The Unspeakable Things That Happened At The "Nanking" Event

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From 1603-1854, Japan was a closed country. No one could leave the country, and foreigners were limited to a small port near Hiroshima. So when the American naval officer Matthew C. Perry forced Japan to open to trade and diplomacy with the outside world, the country was two hundred years behind the rest of the world economically, technologically, and militarily. Over the next forty to fifty years, however, Japan transformed itself from a feudal society governed by an outdated warrior class to a regional power.
In 1896, the Japanese defeated China in the First Sino-Japanese War over influence in Korea. Japan also won the island of Taiwan and several other concessions in Chinese cities, which essentially put the Japanese in control of small parts of China. However, Japan was not alone in this: by 1900, China was a weak, corrupt and divided power, and along with the English, French, Germans, Russians, and Americans, all had areas of China that were, if not under their direct control, were heavily influenced by them.
In 1904-1905, Japan won a stunning victory over the Russian Empire. This war, too, was over influence in Korea, which also bordered Russia. With this victory, Japan gained control of Korea and took over Russian interests in northern China.
In the 1920s and 30s, many internal and external factors led to the Japanese military's increased power over its civilian government. Moreover, by the second half of the 1930s, the Japanese military government had established almost total control over the government, the economy, and Japanese society. Added to that was the idea that the Japanese culture and people were superior to all others, especially to China and the Chinese, with which Japan had a love-hate relationship for centuries.
In 1931, the Japanese army provoked an “incident” in Manchuria, today a part of China, but then a sort of an autonomous territory governed by Chinese military “warlords.” This was what we now call a “false flag” operation which ostensibly gave the Japanese an excuse to invade and take over resource-rich Manchuria.
Population Estimates
As you listen to what we're about to tell you, remember that in 1937, China, outside of the main cities, and even within them to a large degree, was governed by a notoriously corrupt, fractured, and inefficient government, nominally ruled over by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Though Chiang's Kuomintang or “Nationalist” government controlled most of the cities in China, especially in the west, much of the rest of the country was ruled either by the communists under Mao Zedong or an assortment of warlords, who ran large parts of the country as their personal empire. We say this because there has been much debate in China, Japan, and the rest of the world about the number of people in Nanking before the Japanese arrived and the number that remained after the atrocities that were about to begin ceased. Census taking in China was almost non-existent then, and many reports about population were wrong because people avoided being counted - that could be used for tax and other purposes. Files that did exist were irregularly kept and updated. Additionally, many people who lived in Nanking before the war fled as the Japanese approached, and others, refugees fleeing the enemy, moved into the city for safety. A large number of Chinese soldiers retreating from the Japanese advance to set up the city's defense also increased the population of Nanking.
Estimates of the population of Nanking before the Japanese arrived range from about 200,000 to a half-million or more.
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[@raheenayab5539]

Imagine being so brutal that even Nazis try to save people from you

[@pierreshi6102]

The Nazis had a code of honour, and they killed Jews in gas chambers to avoid looking at their faces. It dehumanizes them. That’s why when kidnapped, you need to talk a bit and humanize yourself so it’s harder for the kidnapper to harm you. What happened with the Japanese Imperial Army was crazy. They did it while being fully aware that the victims are human.

[@VinnyLam]

That's a very popular myth. The Nazis actually did not care at all about what the Japanese were doing to the Chinese. The only Nazi who tried to save the Chinese was John Rabe and he wasn't much of a Nazi; he was just a businessman who joined the Nazis to further his career. Most of the Nazis had no problem with Japanese atrocities against the Chinese. And not to mention, the Nazis committed lots of brutal atrocities, too.

[@Aya_riiia]

@@VinnyLam it's not a competition

[@justinisenberg1841]

Just one actually.

[@VinnyLam]

@@legendaryfrolox6285 I don't doubt that the Japanese might've been more sadistic and barbaric overall, but even so, the Nazis had some truly sadistic individuals who were close to or on the same level as the Japanese, like the Dirlewanger Brigade. They committed what was essentially a European version of Nanjing.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

And people say the Japanese weren't as brutal or even more. The messed up part is that Japan still doesn't recognize their warcrimes.

[@introvertdude842]

Even worse, I have seen a webpage defending Japanese, telling that The Nanking Massacre is a hoax

[@Scotty-P]

Whilst I like a lot of Japanese music, art, design, movies, food, girls, I know they can never be fully trusted.

[@rcrinsea]

Yes, they do.

[@navydad8916]

@@Scotty-P not trusted how ? It’s Russia you can’t trust,with or without Communism,you seem to have a bizarre fear of Japanese ???

[@OutnBacker]

Not true. They do recognise the past, and have admitted fault to neighboring countries, but, unlike Germany and their allies, the Japanese do not teach their children in school the facts. The result is that the Japanese have only a sketchy knowledge of the atrocities that their grand fathers perpetrated upon anyone they captured. I do not beieve the Japanese are the same people, nonetheless. There is no culture of Bushido, or the perversion of the warrior cult that was taught to EVERY school student before WW2. Only a very fringe element of society actually believes in it, and there are fringe elements in every society.

[@Arinaretina]

I'm from Hong Kong and it still shocks me that this brutal period of history wasn't even that long ago. My grandma was a little girl when the Japanese invaded us. She recounted stories of watching the Japanese soldiers waterboarding Chinese people and rolling them down the steep slopes of HK like a rolling pin competition... she's 88 years old. She was about 5 years old then. She still talks about how horrible those times were.

[@Stierenkloot]

Don’t talk in the past tense. This kind of stuff still happens all over the world. People weren’t different in the past pal.

[@user-mb1ic3nw8j]

你才五岁，怎么能记住这么多细节？

[@user-fm6tf2tv3w]

@@user-mb1ic3nw8j Because it's a made-up story.

[@rueful1]

@@user-mb1ic3nw8jBecause it’s trauma

[@blubin189]

​@@ChrisHeart-kr1uq Woah dude! That is way too harsh It was their ancestors who did that (bonus; Government for hiding the atrocities), not the modern Japanese today. So don't blame it on them, Blood is what circulates the oxygen that enters your body not a place where sin is inherited.

[@prussianangler]

Here in Germany we are taught all the things that our ancestors have done and are very sorry about it. It’s really scary that Japan was even worse but they actively try to suppress history till this day. Shame on their government!

[@shungan1009]

They can only suppress their Japan history , not the rest of asian .I admire what German does, take resonsibility and remember history to remain friendly peace with neighbours.Japan is far behind of that .Recently they are pulling the nuclear poluted water into Pacific ocean regardless of protests . Disgusting........

[@SSFXST]

​@@shungan1009德国人做过的事永远也洗不干净。

[@shungan1009]

You are right. Fascist behavior will not and should not be washed away. But what is more important is the deep reflection and awe of war by a country and a nation from the government to the people, so as to avoid the recurrence of historical disasters. So my focus is to emphasize the correct attitude towards history.@@SSFXST

[@mogliang]

If Japanese deny the history, then they didn't learn from history. Evil still lives inside their soul, and seeking for another chance.

[@jaywang4441]

@@SSFXST纳粹已经没了，天皇右翼还在。这不是洗不洗的干净的问题

[@thecreativeconservative]

You know in Japan they teach their children none of this ever happened. It's all considered a lie. Iris Chang had her passport revoked and she was kicked out of Japan while doing research for her book. The Japanese government found out what she was doing and had her expelled from the country.

[@user-if9vs1sj8d]

you know why?? 'cos it's never happened. it was a lie. we do not study a story created by liers.

[@SNSTR]

🤡

[@lilahdog568]

Maybe it's good the Japanese are still banned from having more than a defense force. I'm not so sure such an unapologetic nation with deep seated race hate toward everyone around them wouldn't try again if given the chance.

[@crazimanjack]

@@mohdsahrif8475 Have you admitted to your warcrimes? You would be impressed with the barbarity of 99.999% of human history I think, and it's in your blood as well.

[@work90]

@@crazimanjack dafuq? Take your "what-aboutism" elsewhere

[@charlest5604]

Dude, throwing small children in the air and catching them with their bayonets is insane. Everything about this is sick but the stuff with kids is extra disgusting.

[@prabhatsingh7577]

This is exactly what happened to small hindu kids, in bangladesh(previously east pakistan) which resulted in Indo Pakwar in 1971 , if you get time read Lajja by Taslima Nasleem , the book tht talks about similar atrocities in name of ethnic cleansing

[@klau88873]

@Charles T Lucifer was walking with the japanese soldiers.

[@DoctorJanakaWannaku]

It was done in Sri Lankan Sinhalese people buy English Holland and Dutch invadors

[@jollygreen4662]

Long live the empire

[@introvertdude842]

And people still defend the past imperial Japan

[@sapnupuas4017]

“What war crimes? All that matters is that we got nuked twice” - Japan

[@guoshi8768]

有些时候不用点核弹日本是真欠揍😢

[@Hyoungje]

Are you Japanese? Where is that quote from?

[@Jftbix]

@@HyoungjeI assume it's not an actual quote

[@Hyoungje]

@@Jftbix That was my point.

[@magdalineomorodion2077]

Many countries got nuked and ur not the only one don't u like ur history or what like respect ur self wth

[@monicascott2354]

I have "The Rape of Nanking" and it is a DIFFICULT read. Absolutely gutwrenching and completely terrifying.

[@XevLexa]

The author of the book died by suicide after that…truly tragic…

[@humanbean8699]

It's scary that so many people just don't realise that it wasn't just Germany that did terrible things

[@ChicanoOne760]

I wonder if america has blood on its hands. Just spreading freedom

[@adamalgin4154]

As a Turkish person I can tell you if you didn’t know, that the Turkish government also did bad things during WW2

[@adamalgin4154]

We are very sorry for, at least us, the smart Turkish people, not nationalist

[@shivamsingh-cs2ub]

i am here after you realise that not only germany and japan did horrific things

[@SagaciousNihilist]

The Germans were civilized boy scouts compared to the Japanese, who went out of their way to cause as much harm and evil as possible in mass on civilian populations that had never harmed Japan and Pows, violating the Geneva convention. Even the Jewish holocaust was based on genuine gripes that the Germans had with the Jews who were the creators of the shameful Weimar Republic and later tried to use their economic and political power to embargo Germany, also the Jews who were behind the communist movement within Germany and those running the Soviet union, who went on to kill 10s of millions of Russian Christians , it wasn't just blind hatred as they try to paint it, but the Japanese had no excuses other than misplaced supremacist ideas. You can thank the US government for giving Japan a pass even though they were by far the greatest war criminals and for downplaying their evil, since they wanted a proUS ally in Asia.

