The BRUTAL Execution Of Bill Newton - The Victoria Cross Hero Executed During WW2

The highest military honour awarded for military service to British and Commonwealth members of the armed forces is the Victoria Cross. During the Second World War, there was one Australian Airmen who was awarded the VC posthumously for his brave actions in his bombing aircraft against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre. Bill Newton was a very skilled pilot, and he was noted to have been a very gifted young man. He dreamed of fighting in the Second World War, and once he got his wings and finished training other airmen he did this.
At the controls of his Douglas Boston aircraft, he carried out 52 bombing missions against the Japanese who had captured the Salamaua area of New Guinea. Newton was known for his brave tactics, being direct and sweeping low towards the enemy dropping his bombs whilst facing anti-aircraft fire. However on his final mission, as he dropped his bombs his aircraft was hit and it burst into flames. Newton crash-landed off the shore, and swam to the beach but was captured. The Japanese knew he was a prolific pilot who caused havoc and chaos with his bombing attacks, and he was spotted as he wore a blue cap during his bombing raids.
Bill Newton was interrogated along with another survivor and was then tortured for information. But following this he was sentenced to death. His friend was bayonetted to death by Japanese soldiers, but Newton was executed in horrific fashion. In front of a huge crowd of enemy soldiers, Newton was executed by a Japanese swordsman with a katana. It was rumoured that the man who captured him also executed him. Following his death for his bravery in his bombing raids, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

My late uncle survived the battan death march and 3 years as a Japanese p.o.w. nicest man you'd ever meet.never had a bad word about anyone.. but he absolutely hated the Japanese. I guess he had a right to his hatred, he earned it.

[@Franky46Boy]

My brother never bought a Japanese car or Japanese Electronics. He once was shown a new compact Lincoln car at the Ford dealer, opened the engine hood, saw 'Mitsubishi' on the engine and slammed the hood closed again...🙄

[@krisushi1]

Anyone who fought against the Japanese or actually survived their heinous atrocities have every right to earn their hatred. Despite being born decades later, as an Australian I can never forgive the Japanese for their sadistic methods of torture and murder.🇦🇺

[@krisushi1]

@@Franky46Boy He had principles and stuck to them.

[@ianfirth33]

@@krisushi1 Our treatment of Aborigines or Chinese immigrants was no less brutal or evil. We all have to learn to forgive.

[@tomsmith5216]

@@ianfirth33 Easy words to say, hard to follow...

[@stevelowe100]

My grandfather in law was captured by the Japanese when he was 17 he had his appendicts removed with tools made out of baked bean tins with no medication,lost most of his toes to frostbite,they were barbaric to their prisoners. Hats off to Bill Newton a true hero. And thank you for videos like this .

[@wilfredwayne7139]

My grandfather always said the Germans were complete gentlemen compared to the Japanese. Not that they were good but most of the regular troops did have sympathy for the captured soldiers.

[@marknorris1381]

How did he lose his toes to frostbite in the tropics?

[@wilfredwayne7139]

@@marknorris1381 could've been forced frostbite those little monsters performed all sorts of insane experiments on the allies and other Asian People.

[@stevelowe100]

@@marknorris1381 they moved them about to different places some tropical some not read up on conditions they were kept in and whereabouts,he never went into a lot of detail.

[@marknorris1381]

@@stevelowe100 I don't have to read up on that. My grandfather who I knew very well and died when I was 18 was a WW2 veteran, one of his neighbours survived as a POW slave labour on the Burma Railway, my grandparents lived in an are post WW2 designated for war service homes so all their neighbours were WW2 veterans. I just thought that maybe your grandfather in law may have lost his toes to gangrene/ulcers, not much chance of frostbite in the tropics.

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

I’d says Lyons had it worse, being bayoneted to death. But huge respect to all. My paternal grandfather fought in Burma and had bayonet wounds from the hand to hand fighting in the dense jungle. Never spoke of the war, but hated the Japanese and wouldn’t buy any appliances that were made there. What a stoic and heroic generation. RIP the fallen in all wars.

[@pipersson9258]

*Our local paper shop was on the corner of the main crossroad k/as the Five Lamps, Thornaby on Tees, England. In the late 1940s, I used to go there to collect our newspapers, every day outside it stood an ex-British Japanese prisoner of war who was seen to be speaking to himself, marching up and down, shaking a great deal, and saluting passers-by. I asked my mother about him who told me why he was like that. I am now 81 and my terribly sad memories of him remain strong. When I read adverse comments about the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki I say to myself "We did right"*

[@Franky46Boy]

Japanese soldiers were among the most cruel of World War Two. Not only the special military police, called Kempeitai, but also ordinary soldiers and officers of Army and Navy...

[@nick22091]

Don’t forget their civilians. They would beat, and club often to death fallen allied airmen. Sometimes the kempeitai would have to intervene just to save them so they could interrogate them.

