Swept Under the Rug: The Truth About the Japanese Holocaust

[@TodayIFoundOut]

As you might expect, KZbin demonetized this video. And then doubled down and age restricted it. So extra special thanks to Bespoke Post for stepping up and allowing us to do a video like this on an important part of history. Without our sponsors we couldn't do literally 2/3 of what we do already, let alone have the freedom to cover topics like this in the depth they should be covered in. So please do check out Bespoke Post! New subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome - go to bespokepost.com/brainfood and enter code BRAINFOOD at checkout. Thanks!

[@jasongrundy1717]

Trippled down and said you don't know the meaning of holocaust.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

@@jasongrundy1717 Normally KZbin's system is OK for this sort of thing. The auto-checker will ding videos but upon appeal, usually fine. Or they'll point out what specific thing they had issue. But this one was maddening. Took them a whopping about 5 minutes to review and reject the 2 hour video when we appealed... And no indication of what the reviewer had issue with. Yes it deals with graphic things, but they usually make an exception when ultra educational/documentary style as this is. This time the reviewer apparently didn't bother to look too much into it. Nothing to be done but be extra grateful to Bespoke Post for stepping up! The amount of man-hours our team put into this one was extreme. Even for us. -Daven

[@olencone4005]

@@TodayIFoundOut I've seen a lot of hosts dipping into other services, like Curiosity, because YT keeps dinging their more serious fare. Some days it seems like YT just wants happy-happy super-sugar content hehe!

[@normanbraslow7902]

US troops were just as brutal to any Japanese POWs. My father witnessed manybsuch actions in New Guinea. Nobody has clean hands in War.

[@Mr.AimToMisbehave]

@TodayIFoundOut yeah YT needs to have a system in place to tell you who the reviewer is/was and give you up to date contact information for that person.

[@jrmckim]

My doctor was born as a result of sexual assault on his Filipino mother by a Japanese soldier. My doctor moved to the US in his 20s and joined the military as a fighter pilot. He eventually became a flight surgeon then settled down and raised his 4 daughters. He saved my life when he took me seriously and did lots of tests to see what was wrong with me. I had lupus. It took 8 years to get that diagnosis. He was the first doctor to really listen to me. He retired a little over a year ago and i havent found a doctor that measures up to him. Even though he came into this world through violence, he never let that hold him back. Thank you Dr Singson for believing me and in yourself ❤

[@abhishekchaudhry80]

❤

[@zozoartstudio4727]

We need more people like him

[@Mike-tt8mj]

and this is why abortion is always wrong

[@lone6718]

❤

[@taglor]

Wonderful person by the sounds of it. Forged in iron ✊

[@-Ennui-]

Well that was grim. Props to Simon and the team for delving into this so unflinchingly with no sugar coating.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

I wonder what it's like having to read and quote things like this. I hope Simon and his team have great therapists. It can't be easy to cover these topics.

[@floriandorsch8885]

Somehow the canibalism bit doesen't bother me that much, in this video.

[@lupo3694]

@@floriandorsch8885 it was far from the worst in this video. The "medical" experiments where far worse than eating a dead person if you ask me. I half way in now and I'm not sure if I can, or want to finish watching.

[@chrishakala528]

​@@floriandorsch8885As lupo said, that is probably because the other acts of brutality mentioned before that point were so cruel and inhumane by comparison.

[@birdielein9636]

Thank you for covering this. I'm a military historian- European theater in focus-, and when I bring up the war, I'm always astounded about how little anyone knows about atrocities *not* carried out by the Germans. I even had one person say, "Well the Japanese weren't great in the Pacific but the Germans... *insert Holocaust fact here*. If I bring up Allied war crimes, those are entirely justified with "They (always the Germans) started it! Horrors of WWII were not *just* the Germans. Everyone did some seriously horrible things... but I have to say, the war crimes of the Japanese are particularly bent. (Not a statement of "who is worse" here! Systematic torture and slaughter of people is barbaric irrespective of race/religion/nationality). If people really believe in "Never again," then they need to understand that war is not a one sided affair. I also appreciate that you took the time to really research and (I would say) cover it fairly. I will check out your ones on the German side. I'm a big fan of your channels, but I don't watch a lot of youtube WWII European theater stuff because so much is either hugely biased, overly sensationalized, or Saw 1943.

[@DevoGaming93]

Atrocities committed by American troops against Japanese and German troops is 100% justified. Sounds like you believe the "Good Heer" Myth. Disgusting.

[@Hotchpotchsoup]

Today's media is so full of propaganda, misleading information and censorship it's really hard to make the public aware of the atrocities happening today. As soon as you post something critical of our own government we're censored by automated filters to "stop misinformation" (or rather to only allow government approved information) democracy is basically being undone and most people don't understand it, would think it's just crazy conspiracy theories or won't even get access to the information.

[@fannybuster]

He should talk about all the rapes and murders the Russians did after the war was over.

[@bow_wow_wow]

Hear, hear... The men who perpetrated these atrocities were not entirely different from men today. If nothing else, we're the same sex of the same species with the same impulses. Therefore, when I learn what these Japanese men did in the 1940's, I consider myself to also have learned what I may be capable of doing, if the circumstances of my life were different. You mentioned "Never Again"-- I agree wholeheartedly that we need to look at all sides with as little bias as possible and I think that a further requirement is not to assume there is any inherent difference between most of the men who committed these crimes and myself but to look at these circumstances with the understanding that I'm just as capable of evil as most of them (I say most because surely some were also psychopaths).

