EXECUTION of Gunkichi Tanaka - Japanese Soldier who BEHEADED 300 People during the Nanjing MASSACRE

Execution of Gunkichi Tanaka Japanese Soldier who Beheaded 300 People during the Nanjing Massacre. 18 September 1931. Japan, seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, invades Manchuria - an industrial area located in Northeastern China known for its rich mineral and coal reserves.
In the following years, there will be various "incidents", or armed clashes of a limited nature between the Empire of the Rising Sun and the Republic of China but full-scale war will not break out between the two countries until the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on 7 July 1937. This marks the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War that will end only with Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945.
During this war, which is the prelude to the Pacific side of World War II, the Japanese army scores major victories, capturing Beijing and Shanghai and in December of 1937, the Japanese military invades Nanjing, then China’s capital.
In Nanjing, the Japanese soldiers commit unspeakable atrocities and engage in a campaign of mass killing which over the course of two months will claim the lives of as many as 300,000 civilians and numerous unarmed Chinese soldiers.
One of the men responsible for these atrocities is a Japanese Army captain Gunkichi Tanaka.
Gunkichi Tanaka was born on 19 March 1905 in Tokyo, Japan.
After attending military preparatory schools, Tanaka graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy which was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The training curriculum included college-level general education courses, traditional martial arts and horsemanship. After completing the two-year junior portion of training at Asaka in Saitama, cadets were assigned for eight months to infantry regiments to become familiar with Army weaponry and platoon leadership skills before resuming studies in the 1-year, 8-month senior program at Sagamihara in Kanagawa. Upon graduation, cadets became apprentice officers with the grade of sergeant-major (but who were treated as officers), and after the successful completion of four months probation in their assigned regiments, were formally commissioned as second lieutenants.
Conflict in Asia between Japan and China began with the Invasion of Manchuria, well before the official start of World War II.
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[@JohnLee-db9zt]

The difference between Japan and Germany is Germany acknowledges its atrocities. Japan still denies its atrocities.

[@lazy_lefty]

I would agree, but Germany tends to over compensate in the other direction. For example, being too eager to help Israel commit genocide in gaza because they don't want to be seen as "anti-semitic" for standing up to Israel and telling them what they're doing is wrong.

[@magnumxlpi]

​@lazy_lefty you are such a simpleton. The reason the west helps Israel is because the west wants to limit power of countries in the middle east who don't align with the west

[@rcrinsea]

Right-wing Germans deny it or downplay it, while right-wing Japanese do the same. Left-wingers in both countries dwell on it.

[@billplaney2585]

@@lazy_lefty history and culture moves like a pendulum.

[@Yossarian_Lives73]

Germany was forced by the allies to admit and legally define their atrocities. Japan got a free pass, possibly because most of their victims were Asian?

[@Fre3domAction]

Most people know little about Japanese atrocities in far east, Thanks for covering!

[@Der_Beobachter_Edelweiss7X7X7]

​@@user-ol5sd9jl7v Under numerous banners - ranging from democracy to human rights and anti-terrorism - the US has launched numerous wars, exported chaos and interfered in the internal affairs of countless nations around the world. In those countries where Washington has had or still has a military presence, it has left only ruin in its wake. Between the end of World War II and 2001, there were 248 armed conflicts in 153 regions across the world, among which 201 were initiated by the US. This means that the US has started the overwhelming majority of conflicts in the modern, postwar global security status quo. That is quite remarkable and shows just how nefarious Washington's influence is around the world. It is also important to look at the lingering impact of US occupation, even when Washington is not the victor. The most recent example is Afghanistan, where during its decades-spanning occupation, Washington created an economy that was totally dependent on the war effort. Entire market sectors fed off the huge sums of US taxpayer dollars and employed a significant percentage of the local workforce. Despite this dependence, in 2020 it was reported by the Asia Development Bank that 49.4 percent of the population lived below the national poverty line.

[@Der_Beobachter_Edelweiss7X7X7]

Under numerous banners - ranging from democracy to human rights and anti-terrorism - the US has launched numerous wars, exported chaos and interfered in the internal affairs of countless nations around the world. In those countries where Washington has had or still has a military presence, it has left only ruin in its wake. Between the end of World War II and 2001, there were 248 armed conflicts in 153 regions across the world, among which 201 were initiated by the US. This means that the US has started the overwhelming majority of conflicts in the modern, postwar global security status quo. That is quite remarkable and shows just how nefarious Washington's influence is around the world. It is also important to look at the lingering impact of US occupation, even when Washington is not the victor. The most recent example is Afghanistan, where during its decades-spanning occupation, Washington created an economy that was totally dependent on the war effort. Entire market sectors fed off the huge sums of US taxpayer dollars and employed a significant percentage of the local workforce. Despite this dependence, in 2020 it was reported by the Asia Development Bank that 49.4 percent of the population lived below the national poverty line.

[@kevinmullner4280]

@@Der_Beobachter_Edelweiss7X7X7 Viele verstehen sich trefflich darauf über die USA zu jammern und zu klagen, da sie zeitgleich in einem ziemlich freien Land den wohlgenährten Pöter ins weiche Sofa drücken können. Lebend in einem Wohlstand, welcher ihnen durch die, zugegeben zumeist widerlichen, von den USA geführten Kriege um Rohstoffe sowie Vorherrschaft und die dadurch ermöglichte jetzige Weltordnung, erst zuteil wurde. Alle, die jetzt vieles besser wissen, werden erst erwachen wenn sie bemerken, dass es sich unter ruZZischer oder oder chinesischer Herrschaft längst nicht so toll leben lässt. Und diejenigen werden dann natürlich nicht den Mut aufbringen gegen, von diesen "besseren" Mächten begangene, Ungerechtigkeiten zu protestieren. Glauben Sie mir, dann wird es kein Schwadronieren á la "das wird man ja wohl noch sagen dürfen" mehr geben. In dieser Welt hat alles hat seinen Preis. Womit sind sie bereit zu zahlen? Mit ihrer [Rede-] Freiheit? Mit Wohlstandsverlust?

[@PH7NTOM]

@@user-ol5sd9jl7v No they dont. If they did you would never be saying this 🥱

[@peterhoulihan9766]

@@Der_Beobachter_Edelweiss7X7X7 Whataboutism at it's finest. Well done.

[@khent712]

My father fought against the Japanese in WW2 in Burma and saw for himself the atrocities they committed and absolutely hated them for the rest of his life, his brother died while being used as slave labour on the Burma railway by the Japanese. they were far worse than the SS.

[@terenceseagrave7627]

My father inlaw also fought in Burma and hated the Japanese all his life. He witnessed the attocoties commited by them.

[@hgv1883]

How were they worse than the SS ?????

[@victor256in]

The only force worse than the SS in Asia was the British Empire in India.....who deliberately killed over 4 million in the Bengal Famine through deliberate seizure and shipping of food during peak harvest seasons. Winston Churchill did to India (Bengal) what Stalin did in Ukraine....these Japanese were alterboys in comparison.