[@Franky46Boy]

@@nick22091 Those 'civilized' Japanese... with tea ceremonies, geishas, calligraphiy, nurturing bonsai trees and koi carp... Who would have thought of that? 🤮🤢

[@jjayyoung7335]

@@Franky46Boy they were so civilized weren't those racist, murderous fanatics who routinely bayoneted babies and small children for fun

[@shahonchen6661]

Their original Samurai mentality! I have seen photos they used their bayonet to pierced a Chinese baby while shouting their military slogan in their battles in the China region during WWII!

[@hakapeszimaki8369]

@@nick22091 after they dropped incidentary bombs what did they expect?

[@raymacdonald7519]

Australia was minding its own business when Japan decided to embark on its sadistic war of conquest. It was this that annoyed the Australian sense of decency and fair play and many sons of Australia stepped up to put a stop to the brutality of the Japanese. Let’s hope there will always be men like these Australians who will not standby and let the strong have their way with the weak.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Hopefully the sons of Australia will stand up to their own tyrannical government now!

[@Pikachu_25]

@@GillAgainsIsland12 Time will tell.

[@johnwaldron7490]

Having personally worked with a man who was almost worked to death on the Burma railway. All he could eat as he endured brutality was banana sandwiches, he died too young a shell of a man. I will never forgive their barbaric treatment of the captured military. The Americans dropped two atom bombs on Japan to effectively end the war with them, they should have dropped ten.

[@jethro1260]

I disagree, should of dropped a thousand if we had them!!

[@karlforbes2619]

That's being generous I can think a Lot worse, they would be praying for atom bomb

[@leipersgreen6763]

Agreed. I fear the coming war with China won't be much better. In fact, I agree with Gen Douglas MacArthur when, during the Korean War, he suggested nuking the Chinese. Should have done it! Then built a bunch of bases on the North Korean border with China. The Korean War should have been a pretext to extend the British charter on Hong Kong from 1997 to 2097. The entire West has suffered from a lack of leadership. There'll be no more talk of foreign diplomacy, only in fighting & disintegration!

[@yvonnepetty3400]

My Father & his 2 Brothers were in Burma for 5 years fighting the Japanese. The younger one was captured. They never spoke about it. I have read some books about it. I had to throw them away. Too awful. Thanks for telling us about that very brave man .😊🐘💝

[@MrPickledede]

God bless this hero! My grandfather almost was killed by the Japanese in the philipines US Army Bronze Star Purple Heart

[@imperialcommisar5279]

My great grandfather survived Japanese imprisonment, he died a couple of years at 100 years old, hero:)

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@imperialcommisar5279 wow, very old, my late maternal grandmother was born 5 years before ww2, and she managed to live 80 something years, despite being a chainsmoker, she had a schemia, i miss her a lot.

[@MrPickledede]

@@imperialcommisar5279 Amazing!! A great hero indeed RIP

[@dickdastardly5534]

All the vets I met who fought against the Japanese held nothing but hatred and contempt for them. Its not difficult to understand why as they truly were a vile enemy who’s total disregard for the allies and any that surrendered were seen as beneath contempt from their Bushido indoctrination.

[@kathyabbass5420]

What a wonderful brave man unlike today's men So sad to think of what the veterans went through with the Japanese and Germans Truly barbaric people My grandfather fought against both and said that he couldn't say who were the most barbaric.Our veterans the greatest generation passing into history

[@potlimit2002]

The USA is often criticized for using the Atom Bomb on Japan. In my mind Japan got off easy the USA should dropped more Atom Bombs on them.

[@MidMo4020]

My dad’s dad was in the 2nd marines, my moms dad was in the army in the pacific. Both fought on some of the same islands. I never heard either of them say a bad thing about Asians BUT it was very observable they had no use for them. They had the greatest characters of any men I’ve known.

[@krisushi1]

Hats off to you Bill, you did us proud! Let me remind all that it wasnt just airmen who were singled out for sadist punishments by the Japanese. Everyone was fair game to them, women, children, their own citizens. There are not words to describe the sadism imprinted in this race during WWII. Australian 'comfort women' have still not been given compensation or a direct apology for what they endured. On Bangka Island, the Japanese raped all surviving Australian nurses from a ship they bombed and sunk before murdering them! The unspeakable atrocities carried out by the Japanese were so vile that Australian Soldiers had orders to kill nurses working in Australian hospitals instead of letting them be captured by these most brutal, sadistic torturers!!! The Japanese have made a fine art in giving very generalised apologies to all who were brutally impacted by them during WWII but never specifically apologize for their actions that were not part of War but War Crimes instead. For anyone who is brave enough, read the book 'The Rape of Nanking' and try to tell me that this race of people are not as sadistic as stated.🇦🇺

[@L.e.a.n.d.e.r.]