[@Sandlin22]

Yeah it would be good if people stopped pretending that Switzerland and Sweden were "neutral" while they did everything they could to help the Nazis from sending them iron ore for their war machine when no one else would and accepting the stolen gold from massacred families. Switzerland just pretended that the Nazis naturally came across train car after train car of gold teeth ripped from people's faces. Everyone gets mad about how many prominent Nazis escaped justice while ignoring it was Spain that used their massive railway systems to shuttle the Nazis to safety and, without a doubt, helped create fake identification for them. Many countries helped the Nazis but few are ever critiqued for it.

[@taylorlibby7642]

My grandfather was a Marine Sgt. during the island hopping campaign. He fought on Okinawa, Tarawa, and Guadalcanal. Wounded five times in total. He said the fighting on both sides was merciless and without pity. No one was taking prisoners. He also said that for him Guadalcanal was the worst fighting because of the weather and terrain. He would wake up in bed and find tiny bits of metal around him, grenade shrapnel that had worked it's way out of his body during the night. For the rest of his life the man refused to have any Japanes made product in his home and he refused to even ride in a Japanese car. But he did participate in Marine Corps reunions and once even met and shook hands with a Japanese survivor of Guadalcanal.

[@NealBones]

"Wanna ride in my new Toyota?" Grandpa 😡

[@taylorlibby7642]

@@NealBones More like he'd drive around in his old-school Chrysler New Yorker and talk about how it could "gobble up a Toyota, chew it up in the engine, and spit it out the tailpipe in 72 interchangeable parts!"

[@NealBones]

@@taylorlibby7642 I love it 😂

[@THEPURPLEHAZE1000]

My grandfather served in North Africa and then in the pacific. He too refused to have any Japanese products in his house or ride in a Japanese car. He died vehemently hating the Japanese. God only knows what he saw cause he refused to talk to anyone about it

[@HumanHamCube]

My grandfather didn't either. He said the Mitsubishi logo was a propeller and was glad they were no longer flying.

[@TheQuickSilver101]

KZbin is cowardly for demonetizing this. Why acknowledge the past when you can age restrict it and then further bury it with an algorithm. Shameful

[@TodayIFoundOut]

I understand the demonetization. That is what it is. I take issue with the age restriction, ironically in part for reasons we even explicitly talk about near the end of this video when discussing how these topics are usually taught in schools. As for KZbin, they also usually make an exception for educational pieces like this. In their guidelines page about such exceptions they even explicitly mention WWII educational content just like this as something they will often bypass their normal community guidelines on. And that has been our experience in the past for the most part. But on this one from the time we appealed to rejection of that appeal was only about 5 minutes... For a 2 hour video... The manual reviewer didn't really look at it it would seem. -Daven

[@tessiepinkman]

@@TodayIFoundOutCan we as your audience do anything to help? Because this shouldn't be age restricted. It simply shouldn't.

[@rmonogue]

It is ridiculous that this was demonetized without a proper review. I wish KZbin had an appeals process that the viewers could implement

[@charlesirvin4578]

😢😅

[@charlesirvin4578]

​@@TodayIFoundOutand😅😅

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

As the last few survivors of this war die, the phrase “those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” comes to mind, as does the thought, what of those who don’t even know about the history? Vital to keep this knowledge out there. Thanks for this unflinching look. Much appreciated.

[@twofortydrifter]

You mean anyone educated in Japan?

[@dfuher968]

@@twofortydrifterEverywhere. Every1 whitewashes their history. Americans to an almost North Korean level. As ur comment shows.

[@LokiBJH]

This is just one of such atrocities that are worked to be buried. An example are the Japanese Internment camps in America. A cursory look at first hand accounts shows that "internemt" is a more palatable word for "concentration." Funny how things get renamed when a country wants to wash away how bad it was faster. This video and that example are stains on humanity that should nevere forgotten. This in addition to lesser and worse events that are still horrible. The more I learn about people of the past, the more I see echoes of repeating events ramping up in what seems to be a repeat occurence...

[@Interrobang212]

Very bold to put this here and not Into the Shadows but I appreciate wanting to get this out to as many people as possible. Well done, Simon and team.

[@TheRilluma]

#AsianSavagery #AsiansLoveTorture #Overkill #SelectiveAsianOutburst

[@blueberrybane1025]

My Grandpa was a prisoner of war to the Japanese. He was captured when the Dutch colonies surrendered and all the allied troops still there were either killed or captured. Most of his fellow prisoners did not survive and I was told some very disturbing stories of what happened during those times. Those that came back were never the same again. As well as many being worked to death, constructing airfields and being barely fed, their was also torture, often psychological, such as getting the men to write letters to their families, after which the Japanese would set up a large bonfire and burn the letters in a pile. My grandpa said many men just laid down and died after these things occurred. Few seem to remember these things anymore and that simply isn't right.

[@commonsense571]

🌹🌹🌹 Never to be forgotten 🌹🌹🌹 I remember, my friend. My grandfather was a flight surgeon in the South Pacific. My other grandfather, well I don’t know what he did as he never spoke on it. His brother Frank was killed. But he served and was the most honorable man. I have relics from the unspeakable horror of trench warfare in WW1 where my great uncle died from mustard gas. And my beloved father was taken by the poison in Vietnam. I promise I will never forget their sacrifice, suffering, and honor. I send my heart to you with the promise. ..to Never forget. 🌹🌹🌹

[@samirose1778]

This was painful to hear because I studied in Japan and love the people and it's culture. But having recently discovered an ancestor of mine passed away in a Japanese prisoner or war camp and his grave is in Tokyo I have felt the need to listen and discover this side of their history. It is heart breaking and such a miracle that 70years after he died I was was able to enter the same city peacefully and with friendship. It must have been unimaginable to them at that time. Thank you for covering this topic.