[@henrymoreland8719]

Surly not,History has taught ( and teaches ) us that the SS were much worse, they did kill Jews after all = worse.

[@blacksheepshepherd]

My grand uncle had his eyes blinded and killed by their bayonet. 😡🤬🤬🤬

[@jasonph2522]

As someone who has lived in Japan (twice) and Germany, I find the national characters regarding WWII markedly different. Germans are aware of their history and generally regretful while Japanese acknowledge nothing and generally don't care.

[@Dinan5iver2]

Tragically, this reminds me of my fellow Americans. Ask most Americans about US Atrocities in Haiti (1916-1934) or the Philippines (1899-1946) and you'll get blank stares in return.

[@LTYTACCT]

@iver2 - There is a big difference between the ignorance of most Americans in regards of the atrocities the U.S. committed in Haiti, the Philippines (and Vietnam ) compared to the ignorance of most Japanese of the atrocities Japan committed in China (Korea, the Philippines and the rest of Asia). The difference is in the U.S. the ignorance is largely due to these events not being taught. The U.S. government generally does not deny these events and discourages or prevents anyone from researching them. The Japanese government not only often deny these events and tries to prevent its people from researching them, but they will come up with revisionist history to downplay the atrocities and try to make the Japan look like the victim.

[@autreocean1974]

The national caracters, the cultures, are also very different, this should also been taken into account. The war certainly occupies different places in their their respective identities. Hiroshima for example, has no doubt been used by the Japanese - and sometimes overused - to consider they have paid the price. How many times have I heard : "Yes, but there was the bomb...". Which is of course no excuse to shy away from what happened in China and in other places of Asia, such as Korea. But that's the point, they don't always do it, and claiming the "Japanese acknowledge nothing" simply is not true. As someone who has been 30 years in Japan ;)

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

one of the reasons Japan is still resented by many other Asian nations.

[@asreks]

Maybe the reason was because Japan's atrocities were supported by all countries, whereas in Germany the only ones who fully supported them were the Nazis. Afterwards, the Japanese government tried their best to cover up their disgrace, while non-Nazi Germans who may not have fully supported their movement, were willing to admit the mistakes of their countrymen.

[@jamaljyf]

My great grandfather was caught by Japanese soldiers and he was being beaten and tortured because he hide Australian prisoners of war who escaped from Japanese maintain-prison in Malaysia. He is then being sentenced to prison for 5 years for “colluding with the enemy”. After war ended , he was released. Until this day, he is tortured by the memory of the ww2 and he never used any Japanese products at all. I believe we were fooled many times. I want Japan to at least had the guts or the will to acknowledge and teach about it. Even today, most Japanese think acknowledging their country's atrocities is shameful. I say the opposite, it is the correct thing and respectable thing to do. Thank you for making this video, World History. At least no one will forget this dark fragment of WW2.

[@SuperPromethee]

😢

[@johnchiu7581]

The U.S. helps Japan to whitewash history. Any time anyone brings anything up, they call it "Chinese nationalism". An attempt to divert public opinion, bs, bs, bs.

[@CamperKev]

I'm also Australian and what happened to your Great Grandfather was appalling. At the same time, some people talk about Japan and Germany, as if the modern day citizens of these countries are somehow responsible for the actions of some people in past generations. Todays generation have nothing to do with such atrocities of the past. They were not even born in that period. Yet they are still expected to apologise and pay compensation and to feel guilty for the shocking crimes of human history. I do agree that history should be taught and acknowledged, so new generations can see the shocking crimes of the past, in order to distance ourselves from a repeat of such disgusting actions.

[@richcoe9273]

My mother and father lived through all of this. My mom was 11 years old when the Japanese invaded her home city of Amoy, now Xiamen, She, and most girls in her town, disguised themselves as little boys to not be raped by the Japanese, because when they raped their victims, they raped them to death.

[@barnabykent6698]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm English but studied at Xia Da (Xiamen University) and married a woman from Xiamen. Her maternal grandfather, Zhang An Chang, was the military commander who took Xiamen from the Japanese. I can still feel the hatred for the Japanese in Xiamen. They will never forget.

[@richcoe9273]

@@barnabykent6698 That's interesting as my mother, the one that had to disguise herself during the War, attended Oxford. She was a biologist. You may know my aunt. Although she is living here in the States, she has had a strong affiliation with Xiamen University for several decades now, but I'm not sure in what capacity. Perhaps, sports as she is a member of both the Chinese and the global Olympic committees.

[@TheMatrixxandRhodesShow]

I shed no tears for Gunkichi Tanaka.

[@factspoken9062]

What about that Chynese captain who made 10 garland comprising of each of 100 left ear taken from the monks in Lhasa, during the invasion of Tibett in 1960s

[@El_Gallo_de_Pesca97]

​@factspoken9062 Those were the Communists who won the civil war, they are perhaps much worse than the Japanese.

[@LigerLiger-jc4rq]

@@factspoken9062 Whataboutism.

[@sujamaksujamak7532]

Hope Japan will rise again and together with the USA destroy China which is very evil so that only 10 million remain or disappear from this world.

[@factspoken9062]

@@LigerLiger-jc4rq liarism?

[@TeacherCarol-gy5ff]

A neighbour told me what happened to villagers when Japanese invaded China. The stories this elderly man told were horrific but still didn't reveal all the atrocities that he'd witnessed. The hate he had for Japan was understandable.

[@multipl3]

@@MasterBlaster220 ummm no

[@MasterBlaster220]

@@multipl3 yes.

[@andypro6158]

@@MasterBlaster220 What are you referring to?

[@user-jl8wg2eh3f]

@@MasterBlaster220 We get that you hate China and that you're racist. In your country war criminals are honored.

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@MasterBlaster220 Yeah Doc you got quiet , what are you referring too? Not that it has anything to do with this video

[@jeffreybauer6491]

I am certain Iris Chang is grateful that justice was eventually served here. I believe that the many in the Japanese Army in WWII were worse than the Nazis, and that is truly evil indeed.

[@roshawngreene7069]

This is true, for it was documented that even the Nazis were so appalled by the acts of the Japanese forces in Nanjing to the point that they were giving aid to the civilians... Now your atrocities gotta be so low-down and pretty f**king vile that it even disgusted the Nazis to the point that they felt the need to give humanitarian aid the victims... Holy shit!!!

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

I don't think I could ever bring myself to read one of her books, to research and write them must have been terrible and obviously took there toll

[@SuperMrHiggins]

N many nazi's were worse than the Japanese Military. They're more alike than they are different. What's that facility they had in manchuria, site 13 or something like that? Live vivisections - shit is straight out of mengala's book.

[@sailinginps]

The problem is that even today the Japanese people and its Government would like to sweep this massacre and their evil acts under the rug and don't want the world to know what happened. They continue to worship and pay respect to the soldiers of WWII who committed these atrocities. I am sure history will repeat itself unless the country is strong enough to defend itself.