Krisushi1 ...... Couldn’t of said it better myself 👍

[@tuppenceworth5485]

The irony today is Japan is considered an ally of the West but China is treated as the enemy.

[@tonyrdr7207]

A true hero indeed we must not for get though that people are people no matter the race. There a good people and bad people I have met Japanese people that are truely ashamed of that and other parts of their history and that there were many that were horrified by the actions of their country at the time. but the hypocrisy of some of them truely astounds me. I recently saw a documentary of a Japanese sailor that managed to survive both atomic attacks. He was very bitter and even went to the US to confront officials and ask them why did you do this to me? One would think that given their actions he would have been more stoic and consider him self lucky they were not completely wiped out from the face of the earth.

[@mbpaintballa]

@@tuppenceworth5485 well the Chinese did betray us right away and invaded Korea to spread communism.

[@TheOne-er7nk]

and what about what the noble Australian troops did in Vietnam? They "comforted" their fair share.

[@johnbaldock6353]

From a NOBODY in England,Thank You to all who heard the calling to save the world from these Hateful Bastards! You really DID SAVE THE WORLD XX🇬🇧❤️

[@lou5501]

I'm English, too - and have always read extensively about the way the Japs treated the Pommies and Aussies. The British and Australians always looked out for each other and were so exceptionally loyal and brave. I was very young when I read Russell Braddon's book: "The Naked Island" - which has to be one of the quintessential writings depicting what these wonderful and staunch young men had to endure. I've read a great many books on this subject, since - and yet Braddon's book (he was an Aussie), initially educated me regarding the despicable and inhuman behaviour (spelled 'behavior' here in the U.S.) of the Japanese forces. It seems to me that you can't actually teach people to be that cruel, unless it's already in their genes.

[@dmitriyshymko422]

Another great episode, well done

[@kayakbandits9894]

I love watching these old WW2 videos. It shows us what were about to face but on a much greater scale.

[@tigertiger1699]

Important stuff to acknowledge and remember

[@leeh3265]

The greatest generation saved the world.

[@miltonfetter4463]

This documentary would have been a lot better if it indicated what happened to the Japanese who ordered him killed and the man who actually did it.

[@briansmith2125]

They likely slinked back into society after the war and denied atrocities until their end.

[@migs6455]

One was kia the other committed suicide at the end of the war.

[@miltonfetter4463]

@@migs6455 OK, thank you!

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode. Thankyou.

[@josephstabile9154]

Once again, thanks for presenting! When possible, at the end of each video, could you say something regarding the subsequent fate(s) of the perpetrator(s) of these brutal, unjust & barbaric acts?

[@H4CK61]

It seems none of these filthy pigs ever faced justice.

[@rogerdodger8813]

The problem with being barbaric is that it backfires and makes your enemy even more determined to beat you, why would they ever surrender when a quick death is better than a torturous one!

[@tikitavi7120]

My dad was a veteran of the war in the Pacific. He told a story of a Filipino village that was brutalized by the Japanese. One officer was particularly evil, who raped and murdered many innocent villagers. As the tide of war turned, that particular officer found himself a captive of the same villagers he had terrorized. The Filipinos punishment was to ram a sharpened bamboo pole up through his anus and out his mouth, then parade him through the streets. My dad was a direct witness, and swore the officer was still alive as he was enduring his punishment. That is war.

[@andrewsemple1794]

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[@garyk1334]

Glad he got his just reward

[@jamessimmons3645]

I don't care if they are our " allies", I don't trust them an inch. They are less than 100 years from a totally barbarian, feudal culture.

[@Nick-hv8gj]

That is barbarism. That being said... were I one of those villagers whose mother, sister or wife was brutalized by the son of a bitch, I probably would've begged to be one of those who exacted revenge on him. We are a series of counterintuitive contradictions and hypocrisies. Realizing that fact strangely doesn't provide any motivation whatsoever to change... not for myself, anyway

[@P51D-Mustang]

Good Times!

[@daleethornton4311]

RIP TO THESE TWO BRAVE HEROES. MAY WE NEVER FORGET !

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

A hero doesn't describe these men. Their loss is our loss, Love and respect from America. My grandfather served in 3 invasions, along with D day. But he was fortunate and blessed to make it out with his life. God Bless the hero's of WW2. 🇺🇸🙏❤

[@willbee6785]

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[@tedbriscoe6649]

The photo in your opening is in fact Robert L. Hite one of Doolittle's Raiders taken on April 20th, 1942. Bob actually spent 44 months as a "guest" of the Japanese along with several other captured crewmen of the Tokyo Raid. Starved, tortured and seated repeatedly Bob suffered effects of his treatment until his final passing.