[@antinapay]

I am Filipino. My great grandfather was buried alive by the Japanese for being a community leader, and my grandmother had to run to escape rape, and she managed to hide in a well, gashing her leg on the descent. Lex Fridman said it best, war brings about generational hate to an entire nation/people, regardless of guilt or innocence. I know that the current Japanese people had nothing to do with the war, but there is still some semblance of hate within me towards them.

[@bdsystemsb]

Similary my great grandfather was burned alive in his house. People who say you should forgive and forget fail to know the Japanese Right wing elements are still very much in power. People must be constantly reminded of the atrocities so that the evil elements do not show their heads. The Jews have done well to ensure the world do not ever forget the millions that were killed by the Nazis. As much as I loath what their country did , I do not hate the Japanese. Instead I have traded with them for over 30 years and still actively promoting a Japanese hobby and travelling there. The common Japanese people are decent but they were indoctrinated, brainwashed and groomed over a period into a frenzied unit to do the politicians' and military's evil work.

[@RaveN_EDM]

Fuck that, current Germany had nothing to do with nazis but they admit what they did and passed laws criminalizing nazi symbols and teach their atrocities in schools. Japan pretends it never happened and some schools over there teach a completely different narrative. They are hated because of the denial. The Japanese and Germans were fueled on meth tho and that plus war can really fuck people up

[@derekosterholm1350]

I dont blame you, you have the right to be little angry at a country that is responsible for commiting horrible atrocities such as that and it's good that you recognize that the Japanese today aren't responsible for that

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

Thats a terrible mentality and grudge to behold. They're no longer those people and we need to move past that to do better for our children and the younger generation.

[@mrpeace4749]

@@letmesleepinpeace7052 its easy for you to say that isn't it? It's not you who experienced these kinds of atrocities, it's them. If you are in the same spot as them, I doubt that you would say the same. "Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive." The scars cant never be heal but they can choose not to spread the hate to the next generation.

[@guigui2831]

As a Chinese, I am glad that finally some people outside of our country are becoming aware of this terrible period of history that is still heart breaking to all Chinese. Hope more videos like this would educate the world true history.

[@damndami]

The crimes committed against your country were disgusting I'm glad China has recovered and gotten stronger after this

[@Andrew_alxf21]

It's disgusting to see Japan get away with their crimes

[@FFrra2446]

小日子政府从来没有对731 南京大屠杀 慰安妇 以及更多对世界，对亚洲，对中国的暴行道歉……是时候把东京政府炸掉了……☹

[@maxwang199]

​@@user-ux4tp9mm2lif Japanese government didn't invade other countrys, US won't throw atomic bomb to them

[@davidknichal6629]

Our president Milos Zeman paid tribute to the victims of Japanese massacre recently

[@lio7211]

It’s crazy to think that it hasn’t even been 100 years since it happened

[@Zohairshanteer]

Stuff like this still happen, you're just sheltered from it. Look at the Syrian civil war. Look also right now at what the israeli occupation of Palestine is doing to people in Gaza and the West Bank. They're running over people with tanks and digging mass graves, you just don't see it on the news. Sudan is also in a horrible civil war right now with 10s of thousands of civilian deaths.

[@Daniyalahmad119]

What's crazier is you have a genocide going on right now as we type... People are always busy in their own lives

[@dimthedemonslayer]

My late granddad was one of the victims of the Nanking Massacre. His family forced him to escape in the middle of the night when he was 15 years old, leaving the rest of the family members to die. The passengers on the boat were mostly children and teenagers. In the middle of the sea, they were machine-gunned by a Japanese ship. His siblings died during the process. He miraculously survived and managed to reach Indonesia on a fishing boat

[@spinolover124]

My grandmother survived the Japanese and lived a fulfilling life with multiple grandchildren may she rest in peace

[@spinolover124]

@Chris Heart what's your point?

[@Raiden_Ei._.]

@@ChrisHeart-kr1uqbruh

[@aqualinebutbetter]

Goodness, that must have been horrible to experience.

[@datguy7834]

@@ChrisHeart-kr1uqbro what

[@laserus3333]

My Father fought the Japanese on 6 islands in WW2. For 3 years he battled them. He just passed away at 99 years old. Miss you Dad.

[@ZephinorYT]

May he rest in peace.

[@laserus3333]

@@ZephinorYT Thank you.

[@huansong]

your dad's a champ. may he rest in peace.

[@harukrentz435]

@@laserus3333 your father was a hero

[@jamesf.189]

Your father was a great, great man. May he forever rest in peace with the rest of the boys.

[@HW.0029]

The more important issue is the problem of the yasukuni shrine. And how Japanese politicians still go there and pay their respects. The shrine included 14 class A war criminals, including Tojo, and Iwane Matsui who led the army into Nanjing. These criminal dogs were named “Martyrs” of Shōwa. Imagine if Germany made a shrine of Hitler, Goebbles, Himmler, Eichman etc and politicians go there and pray every year.

[@sasser.32]

don't be surprised that every country the US colonized after WW2 proliferated right-wing, conservative and ultra-nationalist governments, like South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

[@user-td2jw9ze2c]

Isn't there a museum for George W Bush?

[@Boycott_for_Occupied_Palestine]

@@sasser.32 Being anti-white is not an excuse for extremely sinful behavior.

[@jingnan7458]

The notion of this is very much disturbing, the shrine is downright disgusting and the government just refuses to acknowledge what happened…

[@gx8716]

Well, absolute monsters such as Mao and Chiang still received great respect from their own people, in China public opponents to Mao will even be arrested and imprisoned. The real problem is that, after WW2, the Allies had to be promoted as good guys, which were definitely not the truth. Then the Cold War started, and all anti-Soviet forces were promoted as good guys (sometimes they were even Commies/Nazis themselves), which was also not the truth. Be patient and have reflection every time you feel you are better than other people, since everyone has a sinful nature and each nation state or empire will do evil things. We need to take sides when it is necessary, but still keep in mind at the same time, that what we do will not be only about justice.

[@fayezhang140]

Growing up in Nanjing, same as everyone of Nanjing, this event has been a pain deep in our hearts. We can never forgive the demons on behalf of those who were killed, burnt, fried, buried alive, raped…we shall never forget

[@user-oy2ry9kq6v]

dont forget about tiananmen square as well. Remember, your government is liar,

[@frankkoolosko4255]

My father that fought the Japanese in World War II said that they were worse than the Germans and when you hear some of the stories he was right. He was also one of the first ships into Japan after the war was over and he also said once the emperor said the war was over you didn’t have to worry about being attacked on the streets because his Word was God.

[@sameaulahad2824]

It’s a law in war that you can’t torture or whatever to POW’s but I heard the Americans that got caught by the Japanese, got it the worst.

[@cyanfloy2473]

Problem was that Japanese doesn't care at that time

[@wacky6136]

@@cyanfloy2473 Even today.

[@wacky6136]

@@olearysbf6580 Oh my. I thought Japan is a very peaceful place?

[@lilahdog568]

Tfw when God says "I'm not actually a god" on radio.

[@MsStar266]

Honestly as a Chinese descendent feel no ill feeling at all towards the Japanese people who acknowledge what happened during the war. It is the people who deny it that really annoys me.

[@byInventus]

That's understandable. I can assure you that denial is fringe, despite what Internet posters may suggest.

[@DickCheneyXX]

I mean, the Japanese population paid for it all in 1944-45. People need to remember that we completely leveled their country and killed millions of their civilians in the process. If that wasn't just punishment enough, I don't know what is.

[@byInventus]

@@grapesurgeon If they push for it so strongly then why can't they get it done? They are in power after all

[@byInventus]

@@grapesurgeon Post the title in Japanese.

[@magicman3163]

Not really the communist Chinese are pretty fanatic

[@thanhdo1963]

I study Math in Canada, to fill my writing requirement, I took a history class. my instructor (Chinese) told the class the horrible things that Japanese committed during the war. there was a Japanese student cry and accused that that my instructor smearing her country's image and Japanese did no such thing then ran out of the class. My instructor just chuckle and told us that it is important to see a story from many different angles.

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

How's Mao? 😅

[@alexandrep4913]

​@AdamWaltersPDX Hows (insert your european heritage leader) and their colonial exploits and mass murder in the Africa, America's and Asia?

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

@@alexandrep4913 pretty good. Those same western leaders gave you the cell phone, internet, gps, and much more you use everyday. Thanks, The West. Without white people, most of the world will still look like Vietnam in 1990s...dirt roads

[@enceladustyy]

My great grandma in China used to tell her story. She was like 7 years old in the world war and her family wasn't rich. She was wearing oversized shoes trying to buy some food for her family, On the way back she saw a group of Japanese soldiers. She became very scared and began to run, but her shoes were too big and she tripped and her shoe fell, she wanted to turn around to get it but then she saw a Japanese soldier approaching her. She was scared that the soldier might get her so she just ran away, but the soldier ran behind her and surprisingly gave her her shoe back. My great grandma suffers from Alzheimer now.

[@Squish_that_cat]

Proud of my japanese allies 🇮🇳🤝🇯🇵

[@UkeShrum]

​@@Squish_that_catwhat?

[@Floeflayfloe]

@@Squish_that_cat Do you understand that a single small act can't overrule the destruction and torture of an entire city?

[@d1p70]

​@@Squish_that_cat proud of torturing murderers? are you sure?

[@flekzyyt9709]

@@Floeflayfloe you dont understand m8. the japanese had diffrent divisions just like germany. that means they had the whermacht and the ss in their army. we all know the diffrence between those 2. So, the japs would pick out the most mentally ill people, or people from prison and put them in the vanguard.History writes mostly because of the first impressions. so yes when this vanguard comes into your country as first it will be the main thing talked about in history. but if you read her or his story good, she talks about when her town was already taken by the japanese. And that is MOSTLY when the normal sane soldieres arrive in town to GUARD the people and the vanguard has left the town to proceed death and destruction.