[@weeshuggie228]

When Iris found out that all the photos in her book were fake, she committed suicide, let down by the people she loved and trusted.

[@gooderspitman8052]

The Chinese haven’t forgotten nor forgiven the Japanese.

[@leexingha]

the essence of forgiveness is change

[@frankc3080]

​@@leexinghaif ppl did that to your loved ones would you totally forgive that easy. Japan was the most ruthless, a lot of there soldiers got off easy lived normal lives vs the nazi ss.

[@jamesedmond3351]

Ever wonder why china hates the US so. For rebuilding japan, after the war. Read the books about Nanking.

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

NOR has the CCP: made the slightest effort to face justice voluntarily for its own dreadful atrocities of the 1949-1976 era. They can credibly denounce other people for war crimes when they are NOT unpunished criminals against humanity THEMSELVES.

[@frankc3080]

@@TomasFunes-rt8rd the ONLY war crime was your mom giving birth to you Tomas 🤣. You set that one perfect for me? Do you respect your parents? Ancestors and elders? Well that's what communist is like you are forced to respect the person before you. A lot of mighty things can be done by force this is why the authoritarian states such as Russia and China have a lot of mental toughness and resilence. I love democracy, free will and speech is good but often abused and unappreciated. Communist was a necessity in order for China to survive and now thrive in this age. How bout respecting thy neighbor and focusing in on building ones own economy nowadays. This is what happened in a lot of western states the new generations expect 2 or 4 hour work days and think mommy daddy the government going to take care of them for life. This is the cancer mentality happening in the west right not anyone else fault but the softness of modernization

[@nifty1940]

I watched these trials after WW2 in theatres. Patrons screamed, hid behind the people in front of them and cried at the atrocities and executions. Hatred for the Japanese, during and after the war, for decades, was palpable.

[@prestonpreston8082]

Thank you for sharing. I had never heard of this.

[@guillepankeke2844]

Where was are you from?

[@nifty1940]

@@guillepankeke2844 Australia

[@John-ob7dh]

In the busy South Korean port city of Busan, the young girl sits on a wooden chair, her fists balled in her lap. She looks impassively forward, her expression unsmiling and determined. Her feet are bare, and on her shoulder sits a small bird. This statue has sparked international incidents, threatened trade deals, and exposed deep and bitter rifts between Japan and South Korea that go back more than seven decades.The statue signifies comfort women.

[@DS-ve1xh]

Comfort women are controversial topics because there were even Japanese comfort women, who were really prostitutes. They got paid relatively high salaries, higher salaries than Japanese officers, for being comfort women. Still, many of them joined the comfort women without knowing what the job really was about. In that sense, they were deceived. But, sadly, many of them were deceived not by Japanese but by their own country men, who sold them to the Japanese army.

[@peterc4082]

@@DS-ve1xh Dude, even one comfort woman would be evil. Japanese army was pathetic sack of sh-t army. They, the German Nazi Army and the Soviets were three of the worst armies to exist in the 20th century. Don't defend these pedophiles.

[@DisingenuousComment]

@@DS-ve1xhfacts

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

@@DS-ve1xhstop yapping you troll. We all know what Japan did to comfort “women” as young as 14.

[@SeanCSHConsulting]

@@DS-ve1xh poor answer, no excuse

[@pammyoneto]

Shame on Japan for how they treated the Chinese and POW

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

But less Japanese know about that, cause their government always try not talk about that even deny their dark history. Shame on Japan government.

[@captaincat1743]

And they talk of honour, what a pathetic facade that is. But the Japanese children born today are not the same, and we should not hate them for the atrocities of their forefathers, A friend of our family was a British POW in Japan. He wrote a book called See Japan And Die, his name was Frank Brimelow. He hated the Japanese, but met one of his captors to try and understand, to try and put his hatred to rest, but even at an old age he thought of going to their meeting with a weapon to execute him. When he met him he cried. They both cried. War is Hell and turns beautiful souls into enemies driven by evil.

[@kaiwolfgangson7066]

Shame on the US on their treatment of its citizens today...

[@pammyoneto]

@@kaiwolfgangson7066 I agree

[@pammyoneto]

You cannot deny the atrocities the Japanese did during WW2

[@petuniafuzz9083]

My parents were friends of an older couple who survived the Corridor death march. These things must be remembered, so we don't allow a repeat of the worst that humans can do. The mentality that allows humans to rationalize these acts must be suppressed. Don't hurt people and don't take their stuff.

[@billramsey8934]

Corregidor, not Corridor.

[@factspoken9062]

it is repeating in Sinnjang and Tibett today

[@RAJAT6555]

I sympathize with your sentiment, but the sad reality is that human beings are inherently violent - it's hardwired into us due to our evolutionary heritage. The best we can do is to stay on guard and try to stop this from happening again, because it almost certainly will.

[@richardwebb9532]

Laughs in WEF, IMF, World Bank and New World Order........

[@butters1273]

Going into the atrocities of the War in the Pacific. The best WWII channel on YT.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate it. Greetings

[@ler3968]

Good review of what happened in China. All persons who want to criticize the horrors of the A-bombs dropped on Japan, should see this video because they all seem to ignore all the horrors first committed in 1937-'45. in China, the Philippines, Korea, and numerous islands over 2.5m women, children, and old people were murdered.

[@rickyray2794]

Just because one group of people were victimized by a countries soldiers doesn't mean the country that soldier represents deserves to be brutalized as well.

[@ler3968]

@@rickyray2794 well, the nights before the A-bombs dropped over 200k Japanese died slowly via regular "clean-safer" bombs-so what's your point - In war the losers pay dearly, ask the Romans, Pharaohs, Russians, and this week Jews fighting in Israel.

[@rickyray2794]

@@ler3968 I'm not talking about winners or losers I'm just saying citizens dont deserve to be brutalized over something the government did.

[@frmerrin2]

@@rickyray2794 It's been happening since forever,the A bombs saved more lives in the long run by ending the war sooner.

[@Orly90]

@@rickyray2794Nagasaki and Hiroshima were industrial cities and that’s why they were targets. If people want to criticize anything, it would be the bombings of Dresden, but even that was a point to be proven to the German people that they were not invulnerable as their leader promised.

[@romulusratis9472]

What the Japanese did in Asia during WW2 was several times bloodier than the atrocities committed by the Germans and their allies in Europe. What is more painful for the victims of those times is that Japan did not recognize those atrocities and even continue to pay tribute to the graves and monuments erected to the memory of Japanese soldiers. And Japanese students are not educated in the spirit of guilt awareness, as Germany does, so that its history never repeats itself. There are also rare cases when a Japanese veteran regrets the atrocities committed throughout Asia and apologizes to the peoples they oppressed during ww2, but they are threatened by veterans organizations, yakuza clans and even the Japanese state.

[@Chibanah]

Americans also usually just want to ignore the atrocities their soldiers have committed in Vietnam. There is no pure "army" from atrocities and crime against humanity. There was only one American soldier who was sentenced to prison, and even him was soon released... every nation tries to cover up their wrongdoings in a war.