[@pimpompoom93726]

Robert Hite survived the war, but 3 of the captured Doolittle Raiders were executed by the Japanese by firing squad after a 'trial' where the charges against them were never revealed. 4 Japanese officers were tried after the war for the executions and served 5-10 year sentences.

[@thorlo1278]

There was a man that lived near my uncle, my mother's oldest brother. He told my uncle that he was part of the Bataan Death March and one of the few that survived. One man he knew was, like all of them, starving. He saw something in the grass and grabbed it up and swallowed it alive. Unfortunately it was a venomous snake which bit him in his stomach. He fell over dead and the man said they saw the snake come slithering out his mouth. The Japanese had no compassion and were very brutal and hateful towards the soldiers.

[@khursheedtuli729]

OMG !how awful n gruesome

[@andrewallen9993]

An example of Japanese civilization and culture at its finest!

[@planeman1995]

Only equalled by the Nazis

[@andrewallen9993]

@@planeman1995 Agreed, during WWII the world learnt precisely what as meant by German culture and civilization.

[@ronnyk5316]

Executed in the most honorable manner as Japanese do. They could have just shot him or stabbed him with bayonets. But being decapitated with a sword by an officer is actually a mark of homage to the convict.

[@craigrasmussen3559]

I guess the slaughter of Native Americans and the capture & enslavement of Africans by white Europeans is an example of American civilization and culture at its finest too.

[@craigrasmussen3559]

@@planeman1995 - And Americans too. We killed an awful lot of Native Americans and enslaved and killed a lot of African-Americans. We also enslaved Chinese laborers in the 1800s. We really can't point fingers at other countries.

[@haroldgeorge4222]

Some Gave ALL

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you!!!

[@t.macrocosm1831]

He was NOT a Doolittle raider. The POW of the thumb was.

[@jimstanga6390]

That’s Bob Hite, I think….

[@pimpslapization]

@@jimstanga6390 ya, that's Bob. From my hometown.

[@zibabird]

Thank you, shared.

[@druid799]

My great uncle was captured by the Japanese and was held by them for almost 5yrs he suffered from ulcers on his legs for the rest of his life that just wouldn’t heal right up till the day he died . He never told anyone (that we knew off) what happened to him and his friends but out of his whole unit only three of them returned home . He also had a hatred of the Japanese that was to his very core and even near the end of his life if he heard or saw any Japanese people he had to be physically restrained from attacking them , you just can’t imagine what could have happened to him to make a frail dying 90yr old react like that .

[@ruzickaw]

The victims of the american atom bomb are still suffering.

[@Newit2]

Here in the U.K. ex prisoners from Burma who had tape worms had a pension off the Army when a new drug was found that killed the parasite the soldiers cured had their pension took off them so a lot said to hell with that we need the money and refused treatment.That is what the British Government did to its own,look it up see if it is Fake news which it ain’t the Shame of it

[@KSparks80]

@@ruzickaw Sounds like they earned it.

[@pauldg837]

This is why my father who fought in the years 1939 to 1945, could never come to terms with the cruelty of the Japanese forces. As my dad said, terrible things happened during the war, but the Japanese took barbarity to a different level. And for that he could never forgive them, and he never did.

[@theblytonian3906]

Fighting in a war no business of Australia's or Australians any more than Gallipoli was in 1915.

[@timrussell9869]

@@theblytonian3906 The Japanese bombed Darwin, so the fight against them was very much their business.

[@theblytonian3906]

@@timrussell9869 Engage a synapse before speaking again dolt. Possibly a bridge too far for you, but do try to think about why the Japanese attacked the port city of Darwin and when. Without any justifiable cause or military grievance, Australia formally declared war upon Japan on the morning of 9th December 1941, not the other way around. Huh? Doesn't make ANY sense if you actually think about it. Why? What business was it of Australia's? Japan hadn't attacked Australia and was no threat to Australia then, nor was it in 1942 or 1943 regardless the Kokoda mythology nonsense. Japan's military entry into New Britain, Guadalcanal and New Guinea were steps taken to deny the USA free sea lanes to Australia for the most apparent reason of it being used as a secure safe base for their foreign policy by other means warmongering. The Battle of the Coral Sea (may 1942) in particular illustrates this to anyone with half a clue. Unless of course as is apparent you don't and are one of those idiots buying the laughable "Yellow Peril" invasion narrative propaganda vs actually having sufficient nous to bother acquiring some political and military erudition. In December 1941 Australia had no treaty with the USA, nor at the time of the Pearl Harbor theatre, were relations particularly harmonious between Australia and the USA. So one could hypothesise that that leaves Australia's politicians, Curtain this time, yet again acting as a British colonial serf over Japan's attack upon the British colony of Malaya on the 8th of December 1941. But, A big BUT so pay attention dolt, it wasn't, as his statement just an hour after Japanese attacked Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941 recorded for posterity illustrates. And I quote Curtain: "from one hour ago, Australia has been at war with the Japanese Empire". 'Something was (very) rotten in Denmark', (Australian politics) then as now. Australia and Australians had no business in that Pacific war, nor the European one other than if you accept Menzies beholden 'sons of Empire' silliness, for which Australians paid the price of his ego. As for Curtain, Lark Force was sacrificed at Rabaul. The 8th AIF in Singapore. Not to mention the disgraceful bloody and pointless sacrifice of Australian lives by Curtain and Blamey in New Guinea glorified by unthinking idiots today as the legend of Kokoda, those same idiots who have no idea of the inanity which occurred in places like Buna, Gona, Sanananda et al. As for the 8th, I'm pretty sure what all those abandoned men who had their young lives cut short in Changi and building the Burma railway would say to Curtain right now given 20:20 hindsight were they made aware of the truthful facts.