[@ano1z943]

My great grandma, whom passed away 2 years ago was a lucky survivor of the Nanking Massacre, she’s told my mom stories of how she and her family were being bombed at the time and saw a severed leg strung atop a electric wire. She ran to Sichuan, China and thankfully survived. I can’t imagine the horrors she and others had to face during this time and I hope she’s resting peacefully now. To those who want to know, she was 101, and I’m glad I got to know and love her while I had the chance.

[@asmodeusguys4472]

Damn, she's old af, that's pretty cool

[@boarbot7829]

I think it’s just “who” in that case.

[@KhasiXChakuin]

For those who want to know...what tho? Her age? or The whole story? I'm confused

[@newton18311]

Send her love from Britian.

[@funveeable]

Nixon to modern Americans is what WW2 is to modern Japanese. Nixon was just some Republican who got axed by Watergate. WW2 is just when Japan got nuked twice. The day the Japanese learn about their war crimes is the day Americans learn more about Nixon. Which means if will never happen and nobody actually wants it to happen.

[@dea9457]

I am Japanese. I do believe that Our younger generations are responsible to know exactly what our ancestors did to those people. I am here to educate myself with correct information, Which my history textbook never did.

[@user-nc7qt5bv1q]

日本人共はちゃんと反省しろよ

[@user-kg9zx7et5g]

thank you.That means a lot to us.

[@lt4109]

ancestor's? these are not your ancestors these are your grandparents that are still alive today

[@Thunderalpacka223]

​@@lt4109WW2 was a long time ago....even the survivors of the war are dying of old age. Grandparents would only fit in that group if they lied about their age to be drafted early (ex. Signing up at age 17 or 16)

[@user-wd2ln6dk1x]

난징대학살은 정말 끔찍하다 나는 중국을 좋아하지않지만 여자를 강간하고 그자리에서 죽여 마차에 시체를 쌓아가는 사진을 봤다 일본에서는 교육을 받아야한다 사죄하면서 살라는 말이아니다 앞으로 다시는 이런 잔혹한일이 안일어나도록 경각심을 갇기위해서다

[@edena276]

Check unit 731 guys, that's even more horrific ...

[@cupcake-cx5ov]

Those poor victims You can't even imagine the pain they went through

[@warrioremperor6320]

No it isn’t this massacre involved 100000s of people unit 731 were not many

[@chocchip187]

Its just as many​@@warrioremperor6320

[@tweettweetyweety]

Stop comparing which is worse, would you tell that to the victims???

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Little cliché

[@wannacashmeoutside]

Last time I watched a documentary on Nanking, I was in a funk for a good 3 days. I just couldn’t get it out of my head.

[@Hiruma312]

I am Indonesian. About 1941, my granpa was taken to Singapore by Japanese army, along with many Indonesian youths. In the middle of the night, they were loaded to a ship, which anchored not far from the port/beach. All Indonesian youths were thrown to sea. My grandpa couldnt swim at all, but he refused to die at that time. When finally he reached the beach, he said those who managed to reach the beach could be counted by fingers. And he realized he just passed the test of the quality of labor for Japan basecamp in Singapore. And my granma told me 3.5 years of Japan Invasion in Indonesia was the worst time of war. RIP my granpa and I will keep your story alive.

[@abimon76]

that's absolutely evil.....

[@treaclelester7285]

A terrible story, humans are just so cruel to each other and to animals as well. I am beginning to believe that there is war of evil v good. God bless your poor Grandad.

[@Bluecheese1400]

There are stories all over Southeast Asia, east Asia and india about Japanese atrocity. Japan is the most evil army to exist. 30 million people killed brutally and slowly.

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

Same happened in humpheryganj massacre in 1943 in andaman and nikobar by japanese

[@gauravsharma8280]

​@Treacle Lester There is no evil vs good here on earth. Both sides in any war is evil. Only the victor gets to write the history that's why they become saints while the loser is portrayed as the villain. When in actuality its a competition between both sides that who can be the cruelest. If you sympathise with Japan on Hiroshima n Nagasaki then what about Nanking and the Indonesian and many other massacres they did? This is just one example. The true nature of humanity can be understood by reading history. Everyone of us is capable of committing such horrendous atrocities. You like it or not but the true nature of humans is evil, cruel, selfish, greedy, lustful, jealously, dishonesty. We do show goodness and kindness but that is conditional. Most of the people who record kindness are not being kind but satisfying their need for attention and some are pure narcissists. Real world is different from the internet and is much crueler and people are losing touch with it. That leaves them to be preyed by the monsters out there.

[@pedrocalebe6407]

It's insane how a Nazi official was the guy responsible for saving countless chinese citizens, you summarized the book well but there are some even more gruesome details that were left out, specially the stuff they did to little kids.

[@TENthe10th]

People with a good heart can be found in the unlikelyest of places. Oskar Schindler was originally a member of the Nazi party too and used his position to save about 1200 Jewish people from being killed.

[@senorbaobab7700]

It's OK, at least for me it's enough. I can imagine it but I don't want to know what happened with those poor children.

[@shreenybeany1751]

@@ChrisHeart-kr1uqno we don’t. Nobody is responsible for their ancestor’s crimes

[@tunamayo2199]

@@shreenybeany1751 Karma is passed down the bloodline, the debt will and must be paid sooner or later

[@justintime6242]

@@shreenybeany1751Yes they are. That devastation lasts for centuries. You’ll pay for it, karma aside, you will pay.

[@rongwu-sj9ws]

At a high school in Nanjing, the history teacher walked into the classroom. He said, "Students, how many of you are from Nanjing? Please raise your hands!" Everyone chuckled: "We're in Nanjing, of course, we're all from Nanjing." However, out of respect for the teacher's request, everyone raised their hands. The teacher continued, "If your parents are native Nanjing residents, please keep your hands up!" Some students lowered their hands, but the majority still had their hands raised. The teacher then asked, "If your grandparents or great-grandparents are native Nanjing residents, please raise your hand!" At this point, many students lowered their hands, and only a few scattered hands remained raised. Finally, the teacher posed the last question, "If your family has been native Nanjing residents for three generations or more, please raise your hand!" At this moment, the entire class fell into silence because they realized that not a single student still had their hand raised.

[@AmarSingh-bm3dd]

Now thats what i call good teaching. Stating the facts for yhe generations to take their lessons from.

[@capviews]

Barely,bearable to hear and see. Thanks for instructing us, it goes well beyond what I believed I knew.

[@TheSahaquiel]

You can't judge China and North Korea for still holding a deep hatred for Japan to this day. It doesn't help Japan DENIES these war crimes, almost like if Japan mocks all the countries it devastated.

[@huansong]

southeast asia as well

[@davidnguyen4707]

The Koreans, no matter North or South, generally still hold a grudge. South Korean elderly people despise the name Japan even being mentioned

[@hl8216]

they actually DID admit tho In 1972, 1993 and 1995

[@alecrutz6979]

@@hl8216 source? just need to make sure

[@potatoes5240]

@@hl8216 No, the goverment today doesn't. They still worship the shrine that has these pictures of war criminals. Women that was made to be prositues in China still waits and apology from the Japanese government. Each year some of them pass away, they will never get to hear the apolody. The Japanese don't care, I know it's not this generation's responsibility, but they don't care, and I hate them for that.

[@tonyxing453]

There was an interview done in the streets of Tokyo asking people do they know what the JP military has done in WWII. Most young interviewees were shocked to find out and some apologized, the sad part about this is that they don't teach kids this in schools mainly because they think it's embarrassing. The most scary answer to that whole interview was someone said remembering history is a waste of time. Imagine some german person said that.

[@iggyblitz8739]

Yes we'll that's Asian saving face culture to the extreme, at least they can learn about it on KZbin now.

[@dannygrout92]

In Britain we never got taught about the massacres by the British empire in India and Africa andin Kenya in the 1950s. In the US they're not taught about the biggest genocide in history and the extermination of the native Americans, same in Australia. A government isn't going to teach it's people it's inherently evil. It's not good for business.

[@ThatGmoney]

You gotta remember one thing. If you do anything like trash the Japanese (I ain’t suggesting anything) but you get taken to court. The courts will ask you- “I understand war was horrible, no one deserved what happened. But, it’s 2023! We’re you alive at WW2? Are those horrible people who happen to be Japanese also alive now?” I was angry just like you but then I had to rethink, O. Wait a minute, I wasn’t born I. WW2.

[@AdamHKatona]

@@ThatGmoney No one said that today's generation is responsible or should be ashamed for these events, so what's your point? They shouldn't teach about these events in schools? The person who said "remembering history is a waste of time" was right?

[@No_2019]

@@AdamHKatona Well, that's about all history. American History doesn't teach about every bad things Americans did, Indian History doesn't teach everything about the bad things, and even all the good things are not all true. And, yeah, i can see how remembering history can be a waste of time, knowing history is imporťant, and if we can learn something from it, that's good. But if you're just someone who remembers every details about historical facts and events, and still repeat the same mistakes (like it is to this day - no one ever learns mistake from history), that's not really useful.

[@henryjumbohead5391]

Just found your channel. Great content. I love history lessons that are between 15-20mins. That way I can learn about much more material.

[@ace_ofchaos9292]

Beautiful video. Wasn’t expecting you to bring up john rabe. Its always nice to know even in the darkest of places a little bit of light shines through.

[@user-dfgcxxsdfd4rt]

If you study the history of China and Korea, you will understand the truth behind why they made up such lies.

[@jlee8181]

What happened in Nanking also happened in Singapore. My mother who passed on last year at age 102 often told us what happened when japanese occupied Singapore. Yes , there was rapes ,babies thrown up and skewered , men were brought to the beach, dug trenches then lined up and machine gunned down. We must never forget.

[@YA-fi3ng]

Are you of Chinese descent?

[@R7-James]

@@YA-fi3ngfu of

[@HewbhurtGabon]

My 🇵🇭 grandmother has a vivid memory about how brutally inhumane Japanese were. She was 7 years old during the war. She closes her eye everytime she describes the baby "tuhog bayoneta ." Japanese were not just heartless but has total absence of humanity.

[@acc3650]

There have been so many atrocities, but the media in America only talk about one , all are despicable acts of savagery and we should know all about them.

[@JamesZheyuXu]

Man,sorry for your mother,she is lucky to live to such age,how old are you by the way.

