders who is the real threat to the world
Well, yeah, but after that, there wouldn't be a Japan as country anymore, only a Japonskaya oblast'.
Any potential threat would be terminated. If they send troops on these islands it would be an act of war, from our perspective. I don't think, that they want this escalation (only if USA would back them up, but they would never do this, cuz it would be WW3, and, hovewer, nobody would win in this war and most likely Russia would be destroyed, be sure that before that, we will nuke all enemies. As Putin once said "Well and what? We'll go to heaven and they'll just die". We are kinda fatalists here. Why we need rest of the world if there wouldn't be a Russian state, right?:) )
With love from Vladivostok.
Japan and Russia are still technically at war, there was no peace signed between them both, if that's what you mean
Wish there'd been some discussion of the historic indigenous presence in the region, since Hokkaido and Sakhalin weren't originally populated by the Japanese or Russians.
sadly i think they are completely wiped out and their history is mostly erased. i think both japan and russia are guilty of this
@@breadeweateh9562 There are still a good deal of Ainu living mostly in Japan, Oroks and Nivkhs have smaller populations but even then it's probably not good to assume they are dead cultures.
In an ideal world the Ainu and the Ryukyu islanders should have been given the opportunity of forming their own nations in south Sakhalin and the 4 islands, and Okinawa respectively.
Also China does not support Russia’s claim of the 4 islands. Look at any mainland Chinese map and they’ll be marked by their names in kanji with (occupied by Russia) next to their names.
@@ouroboros78 thank you for this info. you have just opened up a rabbit hole for me on native Japanese islanders. i really know nothing about this.
@@ouroboros78 Well, there are severely endangered though. I used to live in Hokkaidô for years and even though some people are trying to keep the language and culture alive, it is still pretty much in vain from what I’ve seen. People like the «folklore and image» but don’t care much more anything deeper.
My wife is from an Ainu background and nobody in the family could care less about the culture completely disappearing…
Right. Just not mentioned that Russia gave up a part of its territory to China recently (islands near Blagoveschensk)
Becaus China is independent from the us so russia belive China more then the us and thats ok i understand russia.
these are unhabitated islands with no economic or strategic value, and as far as I remeber in the middle of the river which is a natural border between China and Russia and in fact are closer to China
Also USA could some day negotiate with Russia on returning Alaska back to Russia. The rent period has been finished and the owner never came to claim it back
Lmao they would sooner die than 'return' something like that.
Are you mental?
It's so weird to think that there are Slavs living 5 meters away from Japan.
Like earlier I was watching a documentary on Kievan Rus... damn how did we get here!??
Russian strategy of claiming country and securig control by moving there people by force. Maybe brutal but it works.
It so weird to think that there's a 50 km distance between the capital of Golden Horde (btw they were asians) Saray-Berke and Stalingrad. And there's a buddhist nation in Europe (obviously ethnically closer to Japanese than to Slavs) - Kalmykia. So just accept it. Russians are as European as they are Asian.
@@Miboku. Idk since I know about the Mongol period, it doesn't seem that weird to me... But yeah that's Russia - a puzzle of different nations and ethnic groups.
Kalmyks are a distinct group btw, so no not Russians in the ethnic sense. Same goes for pretty much everything East of the Ural mountains. The Russian Russia (stereotype) is basically Moscow and St. Petersburg.
My question is, how the hell did this Slavic empire colonize all this XD
Like in my mind Kazakhstan makes sense, but Tatarstan doesn't.
@@MartinMizner True dat... Same with China now that I think of it.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that we can watch this for free.
No
Love your history channel.
Yeah, really.
Sehr interessant
I learn history and geopolicy of my country by watching your videos, lol. Blame on me, but I try to do my best. Thank you!
me too hehe😅
Do you have any resources on how to make maps like you do? I’m trying to make an animated history of the first Italian campaign but I’m struggling to figure out the map techniques.
15:35 This is the most important point. Just for Russian vessels to enter the Pacific, Atlantic or Mediterranean, they have to run a gauntlet of NATO or US allies. These maritime choke points put the Russian Navy at a huge disadvantage
If they weren't POS, they could be allied with NATO.
@@clanpsi The Anglo/American alliance would never allow that to happen. A Moscow/Berlin/Paris alliance has been the great fear, since the 19th century, when Britain was the superpower. An alliance like that would stretch the entire Eurasian continent, which diminishes maritime power, which Britain dominated, now America does
Great Video, but making a Country on a Map Blue and the Sea Cyan is just needlessly confusing
What is the song's name that is starts from 15:10 till end of the video?
So glad a video is finally made about this dispute between Russia vs Japan
A more likely scenario is that Russia would mine the straits of the Kuril Islands so that Sea of Okhotsk would be a bastion where Russian missile submarines could shelter safely until needed in any war. Russia would be giving up a strategic advantage to return the islands.
PS1 - no need to build any air bases as many Japanese airbases exist within easy striking distance of the islands.
PS2 - it would be political suicide for any Japanese politician to settle for any treaty with Russia that wouldn’t return islands to Japan.