[@lou5501]

Well put - " ......took barbarity to a different level". I completely agree and understand your father's rationale. Bless his heart.

[@tramlad2]

An amazing man, and a hero, Rest easy Bill you are a hero to all

[@pinchermartyn3959]

Incredible man. Just brilliant..

[@richierugs6544]

It is men like this through their heroic service that I can only hope can in some small way inspire others to become better people. Thanks a vet whenever you can.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@lancetuckey6403]

I can not help but wonder what Bill and the thousands of others how made the ultimate sacrifice would think about what is happening now to the country they fought and died for.... My father was in New Guinea.....kakoda...and i know he would be horrified.....

[@RonsonDalby]

I often have the same thought. My father fought in New Guinea and died in his early 50s from war related causes. I think he'd be disgusted and wonder what the heck he fought for if he could see today's Australia and for that matter the rest of the world. Till the day he died he hated the Japanese and would never have bought a Japanese car or other product.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Ironically, now the Japanese act more civil than the Australian government! What a shameful turn of events.

[@davidspencer6263]

My Uncle ..Lionel Spencer..was also on Kakoda in the 39th. Never came home …

[@lancetuckey6403]

@@davidspencer6263 Very sad mate.......to many brave young men didn't come home..

[@westcountry1053]

brave man not ever forgotten

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

Thank you 🙏

[@2NDCBT]

Only 23 years old... Truly the Greatest generation!

[@lou5501]

Truly, indeed.

[@williamminamoto.7535]

I recommend Untold Past..Mark Felton.. mostly.. along with my history background... it’s like putting the puzzle together and sharing

[@LennyJohnson5]

I find it incredibly hard to forgive the Japanese and Germans, even at this distance in time. We're only one lifetime away from their atrocities, and national traits don't change that quickly. They're appalling.

[@ihs51]

Which soldiers don’t brutalist civilians ?

[@monfort537]

Nice to know that LennyJohnson5 cannot forgive me, because people of my country killed other people more than 70 years ago. Dude, do you even know people from Japan or Germany? :D

[@roberth.5938]

Yeah thanks a lot. My grand-grandparents were risking their lifes for helping jews and giving them food and a home. And perhaps, if you think reasonable most of the Germans that still live and are old enough to have experienced the war are over 80 now, so there are hardly any nazis left over here in Germany. We have a pretty good attitude about our past and once you are in high school you get it taught so much that you're completely fed up with it. So yeah, the guys you cannot forgive are either dead or normal people like you that despise nazism and Hitler and have absolutely nothing to do with it. Maybe this will give you something to think And by the way, you think you are better? Have you seen footage of Germany after the war? Everything was bombed, millions of civilians died, such as women and children. Because when the Americans or the brits dropped their bombs it wouldn't explode immediately and people would come out thinking theire save and then getting killed when cleaning up. Do you find this fair? But who stood trial for this mess? Or for the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? NOBODY! In Nuremberg we had trials, all around Germany we had nazis convicted. And in Japan as well.

[@markfryer9880]

I work in Maintenance at Melbourne Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia and I have had the honour and as a former Australian Army Reservist, the privilege of doing the preparation works and then the actual mounting of the two brass display cases for the two Old Melbournians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross. Both men's medals are displayed in the foyer of Melbourne Grammar School War Memorial Hall along with Honour Boards displaying the names of O.M.'s who fell in The Great War and World War Two. Inside the Hall there is also an Honour Board dedicated to O.M's who fell in the Boer War. There is also a plaque displaying the war damaged brass Donation plate from one of the two Ford Model T Ambulances (British Pattern) paid for by donations raised by the O.M. community. The School takes honouring the memory of the O.M's lost during war very seriously and hold a Memorial Service Assembly for the boys to attend on Remembrance Day 11Am 11/11, and I am frequently tasked with climbing up the Clock Tower to perform the Flag Duties of lowering and then raising the Australian Flag. Up until the Pandemic, the School would have O.M's who had served back as Guests of Honour in the Dining Room after the Assembly.