[@commonsense571]

It is a strange and difficult thing. My father served in Vietnam and I know it was rough because he never spoke on it. But he did say this: That it was a magnificently beautiful country where the poison hadn’t killed the foliage. And he spoke I’d his affection for the Vietnamese peoples. He loved them. “Nobody wants war. Most people are just farmers and families trying to make a living in the middle of this awfulness “

[@wwx-lwj-ai-ni]

My grandfather's brother was killed in the Battle of Hong Kong. His family didn't know his fate until after the war, so one of his sisters listened to shortwave radio broadcasts that were put out from pow camps where prisoners were occasionally allowed to say "my name is XXXX, I'm here with YYYY & ZZZZ" in hopes of hearing her brother's name. She never did, but she tracked down the families of all the pows she heard mentioned to tell them their loved ones were alive. I have a collection of the grateful reply letters sent to her from families and even some of the soldiers themselves. After the war, a surviving pow told my family he'd seen their brother killed in battle with his own eyes less than two weeks after the attack began. His official DOD is listed as Dec 21, 1941 -- his little sister's bday.

[@commonsense571]

🌹🌹🌹 Never To Be Forgotten 🌹🌹🌹

[@P4Tri0t420]

"Collective Amnesia" hits the Nail right on the Head when it comes to crimes commited by the "Good Guys" Good Video as always👌🏼

[@playedout148]

Agreed. There's a certain amount of "why did you do this" in terms of the relationship between instigator and reactor in war. Japan attacked the United States and suffered consequences.

[@nathnathn]

They also like to forget the now declassified fact that the US had the Japanese declaration of war beforehand and the other fact that the US leadership was passing around a memo beforehand on how to instigate an attack from the Japanese that happened to match up with US policy.

[@davestier6247]

In the crude modern vernacular the Japanese "Fucked Around and Found Out"

[@holysecret2]

It's sad, really. Sweeping your wrongs under the rug and not facing up to them is basically the same as promising "I will do it again". There is no true victory without learning and preventing similar catastrophies in the future.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

​@@holysecret2 War itself is an atrocity. There's no such thing as a "righteous war".

[@abxorb]

If you know a little bit about what happened in the Pacific Theatre, you know how horrifying it was. But you DEFINITELY know how much terrible sh*t was done, when Simon makes a video about it and needs TWO HOURS to be able to tell everything you need to know. 😬😰

[@harryzain]

‘Lest we forget’... thank you for this remembrance video. My dad told me stories of when the Japanese occupied Malaya. I hope to pass the knowledge to my kids one day so they never forget. Wasn’t an easy read for you I’m sure, we appreciate it.

[@kerrypolson2207]

Much love to Simon and the team for covering topics that KZbin demonetises. History is important, there should be a drop down menu for that to allow you to tell KZbin that it’s educational ❤

[@jg8263]

I am so glad to see this serious topic covered in such a unbiased and mature manner. I once read a book written by a Chinese survivor of this period, it is one of the most horrific things I have ever learned about. As you draw attention to, we humans are capable of horrific things and even the best of us will participate (willingly or otherwise) under similar circumstances.

[@caseylim8674]

not all humans..only japan.

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

Saw an interview with a Japanese vet that had cannibalized Chinese prisoners. He had NO remorse.

[@georgehh2574]

"we humans" I fucking hate when people say this, absolute stupidity. THEY were capable of this, THEY did this.

[@jg8263]

@@georgehh2574 and my uncle admits he once slit a child's throat in Vietnam. In order to get the kid's parents to give up the VietCong, killed an innocent kid. Yeah, all humans are equally capable of bad shit, don't act like you know how you would behave had you been raised in those times under those circumstances, they likely saw nothing wrong as a result. Simon literally says the same shit in the video, go ahead and rewatch to see. As he stated "you would". Look at the f'ing Klan, or Salem Witch Trials, if you think Americans aren't capable of doing bad shit under the right circumstances. My grandfather had some interesting stories of what the USMC did while island hopping the pacific in ww2, including burning prisoners alive. So yeah, we humans.

[@jarodstrain8905]

People take deep offense at the idea that human beings in general are capable of such things, and understandably so. But no, it wasn't just the Japanese. It was only the Japanese who had this as standard practice, but there were, and are, deviants in every military that engaged in such behavior. It's just that in Japan it was rewarded and in other nations it was punished.

[@Planag7]

I know KZbin is going to do their best to push this down but I appreciate this being shared. There is a famous composer of a certain video-game-series that absolutely denies this stuff ever happened. He was even a part of a group that took our whole page ad in the Washington Post to deny that these things ever happened. So to be honest with you I call you thank you for at least posting this up despite the age restriction or anyting else that will inevitably happen

[@WanderingMiqo]

Which composer?

[@thejokerl1ves]

@@WanderingMiqo Koichi Sugiyama. He was the composer for Dragon Quest. He's not a great person, all in all. Was involved in quite a few nationalist groups. Luckily, he's dead now.

[@maksphoto78]

Not Jeremy Soule surely, I mean how much more can the guy suffer!

[@GrievousReborn]

​@@WanderingMiqoKoichi Sugiyama

[@DevoGaming93]

Perhaps they should until people use the true number. It's definitely not 6 million.

[@devikwolf]

A two hour TIFO? Buckle up...

[@davidjairala69]

STWHFO - spent two whole hours finding out

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

Same thought here. Would've thought this was Into the Shadows ground but Today I Found Out is broad enough terminology to be fair lol

[@chris.3711]

I can't believe I read this before looking at the length. I just wanted something short to listen to.

[@ilajoie3]

​​@@xXScissorHandsXx think it was for trying to get enough views. TIFO has over 3 million subscribers, while into the shadows has only 600k

[@LethalJizzle]

Not just a two hour TIFO. A two hour TIFO on the atrocities of the Japanese. Which explains why you need to buckle up.... and why it's two hours long.