[@Teff360]

My husband is Filipino and his grandfather survived the Bataan March by escaping into the jungle when another soldier was shot...he traveled and hid for weeks. My FIL, his son, remembers the babies being impaled on Japanese bayonets. Oh Ms. Chang...your poor heart. Someone needed to remember and dictate these sufferings to history so they should never be erased but you suffered so greatly in doing so. May your spirit find peace.

[@abimon76]

the "babies being impaled on bayonets" is something that every victim of the japanese occupation remembers, probably because the japanese did it so fcking much. my grandparents told me the same thing, my grandpa had to dig a hole in the forest ground and hide there under leaves, he was only about 7

[@Chinoiserie9839]

​@@abimon76 they cut off heads too over water wells and also they dip people in wells for minutes then recover them and when they regain consciousness they would plunge them again in the well until they lose conciousness again. The cycle continues until death.

[@lewisaino]

@@abimon76 Sadly it was as used as Kamizake and Banzais

[@hestiashearth478]

my grandmother who passed away last month also told me stories of the horrific events. she told me all about the rape that she had to hide in the forest inside a makeshift foxhole else if they found you who's female, you'll be dragged into the huts(kubo) and gangraped, some were even gangraped in public. babies were tossed in the air to be impaled by bayonets. one of the stories involved being publicly shamed while the Japanese were drunk, inserting beer bottles or whatever in the woman's privates. if you were a soldier specially if you were an officer, they would force you to commit harakiri(slitting your own stomach and let the guts out). my grandfather's story, who also served in PEPTOK, was that he had to drink in cow trenches with dirty muddy water because the Japanese dirtied the wells and rivers with rotting bodies. they also took village food.

[@dakz.tv7698]

Nag bayad na sila ng binagsak ang atomic bomb sa nagasaki at hiroshima.

[@minhothehoexx6011]

Those photos are so chilling ….

[@jojobalabala]

Thanks for sharing this

[@WhoNeedUsername]

"video game makes you violent" meanwhile people in the past....

[@leaguixxx9736]

but so many kids here, often boys, because of videos game and violent action in them, behaves like things like this are normal, and don't feel any compassion on remorse for these people. So ig both gives bad effects

[@heransd]

@@leaguixxx9736 I have played all sort of violent games and I am a doctor by profession. Video games means nothing. It doesn't represent a persons morals. Psycopaths are born like that

[@warrioremperor6320]

@@leaguixxx9736huh?

[@alperalyanak9627]

​@@leaguixxx9736bro if a teenager plays an FPS shooter, and decides to emulate the violence in the game irl, that teenager was messed up to begin with. Video games don't make people violent, it's just that violent people happen to play video games.

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

​@@leaguixxx9736 prove it. You can't.

[@jaykobe5722]

As a Japanese, I appreciate making this video. If my memory was correct, when I learned about ww2, they more focus on teaching atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, it’s very crucial for us to understand the history in a right way. After living in Philippine and Malaysia for several years, I try to study and understand more about these historical events from different perspectives

[@wellingtongil]

People like you are the ones that allow healing to take place and better relationships between the Asian countries

[@jamaljyf]

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana

[@altasairetopsej]

You are not a true Japanese Those nations didn't fight back deserved it

[@vb6548]

@@kier1568 If he can be proud of the good his nation has done, he has to be ashamed of the bad. You can’t have the cake and eat it too.

[@ek3561]

That's what I appreciate about my history education in Germany. We study the horrific parts extensively, so we can learn from them... I wish other nations would do that, too. In the past, nearly all countries were involved in war crimes, massacres, and such. While we should not feel guilty for the terrors our forefathers inflicted, we should never forget the atrocities and the pain they caused, so we won't repeat them.

[@TheWatertigress]

I have her book. Thanks for video. My daughter read it and saw the gruesome photos, she said she had nightmares and couldn't sleep.

[@xuanqiu47]

I’m Chinese and my grandma would tell me stories that her mom told her. My great grandma had to wipe soot from the bottom of their cooking pan onto her face and onto her elderly mom’s face when her house was broken in by the Japanese to try and look unappealing to the soldiers so they wouldn’t r word her. It didn’t work. Where I had lived, there was a village near me that was apparently a village that had been completely wiped out by the Japanese, who had apparently made it a game to behead babies and to throw their bodies in the air, and catch them with their bayonets. Absolutely disgusting that they are trying to erase this part of history.

[@S-zj5nd]

i am a japanese student. I admit my guilt and apologize. I'll never forget. I will absolutely not forget that. may peace come to your family and the people of China. I would like to apologize once again. I am so sorry. translation

[@LiWillian-nz5xj]

​@@S-zj5ndAt least there are students like you in modern Japan, thank you. As a Chinese, I appreciate Japan's culture but I can not forget this history.

[@xuanqiu47]

@@S-zj5nd I’m glad that there are people like you who are willing to admit their country’s wrongs….thank you!

[@weather8819]

I am 19 years old and Japanese. I am using a translation so my English is not correct. I am really sorry for all the war crimes committed by my ancestors in World War II. In Japanese schools, students were not taught the specifics of the Nanking Incident, only that there were many massacres by Japanese soldiers. We are also very sorry for the atrocities committed not only in China, but also in Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other Asian countries. I regret what happened in World War II to the extent that as a Japanese I am not proud at all about my country's history.

[@NihazVIDZ]

Im from Singapore, we too had incidents thats marked in our history from the Japanese Invasion. I know this generation should not be blame for whats done by your ancestors, Lets hope for peace for the future. War always brings bloodshed.

[@John_Doe_6996]

Every country’s flag is stained with some blood. Nothing any of us can do about the past.

[@thehammer9599]

Don’t apologise for the crimes of others. You are no more responsible than I am.

[@FarmerKen355]

An honorable person speaks truth, in the end honor is all we have. Be responsible for your own actions only, it is not necessary nor required to burden yourself with the actions of others. The best any of us can do is draw the line in the sand by stating never again. All of us hope humanity has risen above past events of barbarity yet today we have seen it taking place in Ukraine by the invading Russians. Let us draw the line in the sand proclaiming never again and hold those responsible for their OWN actions and those responsible for putting those bad actors in that situation.

[@Dcll8451]

The best way to apologize is to acknowledge what happened. God blessed those who thirst for justice and righteousness

[@katemaloney4296]

I remember when Iris Chang was on 'GOOD MORNING, AMERICA' promoting her book. I sat dumbfounded as Iris recounted parts of the book--including babies being impaled. I think that was the first time the personalities were speechless. So sad to hear that we lost her. May she rest in peace.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

The Serbs did the same in Yugoslavia. The more you learn about history, the more you realize that the Nazis were far from the worst. They made killing an industrial thing, where feelings were pretty much left out of it. They dehumanized their victims, but they were less blood-thirsty maniacs and more determined workers. Still horrible because of the scale of it all, but other nations or dictators have done worse.

[@happyyuk]

It's truly sad that Iris Chang dedicated herself to spreading awareness of the atrocities behind what happened in Nanking. At the time of the war, my grandmother was a young girl and she recalled hiding away from the Japanese soldiers because other villagers witnessed what happened to the kids that got caught. She was not even in one of the main cities which means the Japanese didn't view it as a valuable place to occupy. I don't think those Japanese soldiers were evil in nature though but given enough amount of brain-washing, anybody is capable of committing crimes they think are well-justified even if it's morally deviant. I remember reading an article about a Japanese soldier who was a university student before getting sent to the battlefield, at first, he refused to kill anybody but with time, after witnessing so many things going on around him, it's like he's partly numb and partly traumatised and he started becoming even worse than some of his peers. After he returned back to his country, he was tormented by guilt and if my memory serves, he ended up becoming a monk because whenever he was outside he kept hearing the screams of his victims.

[@minchen5187]

I went to see her this year early in Feb...

[@lovegabija3005]

@@minchen5187 she died in 2004 ?

[@somo4227]

​@@hugolafhugolafand you still see ppl who say "kosovo je serbia"

[@zehuama2197]

Thank you so much for making this video, to help people understand this history.

[@user-cx3fj9cs6c]

What is disgusting is that the Japanese not only do not admit it, but also say that they are victims

[@blobbything2986]

As a Japanese person, thank you for making this video. So many people back home straight up don't know anything about it

[@birdtj82]

Thank u for saying that. MY city was 1.5 hr driving from Nanjing. Its hurtful n shocking when I grew up like my family could have been whipped out. Growing up my Dad’s biggest client was Japanese. I learnt to like Japanese, also m good friends in Canada were Japanese girls in my class and d place i worked. I think In Chinese/Korean mind. MOST ppl do NOT even need apology, they just want to acknowledgment of their pain. My friend from my city back home, just Married Japanese guy in Canada, n they had baby 1 month ago. In face chinese are Very kind ppl. I wish there are MORE ppl like u because when human aknoledge our OWN history is when we Grow and be more strong minded. D most strong ppl will aknoledge things happend to their family n show gratitude. I show respect for u :)

[@withyou5961]

Crazy to think that Japanese destroy everything during WWII..

[@dodongai]

Thank you for trying to understand another perspective, appreciate it👍

[@aldousbrawndo996]

I find it amazing how the Japanese people became so upright and focused after being humbled by the nukes. Makes me wonder if we nuked Africa if they would become a hyper successful Nation like Japan and stop killing it enslaving each other like they are still to this day

[@blobbything2986]

@@dodongai I've already understood it for a while, but there are others that don't and now will, thanks to this

[@Loccutus28]

I am an American History Professor and I teach often about the "Rape of Nanking." Nearly all of the students I teach know nothing about it. I consider it an honor to educate them. I have read Iris Chang's book, "The Rape of Nanking." To me, Iris Chang is my hero. I honor her memory in class by educating new generations. To the 19-year-old student who apologized for the conduct of his country I say, well done! I have visited Japan and met many Japanese. I love the country and its people. What is done is done, we all need to move on. But at the same time, we must never forget!

[@shacktime]

How do they react when you educate them about the US invasion of the Philippines at the dawn of the 20th century?

[@Lemon-kn2md]

Please learn about Japanese occupation of HK if you haven't...You could say it is part of China but they are two different matters...Japanese soldiers ate our human flesh from people they killed and thought it was tasty. Inflated our prices of rice and printed out their own currency for our ancestors...our ancestors did not have any food to eat..some died of hunger, some resort to potato skin, or some resort to cannibalism. After the British invaded, some people thought of them as saving the people..even being invaded by the British was not as hellish as being occupied by the Japanese. After all that the Japanese did not apologise and they did not even acknowledge what they did, and the leftover currency was useless.