PS3 - having been up to Hokkaido in Summer and Winter, making a living in the Kuril Islands must be tough.
Russia has every right to stall a peace treaty !!! You can't trust Japan at all!!
Why would Russia negotiate with a nation that can't even come up with its own foreign policy?!
Russia would be smarter to negotiate with the USA rather than a vassal state in Asia!
But Japan is not allowed to go on the offensive and it’s unlikely USA will be assisting anytime soon. If Russia doesn’t give up the islands, nothing could be done.
With Russia performance with nearby poor Ukraine ,what can they do with far off rich Japan.
Putin release the paper tiger for the world to see ,there is no putting the toothpaste back in the tube.
@@Crashed131963 Lavrov has said it on numerous occasions; "Japan must realize it's never getting those islands, they signed them away to join the UN"
@@Crashed131963 Japan has no military that could face Russia Japan is ten times far worse off militarily to Ukraine. Russia holds a strategic advantage in holding the islands making this war Japan’s Vietnam. economic power doesn’t equal military power.
It blows me away, that WW2 could have been avoided with only small changes.
When Japan occupied Sakhalin, they built several railway lines which are still in use today although the Russians converted to the Russian gauge.
In Japan they named karafuto island
I went to Shiretoko quite a few time when I used to live in Hokkaidô.
There are some signs on the road saying 「北方領土返せ！」«Give back the Hoppou ryoudo (islands)». It’s still quite a sensitive topic to some people in the area.
Thanks, for sharing d fcts. . .🗾
Well if you weren't such slaves of USA, you might get them back!!
@@ABC-ABC1234 Are you high on drugs?
First, I’m not Japanese.
Second, you‘d have a hard time explaining how not being a salveof the USA would actually help getting these islands back. It’s highly hypothetical that Russia would give them back anyways.
@@DoraEmon-xf8br "Second, you‘d have a hard time explaining how not being a slave of the USA would actually help getting these islands back."===> Clearly you miss the point of geopolitics in that case.
FYI; Russia will not give them back Lavrov said it over and over and over again :)
@@ABC-ABC1234 Yeah, so you completely invalidate your own point with that last part.
In the end, Russia won’t give them back anyways so what’s the point with you saying that Japan won’t get them back because it’s «such a slave of the USA»?
Where’s the logic behind that?
Becoming a pet of Russia instead of the USA to get the islands back?
It’s not like Japan have much better options at the moment given the tension in this region.
Interestingly, Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed while Soviet forces were completing Japanese defeat during the Battles of Khalkin Gol for Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact to follow two months before German invasion into Soviet Union.
Molotov-Ribbentrop pact had broken the relationships between Japan and Germany so they didn't fight together against the USSR. It had completely changed Japanese plans on everything. That was a great victory of the Soviet diplomacy.
That defeat ensured that Japan wouldn't dare invade the Soviet union
@@davidhuang2895 are you stupid? look up the casualties and combatants again.
the soviets literally had %5000 casualty rate of japanese,
the soviets literally ran at them in numbers while the japanese mowed them down, they only retreated cuz they ran out of bullets,
i love how people keep bringing down Khalkin gol, like americans got defeated at vietnam, in this case even the veitcong put up more of a fight,
japan left because of diplomacy issues
i never understood why japan didn't attack the soviets with germany after hitler broke the pack, did the generals not think that the pact was just a bait to let the soviet's guard down?
@@NeostormXLMAX The thing is *it wasn't*
But sadly Japan doesn't talk about occupation by the USA since the WW2 ended . Even Japan has American army on its territory . And that's OK with Japan 's government .
The oil reserves in the north and the alternate history idea is really interesting. If Japan focused expanding in the north and Russia focused on keeping forces in the east because of it, then they may have never moved to the west to help defend against the Germans. Crazy to think of what may have happened different. History is so cool! Lol
Just imagine Germany and Japan focus on Russia,..
@@khietnguyen9505 this was reason why we kept so much forces in the east. After the battle near Khalkhin-Ghol Japan decided not to risk.
@@yr2235 After German took over Moscow, Russia most troops are on West side, If Japan did not suffer so hard from Oil and attack U.S I think Russia is much smaller today..
@@khietnguyen9505 Germany had never taken Moscow
@@khietnguyen9505 USSR kept large reserves on east all the war time. The war for us was not just the usual war for economic interests. If we lost, there would no be Russia at all. There is no family in Russia who don't have ancestors killed in this war.
I was working as a contractor in Sakhalin last year developing gas fields offshore for Gazprom. Imo Russia has absolutely no intention of giving up this territory. Sakhalin Islands is very much part of the Russian federation now. Culturally, economically, and geopolitically. Its similar to western countries holding over sea's territories such as Gibraltar and Falkland islands to name a few.
I'm still siding with Japan on this nonetheless because honestly fuck Russia.
Sakhalin isn't even disputed right now, it's just the Kuril Islands, isn't it?
Phil, thank you for sharing. Historical legacies !
@@Ocklepod Correct. And Japan's only argument is that the last 4 islands somehow aren't part of the Kuril chain.
Falkland the one UK want?