[@gmoney4980]

Wow... this was an unforgettable video, Simon. The in-depth research & presentation is unprecedented. Screw the Tube's demonization. This is history... no matter how upsetting, graphic, or disturbing, it can be. It needs to be told so we hopefully become better. Humans & the past were the worst.

[@ex-navyspook]

Humans and the past? We like to think we're better, but all it takes is for a simple push for humans to devolve to their animal nature, to become creatures I don't recognize as being human, at least not in the rational sense. The past may have been the worst, but we humans are what we are; I've seen it firsthand in far too many places, and far too recently, to think otherwise.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Viewing Guide: The Precursor: 6:27 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Precedent: 15:50 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y Par for the Course: 34:11 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Doolittle Raids: 37:48 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Catastrophic Response: 42:57 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Rampant War Crimes Outside of the Massacres: 45:48 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y What Happened to the POWs: 50:34 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y Unit 731 and Others Like It: 58:13 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Totals: 1:10:04 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y But MOTHER OF GOD- WHY?!? 1:13:31 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y A Genuine Clusterfuck: 1:17:21 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Beatings will Continue Until Moral Improves: 1:23:16 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Troublesome Contrast: 1:27:58 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Distinction- What Do YOU Think? 1:35:23 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y How Did Unit 731 Justify Their Acts to Themselves? 1:37:50 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Surrender: 1:44:15 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y The Aftermath: 1:47:42 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y Who’s to Blame? 1:52:34 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y Why Did Unit 731 Officials Get Off Scot-Free? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y Bonus Fact: 2:06:16 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m7lmx-prxrh5Y

[@aungkhantkyaw9771]

where can i find the sources ?

[@johnlarson111]

my father fought in the pacific. he told me that "quarter was neither given nor expected"

[@aq5426]

One of my great-uncles fought in the Pacific. From the day he got home to the day he died, he refused to talk about any of it.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

My grandfather fought in the South Pacific and was in Japan after the end of the war.

[@van3158]

My grandfather fought in the pacific ww2, Vietnam, and Korea. He spoke highly of Koreans, never mentioned Vietnamese, and despised Japanese the rest of his life. He told me about the things the Japanese did, staking men over bamboo shoots to kill them slowly and agonizingly.

[@jefferyepstein9210]

​@@aq5426 My uncle was a POW held by the Japanese for almost 3 years. He weighed 87 pounds upon his release and spent the next year on hospital ships and stateside hospitals. His elbows and shoulders had been dislocated so many times that he was eligible for disability pension after he was discharged. He absolutely hated them with every cell in his body and never forgave them for not only what they did to him but what they did to all the pows. He wished we had destroyed the entire country. He lived to be 97 and never lost his hate for them.

[@herbiehusker1889]

My grandfather barely survived a kamikaze attack on his ship. He also was in Tokyo harbor when they signed the peace documents. He didn't have anything good to say about the Japanese.

[@fatalfury66]

This was a rough video, But I owe it to the victims to watch it all the way through. I can't simply bury my head in the sand and pretend this never happened.

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

I'm a Jewish woman living in Brooklyn. I know my holocaust history as well as the next Jew but I know so little of what the ancestors of my Chinese neighbors faced. Even today when NYC schools have a higher Chinese population than ever, these things are not taught in school. They're ignored and swept under the rug. If it weren't for Call the Midwife who knows when I'd have been introduced to the atrocities committed against the Chinese by the Japanese. Thank you for covering this topic. I've been looking for a video breaking it down since the aforementioned CTM episode. Your hard work and dedication is recognized and greatly appreciated 💙

[@lizc6393]

Shabbat Shalom!

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

This is ignored, as well as the atrocities of Chairman Mau and really comunists in general. As if the Chinese hadn't suffered enough in the war, the communists just had to come along and one up the Japanese, and are still at it.

[@choughed3072]

My dad and grandad used to shoot rabbits on this old guys farm back when i was a kid in the 90s. The old guy flat out refused to have anything made in japan or referenced japan anywhere on his property. I found out a few years after he died that he fought in Burma (British army) and his brother had been tortured and killed by the japanese. He genuinely hated them as well, absolute pure hatred, he must of seen some hideous crap to feel like that.

[@HumanHamCube]

The Empire of Japan were unusually and unnecessarily cruel to the people they conquered. That empire deserved to be turned to ash. Even now they don't apologize for their war crimes.

[@hoodzzeee]

​@loganw6156 no nation apologise for war crimes. That's how it goes.

[@HumanHamCube]

@hoodzzeee Germany has. Japan's attitude towards their war crimes are the equivalent of holocaust denial.

[@OfAngelsAndAnarchist]

Pretty hypocritical You should see what the British got up to

[@GIBBO4182]

@@OfAngelsAndAnarchistenlighten everyone…

[@vonries]

I can't believe I just say through over 2 hours of a video. I know they rarely even make movies that long. But damn was it good. It was also quite worth it.

[@jtimms3985]

This was enlightening. My parents lived through the war in Asia. My parents never really talked about what they went through. Just glossing over the facts. I now have a small understanding of what they went through.

[@sophiev1900]

This is amazing. So well written. I’ve never heard such an in-depth documentary, because let’s face it it is a documentary via KZbin channel. I’ve never heard so much about the Japaneses’ part in the war(s). No sugar-coating either. Painful to hear but I love history and I can only hope this never gets repeated.

[@andrewostman3135]

To Simon's point about the equivalence of the rape of Nanking and the nuclear bombs, the former was done by thousands of soldiers who each made an individual decision to exemplify the most horrific aspects of human nature. If you want to call it that. One person pushing a button to kill an equivalent number of people is still only one person hyperbolic I know, but the decision is in the hands of much fewer people. I view the former is being worse because the weight of numbers said that some reasoning should have occurred that didn't so the fault in their actions is societal at that point.

[@lizc6393]

Dropping the bomb was wrong, but if ANY country asked for it, Japan was begging.