[@deancushen5822]

The insanity of western countries teaching their children to hate themselves because of past wrongs never ceases to amaze me. Can't a country teach its children to be good while instilling in them a sense of national pride? Oh, but that would mean giving them a willingness to preserve their nations then, wouldn't it? We can't have that.

[@generalmartok3990]

@@Chibanah I have never met anyone that denies atrocities were committed in Vietnam. These two things are not remotely comparable.

[@Chibanah]

@@generalmartok3990 then why the American army covered up all the crimes they have committed in Vietnam?

[@generalmartok3990]

@@Chibanah Many infamous photos of American troops' atrocities made it to large publications like Time during the war. Everyone knew about it and there were massive antiwar protests. Meanwhile there was a literal contest in the Tokyo newspaper about which Japanese soldier could kill 100 civilians first with a sword, or did you not watch the video? As I said, not even remotely comparable in scale, organization, or public reaction, and it's absolutely dishonest to pretend as such.

[@kmoore6105]

I never really paid attention to the history of the WWs in HS. But it is frightening that so much evil is unleashed in war. Did these people not have souls or consciousness? Evil does walk among us and it only takes one individual to pass out the cups of koolaid. Prayers for the victims of these horrors.

[@butcheredalive]

The Japanese war crimes were largely brushed over in favor of focusing on the Nazis

[@runescaperzzz]

The most terrifying thing to me is that those people commiting atrocities were just regular every day people

[@Witchofthewoods.]

I know right. Same here, but now I'm obsessed with it. I learn everything I possibly can.

[@evelynsiegrist8311]

Read Iris Chang Rape of Nanking!! Chilling!!!!!!!!

[@RebelWvlf]

The worst part about wars is that a lot of atrocities go unnoticed, and majority of victims are civilians.

[@mikefishhead]

How the hell did japan go from this to hello kitty?

[@KohalaLover]

Cute. Japan wasn’t allowed to have a military and was required to have a democratic government after WWII. Imperialism for Japan was dead but a happy kitty makes everything ok. 🐈

[@thhseeking]

More to the point, how did the Japanese Army get so brutal? The book "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair Jr mentions that submariners picked up by the IJN destroyers were well-treated. It was when the POWs were handed over to the Army that the brutality started.

[@Chibanah]

The growing fascism and racism in early 20th century caused it. Older Japan was nothing like this before the Meiji restoration 1868. These imperialist, racist Japanese had not much in common with the Japanese from the "samurai age" Edo period, these people completely lost their traditional thinking of bushido, which had high moral and honor, fair fight was also important. These imperialist Japanese in the army shamed the old traditions of Japanese. So considering the whole history of Japan, the imperialist era was a short period. Important to note, not all Japanese were like this even in the war, but they were mostly among the soldiers of army. Navy or airforce were different branches, the army was the most ideologized.

[@jamesedmond3351]

The US government.

[@eliteaesthetics5170]

@@Chibanah Agreed, interesting stance... I would argue though that while they totally abandoned samurai and Edo period Bushido, the love of violence and war that was essential to Samurai life, was indeed a cultural factor they carried forward into ww2. I also think that America's coersion to open to trade and then seeing the Opium war, ignited a drive in the Japanese to NEVER allow an "opium war" to happen to them. So they copied the strongest militaries they saw, got steel battleships and machine guns, and out of both fear of their emperor and foreign forces, and a cultural love of war, they invaded the world. I am not so sure that Samurai battles were fair in the way we are thinking. They raped their enemies, and would obviously see a larger force as an advantage, not a team that needed to be downsized out of fairness. They were absolutely brutal. Now, in the sense of admitting defeat, humility after battle, and respect for your enemy, these are the types of honor that were common back then.

[@richardmcgowan1651]

A lot of Japanese war criminals got off with the acts of horror they carried out. While in Europe most Nazis were put to death for similar crimes. Sadly it was the American government that let them off lightly. While the fall of Nazi Germany gets all the headlines the aftermath of the fall of Imperial Japan gets brushed under the rug. Even to this day, the war crimes of Japan during WW2 aren't talked about much.

[@snakebitemcghee4959]

A lot more of the Nazis actually got away with their crimes and many came to the US working for our government, Werner von Braun ring a bell?

[@fanglethorpe]

What are you talking about the Americans let them off lightly, we weren't in Nanjing, the Chinese could have extradited the Japanese who were there. All they had to do was request it.

[@edmunde21]

@@fanglethorpe Some of the war criminals got immunity by the americans such as the unit 731. But also since the chinese didnt wanted to gain support against the communist so they didnt push on to the request.

[@VinnyLam]

Actually, a lot of Nazis got off scot-free as well.

[@asiantrick24]

@@fanglethorpe go read up about General Douglas MacArthur. He made a deal with Emperor Hirohito after the war. MacArthur wanted a smooth transition hence there were a lot of war criminals that got off free. People was calling for Hirohito head yet MacArthur allowed him to stay in power.

[@derekstocker6661]

Very well narrated and illustrated, nobody will ever know the true terror and pain inflicted by these invaders, we can only imagine the feelings of the civilians and captured soldiers of the horrors they witnessed, and endured.

[@wfuduke]

And that would accomplish what?

[@captainK84]

And what would Japan be now if they succeeded invading all the countries they did. Would Japan be seen as a highly respectful country that everyone seems to blindly love with no knowledge?

[@wfuduke]

@@captainK84 I know well of Japan's feudalism and imperial periods. Were they any less egregious than any other country, (esp. European) during their expansionist period? Humanity is still cursed by Barbaism.

[@jayneread2178]

As a world traveller and frequent visitor to Japan of 30 years, I can confirm that Japan and it's people are peace-loving now, one of the friendliest and safest countries I know.They are taught about peace, morals, and ethics in their schools. My Japanese friend, as a young person, knew nothing about the Japanese atrocities of WW2 until he visited the UK in his 30's and was appalled by what he learned about the Japanese atrocities on UK television. It was the sort of information they must have kept out of their Japanese history books.

[@hazarddavid6987]

They should not have kept that as a secret to their new generations...appalled by that

[@marinekong235]

japanese foundation is built on lies

[@peterc4082]

What a joke. So tell me how is this Tanaka of 1930s different to a Tanaka of current Japan? If they don't know what their ancestors did - and that's BS too as people do talk - how can they prevent becoming like that again? Of course they can't become like that again because, China can destroy anyone who attacks it and the US controls Japanese military the way it controls the German one but ask yourself why and how? And come on -- peaceful? Who isn't peaceful, Jayne Read? Which country in the world isn't peaceful? Yes there are some places with war and there are places with gangs and criminals but most people are peaceful and have morals and so on. But it was Japan murdering and raping her way across Asia and not say Korea or China or Indochina or India or anyone else. Come on.

