Who Destroyed the Japanese Economy in WW2?
Get Nebula with 50% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch our new series History's Most Daring Raids: https://nebula.tv/videos/realtimehist... As the war in the Pacific develops, the United States takes the fight to Japan itself – by crippling its economy, destroying its industry, and crushing civilian morale. To do this, American submarines and heavy bombers wage campaigns beneath the sea and above the clouds. And even 80 years later, there’s a fierce debate about which of these campaigns did more to bring Japan to its knees – perhaps even more than the atomic bombs. » SUPPORT US / 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, » SOURCES Blair, Clay. “Silent victory: The U.S. Submarine War against Japan” Naval Institute Press, 2001 Cox, Sebastian & Peter Gray. “Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo” Frank Cass, 2002 Crane, Conrad C. “American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil” University Press of Kansas, 2016 Gentile, Gian P. “Advocacy or Assessment? The United States Strategic Bombing Survey of Germany and Japan” Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 66, No. 1 (1997) Hastings, Max. “Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1945” Alfred A. Knopf, 2008 Miles, Rufus E. “Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved” International Security, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1985) Pape, Robert. “Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War” Cornell University Press, 1996 Toll, Ian W. “Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific 1941-1942” W.W. Norton, 2012 Toll, Ian W. “The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands 1942-1944” W.W. Norton, 2012 Toll, Ian W. “Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945” W.W. Norton, 2021 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig 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

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