[@healthdocjam7114]

The thumbnail you use on this video is wrong. It is actually a picture of my cousin Dolittle Raider Robert Hite, co-pilot of plane 16 after his capture and return to Japan for trial.

[@RonsonDalby]

I was going to mention that. The thumbnail was really annoying.

[@Alex-373]

@@RonsonDalby That and the weird stilted narration

[@borleyboo5613]

There is a film called ‘The Highest Honour’ about some Australian soldiers who are captured by the Japanese. They are condemned to be beheaded as the Japanese consider the prisoners to be brave and this method of execution is considered an honourable one by them. I believe it goes back to the Bushido code and the ritual suicide by a Samurai warrior (Seppuku or harakiri)

[@krisushi1]

This doesn't matter. Beheading is not from the Australian culture. They had no right to be murdering POW's point blank! The ritual you're speaking of is one that is carried out to ones own body by the owners hand. It can involve another of choice to be the one to behead once to knife has been plunged into the abdomen. It is used when they feel they have caused dishonor, not as a way to murder during War. These incidents are totally separate.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

@@krisushi1 - you’re right about Japanese warrior culture having no place in modern warfare, but it was traditional in Bushido to decapitate a vanquished enemy if they were wounded or captured to protect them from the shame of defeat. The fascist Japanese government corrupted the Bushido code to induce peasants to commit atrocities under the banner of culture. Blame their government, not the people.

[@krisushi1]

@@NapoleonGelignite I'll happily blame the government but I will still blame those who blindly followed this corrupt leadership. Japan became extremely modernized in the 1800's and it's hard to believe that they weren't aware that this was their culture and not that of others. Never does one inflict their own culture on another which unfortunately still happens to this day.

[@freedomfries6618]

Was the torture considered honorable?

[@akoyt748]

So few people know of that film...it's one of my all-time favorites.

[@bigjoe805]

Bravest of men.

[@kenc9236]

Good job Bill. Cheers from Canada.

[@2511pixel]

What happened to the japanese executioner? I hope he was faceing justice in the post war era.

[@carbonara2144]

Venerated and glorified as japanese hero. Only a handful were taken to court.

[@cathysanders2718]

The executioner was Sub-lieutenant Uichi Komai who was also the person that captured Bill Newton. He was killed in action soon after this happened.

[@2511pixel]

@@cathysanders2718 Thank you for this information.

[@krisushi1]

@@cathysanders2718 Please tell me that the Aussies got him!🙏🏻

[@cathysanders2718]

@krisushi1 - all I can find out is that he was shot down over the Philippines in February of 1945. But I hope it was an Australian who got him. Also the Commander who ordered Bill’s execution and the bayoneting execution of his radio operator John Lyon killed himself in 1947 to avoid a war crimes charge.

[@dougtaylor8735]

The photo on the title page is actually Robert Hite, co-pilot of bomber number 16 of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. Of the 8 that were captured, only 3 came home after being held prisoner for the entire war.

[@billy1673]

It’s stories like this that remind me why we actually dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. Although I’m sure the allies had their share of barbaric acts, both Japan and Germany made it common practice. They were doomed to defeat.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

From St Kilda to being murdered by the Japanese in the Far East - what a journey. St. Kilda was the most remote community in the UK until it the last inhabitants were removed in 1930.

[@SammiCPC79]

I think it refers to St Kilda, Victoria (Australia)

[@NapoleonGelignite]

@@SammiCPC79 - ah! Makes more sense. (Yes he was born in St Kilda near Melbourne. I am planning a trip to the Hebrides so thought of the island).

[@blatherskite3009]

@@SammiCPC79 According to Wikipedia, St Kilda in Victoria, Australia, was named after a ship: The Lady of St Kilda, which was moored there at the time of the naming. And the ship was in turn named after the island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland but never actually went there. I was kind of hoping someone from St Kilda had founded the place and named it after their home, but the way it got its name is a bit more convoluted than that. Which is often the way with history :)

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Imagine the bravery of a pilot who knows he will be tortured if shot down over enemy territory.

[@Blueray37]

God bless him 🙏 brave man.

[@pointsofsue2487]

The war generations are our finest...God bless them all.

[@richardbernier1402]

What happened to his murderer?

[@krisushi1]

Someone commented that he was killed in action afterwards. I can only hope that the Aussies got their revenge!

[@xidada666]

Interesting, thanks. P.s. You've got a very interesting speech pattern. It sounds great throughout almost the entire sentence, and then in the last word you do something wired draw out the last syllable. Not trying to be mean, just found it a bit curious and wasn't sure if you were aware. 👍

[@charlesn787]

can we have another narrator reading the story?