[@alfredpaquin3563]

They don't know much about anything related to American or World history. Not their fault. The education system sucks and has been that way for years .

[@kungfungfooxixi1318]

@Soda is CCP government man

[@MMLL369]

Unfortunately, this same old story is about to repeat itself again. As the Japanese imperialistic right wing government is attempting to reinterpret its constitution article 9, and the unleashing of army ban by the US, just wait and see where it would lead to.

[@georgezhou5214]

Thanks!

[@nmjjlei8753]

thank you for making this informative video

[@Ummmmmmmm841]

As a Chinese person, for a long time, the knowledge of this completely fuelled my anger towards the Japanese, and I'm pretty sure that is the case with most people, and that's what the government and school want us to think. But in recent years, I've come to realize it has nothing to do with a particular nation, it shows us how evil normal people can be, given the right situation, right cultural atmosphere, like most of the people committing these crimes are just a part of the 99% of the population that are neither saint or devil. It is truly terrifying how war can change people, everyone u see daily who is friendly can be sucked into this machine and come out as evil as the devil himself. For most people, winning or losing a war is not winning or losing, but war in itself is a lost for us all.

[@ford.5311]

well said

[@isaacyeon6334]

Never thought of it that way, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this

[@caldw615]

Power corrupts. There are stories of soldiers all over the world committing atrocities on civilians in occupied territory because they had very little opposition or policing. War brings out the worst in humanity.

[@lyhthegreat]

not all japanese people were evil like that tbh, i've heard stories of kind japanese officers who helped victims escape from the brutalities of the japanese army, also, there were japanese people who spoke out against the way their government tried to denied the war crimes committed all over asia.

[@johnsonpau1833]

Not everyone is evil, just most of them are :D

[@crimson_koi1092]

There's also this sense of irony in Japan. The Japanese schools actually use a lot of Chinese texts in their 12k teaching system. Includes from ancient Chinese poems to more modern Chinese writings. These writings are necessary as a part of their Japanese studies, started as early as primary school to end of high school. Yet, what happened in Nanking never included in their history textbooks.

[@Qwentris]

I have Japanese world history book in my hand and found that Nanking incident was written on textbook. In reality, Japanese history teachers tend to avoid focusing on WW2. We briefly learned about Pearl harbour, midway battle and Atomic bombs.

[@amenbrother777]

Nangking 2 on the making 🤣

[@user-co5ri6dp3c]

The number of Japanese language who have become Chinese is about 1000 words. 70% is imported from Japan. Reverse-imported. Because the Japanese translated Western documents. As you may already know, Nanking massacre is one of the worst lies ever. They (A Chinese living in Japan) are also saying that Nanking massacre is one of the worst lies ever. In before someone mentions Nanking massacre again, to which another responds with Tiananmen Square.

[@ducdang399]

@@user-co5ri6dp3c lol what are you on my fellow human, you try to deny THIS? delusional

[@ihatenfts501]

@@user-co5ri6dp3cAh yes because japanese words have been imported to china that erases all the sh*t japan has done, great reasoning.

[@AccordingtoWarren]

I hope more people learn of this important piece of history.

[@zanethind]

It's still so horrific that Japan won't acknowledge their war crimes and what they had done decades later.

[@chiracultrainstinct3d629]

Could say the same thing with the USA

[@zanethind]

@@chiracultrainstinct3d629 yeah for every country honestly. Although US has acknowledged more than Japan

[@AveragedubarFan]

@@chiracultrainstinct3d629Not true actually. While USA as a country will try to sweep away its past and forget it, American schools do often teach things like Vietnam, Iraq, Spanish American war, and Philippine American war. I’ve moved to multiple states in the USA, and all schools I’ve been to talk about them and the atrocities American soldiers committed to an extent. Some didn’t talk about it as much as others, but it is still very much acknowledged in the USA.

[@chiracultrainstinct3d629]

@@AveragedubarFan when you speak with Amercians, you have the impression they're always the good guys

[@zanethind]

@@AveragedubarFan yeah also do the US think they won in Vietnam still?

[@chzwy6527]

What’s more horrifying is that until today, Japan still holds Yasukuni Shrine as one of their important part of culture. Inside the shrine it presents you the officers who organized the invasion, and inside the shrine they were still worshiped even though they were recognized as war criminals on the global scale. And there was no remorse on the damage they caused throughout the war, only the pity that Japanese military DIDN'T WIN. This is why we should always keep an eye on the history and be cautious about what comes after.

[@Brianc9595]

Their prime ministers still send flowers to the shrine every year

[@deadboltzz5199]

Now their amping up their military

[@OddlyDelta]

@@Brianc9595 well, thank god there's one less prime minister to send flowers their way heh

[@nereid2164]

@@Brianc9595 including the one that got shotgunned eh?

[@KhasiXChakuin]

“they were still worshipped” does that mean they didn't worship these recognized war criminals anymore? OR Did you mean“They are still worshiping these recognized war criminals”? Which is pretty disgusting to imagine it. I'm genuinely confused, I'm not trying to be rude or mock your grammar or anything because I'm not good at English grammar too

[@bigkidd2147]

What happened at Nanking was horrendous. The fact that humans would do this to one another is horrific. How do they even wake up knowing that they commit such acts?. This is probably the most disturbing history stories that I ever heard. Rip to those souls that were at Nanking, may you rest in peace. Remember those who do not remember history, are bound to repeat it.

[@firstnamelastname4249]

It is still a reality and still happens everywhere on much smaller scale of course

[@bigkidd2147]

@@murecerickman can you simplify what you’re asking?

[@klau88873]

@@bigkidd2147 Those japanese soldiers don’t qualify as human beings. Calling them that would be too polite.

[@rubenchoychoo8551]

When you indoctrinate people for centuries Generations after generations That the are superior to the rest, then another Nanking is always possible....

[@GrandmasterTigerfist]

China does the same eveywhere they are no different.

[@arzelaascoli6765]

I can't bring myself to watch more than the first few minutes of this.

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

My grandad spent his last month of service in ww2 in the pacific. They came upon an island (this was around the time of Iwo Jima, my grandad wasn't part of that specific battle), the island was a small volcanic quay that had a team of 6 very emaciated Japanese soldiers. The Japanese Royal navy left these men for dead, and as soon as they saw my grandad and his brothers-in-arms, they came out yelling "we surrender, we're dying of hunger. Please, can you spare some food?" (according to the translator). The men were rounded up and taken as POWs, though they did get food and were seen by the ship's medics as they were severly dehydrated. Don't know much more than that, as i heard this story second-hand from my father, as his dad (grandfather) died when i was around 3 yrs old. Though i like to think these six men survived and made it back home after the war.

[@ThomasOfTheWarband]

I got in trouble for teaching about this to a high school class during our WW2 unit. I showed a video similar to this one, where there were no images, just descriptions. I found this odd, as I visited a holocaust museum as a grade 12 student.

[@GuardDog42]

What nation are you from?

[@anglishbookcraft1516]

That’s since the Holocaust has become almost a religion where even talking about the ambiguity gets you in big trouble, you can’t even liken it to anything else or that will also get you in big trouble.

[@DennnisTheGreat]

May I ask Why?

[@dr.woozie7500]

You get in trouble??? That’s despicable

[@detritus3676]

This dude was probably a teacher In Japan

[@kryflute]

The fact that most people in the world didn’t never know this massacre happened is atrocious

[@martinma9546]

If u think this is bad, check Unit 731.

[@ao2415]

​@@ChrisHeart-kr1uqalright.. buddy, time to get off the internet

[@Stierenkloot]

Many worse things have happened that people don’t know about. Or nobody talks about. Similar things are still happening today. It’s what people do.

[@kidrobot.]

the fact that you knew but didn't share it worldwide is even worse

[@kryflute]

@@kidrobot. did you?

[@kylewathen1070]

Dropping the sun on Japanese twice sounds like karma

[@kylepope9795]

About time this got some coverage

[@haskenvonbern5404]

To think this sort of treatment was not an isolated incident and this occurred throughout the entirety of a war lasting for almost 10 years in China really is a terrifying thought. And it makes your blood boil that Japan still tries to diminish its horrific crimes and glorify its imperial past.

[@cosmichef75]

The Chinese should have fought better. Throughout history the losers of war women get killed and defiled.

[@souravnandi2794]

Yes

[@cosmichef75]

Japan has been a peaceful nation ever since WWII so not sure what you're talking about. China's current genocide of Uyeghurs and selling organs taken from live unwilling prisoners is perhaps even more evil or at least equal to. Japan has repeatedly apologized fir those atrocities. Maybe the Chinese men should have fought harder.

[@salazzar5631]

I dont think this is an "incident" tho

[@sheevpalpatine7588]

@@cosmichef75 as if the uighur holocaust perpetrators are ordinary chinese citizens

[@Gazpolling]

My grandfather was a soldier during japan invasion in indonesia, He said even though it only lasted 3.5 years, the brutality is worse than 300+ years of dutch colonialization, saying japanese were savage is understatement, inhumane were more likely appropriate

[@lelianarochefort3077]

My grandfather keep one of the Japanese officer's swords as a trophy, he and his men manage to kill a group of 23 Japanese soldiers, he said he and his men were the lucky one who manage to hide safely with their families, the Japanese at that time is also well known to capture women and transport them from camps to camps as "morale booster" (s*x slave) for the soldiers.

[@sagitarrius7054]

I would call them evil. Watched few interview of the victim, cant imagine and keep watching the whole interview 😭

[@snigie1]

Yeah but the Dutch were white so that makes it worse

[@user-fy7hx9gd6u]

That's a saying in Indonesia is what my friend told me

[@spiralspural8806]

@@snigie1 hah racism funny

[@GrayAcZ]

This video tore me up

[@jiahaoxin4459]

One of my friends come from Nanjing, and he told my a thing happened on one middle school class. On the class, the teacher asked everyone to rise hand if they are bron in Nanjing, more than half of students rise their hand. Then the teacher asked them to rise hand again if anyone's grandparents generation were bron in Nanjing, no one rose hand. The teacher then said, "See, my dear students, this is what we call history and tragedy."