[@balemohamad6135]

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

[@telesniper2]

Hahha, what a joke. Japan is like North Korea lite. They lie and cover up everything to "safe face". They like to brag about their "low crime rate" but that's a farce. Most murders are just written up as su1cides and they don't bother investigating further. They know nobody will kick up a fuss. That's why they have teh world's highest "su1cide" rate. There's even cases that make the papers where it's blatantly obvious it couldn't have been a su1cide, and Japanese people on boards like 2CH openly mock it. Also, it's why Aokigahara Forest and its ritual exists. It's a way for people that are legitimately committing su1cide to communicate its authenticity to others. In all your time studying Japan, you never discovered this? Think about it.....Aokigahara ritual makes no sense otherwise.

[@hazarddavid6987]

Honestly I don't smell any regret from them until today. Honour to others is a BS to them. - Malaysian

[@tvgerbil1984]

Tanaka was just one of the executioners. The real Butcher of Nanking was the general who gave the order to start the slaughter. He was granted immunity by Douglas MacArthur because of the deal MacArthur made with Hirohito.

[@KohalaLover]

Disgusting. What my country did for Japan & Nazi Germany makes me ill. 🇺🇸

[@antoniopintus8568]

general Matsui was executed, the only one granted has been the General Prince Asaka, an immense bastard, in 1947 he lost any right from being part of the royal japanese family. In brief, the Royal Japanese family was a disgrace to Japan from Meiji till today

[@williamchow7533]

General Matsui was hanged after the war as a convicted war criminal. Prince Asaka, who was in the army and is widely considered to have ordered the sacking of Nanking, escaped justice as part of the deal with MacArthur exempting all members of the Japanese royal family from criminal prosecution. He later converted to Christianity and spent his postwar years playing golf.

[@KohalaLover]

@@williamchow7533 Harrowing. Horrible.

[@williamchow7533]

Prince Asaka unfortunately was not the only big fish that got away. Other notable Japanese who escaped justice after WW2 include Dr Shiro Ishii (of Unit 731 fame) and Nobusuke Kishi (wartime minister, user of Chinese slave labour in Manchukuo and Shinzo Abe's grand dad). Both did well in postwar Japan; Kishi even got out of jail where he was held as a suspected Class A war criminal and eventually became an early postwar prime minister. @@KohalaLover

[@lavieetrangere]

What really annoys me is that the overall Japanese society continues to hide (intentionally and unintentionally) the facts of these historical events. Walking on the streets in Berlin, you see museums and monuments that document the atrocity of the Nazis. You see teachers talking to young kids about the history. Not in Tokyo. I think what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was terrible, and it should definitely be talked about, but Japan needs to have the courage to face its own past.

[@tomperkins5657]

This is true. Even some Japanese professors deny it. Only recently has the government admitted to the "comfort women" in Korea.

[@davisworth5114]

Well, the US has never faced its' past in Vietnam, has it. They just scapegoated all the Vietnam veterans and flushed the whole moral catastrophe down the memory hole. Ever heard the US government make an official apology to the teen-aged Army they betrayed , destroyed, an abandoned? Me neither. Reagan refused to provide government money so Vietnam veterans built The Wall themselves with donations from fund raisers. FACTS.

[@mtsu5736]

Japan may know but have no courage to face the own past. Japan tries to forget and hopes the world does the same. Japan is a peaceful country now. What's a pity.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup. I agree.

[@peterc4082]

This is a facade. When Poland asked for reparations for WW2 the Germans laughed it off. Germany was made to apologise for murdering Jews and American POWs. But when it comes to Poles and others, the Germans are clueless or maybe don't mind. Remember that West Germany paid SS pensions after the war. And most Nazis returned to work for the West German and East German governments after the war. Few were prosecuted.

[@renee1961]

Good morning. I just received this notification. I hope you're doing well. As ALWAYS, Thank You. I truly appreciate how much I'm learning from your channel!

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

I heard even the NAZIS were appalled at the Japanese atrocities.

[@danlivni2097]

Thw Nazis were worse. Look up the Eizengruppen

[@Manfred-cf9rn]

It was said that Heinrich Himmler, the founder and head of the dreaded GESTAPO wet his pants and fainted when he saw this NANJING DOCUMENTARY 😅😂

[@anthonylafayette4385]

The Nazis were appalled by the atrocities committed by the Croatian Ustace at Jasenovac against the Serbs.

[@peterc4082]

The Nazis were a party. Not all of them were bloodthirsty. Some were just guys like you and me who were Germany FIRST type people. Yes some of them would have been appalled by KL Auschwitz and also by this. Not every Nazi worked in Einsatzgruppen or was a death camp guard. Dude, they need to teach critical thinking in school.

[@amberfoster3285]

​@@peterc4082Most German citizens didn't even know the concentration camps existed or that Jews were being treated so horribly. It was only after the war ended that they saw first hand. The German government lied to them about it. It's why at the end of Band Of Brothers they make the townspeople bury the dead.

[@cdubs9918]

My Grandfather was in Okinawa. Every time I asked him about the war, he always said, "I'll tell you all about it when you're older." Unfortunately, my Grandfather died when I was 16....I never got a chance to talk to him about it. Maybe that's why I've studied everything I could about WW2, hoping to learn about the war and something about my Grandfather.

[@williamsmith3169]

A poorly lived life that came to an abrupt end......no tears indeed........

[@kpewliu4348]

The fact that a soldier's ability to kill unarmed civilians and prisoners of war is officially and publicly considered a "war hero" by the Japanese military, media, public and government attests to their values and morality at that time. I hope the present Japanese has changed for the better...

[@christiaannooteboom7059]

The same could be said about soldiers of many other countries including individuals from the United States. The fact that the United States government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, and another senior prosecution official, Phakiso Mochochoko makes it even more sour. In my opinion a great leader leads by example. By making war crimes unpunishable and even worse sanctions (freezes all their personal assets and not allowing them to travel) individuals investigating potential war crimes committed by US citizens the US government is giving a very bad example.

[@jamaljyf]

not really...

[@omgomb6520]

not much has been changed

[@mrsir8685]

Silly comment not comparing like with like the Japanese mindset was relatively universal and fully supported by the Japanese people and on a scale that was far bigger IE ex war criminals becoming prime Minister. Also a much larger portion of American society do not support or facilitate their atrocities. A much larger proportion of Americans take accountability and protest unjust foreign policy and never allowed the scale of depravity the Japanese engaged in with zero accountability.

[@jacktattis]

No they are not. The Japanese of today are not taught what happened .

[@MrSmiley1964]

Anybody else think it funny that he was denied a "Honorable" death?

[@janklaas6885]

well, it was an A hole 😂

[@zeffie100]

dont think its "funny"

[@edmunde21]

In my opinion his death was honorable enough, if it was during the qing dynasty his death would be worst.

[@brucebaum1458]

My wife’s great grandfather’s family was slaughtered he was left for dead, saw picture of the 6inch teak door that soldiers broke through to get to the family of 6 children and husband/wife. He survived remarried and lived in same house hence picture of repaired door. Wonder if she can sue Japan for reparations?