[@paistebob3163]

War is horrible. What a horrible fate...r.i.p

[@DragerPilot]

I guess he must have been gifted and skilled.

[@rogerkay8603]

Amazes me still that no Japanese faced any real punishment for their barbarism. Never forget, never forgive.

[@trevorelliston1]

About 1000 Japanese were executed after the war, for war crimes, including Tojo and several other high ranking officers and officials.

[@krisushi1]

@@trevorelliston1 Not enough! That's a drop in the ocean as to what they did!

[@krisushi1]

I can't ever forgive either.🇦🇺

[@bradhanley8368]

@@krisushi1 a bunch got fried by A-bombs

[@krisushi1]

@@bradhanley8368 That was the fault of the Japanese. They were warned that if they continued on this path that a bomb like no other will be dropped on them. Instead of saving the lives of the citizens, they put their emperor first and the first bomb was dropped. Despite the devastation caused, they were told again that if they don't surrender another bomb will be dropped yet still they needed much time to consider and again put one man before the Japanese civilians. The second bomb dropped. When faced with more threats it still took far too long for them to finally admit defeat. The Japanese had the fate of their people solely in their hands and yet they didn't give a shite about their well- being nor safety but that of their emperor. They were solely responsible for the innocent lives lost and should have quit whilst behind. Don't ever forget what they did to civilians from many other nations too. They were fanatical and nothing was going to stop them. The bombs were the only solution. Should we feel guilty for the horrendous decision making of the Japanese, not on your life. They held their fate in their hands but chose to ignore the detailed warnings.

[@shaharinyusof2538]

They're well known for their inhuman and brutal act !!

[@iawy8264]

The Japanese imperial forces beheaded pilots as "policy" The pilots knew this

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Execution is execution. The method doesn't really matter, as long as it doesn't involve torture.

[@michaelbath6306]

Less we forget....❤

[@eleanorkett1129]

What a horrible story. May he and his poor navigator both rest in peace.

[@gailcrowe727]

john Baldock. Well said, I totally agree.

[@wekapeka3493]

My father flew with the RNZAF in the same theatre. At wars end only one NZ pilot had survived capture by the Japanese, with the rest facing a similar fate if not worse.

[@1940shistorian]

Why does your title screen show US airman Robert Hite, captured after the "Doolittle Raid" on Japan?

[@markushummel8042]

Lest We​ forget​ 🙏🙏🙏

[@robertodykirk]

"War spares not the brave..."

[@offshorequest]

The picture that leads into this video is of an American Army Air Force officer that is believed to be one of the Doolittle Raiders. Not relative to this video.

[@Lastbus511]

Brave man. RIP

[@timburris3758]

Brave Men

[@davidcarroll4411]

Why is captured Doolittle Raider Robert L. Hite’s photo being used as the cover photo??

[@SC-kg5pz]

Everything with this guy is brutal... Even if the death was instant. If you want brutal please see how Mexican cartels dispatch with their enemies. Or how nazis killed civilians in USSR

[@kurtchester7073]

Or how the Russians killed their own people and enemies alike. But yeah Mexican cartels are the worst torturers today. They can give medieval torture methods a run for the money.

[@Kelly14UK]

Never say to watch those cartel vids. Everyone says they disturb you for weeks after. I know.

[@janee7995]

Or how allied terrorists burned civilians throughout their terror campaign.

[@kavorkaa]

The Untold Executions

[@krisushi1]

You mean the War Crimes. The murdering of POW's. This wasn't an execution but a murder.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

Dear Aussies!!! Do a movie. Honor those MEN*****

[@chrisg2739]

I think the bayonet killing was far more brutal than the beheading. Holy hell did the poor bastard who was stabbed to death get a medal?

[@marknorris1381]

Newton wasn't awarded the Victoria Cross for being executed Chris. The award was for repeated gallantry in flying operations against the enemy. Lyon would have also been eligible for campaign awards as was Newton as well.

[@chrisg2739]

@@marknorris1381 I didn’t say he got them for behind killed. Which is why I asked why the other guy didn’t get any. He was along for the ride while the other guy earned those medals so I would have thought he would have received them as well.

[@marknorris1381]

@@chrisg2739 Newton got the Victoria Cross for repeatedly pressing the attacks. Lyon whilst a crew member wasn't in control of the aircraft. That's how RAAF Command would look at it. At the end of the day Lyon's family could have applied for his campaign medals, which would probably amount to the 1939/45 star, Pacific Star, British War medal and Australia Service medals 39/45. Not a Victoria Cross, but if his family applied for them hopefully they are treasured. They should be.

[@jeffrandall4046]

How did the Japanese know who the pilots were that were bombing them? I don’t understand how that would be possible.