The problem with noting the Sakhalin oil reserves is that the oil is offshore and deep. It wasn't even discovered for more than 30 years after WWII. Even if the Japanese had known about it at that time, they couldn't have done anything with it, as that sort of offshore drilling involving those depths wasn't a thing for quite some time after the war.
Yeah that stuck out to me as well. It would be like discovering massive oil reserves on Mars. "OK great! Now what?"
It wasn't exactly like that.
During 1950s US went to have a dialogue with China without notifying Japan, making them feel like USA doesn't see Japan as an actual ally or a partner (more so, Japan was a victim of "humiliating deal" with the US).
In return, Japan went to make a "deal with the devil" aka USSR. The result - joint declaration of 1956. In short, USSR agreed to give Habomai islands and Shikotan in exchange for signing a peace (the transfer of the islands would happen AFTER) plus some other stuff like supporting Japan's entry to the UN etc. There wasn't any misunderstanding, the deal was what it was in the document (it's just a declaration that doesn't really have any power, just an agreement on a direction between two sides).
After hearing about this, United States stated that they would annex Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa etc) if Japan gives up on other two islands, made a "pro-union" Japanese administration to leave their posts and placed pro-us ones in their seat. Later, the "humiliating deal" which would allow US to use their military in Japan as they see fit would be transformed into something far less one-sided and Japan would demand all four islands (they also wanted Sakhalin while at that but they knew it was a lost cause) and their demands will be supported by United States. Since then, until the Union's collapse, USSR would "close" the territorial dispute as it didn't exist in the first place (territorial disputes exist ONLY IF both sides see those present).
TLDR: US wants those islands back to Japan because they will be able set their own military bases there, while Japan would like have them back pretty much only for fishing (they have to sign a deal with Russia every year to allow Japanese fishermen to do their stuff there). Russia doesn't want to give them back because of the fact that Japan is "occupied" by US and those islands would turn into military bases for them. Plus, of course, it's an important sea pass.
P.S. Technically, it could've been solved long time ago, since both sides can fill the gaps of one-another (Japan's lack of resources and Russia's lack of investments in Far East), but the US factor always plays a dominant role and UN's fundamentals are a joke for anyone who deems to be a "super-power" (Russia, China, US).
Russia did not declare war on Japan ending WWII until it was obvious that the war was over and the allies would not have to invade Japan. Then Russia wanted a big "slice of the pie" as if they had fought alongside the allies across the Pacific and Asia.
The entry of the USSR into the war with Japan was discussed both at the Tehran and Yalta conferences. The initiator was Roosevelt.
8:38 that's not true, the Soviets and the Japanese fought in the battle of Khalkin Gol in Mongolia in 1939. Please correct this mistake.
Jepan Attack mongolia
It wasn't an official war, though
But it was never an official war, so hardly a "mistake"
@@Racko. sure not an official war but still a big enough deal to not be included is quite telling that's like ignoring all USA action around the world where they haven't formally decleared war.
Thank you for your video, which was very instructive !! :) I am each time baffled by the obstination on both sides. Actually, some oil reserves where discovered even before the 1990's, but in small quantities in North Sakhalin. The Japanese army invaded the northern part during the Russian civil war, and managed to get a temporary concession over the oil fields found there. However, the most important fossil fuel at the time was coal, extracted from the central part of the island.
Interesting comment on coal! But baffled by obstinaton? I would be baffled by deobstination.
Could you make a video about Dokdo that South Korea and Japan fight to get ? 😢
It's very simple. Russia de facto controls the islands and is not gonna do anything with them. If Japan wants the islands, it would have to take them by force. Japan is not gonna do that, because they're just 4 tiny islands and starting a big war over them would be really stupid. End of story.
If the islands go to Japan it would also extend the first island chain surrounding China. China definitely prefer to have them under friendly Russian control
so It's like japan-us vs russia-china.
@@yosre9691 Yeah, it's a classic West versus East scenario. That's why so many people are hesitantly labeling all of this as the start of a second Cold War. When you factor in the proxy war happening in Ukraine, that label is getting tossed around a lot more, but people have been talking about it for awhile.
@@lucasharvey8990 The first war of the cold war is already happening and its the russo-ukrainian war
These islands are not part of the first island chain, because China has no direct access to the Sea of Japan after the Russian Empire forced China (Qing dynasty) to cede the land (including modern Vladivostok) in 1858.
China is not under Russian control because it isn't part of Russia.
20minute video and you missed to mention the MAIN reason why Russia will not give up those two big islands.
The reason being if Russia owns them the HUGE sea to the west of the islands is considered Russia"s sea and no other country's ship can enter it without russia's permission.
However, as soon as those 2 islands are given to Japan, the sea becomes international and anyone can enter it.
I think everyone knows how territorial waters and economic exclusion zones works. Especially if you watch these kind of videos often. They wouldn't be international waters if they were owned by Japan. It'd be owned by Japan and all resources within 200 nautical miles of those islands would be owned by Japan
Maybe you should rewatch the video :)
Alluded to at 18:24.
US Navy laughs at that assessment.
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