[@AB-wf8ek]

The way people die in war is horrific no matter what, but I think there's a big difference between dying swiftly by a bomb, and watching your children painfully murdered/being forced to burn your husband alive/being forced to watch your loves ones gang raped. In my mind, one type of death is significantly worse than the other. The Japanese were absolute monsters on an individual level.

[@andrewostman3135]

@@AB-wf8ek it is the personal nature of it... Dropping a bomb isn't the same as listening to people plead for their loved ones or cry as they are violated. There they hear the desperation of humanity helpless and choose to not care.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

That, and the beliefe was that the Japanese would keep fighting to the death down to the last woman and child in the name of their divine emperor unless his divinity was definitively challenged with a far greater show of force. Personally, I think they were right and the nukes were the lesser evil in this case. It also should be noted that throughout the war, when air raids were done against the Japanese, fliars warning civilians to evacuate were dropped ahead of time, but the the honor code people believed in in Japan usually meant that few targets would evacuate. That is how extreme the culture was at that time.

[@codyj1162]

Indeed. That was a weak comparison.

[@nicholasmartin3626]

I’m guessing this won’t be available in Japan… as KZbin demonetizes and age restricts it in America too. People need to know history to stop it from being repeated!

[@seasoncolorandpi]

On a hopeful note, I’m watching this in Japan. No VPN. Though I don’t it will really many Japanese people as it is all in English…

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Japan doesn't censor information about their atrocities, they just don't highlight or promote it, ether.

[@allewis4008]

This was the ADL burying anything not the Shoah.

[@Sevo-]

Man, I could hear simons exasperation through a few of these, i understand skipping these things in CC, but I really appreciate the recognition of the atrocities committed in this video, I think its important to talk about these things.

[@terrafirma5327]

Crimes of this magnitude must never be ignored, they must never be excused, and they must never be forgotten.

[@GamerFromJump]

But also, don’t punish the people who didn’t do it. “Inherited guilt” is immoral and savage.

[@terrafirma5327]

@@GamerFromJump agreed of course

[@anjulikamins6420]

I'm always looking about documentaries about this. I'm so glad you covered this very undiscussed topic

[@garythescouttrooper4908]

I was never taught about this in my education as the school I was in were more focused on drilling the European Holocaust than this Holocaust and the Holodomor. I found those parts of dark history in the library while reading a book on John Rabe and the infamous Japanese Imperial Army Unit 731: Biologocial Weapons Program.

[@squeaky1963]

History is written by the victors. I bet the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was even justified in American schools. Just know that no one country is good they're all backstabbing underhanded mega corporations that grind human life for profit and power

[@MazilessMan]

America bought the 731’s data.

[@barneymiller7894]

There is no "war to end all wars" and their never will be. Each conflict sets the stage for a dozen more.

[@pamelamays4186]

I'm sure that today's script was the most difficult one for Daven to write. And for Simon to read. They both need time for some intense self care.

[@tylerschwartz9313]

Hah! You Nance...

[@RedLion502]

@@tylerschwartz9313what’s a Nance?

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

Damn I knew some of this throughout but the start to end was a sombering reminder of how cruel we humans can be to eachother when we make the excuse it's "right" to do so.

[@SkunkApe407]

Who said anything about "right"? The US was neutral. Japan attacked the US. The US retaliated in turn. If a hiker comes across a sleeping bear, and said hiker slaps the bear, do you call the bear a bully for eating the hiker? No, you don't. You blame the hiker for being stupid enough to slap the bear.

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

@SkunkApe407 That's not what my comment was attempting to encapsulate. Not that you are wrong or right, I would wager it's much more complicated than just a bear in the woods and a simple foolish hiker. Albeit a racially motivated, genocidal opponent makes themselves an enemy pretty easy in this case. My point was that this definitely isn't the first time, nor even the umpteenth time, and sure as hell likely won't be the last because we make reasons to, versus not to all too often. In that watching the video end to end, reminded me how much in my own generation we were taught a jaded truth of the Nazi's being the real villains and the other two, were just tag along side kicks, more or less. Scary all the more how much seem to be indoctrinated pseudo-patriotism/nationalism and then the snowball effect took over.

[@allewis4008]

​@@SkunkApe407US froze all the Japanese business accounts previous to Pearl Harbor. It was, yet another, false flag.

[@mikez104]

Man, I couldn't finish this one. War is so brutal. IDK how people even think of the things that they did to each other. I thank God I never had to endure anything like that.

[@SkunkApe407]

As a veteran, we don't think about it, or at least we try not to. You can't, or it will drive you to an early grave. We did what we thought was the right thing to do, at the time. Everyone and everything in our lives up to that point has told us that we're doing right, and we all have dreams of glory and victory. It isn't until afterwards, once we've fulfilled our use, and we've been cast aside by the people and nation we fought for, that we start to reflect on what we did. That reflection, coupled with the alienation we face once home, is why an average of 22 veterans end their own lives, each day. Every one of us brings the war home, but we try our damndest to leave it behind.

[@DesiGalCrochet]

​@@SkunkApe407I thank you for your service and I am sorry that we do not support you guys when y'all come back home. After the things our government asks y'all to do You should live life on a magic carpet the minute you step foot back in the US. The fact that any combat veteran is in want of anything, let alone a roof over his head, after doing the things that y'all have to do is deplorable and no citizen should accept it. Y'all would get a completely free ride for the rest of your existence if it were up to me. So again, thank you for your service.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@DesiGalCrochet thank you for your gratitude. Simply knowing that there are those who appreciate our sacrifices makes walking through hell worthwhile. While almost none of us would accept a free ride through life, it would be nice to know that we are valued as more than a warm body by our government. It was an honor to serve a purpose higher than myself, and I can't think of a better purpose than standing up for the nation and people I call my own. Folks like you are exactly why I served.

