Samurai vs Ninja: Inside Japan’s Hidden War

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In the shadowed corners of Japan’s past, there was a war so violent, so ideologically unforgivable, that history tried to bury it. It wasn’t the clash of armies on open plains—it was a silent, smoldering extermination. A war between two worlds: one that ruled in daylight, and one that lived in darkness. This is the story of the Ninja versus the Samurai. For centuries, the Samurai stood as the embodiment of power and honor. Bound by the code of Bushido, they ruled Japan with steel and tradition. But in the mountains of Iga, a different force was rising. The Ninja—farmers, monks, and mercenaries—built a republic free of feudal rule. Among them was Hattori Hanzo, a legendary warrior whose name would echo through centuries. The Ninja answered to no lords. They obeyed no codes but their own. And for that… they had to be destroyed. This was no noble duel. It was annihilation. The Samurai, led by warlord Oda Nobunaga, launched a campaign to burn Iga to the ground. Villages were incinerated, families executed, temples reduced to ash. Thousands of Ninja were hunted down in a war so devastating, it almost succeeded in wiping them from existence. But some wars refuse to be forgotten. Join us as we uncover the hidden history of Japan’s deadliest civil war—the brutal extermination campaign that almost erased the Ninja forever. Welcome to HistoryBrew. ⏳ Timestamps: 00:00 – Ninja VS Samurai: The Brutal War They Tried to Erase 01:30 – The Rise of the Samurai 06:15 – Birth of the Ninja: Shadows of War 09:09 – Iga: The Republic That Defied the Samurai 14:50 – Oda Nobukatsu’s Humiliation 19:06 – Oda Nobunaga’s Revenge: The Iga Massacre 20:40 – The Fall of the Ninja Clans 23:40 – From Soldiers to Myth: The Legacy of the Ninja #Ninja #Samurai #DarkHistory #HistoryBrew #JapaneseHistory #IgaWar #OdaNobunaga #AncientWarfare #Ninjutsu #MedievalJapan #MilitaryHistory #HistoryYouTube #ninjaclan #HattoriHanzo