[@taigahasado28]

My own great-grandfather was stationed in Korea as a Japanese member of the axis during wwii. I’m really sorry. I hope that one day there will no longer be any more extremists who deny our many massacres in my country.

[@deee1979]

You don’t need to be sorry…you didn’t commit war crimes.

[@funtv4920]

It's alright sons and daughters should not be blamed for the sins of their father.

[@bugboy491]

@@funtv4920 fellow GoT fan?

[@Zaza-er2os]

Your not even born at that time so you don’t need to say sorry

[@jollygoodyo]

Your apology is well received and to an extent not necessary. It's more important to everyone that the governemnt of Japan apologises, not its civilians.

[@rachaelbarat8460]

I was a university teacher in Japan just after Iris published her book. I included the original films taken by Europeans and Japanese taken at the time. It was to teach students how to find the truth. Some of my students cried and went on to research the story; mit is is, sadly, the truth. Thank you for bringing this to people's attention.

[@birdtj82]

I appreciate it so much. In China, ppl LOVE Japanese, n love their culture . Its funniest thing ppl think chinese H*te Japanese but they dont. Its the Americans H*te chinese more than Chinese H*te Japanese. Chinese culture build on being kind, aknoledge faults, learn and be better person. Japanese culture is build on Being “strong”, do NOT accept failure, Do whats told, ONLY “success “ is accepted. So there is actually diff Value system. Because Jap culture hold things….IN SUCH HIGH standards that they cant deal with the truth. Otherwise will be falling from Grace. My friend’s uncle at 8-9 at time living in china,,,,ran up the hill. N WITNESSED each home,,,ppl were taken out…..of home lined up ……d way described in this video. LIKE my friend’s born in Canada, his parents born in Canada. He’s always so mad cuz CAnadians LOVE Japanese, Americans Love Japanese, no one WANTS to care, and they Always Pin Chinese as d BAD somehthing. Like t hey have Million things to say about Chinese but if he mention about something, they just like Immediately switch topic, brush off, mock him, or even get angry. Human are biased, they often chose who they like , once they see a HOT NICE GUY do something Cool, even tho is Douche, they find it funny or cute. In psychology, its called “selective memmory” that to support d 1 naritive. When I was single. I did 1 yr ONLINE DAting in Canada. My profile was well written i guess n I used a few nice pics. My profile got picked by d huge Dating Site n CASTED ALL OVER. Like ALL OVER(thats before IT law was updated). I got like hundreds of ppl msg me 1 day and MOSTLY GOOD LOOKING guys(they figured that if they are u*lgy they got no chance). I remember NOT LIKING IT, tramatized, over whelmed, almost shut down. Months later. I moved in new place, my roommate, same age (mix race Asian/white) she was using the same site, n she was getting NO dates, not much happening. Finally she got couple ppl like asking her out, adding her on fb etc. n d guys would check her out, n started msging me behind her (even tho they already met n booked 2nd date). I was finding it insulting toward me, and her as women, n its shady to pin 2 girls roommates against one another, also creepy. I did NOT respond to any but warn her about it (unlike a LOT of shady women would try to OUT Do another ….d guy was Attractive). SHE --GOT Angry. She was MORE angry that I actually was genuine (didnt respond d guy), that I warn her burst her bubble. N she YELLED at me:”wish u did not say that”. N REFUSE to SEE the msgs. Went ahead to date the guy, n rather ask d GUY for d “TRUTH”. D guy of course throws ME under d bus cuz he’s called out saying :”OH i never msged yr roommate, she msged me”. WTF she came home just YELLING AT ME. I offered to show her msgs from d dude who initiated. She just yell n like OUT RIGHT BITTER with hate. It tramatized me so much like how can someone have the truth but NOT seek it. Its like anyone’s best interest to See the FB msg to Validate. But she Block it out. N wen to d guy to ask. 2 guys . Yeah. I was NOT even Born in Canada, I got like 2000 ppl showed interest( i wish was like embarrassing to even share to ppl cuz its JUST NOT FUN) , n she’s HAlf Asian half white. She got little. In her mind she could NOT merit the “how is MIX not getting the more attention than Mainland Chinese who dont even speak perfect English at time”. For me trying to be nice made her feel worse, cuz she had to manifest something bad about me to justify her internal jealousy n disliking. sorry my exp is very unrelated. Just It Bothered me Sooo much. That I was like “best case scenario” as roommate that I had her back, I was NOT trying to ONE up her, I did NOT flirt with her dudes. I did NOT Show off when she N i went partied together. I was like d --best case senecio GF most women want. N like when She had it, she really disliked it. Cuz in a way i was too nice that she knew she was NOT as kind. That she had manifest something to Coop the internal shame , either due to her looks or her anti social traits. So just sharing this, cuz u seem very smart and genuine person. I thought a lot about the Psychology behind my experience. N I dont ever share with ppl. They will judge me, “oh are u bragging”, because I learnt human re VERY Biased. WE paint charactor, n we find “acts” to build our story. Often ppl hear “yr best friend ….something something to me”. N it hurts them too much overwhelms d brain, they just brush it off, pretending its a “just in d past””who cares” “ I rather dislike China” “i dont care, i wasnt there. “ “ ahh…but i met Japanese, they are so nice. So its not possible”…. So thats why its painful for a LOT white ppl growing up with Japanese cartoon n animation, they are so Built to Believe them as Certain Charactor. So when present kindly about the “truth”. It stress them OUT So much , they just Can’t handle it, n brush it off, like my old roommate did back then. I am full chinese, I had blond highlights for a few months, n I had Brown hair for a while. She was MIX but when we went out to some club down financial district, I was Always mistaken as like “Japanese, Korean(k pop look), Mix(Asian/white) , Spanish …” she was always Mistaken as “full Asian”. She really did NOT like that. This whole video somehow reminded me of weird old dating experience , cuz in College in Canada. In business school, professors told us that HUMAN are Biased. We can coach us to see things differently n re write our own memmory to our liking, this video just reminded me of those. Thank u again for what u did. Cuz u def spoke of someone has decency and integrity as Teacher :) :) I am showing my respect! My grandparents are teachers ,,,Its a very important job.

[@descendant0fdragons]

@@birdtj82 Japanese creative inventive minds are not bad, animation and things are great. But I always have in the back of mind what is the truth and what is entertainment. I don't have a problem with it as long as they know the history of mankind, but in this case they don't.

[@birdtj82]

@Nggr seems u can type half Chinese in yr so called Japanese that’s adapted from China ! Cool! well said :)

[@birdtj82]

@Nggr sure. Lol. How u that u have been just makes Japanese ppl look all bitter n evil when I know they are not. D fact i had very Pretty Japanese GFs, coworkers, i never ask anything about hystory n tell them off. Conee Jiva :) :)

[@manfunny917]

@@birdtj82 He is a western pretends to be Japanese, many this kind of people. More good people in Japan > US, Canada and Europe even though they have 20 times more population.

[@justhere274]

Japan gets praised for being such a civilized nation but looking back at their history of atrocities which they have tried so hard to hide makes me sick to gut.

[@rhunter762i]

I met a friend of my father, named "Bud". Bud had survived the Bataan Death March, and being a PoW of the Japanese for 3.5 years. He had scars on his tattoo of an EG&A [Eagle, Globe, and Anchor; a Marine]. I remember two things Bud said; " There ARE things worse than dying; trust me." "At least when you're dead, they can't hurt you anymore". Both Pop, and Bud, are passed now. Hopefully, they have finally found peace. I also read about Unit 731, and the "comfort women", who were us3d as "morale gear" for the Japanese Army [use your imagination].

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

Their adult content makes sense now. Yikes

[@tamulemon]

I visited Nanking Massacre Memorial years ago. Artifacts and images are haunting and beyond words. I tell my kids that forgetting history is a betrayal to those hundreds of thousands of souls lost brutally. Yes, Japanese people also suffered in WWII. But when they mourn their losses and glorify their suffers, they never say why it happened to them. One day, I hope one day, Japan will be held accountable for the horrible war crimes towards millions of Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Malaysians, Indonesians and more.

[@doloresbuonagurio855]

the people living today didn't do this or people of many wars in the past. You can't punish those in the present for the deeds of the past. If you do, then you become just as bad. People of the world need to remember history and NEVER repeat it. That is the only way to stop the horror.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Do Chinese people think about the 100 MILLION that died during socialism

[@abdonontiverosmoreno6522]

@@doloresbuonagurio855 So what you're saying is to not hold accountable those who participated in said atrocities?

[@josephstalin4385]

Japanese made me look like Santa Claus.

[@Lea-xm1xy]

@@doloresbuonagurio855 true

[@seclusionworks7547]

I feel Iris Chang was the final chapter of the tragedy of the Nanking incident. When I read her work, I was sickened and horrified. I can only imagine what she went through as she penned the definitive account.

[@user-nj7yl8no5p]

She was smeared and hunted by the Japanese government.

[@haniahannslew4108]

Totally agree. She is the hero who spoke up for the japan’s victims.

[@aliapistachio8125]

@@ChrisHeart-kr1uq wtf is your problem??

[@saretgnasoh7351]

@@ChrisHeart-kr1uq 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@seclusionworks7547]

I wish there were more accounts from the survivors in the dreadful use of atomic weaponry. Against Japan. IMHO, that was a total unnecessary use and unjustified! my stepdaughter visited Hiroshima and returned with very somber accounts. She related the city today is one of Japan's beautiful cities! I was vastly humbled by her experience! I pray those devil weapons are never used again!

[@AJ-et3vf]

Great video 👍📸🤳 thank you

[@LuisPerez-5]

The atrocities some people are willing to do to each other is horrifying.

[@fwuuton]

My Filipino grandfather saw his uncle being publicly executed by the japanese by beheading to serve as an example and instill fear into the people in their rural town. My grandfather himself was born in a cave during a typhoon when his family was hiding from the japanese soldiers who were brutally killing civilians as they passed through towns. The infants being tossed on bayonets, women kidnapped and assaulted, and men being bloated with water and popped like balloons are not myths, the imperial soldiers back then were truly disgusting.