[@mitchell716]

Leaving out the military coup attempting to continue the war when the emporer went to surrender is strange. It seems like an important piece of context. I get it's a 2 hour video already but imo that is HUGE for understanding the mindset of some of the military command structure.

[@earthwormjim91]

That's always conveniently left out when people try and make the point the bomb was pointless and the Japanese were defeated. They refuse to accept the truth of the matter while the Japanese were gonna lose the bomb very much hastened their loss it'd have been a much prolonged war with much death on both sides if we hadn't.

[@triciac.5078]

Agreed, I was a little surprised that was left out. Japan may have already been beaten, but some in the military were willing to fight to the death, even if that meant a coup against their god. That’s how badly some commanders want to fight. They were acting against their GOD.

[@nathnathn]

As far as I’m aware apart of the problem from the beginning was that japan was for all practical consideration ran by a military junta with an implied comply or else message to the emperor.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Nowadays Samurai are romanticized but they were historically absolute tyrants who would brutalize commoners, too. I think the modernized military was a continuation of the Samurai's extreme 'might makes right' mindset and face culture.

[@olanmills64]

They already did a recent video on that. Besides, that's a little off topic

[@Venaloid]

1:32:29 - We tend to forget that bombing civilian cities had been par for the course for many years at that point. The German bombings of London, and the American bombings of other cities come to mind. The atomic bomb was not categorically new in this respect.

[@kylefowler5082]

After watching this and other videos like it over the years I have come to the conclusion every one of us should do our best to always be independent thinkers, question everything, and have the bravery to resist when those of lower moral standards try to drag us down with them even if that means going against the group you are a part of. I tell everyone doing the right thing is rarely easy because if it was someone would have already done it. So many people let the one percent of the population with vocal extremist values, probable narcissism, and a penchant for punishing dissenting voices do the thinking for them and use their twisted logic to support it for fear of being cast out of their social group whose members likewise privately feel the same but are too scared voice their opinions. It's truly a viscous cycle.

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

A person is smart. People are dumb panicky pack animals.

[@StellaBella488]

Amen!

[@Jen39x]

Individuals rarely get themselves into as near as much trouble as even a pair of people will. And when one person becomes a “leader” they can do the greatest harm.

[@josegiankarlobfarrol1511]

Thank you for covering all this. I saw this to shared. History deserves to be remembered and learned from. Thank you again to you and your team. Please do continue with these topics.

[@comradecam9530]

Kudos to Simon for always managing to be engaging and entertaining while not downplaying or distracting from the seriousness of the often heavy topics he’s talking about.

[@BruceBoyde]

I don't really have anything to say that hasn't already been said, but thank you so much for producing this. People need to learn about these absolute nadirs in human history. A while back, I went through the effort to procure a copy of a book called From the Heart of Hell by Zalmen Gradowski, a sonderkommando who died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He wrote while imprisoned and buried his writing in cans and the such. It was incredibly difficult to read, but also very important. And yet, it's so uncirculated that I had to import the copy all the way from the museum at the site in Poland. If more people were aware of these things and immersed themselves in history, I think we'd be better off.

[@estudiordl]

This video is IMHO a top class documentary in a topic I haven't seen so much anywhere. I thank you for it and hope it turn to be a series of all the topics you mention on the beginning about not to forget the atrocities all parties commit in ww2. Thanks, again.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

It amazes me that these atrocities aren’t taught in school. I get war is hell but this is just beyond that. It is a tragedy that Japan didn’t have a Nuremberg trials as well. If the war criminals had been brought to some form of justice, I think the current countries would have a far better political relationship today. I feel like it is just too late now. No amount of money will be enough to make amends, no apology sincere enough, almost all the perpetrators and victims are dead but the trauma lives on in their grandchildren. Now it is just going to take time to fade the sensitivity and more of mentally separating the govt actions from the average citizen (speaking from my experience in Korea). I appreciate you guys didn’t pull any punches but didn’t get emotional. This video must have been extremely hard to make and I hope you all took some time to decompress afterwards ❤

[@StonedDragons]

Because of the cold war that followed, namely Korea, the west needed a 'good' asian country to prop up as an ally and so much of what the Japanese done was swept under the rug and to bring it up as an elected official in Japan is basically to scuttle all re-election chances.

[@corssecurity]

I think there's at least one factor. Japan never signed the Geneva convention. Never agreed to rules of war. I wonder how much of that was cultural. Did they literally believe thier Emperor was a god? To be an emperor is not just to be king. Emperors appoint Kings and Queens. They rule whole continents and far away lands, not merely a nation.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

These ones are always extremely difficult to research both in events read about in depth, but also the pictures you inevitably come across are even worse. Some things cannot be unseen. This one among the worst I've seen in the 14 years I've been doing this. The good thing about this channel is one day you might be covering something like this, and the next topic what we should do if Aliens actually invade earth or Why Yankee Doodle Called the Feather in His cap Macaroni (that one is super interesting :-)). It's a living. ;-) -Daven

[@StonedDragons]

@@TodayIFoundOut Yeah I am very, very thankful you didn't show the baby picture, you know the one I mean as one of the most notorious pictures associated with this. Even so, kinda regret sitting down to eat before watching it.

[@multipl3]

2 nukes were their punishment

[@LethalJizzle]

I was just watching your video on Unit 731 and now this comes up. Thanks for covering these parts of the wars that challenge the polished narratives of WW2

[@gideonevans9717]

My dad actually met a guy who was in the Bataan Death March. Yeah, the Japanese were quite brutal.

[@zombih4029]

I'm used to listened to pretty gruesome stuff, but this is the toughest so far. How horrific humans can be.

[@pamelamays4186]

Something else that wasn't taught in my junior and high school history classes.