[@eriksatieofficiel]

No.

[@renee1961]

This is so Horrific! How could someone do that? My God!

[@KohalaLover]

No, no tears shed for Tanaka. Only humans commit atrocities like this. Animals, not humans, should be treated like the sacred beings they are.

[@janklaas6885]

ehhh, but humans are special annimals 😌

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

And certain animals (dolphins, orcas) take pleasure out of killing other marine animals (ie. not for food).

[@KohalaLover]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 Perhaps but millions more save other sea creatures including dolphins and whales. Much more animals save than destroy.

[@evelynsiegrist8311]

Some animals kill for sport!

[@AL_YZ]

You should see how hyenas and dogs and bears eat their prey alive. lol Or see how chimps and lions murder their competitors. You are so deluded.

[@TheHoth1]

My father was just a little boy and were beaten by Japanese soldiers. He still has scars on his leg to this day. I found out from our relatives that he(as a little boy) and my grandfather pushed a cart up and down the mountain to load up dead Chinese soldiers and buried them. My father never talked about that. I guess they trauma was just too much for him still:(

[@angxiang3186]

Little is said about a similar fate In Singapore ~ called the Sook Ching Massacre. Because Singapore Chinese has supported Mainland chinese fighting against the Japanese ~ upon the British surrender to the Japanese WW2, the Japanese took Chinese civilians and machine gun massacred them. Our Honourable Lee Kuan Yew has survived this massacre because his rickshaw puller hide LKY in his dormitory. It is estimated that 60,000 Chinese civilians(Singapore &Malaysia) were massacred by the WW2 Japanese invading force.

[@anthonylafayette4385]

And the person responsible for Sook Ching became a member of the Japanese Diet and also worked for the CIA. Masanobu Tsuji.

[@williamchow7533]

The man was a psycho. Tsuji was also a cannibal, having eaten the cooked flesh of Lieutenant Benjamin Parker, a POW. He was not the only Japanese soldier who dined on fellow humans. @@anthonylafayette4385

[@andybrown6981]

@@williamchow7533 Funny, your name matches your content.

[@peterc4082]

Terrible. But now Singapore emulated Japan kawaii lolita child pron culture. Sad. Japan never atoned for her sins.

[@johnphilipfosterdobson551]

One of my flatmates brought around his new japanese girlfriend and she met a chinese friend. She totally ignored the japanese girl, but did tell her that her home town had mounds around the district. They were the mass graves from the massacres in the district from the japanese occupation.

[@edwardsiu4266]

Thank you for your story. Any Chinese, Korean or Filipino over a certain age will have the Japanese atrocities just a scratch away from skin deep. A while a go I had a Hungarian acquaintance who is heavily into Japanese culture and samurai swords just told me to get over it. I was too angry to give a reply.

[@1792dt]

@@edwardsiu4266wow

[@agricola]

Well it is 2024. Maybe it’s time to quit stewing in your petty hate.@@edwardsiu4266

[@gkum6089]

I am sorry that is childish behaviour!! She did not commit atrocities and is inherently racist to assume all Japanese are alike. It's like me hating Genrmans in 2024 for what their ancestors did in 1930-1940!!

[@edwardsiu4266]

@@gkum6089 no it’s not, if one of your relatives was buried in one of the mass graves surrounding your home you’d think differently.

[@OldWomanfromtheMountains]

What makes all of this even worse is that unlike the Nuremberg trials against Nazi monsters, there never was any real trials against the Japanese monsters and no chance for the survivors (especially the American POW’s including women Army nurses) I realize that this was a long time ago, however where is the justice for those who fought in the Pacific Theater which lasted longer than the European Theater. Also this part of Japanese history is not taught in Japanese schools.

[@AJ-bz7wq]

Sorry my friend burn the ere were plenty of trials . Tojo and his ilke were executed

[@ExSquadie]

The denial was enabled and encouraged by the post war occupiers of Japan. Namely, the military-industrial complex of the USA.

[@NEOSCISSORSJAGUARPRIME]

​​@@AJ-bz7wqBUT THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS WERE ACQUITTED JUST FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN THE COLD WAR

[@tomperkins5657]

@@ExSquadie If you have documentation of this (not forum gossip), please put it in the reply.

[@ExSquadie]

@@tomperkins5657 Rain is wet. Do you need to see 'documentation' which backs up this statement as well?

[@kimwiser445]

The Chinese went through so much brutality because of Japan and then they had to deal with the brutality of the communists.

[@ysgoh1981]

The Japanese army's atrocities in China, Hong Kong and SE Asia will never be forgotten.

[@sujamaksujamak7532]

Hope Japan will rise again and together with the USA destroy China which is very evil so that only 10 million remain or disappear from this world.

[@stuartmclaren2402]

And the 2 atomic bombs will never be forgotten as well.

[@stephenaltieri1755]

my UNCLE HAROLD WAS AT PEALHARBOR WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED, ALSO ON ONE OF ISLANDS CONTROLLED BY JAPANESE, HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION, I THINK OF HIM OFTEN!!

[@gowdsake7103]

Yet we forget America in Korea and Viatnam

[@festivetosho7376]

Trying to state who behaved worse between Germany and Japan in ww2 is a bizarre exercise.

[@johnjones9065]

Those war criminals from Japan were brutal

[@keeseong2980]

They did the same to Koreans, Phillipinos, Malaysians and Indonesians.What is worse is they have a shrine in Tokyo to honor people like that and politicians would go and pay tribute to it.

[@charleshammer2928]

And this ladies and gentlemen, is why, amongst many other atrocities, the USA had the Japanese experience what it is like being very up close to the Sun, twice.

[@franziskani]

The Japanese _civilians_ mostly females, children, older men and women.

[@FrankD-fo2be]

The history of the massacre at Nanking was the subject of a book by Iris Chang an American author of Chinese heritage who interviewed many survivors of the massacre. Prior to the book there was little awareness of the events at Nanking in America. She was haunted by the interviews for the rest of her life and it took a heavy toll on her. She ended her own life at the age of 36 while writing her fourth book about the Bataan death march.

[@rf3495]

Thanks for mentioning this

[@williamchow7533]

Captain Tanaka deserved being shot for his crimes. But how did he and other Japanese soldiers come to callously regard killing as a sport; something that could be enjoyed? Personality defects may provide part of the answer, but I suspect the dehumanisation of non-Japanese by the imperial army could have a lot to do with it. Japanese who served in the infamous Unit 731, including army nurses, routinely referred to their unfortunate vivisection subjects as "maruta" or logs. Not fellow humans, or civilians, or POWs. These maruta were simply lab rats that could be infected with biological toxins, cut open without anaesthesia, and discarded after the usually fatal outcomes. Then onto the next batch. It would be wrong however to regard this abhorent practice as peculiarly Japanese. German Nazis had a term for non-Aryan people - "undermenschen" or subhumans. Because they were not human, non-Aryans could be shot or gassed in the way one would eradicate vermin. I'm sure there are other similar examples in history if you look hard enough. If you are truly human, you would not treat others badly simply because they come from a different country, or have a different skin colour, or because they follow a different religion. They are fellow humans. You have much more in common with them than you may realise.