[@dubstepXpower]

Japanese did the same in Korea in 1500s and to each other theres a nasty streak in there

[@user-co5ri6dp3c]

A Korean named Hong Sa-Ik led the Japanese and Korean soldiers against the Philippines. Even majority of the soldiers were Koreans. But Philippines still forgave and helped in the Korean War. South Korean executives who led the Japanese army's subordinates and raised the rising sun flag and fought against China and the United States. The total number of Koreans in the Japanese army was around 240,000, more than 3,000 of whom were prison guards. 'Mas malupit ang mga Koreano kaysa mga Hapon' is a rumour about Koreans in Second World War Philippines that has persisted to this day. A comparative, quantitative statement, it is roughly translated as 'The Koreans committed more atrocities than the Japanese in Second World War Philippines'. This is a half-true memory: true, there were Koreans in the Philippines.『The Koreans in Second World War Philippines』 - Lydia N. Yu Jose

[@user-hr5dd8zg1j]

​@@user-co5ri6dp3c 일본인 입니까? 저도 그일대해 대충 들은것은 있습니다 그러나 한국은 일본의 식민지였고 일본군이 모집한 군이였습니다 한국인이 잘했다가 아니라 일본인이 한국인에게 더 나쁜놈이라 우기는건 추잡합니다 한국인으로써 그런일 있었다면 필리핀에 사과드립니다😢 당신은 그일을 알고도 한국이 더 나쁘다고 합니다 사람입니까? 챙피한줄 아세요

[@user-co5ri6dp3c]

@@user-hr5dd8zg1j 원래는 중국인 입니다. 오래전에 일본 국적을 취득했다. Volunteer military system. In 1942, There were 254,273 applicants for 4,077 positions. ​The level of competition for this Japan's soldier is 62.4 times higher. The application required the permission of parents and relatives. This article was published in a newspaper. The Korean wants to be a Japanese soldier back then.

[@thatguy6104]

@@lonelyberg1808 "even to an animal i couldn't do that" we are worth less than the animals you see in the wild

[@Kadukunahaluu]

Whenever people hear the word "Japanese" they think of Anime and how honorable their people are. But then when people hear "German" they're thinking of Nazis and aggression. One these countries recognized their war crimes, the other is being defended by weebs

[@user-gs5pi3rf2g]

Japan would've been more demonized if they had killed Jews too

[@AC_336]

Japan is literally the most over-praised country by those who just see Japan's cleanliness, discipline, economy, safety, culture, Anime.

[@testadizzy95]

Well said. World needs to know their dark side they're actively trying to hide and erase.

[@idontcare-ry9wo]

Could have not stated better

[@barcelonahdlgp]

Factsss

[@PerfectoKiss]

Thank you, Ms, Chang, for your dedication to publicizing the massacre of Nanking. You paid the ultimate sacrifice for your work.

[@TienChoihk]

Investigating these brutal stories will exert great pressure on one's mind...RIP Chang

[@c00mgoblin]

I was actually taught about this in high school. No matter how much you talk about it nothing can truly make you understand the horror those people went through. It’s one of those events that once you learn about, it changes you as a person.

[@solarsage252]

As someone who has seen children die, hearing about it changes nothing.

[@c00mgoblin]

@@solarsage252 Okay, so why the competitive victimization? No one asked.

[@solarsage252]

@@c00mgoblin I'm not a victim, you're just an asshole lol. I'm just saying there's a difference between living through something and then just learning about it in school. Before I watched a child die I (only heard stories) thought that was horrifying and it scared me to my core, after living through it i realized that no human word can describe the experience. It's why I don't have an opinion on Ukraine, you like talking about it so much go there right? When you're told about something it's just what someone else is telling you about it you don't know what their biases are and you don't actually know the full story. But when you experience it my fucking god. It's not being competitive. There's a difference between talking about the Soviet gulags, and then actually being from a gulag. My uncle survived desert Storm and he served beside his best friend growing up, and after a sniper blew his brains all over my uncle's face..... He was never the same. He never bothered talking about the war but would always get annoyed by the historical accounts just because to him it's something he had to live through not just a topic of conversation or education.

[@sujal4078]

@@solarsage252 I think you need God, and I say this as an athiest.

[@solarsage252]

@@sujal4078 nah I think what I said was fairly rational and moral

[@davidshettlesworth1442]

Sorry to hear of this woman's passing. Her book "The Rape of Nanking" was so important and educated many of us. The book was needed to prevent the Japanese from sweeping the horrible atrocities they performed in China under the rug. She was a warrior for Truth and it is a shame no one could be there to save her.

[@Mechit-tt5xc]

Wow.. I have never heard of this event. I just subscribed, this is unheard of. I asked so many fellow history buffs about this and none knew about this event. These are people who went to University and got degrees in world history as well.

[@ClemensSteiner-gz1ku]

I'm a Chinese. My friend who came from Nanking has told me a story. Every December 13th, the Nanking government holds a commemorative event to commemorate the Nanjing Massacre, and the entire city rings an alarm. In his high school, the course was interrupted due to mourning activities. His math teacher demanded that all students stand up and mourn. Students are unwilling to stand up. His teacher was not angry and asked the students, 'Those of you who were not born in Nanjing, please stand up.'. Only one or two people stood up. The teacher asked again: 'Whose parents were not born in Nanjing, please stand up.' One third of the students stood up. The teacher finally asked, 'Whose grandparents were not born in Nanjing, please stand up.'. This time, all the students stood up. 'That's why we mourn today.' The teacher said to the students.😭😭

[@keithchin2656]

Now that is a brilliant teacher

[@BarredRock]

damn

[@Squish_that_cat]

Proud of my japanese allies 🇮🇳🤝🇯🇵

[@vaibhavsingh4200]

​@@Squish_that_cat nothing to be proud of, Japanese were an evil force its good that America crushed them in war. Defeat of Japan was victory of humanity.

[@shiyian]

@@Squish_that_cat wtf

[@shanelim3144]

My grandfather was orphaned at 4 because of the Japanese in WW2. Because of that, our ancestry has been ruined. We do not know which clan of Chinese we belonged to, his surname was forgotten. He was given an adoptive surname by the woman who saved him from the war which we still use to this day. We do not know who his true blood relatives and their descendants were as well, but we found out not long ago that his father was a cobbler and his mother was the daughter of a noble. We were told that my great grandfather was beaten to death with wooden bats by the Japanese for defending his shoe store, what happend to my great grandmother was not certain. I like Japan and its culture, but i want the Japanese government to apologise for their war crimes. They owe us one.

[@evagray7734]

这个真的是个惨绝人寰的屠杀……我甚至不敢点开这个视频因为肯定有些triggering footage😢😢真的希望世界和平…….所以你们家族现在用的是恩人的姓氏还是继续沿用原本的姓氏？我真的既悲伤又高兴你们家族血脉能延续下去，很惨但又很幸运……..

[@shanelim3144]

@@evagray7734 sorry to tell you that i barely know any chinese and the translation is not doing a terrific job. But yeah, the surname we are using is that of the woman who raised my grandfather. She was a Lim (林）

[@linderoes7832]

@@shanelim3144 He means that the incident was too horrific to watch.And he is happy to see your grandpa was saved and sorry to see that you lost your true family name.

[@linderoes7832]

@@shanelim3144 Where do you live now?I suggest that if you have enough spare time you could learn a little Chinese then come to China to find your grandpa’s relatives and their posterity.

[@shanelim3144]

@@linderoes7832 my uncle and grandpa did visit China together to find answers once, unfortunately it was not a fruitful trip. After all, it was an event that happened way back in the past, we were already disconnected with whoever we were related to nearly a century ago. I am fine with not finding out anyways.

[@peachyice113]

Thank you for creating this video. My great-grandparents were born in a small town called Luojing in Baoshan District, Shanghai. Our family's story unfolded in the same year as the Nanking Massacre. Rewinding back to August 23, 1937, the Battle of Shanghai was raging, and in an effort to reverse their fortunes, the invading Japanese forces landed in Chuan Sha Kou, east of Luojing, in the early hours of that day. Along their path, they engaged in arson, killing, and looting, resulting in what is historically known as the "Luojing Massacre." 10,908 houses were destroyed, and 2,244 innocent lives were lost. At that time, my great-grandmother was pregnant with the older brother of my grandfather. To avoid the risk of being violated and raped by Japanese soldiers, she had to apply ash on her face as a disguise while fleeing. When i was a child, I didn't fully grasp the gravity of these stories when my grandmother shared them. However, as I grew older, each retelling or recollection becomes more poignant. This is something that children from first-world countries may find challenging to comprehend.

[@yanvictoria6220]

Thank you for still paying attention and caring about this tragedy. The Nanking Massacre should not be forgotten.

[@MsZoe85]

I lived in Japan for 4 years (after moving with my parents as child) and I speak fluent Japanese. I never learned about these horrifying atrocities. God help us, the cruelty of mankind knows no boundaries.

[@YA-fi3ng]

No wonder you don't know, because those topics are demagogues by Japan's Asahi Shimbun and the Chinese Communist Party.

[@LukasVint]

Cruelty of men*

[@Barni2212]

@@LukasVint Misandry much?

[@LukasVint]

@@Barni2212 Either you're a non serious person or this is a cheap joke.

[@jasonwei8397]

Have u heard of Unit 731 (Japan human experiment unit in ww2) ? Sometimes theres no difference between mankind and devil.

[@ckbs1]

I went to Nanjing for work and visited the memorial for what happened there and it was crazy to see a handwritten request from Hitler to the Japanese to stop their acts and another to China giving their humanitarian support.

[@thatperformer3879]

So strange considering the Holocaust. Is it possible WWII just radicalized him even further?

[@user-co5ri6dp3c]

Incidentally, the extreme-leftist communist Japanese (田邊誠) paid to build the memorial. $300 thousand. charter founder.

[@junweiliao9785]

people should share this

[@nellgabriefontenillo431]

I've read about Iris Chang's Rape of Nanking book years ago and it scarred me but the knowledge it left me about the atrocities the people of Nanking suffered from the Japanese military helped me understand how humans' can get so high on power that they lose their morality. I do believe that the Japanese suffered as well for the actions of their government. They were the ones who ordered the army to invade Nanking in the first place. Watching City of Life and Death movie about it also helped me understand that some of the soldiers were also traumatised by the crimes they saw their fellow comrades committed. What the Japanese government should do right now is acknowledge what they've done to the Chinese years ago and offer reparations. The Chinese people's wounds will never be healed in my opinion if they continue to deny the massacre ever taking place.

