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Hirohito

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  1. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    8:17:31If the February 26 coup became a Japanese civil warQ&A
  2. Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List
    13:03Hara warns Hirohito that Japan's technology gap has lost the warNotable Point
  3. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:31:32Tōgō as elder statesman and cruiser advocateChapter
  4. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    1:21:43Hirohito’s marine biology and the limits of Kantai KessenQ&A
  5. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    41:51The commanders and political systems that decide the crisisChapter
  6. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    45:00Hirohito's war aims and Tojo's reading of imperial approvalNotable Point
  7. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:16:19How imperial action could remove TojoChapter
  8. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:23:36How a post-Tojo Japan might rebuild deterrenceNotable Point
  9. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    1:51:18Future history books as a warning to HirohitoQ&A
  10. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    35:10Japanese fatalism shapes the decisionChapter
  11. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:36:28How indirect imperial action could remove TojoChapter
  12. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:49:42Factional rivalry makes a pro-Tojo coup difficultNotable Point
  13. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:54:47How Tojo's trial concentrated postwar responsibilityNotable Point
  14. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    27:14Hirohito's authority within imperial conventionChapter
  15. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    30:07An emperor wary of war with America and BritainNotable Point
  16. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    47:38Tojo's expansive reading of the emperor's consentNotable Point
  17. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:10:33Promising diplomacy while escalating in IndochinaNotable Point
  18. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:11:29The counterfactual pivot: an openly imperial Yonai governmentChapter
  19. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:35:57The succession problem after YonaiNotable Point
  20. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:38:02Why civil war is the likeliest outcomeChapter
  21. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:39:44Why an early rebellion could favor YonaiNotable Point
  22. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    9:00Why peace could threaten civil war inside JapanNotable Point
  23. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    14:38Hirohito's authority and the limits of imperial ruleChapter
  24. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    20:42Togo's tutorship and Hirohito's continuing advisersNotable Point
  25. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    24:19Hirohito's imperial role was never a surpriseNotable Point
  26. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    28:07How did Emperor Taisho compare with Hirohito?Q&A
  27. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    35:50Did imperial advisers continue after the official genro?Notable Point
  28. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    51:06Tojo's expansive reading of imperial approvalNotable Point
  29. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    57:27Nagano's oil warning and direct access to the emperorNotable Point
  30. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:01:32The summit offers that ran into a war deadlineChapter
  31. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:25:03Imperial gifts and Yonai's relationship with HirohitoNotable Point
  32. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:47:08Civil war could remake Japan's Cold War alignmentChapter
  33. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    3:21:04What imperial backing would Yonai need?Q&A
  34. HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 2
    2:03:02Hirohito and the limits of game political labelsNotable Point
  35. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:53:06Yonai, the occupation settlement, and imperial continuityNotable Point
  36. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    20:42Hirohito's approval left Yamamoto responsible for Pearl HarborNotable Point
  37. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:26:54Hirohito as a political prize in a divided JapanQ&A
  38. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    47:07Japan exposed France's Asian imperial flankChapter
  39. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/4
    37:35Toyoda, Potsdam, and the emperor questionQ&A
  40. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    0:40Hirohito's trust in an anti-war admiralChapter
  41. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    10:15The navy backs Yonai's wartime recallNotable Point
  42. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    19:29From naval dissolution to postwar reconstructionChapter
  43. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa
    3:40Court access and rapid promotionNotable Point
  44. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P9/14: Shigetarō Shimada
    9:21Tojo, Shimada, and failed wartime coordinationNotable Point
  45. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P9/14: Shigetarō Shimada
    13:01Conviction, parole, and a promotion Hirohito refusedChapter
  46. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:04:06Yonai became prime minister without keeping naval commandNotable Point
  47. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:18:38Why strategic-bombing history reaches Hiroshima and NagasakiNotable Point
  48. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    4:26Sea control and command culture in China and JapanNotable Point
  49. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    18:37Hirohito's threatened broadcast during the February 26 coupNotable Point
  50. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 2
    8:28Hirohito formally accedes to the Japanese throneNotable Point