[@pioneercynthia1]

I went to church with a man who survived the Bataan death march. His wife told us. He would periodically be silent, usually a month at time. She told us it was mostly shell shock (PTSD). He would never speak of it. I can hardly blame him.

[@blinkanimals9720]

How the HELL does this have so few views! I think this is the best TIFO episode they've ever produced. I guess most aren't subbed to Simon's other channels and don't go for the longer format.

[@GiantPetRat]

As a volunteer, I used to once-weekly help man the desk of a food pantry. A trio of Asian women, whom I had been told were Vietnamese but due to their imperfect English, I was never quite sure (nor was I sure of their ages, but definitely 60+), used to frequent it. At least a couple of them seemed to have some kind mental illness. Anyway, a fellow well-meaning volunteer, who had in the past visited Japan, once innocently mentioned to one of the women that he thought Korean sounded a bit like Japanese; the woman replied in horror something along the lines of "No it doesn't! Don't ever say that!". The Japanese left a helluva mark.

[@angelachouinard4581]

I was in Korea 30 years after the war and Japanese occupation ended. I heard so many stories not flattering to Japanese to put it mildly. The old people made sure the younger generation knew.

[@updatingresearch]

It is wonderful to see your skills in a longer, pointed work. The world needs this.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

James “Jimmy” Doolittle is completely considered as a war hero in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and basically in the USAF. He has buildings named after him,gave speeches, was Grand Marshal in parades, met dignitaries, has a tribute to him in the Air Force Armarent Museum and has a road named after him. And I had no idea about his involvement in any of this. It’s completely glossed over.

[@31tomcat]

These things should be taught, to prevent them happening again. When you forget or paint over the horrors of history, you open up the possibility of it happening again.

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

Thank you Simon & team. The horror of this and other wars can never be forgotten or repeated.

[@dickmcshan9778]

Thank you, my friend. I have never had such horrific tales covered with non-bias reporting. Total respect to you. There is no such thing as heroes in the majority of wars. You have taken care and painted a very dynamic scenario of horror. Peace and blessed be. Dick, from Vancouver.

[@SkunkApe407]

No, there are heroes in every war. They just don't make it home alive. The rest of us are just survivors. The fallacy of war is the idea that there is any glory to be had. Glory doesn't come home in a flag draped box. Glory doesn't wake up in cold sweats because the faces of the dead haunt its dreams.

[@marymimouna]

Very good presentation and analysis of the issues.

[@ravenwind420]

I love these longer videos. They are great for listening when I'm gaming or working out because I can keep going without needing to choose new videos every 15 minutes.

[@revrenlove]

Man, this is tough to get through. It's history that needs to be told... But... Wow. Atrocious.

[@zariqmohdali5779]

Thank you for covering this story Simon. My grandfather had 13 brothers and sisters growing up in British Malaya. When the Japanese invaded and the British fled and rushed to defend Singapore instead, it left most Malayans incapable of mounting any real resistance to the Japanese. After the invasion of Malaya was completed, 6 of them were dead. By 1945 when the Japanese finally left, there were only 4 of them left. My grand uncle used to tell me stories of him seeing random people refusing to bow to Japanese soldiers (you were to taught to respect and bow to them as they were in a way an extension of the emperor), and they would get beheaded where they stood. The indoctrination was so real that even at 90+ years old with dementia he could still sing the Japanese national anthem. 80 years on I personally dont hold any animosity against the Japanese but I still have uncles and relatives that will refuse to go there on holiday or buy their products. Im really glad that there are youtubers like yourself that explore these facets of history that are often overlooked. In the hopes that videos and information like this help us keep the memory of those that suffered alive, but more importantly, prevent these atrocities from ever happening again.

[@backpacker3421]

Never been so tempted to just stop watching a video - nor tempted so many times. Glad I held off and stayed through. This is so important to know and gets so little attention.

[@slimdevin99]

Simon! I got to say You really told this one very well!! Thank you for Another great one!

[@billhayesiii]

I watch most of your videos and your level of respect for this subject is commendable.

[@asylumental]

Holy crap, 2 hours... when the hell am I supposed to watch this? Hahaha, in all seriousness- huge respect to the team for this massive upload

[@wesleyquinn2939]

Props for being able to dive into this and deliver it to us. Thank you.

[@yonatan1myers]

Wonderfull and comprihecive. Thank you for the work and the presentation

[@chasermoon11]

This was one of the best videos you have done so far. Factual and informative, while stirring great conversation about who the monsters really were. We all were is of course the final answer. All high school kids should have to watch this.

[@jrmckim]

I wrote out a long comment detailing the sexual assault one of my mom's coworkers after hurricane Katrina. She was "raped to death" by a group of losers. She was unconscious by the time my mom found her and passed away a few days later. She was extremely dehydrated and had massive blood loss from the trauma to her genitals. The scum that did this was never caught. It's believed that 8 to 10 men assaulted her over a 2 day period. I can't imagine the pain she went through. I think about her every now and then. She was a hard worker and loved being around people. She was an outstanding athlete and I looked up to her. She showed me a better way to use my arms as a runner. I was blessed to meet such a vivacious and kind woman. Rest in Peace Ms. LaPorshe. 🙏🏻

[@dnetlayton3456]

Thank you for producing this.

[@aldmarius1060]

Thanks for this fantastic history lesson! I appreciate all the hard work put into it

[@jeremyborder6794]

It’s a shame that this is rarely taught. This is incredibly important

[@AsEnIxX-wtf]

Respect to Simon & his entire team for giving a thorough insight into some of the less commonly known topics of the history of the Second World War.

[@bomboogaloo7582]

This is an amazing source of content. Nice work, Simon and Team! Thank you for your hard work and dedication despite being demonetized.