[@JaiD0427]

I'm an Indian & my grandparents were in British Malaya at the time of Japanese invasion. While we Indians were never harmed by the Imperial Japanese, they were particularly brutal towards the Malay-Chinese. She tells me that their Chinese-origin milkman (a very sweet & soft-spoken man) was abducted & bayoneted by the Imperial Japanese. Om Shanti to his soul 🙏

[@khrominasingha6125]

They where sweet to our country because of Azad hind faun if no help then see about the massacre of Nanking they will do in India that why you see sweet thing of outside not inside

[@JaiD0427]

@@khrominasingha6125 - Agreed.

[@madjonr]

There was no doubt that if China was defeated, Japan would then invade India.

[@NyonyaB]

Malay Chinese here. My grandparents were tortured till death. too long story. Singaporean woman are rape by Japanese soldiers everyday for 6-10 months.

[@bilat-bikeislifeadventuret6499]

if the whole indo-china submits to IJA, india will be there next go

[@donniekellerman5833]

Shocked to hear of her suicide. She was a very talented writer & learned much by reading her books. She told the story & brought out the facts without the gratuitous sensationalism of lesser writers that look to shock the reader first & educate second. She will be missed! RIP Iris & thank you!!

[@greentea8852]

There‘s a conspiracy theory that she was murdered because her next book was about unit731 where the leader of that unit was given immunity by U§

[@scpadmin6436]

I agree I had no clue she committed suicide I genuinely thought she was still alive I’m shocked

[@Sherwin313]

May be was also murdered by her own ppl... you know how it goes...

[@wr8137]

Why can you believe Iris Chang ? Have you checked if her book is collect by yourself?

[@darianstarfrog]

@@wr8137 it's well known in the west

[@MollaMeSherbet]

Had a nightmare when I read about the atrocities

[@nito_shinsi]

I am Japanese. I see a lot of comments saying that Japanese people don't teach history, but it's in the textbooks. People who have studied properly know about it.

[@randomgamer625]

Sorry

[@josephwarra5043]

We should also remember that as horrific as these atrocities were, they were not some random acts of brutality or cruelty, this was official Japanese government policy and similar horrors occurred all over the territories occupied by the Japanese before and during WW2. The Japanese policy was to de-populate the conquered territories of the native peoples by deportation or extermination and move Japanese settlers in to form "new" colonies directly tied to Japan. Only small numbers of native peoples would be retained to provide slave labor for the Japanese overlords. To this day, durning construction of buildings, roadways, dams and such, mass graves of tens of thousands of victims are uncovered all over China and another places the Japanese occupied. In the "west" we seem to have forgotten that during WW2, the Japanese frequently beat, tortured, mutilated and ATE allied soldiers that they captured. Japan has a long history of brutality in warfare that the present population are not responsible for, but at the same time, these horrible episodes should not be forgotten.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

it was official policy of the military which basically took control, the emperor has very little power, and the military extremists enabled the extremist commanders and soldiers to do the worst things. We must never forget that majority of Japanese people including soldiers weren't some inhuman monsters, but when you have a military which wants to bring the worst out and actively promotes it, then that's how these things happen, if US commanders and soldiers pushed for their Soldiers to be as horrible as possible and did little to control it, then they would be the same, it's not as if the Japanese are just inherently more cruel, such views are stigmatising and led to many innocent Japanese in America to be targeted. We need to also remember that because we won the war, we really controlled the narrative, like you never hear about the mass grapes by US soldiers in France and Germany unless you really look into it.

[@legate-lanius]

@@SergyMilitaryRankings lies, excuses, biases, if that’s all that’s going to come out of your attempted “essay” or whatever you were trying to do then don’t type it at all

[@arthoormoorgen9492]

Many elders in Indonesia said that 3 years of Japan colonization is much more cruel than the Dutch empire for 33 years.

[@Story_player]

Literally ate them?

[@fafka1445]

then 2 atomic bombs and now kawaii

[@Stm-ij8wi]

I had a Chinese gf for the last 10 years and when I first met her she taught me this story. The only thing that shocked me more than what the Japanese did was that at 38 years old my education system had never mentioned any of this. What they did was so despicable and pathetic that I think they can never be truly forgiven

[@UY-SCUTInohomo]

So you're japanese?!

[@Stm-ij8wi]

@@UY-SCUTInohomoI am Australian, her anger towards Japanese ran deep, they resent what they did to them.

[@Jdjdjdujakzgsha]

Sounds like a fun and cheerful first date

[@flowerfleur8105]

@@Stm-ij8wi yes I can relate. My grandma is the same. I thought it was prejudice against a group of people from grandma but now I see it was a form of trauma. It was truly beyond horrific back then, their hearts were black.

[@Stm-ij8wi]

@@flowerfleur8105 yes pure evil, very sad people will act this way

[@gao574]

As a Chinese, when the siren sounds on Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day, I always tell myself not to forget the national humiliation and to be ready to fight for my nation

[@emilunuyy9818]

NEVER

[@Pana-yc6bf]

Respect from Greece 🇬🇷🤝🏻 🇨🇳

[@NoaMao]

I'm Korean. For some reason, my grandparents on both sides had only fond memories of the occupation years. In elementary and middle school, where my teachers belonged to very left-leaning teachers' union, I learned to hate all things Japan. My point is that history doesn't seem to be black and white, and it's not always easy to say what's the absolute truth. Politicians always fuel and use historical animosities for their own gains. I think every Japanese Prime Minister since the 80s expressed regret and remorse for the country's actions during the war. The current generation Japanese people didn't commit war crimes and should not carry on the guilt of their forefathers. Koreans and Chinese should stop playing victims as well, if they have any pride. I hope Asians will just try to get along with each other so the unfortunate events don't happen again in the future.

[@user-hp4ex1hk8w]

Every prime minister of Japan apologizes? Are you really Korean? The special reason why you have a good impression on Japan is that your parents are spies, and what qualifications do you have to let us forgive Japan? Japan is still moaning about the atomic bomb explosion. Why can't we say it! The atomic bomb blew up well.

[@storybard4438]

We had our own version of this during WW2 in the Philippines. Old Manila has the ghost of a woman screaming at someone to please stop just above the steps of some tall staircase. There was supposedly a Japanese soldier who was taking toddlers onto the steps, grabbing them by the feet and dashing their little bodies onto the steps. You should take a look at the ruins of Manila in the forties, when Japan happened on us.

[@strahnbrad3979]

Next to China, the Philippines had the most horrifying experience with the Japanese. The Philippines only had a population of 17 million at that time but the Japanese killed an estimate of 1 million people in the country, including American soldiers. The Rape of Manila was eerily similar to the Rape of Nanking. Even Filipino grandparents would still be able to vividly recall the horrors of war and all the bizarre shit that the Japanese would do, including raping young girls and stabbing newborn babies.

[@camblongkaras782]

Filipinos try not to hijack the attention to their country challenge impossible

[@bobbyhill1110]

@@camblongkaras782 cope and seethe

[@ayn9298]

@@camblongkaras782 i mean imagine being colonized by various countries, wouldn't blame op

[@Rubenz343]

@@camblongkaras782 ratio

[@pkicng210]

Up to this day, the Japanese deny or just ignored that the rapes, killing and torture never happened. Not only in Nanking but in the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and other islands close to Australia. What is so disgusting is that Gen MacArthur after, the A bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, helped with the US gov't, Japan's rebuilding. But the countries I mentioned, like the Philippines, had to fend for themselves. The Japanese surrender their guns and weapons but we had to give them our cash and pride ( a paraphrased quote from the late Paul Harvey)

[@iceberg789]

specific incidents recited in the video were horrific. but to tell, killing and raping was pretty much norm in all major wars throughout human history. when cities were conquered people are all massacred, looted etc etc. these days may be the situation is a little bit better, thanks to public being more aware and educated.

[@Sub-If-You-Are-Against-Zionism]

@@iceberg789 I've always found it interesting how we forever demonize Germans for ww2 yet ignore what Japan did in ww2

[@mansnothot1284]

@@iceberg789 The difference is that some people here in the comments section still scream of "revenge and justice" when that is exactly the same reasoning and mindset of conquerors to the conquered(whoever's history it is, rape and torture always happen...it's just that not every war has an Iris Chang to tell the tale) after seeing their brethren die in battle(which is obvious because IT'S WAR!). Just breeding neverending hatred doesn't solve anything and only fuels the fire. Aware? yes. Educated? Doubt it, especially if that certain someone is fully controlled by emotion rather than logic. Talking seems useless by that point.

[@andanandan6061]

yes killing, raping did happen in past war but baby tossed and stab with bayonet is unthinkable even by stone age civilazation. It sounds like myth.

[@khangnguyen1759]

@@mansnothot1284 Funny way to say they got off scot free.

[@StephanieDeAyalaLarragoiti]

People's competitors or personal enemies are exactly that whether based upon jealousy or other motive. I've experienced some situations myself but supposedly they never occurred. That is so typical of persistent fights and those behaviors are war begaviors and situations.

[@UngSenang-bs5qg]

Thankyou John Rabe (1937),Thankyou American Missionary(1937-45 ), Thankyou Iris Zhang (2010),Thankyou also these Reporters...You are Excellent，Speaking the Truth bravely, You were true Hero....

[@rengenobta2857]

I wish you talked a little more about Iris Chang and the response from the Japanese and American government. The disbelief and hate she received underscores to me why history and always remembering the past are so important- I’m studying history now partly because of her! Also, one of the most horrific and intriguing parts of the book were the descriptions of how the Japanese soldiers were systematically desensitized to torture and were encouraged to by their officers and the government. There are individual accounts of soldiers describing the desensitization experience and how they would get punished for not being brutal enough. It’s a strange topic because the torturers were part of an evil system that encouraged them to be so. There are no words for the atrocities that the victims experienced that could make up for what the soldiers did, but it also makes you wonder about the malleability of the human mind

[@harukrentz435]

They trained using bayonnet with real human bodies!

[@aeroscantsee1665]

@@harukrentz435 and BABIES!!

[@alteredbeast7145]

The hardest thing about training soldiers is overcoming the innate resistance to taking another human life. Its hardwired into most people.

[@rjjrjehehew]

​@@harukrentz435 awesome

[@rjjrjehehew]

​@@aeroscantsee1665 even more based