[@dougearnest7590]

@Rob-lw1uw You are both right. Japanese racism was so strong it would put Al Sharpton to shame.

[@tangbesitangbesi7009]

People of the World should be totally grateful to authors of books, documentaries and even short vids exposing war crimes, heinous acts on unarmed civilians and the humans behind all the atrocities. War crimes of WWII are emerging but the atrocities committed by militaries in the Vietnam war, the Iraq war, the Libya war, the Afghanistan war and the latest one, the Ukraine Russia war, have yet to be seen. Are the war journalists writings being suppress? We must all demand the writings of war jounalists be shared with the public.

[@reneedennis2011]

Thank you for this video.

[@sanetzwiegers564]

This is what man is capable of...FINAL judgement awaits...

[@AlteredStateAdventures]

He had a cruel face

[@blacksheepshepherd]

The Hatred Will Not Be Forgotten!!!!

[@Gerrygambone]

Amazing how quick alliances can change. Today Japan is seen as an ally and China a potential enemy.

[@chrisleete7379]

Japan and Germany were completely defeated and occupied for many years. Their governments were completely reformed under close monitoring by the Allied powers. That old saying about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer applied. But also another old saying applies, about the children being innocent of the sins of the father. Otherwise the world would never heal or know any peace.

[@TRKEWEENAW]

Potential?

[@javierhareed5541]

China right now has grown up to be feared in order to avoid a repeat of the genocide in Nanjing

[@Gerrygambone]

Looks like the Chinese are seeing of Uyghurs. @@javierhareed5541

[@fargr5926]

China was abandoned as an ally because it was a backward agricultural country, while Japan was picked as a new ally because it had had industrial capacity. China was poor with a big number of hungry peasants, yet Japan had a potential to recover quickly and in a good water course to hold against China and USSR. That was the geopolitical calculation first caught and put in memo by John McMurry (hope I got the name right) in 1935, later adopted by George Kennan in 1945.

[@rf3495]

The My Lai massacre: the main perpetrator did some months under house arrest on an army base. There were no other punishments. Hundreds of women, children, and elderly murdered. People who live in glass houses…….

[@philippefalque9916]

Thanks for this video. It is weird. Japonese still honored their generals , officers and soldiers responsible for atrocities and war crime, but they are not bad people nowadays... Difficult to understand their thinking.

[@user-ed1nw6vr8n]

Most likely because most japanese don't know their crimes,if they knew it i doubt they will still respect their soldiers and generals

[@factspoken9062]

Only 300? During the invasion of Tibet in 1950s one invader captian cut off the left ear of every monk he killed and made it into a bead. Then he was showing it to other prisoner as " sera lamai nakey", ( Ear garland of monks of sera monastery. Sera monastery was looted, gutted and later desmantled brick by brick by native slave labourers)

[@chrispreece2874]

People are forgetting that due to its past, Japan only has a self-defense military force. Which it did voluntarily.

[@harrychrisbanoe4870]

hukuman yang paling pantas sebenarnya bukan ditembak tapi dipukuli sampai mati

[@PH7NTOM]

Based

[@danatkins8240]

The difference between the Germans and the Japanese is the fact the Germans have accepted and owned their horrific behaviour whilst the Japanese have tried to brush it under the mat and refused to apologise for or accept what they did. It makes one wonder if they would do it again given half a chance?

[@peterc4082]

That's not true. The Germans only know they killed Jews, like you. You probably don't know the Nazis murdered millions of Slavs and the Germans did not apologise for most of that. After the war the West German government paid SS pensions. Do research the subject instead of posting lies.

[@stuna101a]

For a society that held honor above all else, the things they did were despicable beyond measure.

[@rolandlabelle188]

The British and french and American who were stealing from the Chinese abandoned them beforehand

[@echochambers8418]

The Japanese were the most sadistic,evil military by far.

[@MrJonesy2121]

Manchuria is not a rubber producing area, so some of this information is incorrect.

[@BrunoNunes83]

there is a song in Brazil that says: "a bomb dropped in Japan gave birth to the Japan of Peace" (Gilberto Gil)

[@fredlar9421]

German and Russian, Japanese and Chinese, they hated each other in WWII so much that had never been seen before.

[@user-ln9ds3fu9r]

銃殺での死はある意味温情だ。彼らが中国人へ与えた痛みと苦しみに比べれば、痛みも苦しみも無い一瞬の死だ。苦しんで死んでいった中国人達はおそらく納得してはいないだろう。 Death by gunfire is, in a sense, compassionate. Compared to the pain and suffering they inflicted on the Chinese people, it was a momentary death with no pain or suffering. The Chinese people who suffered and died probably weren't convinced.

[@robertnorman7309]

We are still learning the lessons unfortunately. Horrific.

[@JL-cc2pt]

China - admit what you did and apologize Japan - we regret what happened China - not good enough Japan - we said we're sorry China - not good enough Japan - it never happened

[@Bialy_1]

Mao starved 50 millions of its own people and Chinese love him for it and printing his face on Chinese money bills to this very day...

[@fargr5926]

total BS. Japan never apologized as a country, all the previous so-called apologies were politician's personal statements. It's impossible to push a public national apology, politicians will lose their jobs. Today politicians still went to worship the war criminals.

[@Ama-hi5kn]

Look up documentaries about Unit 731.

[@Kursus_Dasar_Elektronika]

Many younger generations of Japanese never know about this and never written on their history books.

[@madhuvv8136]

That is why i never shed tears on nagasaki, hiroshima. every japanese have to pay the price.... including emperor... but he escaped

[@jguenther3049]

Sparing Hirohito was expedient.

[@tudyk21]

Hirohito was "subjugated" by MacArthur, who was the military governor of Japan after the surrender, in order to more easily pacify the Japanese populace. He essentially lost his god status because of this and the fanaticism of the Japanese was quelled.

[@karenturcola4524]

Just unbelievable.

[@davidgaine4697]

I have never heard of this man but the two others who beheaded over 100 prisoners each I saw in another documentary. They were tried on the basis of a book written about them. Their crimes would have gone unnoticed otherwise. Goes to show be careful who your heroes are. Justice is what is fair not revenge. They were executed for their war crimes but what about the thousands of women, men and innocent children who were murdered? China was locked in a civil war. They had no time for protracted revenge. The Japanese suffered occupation and extensive reparations until the 60’s when their economy began to flourish thanks to international investment. They have had their global reputation tarnished ever since the war. Few countries will forget the path Japan took. It was a perfect storm of politics and circumstance. Their campaigns in the Pacific were born out of paranoia, opportunism and jealousy of how the Europeans had dominated and appropriated vital raw materials in order to accrue wealth and influence. They considered it their destiny.