[@jasonmallin8645]

Amazing job guys- very well done and appreciate the depth you went on this project!

[@katsmeow6946]

You did this difficult subject justice.

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

I already knew a lot of what happened, but wow that was depressing. Either way I love that you and your team can do content like this

[@steventicknor8059]

Best TIFO video yet! These should be a more regular feature. Not every week but maybe once a month or 2 addressing more thought provoking topics such as this one.

[@boyraceruk]

Great video, it's an important conversation to have and very sensitively handled.

[@bluemoon1115]

2 hours of TIFO???? I'm loving these long form videos creators have been coming out with.

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

THANK YOU, people need to know how easy it is to fall into being Pure Evil....

[@larrydean6550]

Yes absolutely

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

I don't think they fell into it, I think it was rooted in their Samurai part of their culture. Their martial culture had long been extreme and brutal. The romanticized Samurai is not historically accurate, to say the least.

[@kn1ght_ch3f78]

Great video. Very informative, well researched.

[@Sidewhineder]

Came here because of the mention in your video on British schools teaching about the British empire. Im glad I did. I love being able to watch Simon in a feature length production! Well done!

[@santababy1952]

I am ashamed of my country and so many of the leaders for resorting to the lawlessness od their actions. We never really know the atrocities committed by our side until we do the research ourselves. There is so much to learn it cannot be covered well enough in high school and further studies to get the full program. I am such a history buff always looking for new information, most of this I did not know. So, thanks for taking the time and interest in teaching us the entire truth!

[@moodyrick8503]

Thank you for your honesty. Many countries have atrocities in their past. Were you raised in Japan ? And if so, how much is taught about the horrors of WW 2 in Japanese public schools ? The best way to avoid repeating the past is education.

[@eliharper6616]

How did you make it through this one Simon? This is like speed running all of Casual Criminalist in the worst way...

[@TrencherTaz]

Very well done video. I thoroughly appreciate the knowledge gained.

[@zachmason3449]

Just incredible. Thank you for this video.

[@canaanval]

Two hours with no tangents?!?! Woooooooo!

[@DenethordeSade.90]

Tangents are the best tho

[@ianray8823]

Well this has a strong Into The Shadows vibe

[@Lady_Asylum]

This was an incredibly put together video. We'll done, Simon and team.

[@titanemp]

I’m reminded of a quote from Star Trek TNG, I’m not sure if it has a real world version but at some point Picard said to a cardasian “When children learn to dehumanize others, they can dehumanize anyone.”

[@benjaminrich9396]

Everyone should read The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes by Lord Russell.

[@stenkamx5406]

For those interested in background of why the Japanese did this one of the people Simon quoted is Mark Felton who makes excellent history content. Besides this he covers a so much stuff inviting death camp uprisings and many many other historical war topics.

[@surfingraichu7594]

After watching this i’m amazed how little we learn of this throughout middle and high school (of course different schools with different teachers yield different experiences), war like this should be properly understood and feared by all. Thank you for your good work👍

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

This and also the atrocities of Comunism. We should all be side eyeing the peopld who set our nations curriculum.

[@420glass]

This a hard to listen to but compelling video. Thank you for making this history video for all to see.

[@Johngabe100]

One of your best ever films. Thank You

[@BeakerInShortShorts]

Being of German ethnicity, I have felt embarrassed and guilty most of my life and the world still seems to feel the shame should still be felt. However, it seems much of the West honours and almost fetishizes Japan and the Japanese. It baffles me that this dichotomy exists given the facts outlined here.

[@P4Tri0t420]

As a German i know that Feeling but i can confirm you we Germans hate us the most for All the brown pleague has done. Von welcher Regionen kamen denn deine Vorfahren? ------ From which German Region Do your Ancestors come from? (:

[@GrifoStelle]

If it makes you feel better: just like a tiny demographic fetishizes the Japanese another demographic fetishizes the Germans. Yet another specifically fetishizes WW2 Germany. ...Does that make you feel better? It shouldn't they're weirdos. "Germany" should feel shame the same way every other country who committed war crimes should. That is to say the people should look bare faced at the past, grimace, then resolve that it not happen again. Considering you are only of German 'ethnicity' I'd guess you are north American? Maybe specifically American? It might comfort you to know that Germany doesn't claim you. Most of Europe thinks it's weird that Americans look at the nations of their great grandparents and want to claim to be of that nation. We're openly mocked if we've got some random ancestor out there and have never actually lived in that country but still want to say we're German (for example) without having lived a day there as a citizen. Have no guilt. No one blames you. Being pale doesn't make you evil. - yours, a mix blood American mutt that got mercilessly ridiculed what totting around Europe looking at the home towns of my great, great, greats.

[@playedout148]

I think you may be mistaken.

[@WhatAGuy2023]

... Fetishizes Japan? That statement is(in my opinion) very much unhinged. Maybe you say this because of the booming cultural sector of the country? Or maybe because many western men find Asian women to be attractive? Although, this is *Asian* women in general, not specifically Japanese women, again, in general. Could you be saying this due to the popularity of Japanese entertainment medias such as anime and manga? If so, I would find it strange that just because a nation/culture produces(apparently) highly regarded forms of entertainment, that you would equate that to a "fetishization" of Japan.

[@rubiconnn]

Most of the western world doesn't fetishize Japan, only immature teenagers and ignorant people.

[@PeterCombs]

and on this cheery note about humanity...have a great weekend. !!

[@Varyell]

I see your beard is growing just as magnificently as your channels. Thank you for doing this video. To all your staff who worked on it. This is the history we should learn in order to avoid repeating or rhyming with it in future generations

[@MikeTheMad93]

Pausing this at the 8 minute mark and just gotta say Simon, I am already into this knowing its 2 hours long. I will even watch all your adds like I have allegedly always done.

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

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