As you'll all know, Germany was divided up between the allies at the conclusion of the second world war. Yet, Japan, the primary belligerent in the Pacific Theatre came under the exclusive control of the United States of America. Find out why in this short and simple animated history documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: null A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: João Santos Nice Merge Prin Soare Franco La Bruna Can’t Think Of A Name Kevin Phoenix Micky Landen Richard Wolfe Jonas sharpie660 Stefan Møller Anon Porkmeister Philip Alexander Wolf David archaeologist D. Mahlik Ian Jensen SirAlpaka Dragan Chris Fatta Qi Xiao Dexter_McAaron Rod D. Martin Ainar Garipov Andrew Niedbala Ryan Haber John Garcia Nathan Perlman Andrew Patane Paul McGee Heytun Christopher S Nelson Bernardo Santos Jane Sumpter Christopher Godfrey Erik Martin Joooooshhhhh Chris Dolan Yick Chung SkyEye Shaun Pullin Chris Hall Tristan Kreller Perry Gagne James Bisonette Fan #1 Henry Rabung Danny Ansteht Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel bas mensink Alen I’m Not In The Description Noremac_Cameron jdk I’m not in the description either Mark Ploegstra Cap Vilelmus_veliki William Wold Blake Dryad Liam Gilleece Sytze de Witte Alteredcorgi Luke Robinson FF Nelly Chach Jeffrey Schneider JAY ALAN ENDELMAN Ciege Engine Haydn Noble Chrisaztec Kinfe85 TooMuchWaterYouDie HelloAgainThere Josh Cornelius MrPalomino Colm Boyle Alex Adorno Warren Rudkin Matthew Hogan Piotr Wojnowski Gabriel Lunde Mohd Björn Wittmann Big Nick Colin Steele Nick Finan Konstantin Bredyuk Arthur Hosey Jr. Dakota Brunell Pierre Le Mouel Richard Manklow Steve Bonds Jamal Omar Donald Weaver Cealen Hadwin Seth Reeves Christine Purvis Sources: Democratizing Japan: The Allied Occupation by Robert E. Ward and Sakamoto Yoshikazu The Occupation of Japan as History. Some Recent Research by Ray A. Moore Preparation for the Occupation of Japan by Hugh Borton