[@victorsauvage1890]

You seem to be muddled -- You say that Japan's ''reputation was tarnished" -- What does that mean? Are you suggesting that Captain Tanaka was not representative of Japanese ethos or morality? -- Do you share the attitude of Leiutenant Gunichi Tanaka? Are you a relative of Colonel Tanaka? What do you say that Japan "considered it their destiny"?

[@hananokuni2580]

@@victorsauvage1890 That was the belief at the time, that the Japanese would, as the only Asian nation to successfully resist Western aggression, expel the Western imperialists and bring about a new age of prosperity not just for Japan, but for the rest of East Asia. The belief that this would come about is rooted in how Japan won the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. This was the first war in which an Asian country beat a European one and it came as a shock to the Europeans back then, who believed Western Europe to be the center of human civilization. That a non-European country could defeat a European one in a war was hard to believe. Some people say that after serving in WW2 and serving as Diet member, Masanobu Tsuji (1901-1968?) advised the North Vietnamese military after mysteriously disappearing while on a trip to Laos. Perhaps he still believed that Japan should be at the vanguard of Pan-Asianism.

[@TWCobra]

I was in a bar in Shanghai when the Tsunami hit in Japan. Every Chinese person there was cheering. Now I know why.

[@tagheuerwoods6241]

It's stupid, people are not responsible for what their fathers and grandfathers did even though an official apology is a must.

[@fargr5926]

@@tagheuerwoods6241 they have historical responsibilities, they are responsible to learn the history and apologize.

[@ccrider8483]

In the 90's a visiting Chinese professor at my University ask me why the WW2 holocost was often referenced in our popular media but never any mention of the 25 million Chinese deaths at the hands of the Japanese? I didn't have a good answer. I suppose I should have said that it was because the Chinese did not enjoy the advantages of a good Jewish PR firm.

[@patricklee6066]

Absolutely.Could not agree more.

[@anthonyz7000]

Antisemitism aside, it probably has more to do with the Chinese embracing communism after WWII, and were therefore less sympathetic. Both atrocities should be remembered.

[@ccrider8483]

@@anthonyz7000 I was wondering how long it be before someone would use the ever popular term "antisemitism" to try to discredit anything remotely associated to anything Jewish. Isn't it interesting that the Palistinian/Arab neighbors to Israel are also semites yet never try to silence their critics by labeling them with that term? My original comment was not intended to in any way be pajoritive toward Jewish people, but rather to recognize a talent not enjoyed by everyone.

[@koblerville923]

At 8:41 that does not show people evacuating Nanjing. Note the name of the ship, USS Diachenko, which was commissioned in 1944, seven years after the Nanjing massacre.

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Its facinating they went straight for the war crimes without the psycological effects of a drawn out conflict, from family home to the barracs straight to rape and murder

[@irisdr7916]

This is atrocious ,the Japanese soldiers were even crueler than the Nazis

[@johnridgeway5265]

I'd give them both a draw

[@danlivni2097]

​@@johnridgeway5265Nazis were worse. Look up the Eizengruppen.

[@xandra-hp6lr]

Sadly the Japanese saw the Chinese as sub humans.

[@rickwilliams1204]

As did the Germans who thought slavs jews gypsies africans .......

[@MrSmiley1964]

@@rickwilliams1204 And the Americans saw the Native Americans. Or many still see, I should say.

[@xandra-hp6lr]

@@rickwilliams1204 i know. So sad 😞

[@glennhumphries9444]

The Japanese view everyone that way today.

[@MrSmiley1964]

Reading these comments, we can see a trend emerging, far too many people can only lift themselves up by tearing others down. Nationalism is a curse.

[@choomenglee2404]

I am 81 yrs old now. I remembered my late uncle who was a colonel with the Chinese Kuomintang army told me about the atrocities committed àgainst the Burmese and Chinese people during the China Burma Road Campaign during WW2

[@ludoviccruchot5984]

Nowadays, in japanese schools, these events are minimized.

[@omgomb6520]

that's the reason my parents never used Japanese products. they hardly told me that part of history till months before they passed

[@lbride3738]

When in war, we forget the kindness in us. Civilians are the easiest target. Mukai & Noda & Tanaka were killing off the poor Chinese civilians, yet the Japanese public at that time viewed them as heroes. The bombing of London by the German, and the bombing of German towns by the allied, all targeted the civilians.

[@victorsauvage1890]

Shame on you! What you have said here is exactly what one of those laughing Japanese soldiers in the photograph would say!

[@PH7NTOM]

@@victorsauvage1890 cope seethe repeat

[@naturemeditation3751]

Studied this Incident in history class as a student

[@james-pierre7634]

World War Two actually began in or about 1931. In Asia. Just because the US didn’t get involved until 1941 does not make for that to be the start of WW2. Just like the late US entry into the Great War until 1918 does not mark the beginning of WW1.

[@donrektmeplease]

Nanjng will never forget. Chinese will never forget

[@mneoud]

I shed no tears and piss on his memory

[@iusufkamiil3751]

JAPANESE ALSO RECRUITING KOREANS AS THEIR SOLDIERS

[@bayuajifebriyanto]

Since you mentioned about rabe, perhaps you can make a video about his generosity i guess.

[@thhseeking]

There was a documentary about him called something like "The Good Nazi of Nanking". He was a pacifist working for Siemens in China, and was only a Nazi for work reasons. When he returned to Germany he tried to talk about what he'd seen, but since Japan was part of the Axis he was told to shut up. After the war, he lost his job due to being a Nazi. When they found out, the people of Nanjing sent him parcels. There's a statue of him in Nanjing.

[@kialljacobs8331]

Very interesting story

[@oluwaseyiafolabi614]

Is this actually how people walk faster back then or it's just the camera back then that makes them walk this fast??

[@javierhareed5541]

Na wetin u pick u out? Naija man

[@wayned69]

Strangely the Japanese refute the rape of Nanjing. In the West not much is said about this horrific incident unlike the Holocaust. Most of the perpetrators of room 731 were set free by the USA. Double standards indeed.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Have you also covered the atrocity of the “Comfort Women” (the reprehensible euphemism for civilian women who were forced to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers) in any detail? I’m new to your channel, and since you mentioned that at some point in this video that the Japanese established a house for “Comfort Women,” I thought I’d ask….if you haven’t, you should. Next to no one I know has heard of this terrible atrocity committed against women of many nationalities by the Imperial Japanese Army.

[@jaredquinney204]

This guy really is a sad person

[@stringer-ik1pc]

And today we buy their goods,just like Germany.

[@generalfeed123]

Thank you

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

It brings out the worst in us All period Fact of life.

[@user-op6eu3tt9j]

What a waste of time and misery.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Ahh … the Japanese notion of human rights in evidence

[@johnridgeway5265]

History takes care of reputations.

[@robertfolkner9253]

My dad fought the Japanese in the Philippines. He never had anything good to say about them.