[@krisushi1]

As stated in the video, Bill Newton would wear his blue cricket cap when flying. Even when in the sky's, they were able to recognize who the enemy was and the ones causing the most destruction. They would also know the types of planes used as well as the markings on them. From their own intelligence, they would find out. It's possible from many ways.

[@roshan7041]

Thro Newspapers....

[@hurfyable]

Yes, seeing his blue cap” bit of a stretch, perhaps aircraft markings? Have to below 50 feet to see faces at 150 mph pass

[@colingehrman7078]

God bless bill newton , hell for his tormentors

[@kevgish]

Brave man, very brave man.

[@jackwills7092]

The railway man film says it all

[@robertgutheridge9672]

For as much as the Japanese values honor they sure did commit a lot of unhonorable offense's

[@thomasschiller5197]

The haps were particularly brutal and this is documented by their use of filming of these atteosities

[@george5590]

sad very sad but why did he get the VC?

[@Gabbyk77]

The photo of the prisoner at the beginning is of Bobby Hite. A Doolittle Raider

[@Woody615]

The Thumbnail image is of Robert Hite of the Doolittle Raiders. He survived the war and passed away on March 29, 2015.

[@susanhill3147]

My grandad was in the navy during WW2. He was part of the Atlantic convoy. He was in Malta. And finished up in Japan helping to assist p.o.w.s. He hated the Japanese with a passion and never forgave them. My dad joined the RAF and we were stationed at RAF Gatow in Berlin in 1970. When Nan and grandad came over to visit, he vanished one day. My dad found him in a beer house chatting to a Kriegs marine having a really good chat.

[@hisdadjames4876]

Love the channel, which as well as telling interesting stories for me highlights the important message/warning that we humans have it within us to commit inhuman acts, in certain circumstances. Please try to dig out and tell us about more such atrocities on the Allies’ side, otherwise you reinforce the ‘myth’ that we were all goodies and they were all baddies. Ive had a lifetime of that, but now suspect it’s in large measure because the victors write the history books.

[@krisushi1]

If that's what you want, be my guest and look it up. Personally as a subscriber of this Channel this is not what I want to be viewing. If you haven't read it, try reading The Rape of Nanking and tell me which allies even come close to thinking like this.

[@hisdadjames4876]

@@krisushi1Maybe the Soviets in Berlin? Anyway, I am not suggesting ‘the Japanese’ behaved well in that period. (See brilliant Mark Felton video analysing their particular POW brutality) Rather, I like to be challenged and to learn new things - not just to have my existing conditioning and prejudices reinforced.

[@krisushi1]

@@hisdadjames4876 I understand where your coming from.This is just one KZbin channel. There is a world full of archives documenting terrible atrocities from all over the world. No-one can ever claim to be clean. Social Media isn't exactly the place to go looking for the truth. I'm aware of terrible things done by all but nowhere have I come across a race of people as sadistic as the Japanese. Not even the Germans during WWII, who do come close, out do the Japanese when it comes to such evils. Various cultures value life in different ways which is why many nations use this against more civilized societies. With the majority of viewers of this Channel being on the victorious sides, I can't imagine the subscription rate climbing but plunging dramatically if the content changed. You also need to ask yourself how reliable the information is that is shown to us. Speaking for myself only, it's not exactly something I need to view more of when this world needs to be uplifted, not revisit past atrocities. I'd rather be inspired to move forward, not look back at past mistakes by those who have drawn their last breath possibly millennia ago. Just the perspective of another.🕊

[@hisdadjames4876]

@@krisushi1 Understood and agreed. Theres a quote out there than underpins my own ‘obsession’ with the past. ‘Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history....are doomed to repeat them’.

[@krisushi1]

@@hisdadjames4876 My favourite is - Only when the past is understood, can the future be fully navigated. Maybe this one suits you better?

[@MJW66]

What a hero & great man.

[@Crosmando]

The Samurai code of honour was just complete bullshit.

[@leon15776]

Lest We Forget

[@ericadams3428]

Uichi Komai was killed in the Philippines shortly afterwards.The senior Japanese commander Ruitaro Fujita who ordered the murders committed suicide at the end of the war.

[@kevinjohnson7693]

True hero

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

I wouldn't say the execution itself was any more brutal than being shot or hanged, maybe less so. The treatment up to that point however.

[@theblytonian3906]

Was deserved. Arguably less than given what he and his compatriots did in the Bismark Sea earlier that month.

[@markmanning8832]

Very sad.

[@ledger35]

REAL BRUTAL

[@MorningCoffeeDaily]

Turn on Subtitles, Mute narrator. :D

[@robertchubb1518]

Another superb episode...also it is paramount that there are amongst us..people that are NOT representative of a Nation..but wish to do us ill..and this in the 21st Century

[@gergemall]

Enjoy your channel.

[@thomasayer7511]

HERO. Well done sir. RIP.