The BRUTAL Execution Of General Yamashita - The Tiger Of Malaya

Throughout the Second World War there were many war crimes committed by the Japanese Army. It's estimated that the Japanese Army were responsible for the deaths of between 3-14 million civilians and Prisoners of War during the conflict, and they treated people terribly. One man who was executed after the war for his alleged involvement in Japanese War Crimes was General Yamashita, a man who is considered one of the better Japanese generals. Yamashita's involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity is disputed, and it was known that he did punish those who committed needless atrocities.
But Yamashita was seen as a butcher, and as a man who's soldiers were feral and barbaric slaughters and murderers. For the fact he could not allegedly control his soldiers, he was sentenced to death by the Americans at the end of World War 2. He was executed based on command principle, that he was in command so therefore was to blame. On a gallows inside of a prison in Manila, a city where it's believed 100,000 civilians died, General Yamashita was executed.
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[@shaf3006]

My Uncle were among the youth from Sungkai Perak Malaysia who join the British Army to fight the Japanesse in Singapore and never come back, till today no body knows what happen or where their bodies 😪 Grandma cries everyday till she's blind

[@apakansaja8505]

My late father told me that before the outbreak of WWII, Japan had actually sent spies acting as small time merchant in Malaya. My late father was 10years old then. One of them that my late father knew of sold Japanese rubber slippers, small pots and pans etc to us the local Malays. These Japanese are not big...they are very short and very small. Being a competitor, the local Chinese merchants, being more numerous, hated and bullied them mercilessly. Yet these Japanese merchant remained humble and suffered through it all. Then when war broke out, my late father was hugely surprised to see the same Japanese Merchant that he knew came marching, strutting proudly in full Japanese military uniform. And he was a Colonel...!!! The Japs have no quarrel with us the local Malays..but with the local Chinese...as a revenge and hatred many of the local Chinese, young and old, male and female were cruelly slaughtered like dogs.

[@joegrubb1060]

My father was an Army Captain in this camp. I have his WWII scrapbook which contains many photos of the compound, gallows, etc. Ever since I was a small child (born '49), we had in our house a wood plaque on which was mounted a approx.6" length of rope. It wasn't until he was in his 80s that he revealed it was a piece of Yamashita's hanging rope, which the staff had cut up to provide (rather morbid) mementos of the occasion.

[@DBEdwards]

A reminder that what goes around comes around THE NECK.

[@rommelb.8070]

Where do you live ?

[@reicherosterreicher3486]

@Joe Grubb Fck the Alliies

[@laloelsalamanca]

What a nice humanist "souvenier"...the pride of all Liberators.

[@reicherosterreicher3486]

@Joe Grubb Better go fishing , you are completely in the dark

[@renee1961]

God Bless The Innocent Victims, The Survivors, and Those That Fought for Them. 💔💔💔💔🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🕊️🙏🕊️🙏🕊️🙏🕊️ Again, Thank You for giving The Innocents a Voice. We Need to know, and Remember.

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

There is no god if there was was god wouldn’t allow the killing of innocent children

[@ge2623]

If you want, I can show you where to find the emojis button.

[@ickster23]

I somehow don't think his execution is anywhere near the level of brutality he caused to others.

[@pietrocipollone7334]

instead the British Empire distributed flowers and smiles

[@redman840]

I was hoping they would have had a video of him being executed.

[@ickster23]

@@pietrocipollone7334 I agree at some level that the British Empire and those in charge should have been held to account. Just as the USA should be held to account for a near genocide of first Nations. Ditto for Canada with regards to Residential Schools. We should, at the very least, have learned the lesson that those in power need very forms checks on their behaviour. So far no government in the world has succeeded at that.

[@chrischris8550]

And yet this video tell's us that he wanted peace with China, Britain and America, prior to the War. After which he excelled in what soldiers and Generals do! He was executed and i believe the Emperor lived on till a good age? Imagine how different it would have been in the Far East if those soldiers had toppled the Emperor with their commanding Officers being accepting of peace with Britain and America? Just finished watching. He seemed like a good guy in a bad situation. Hopefully God see's it the same way! And i do not mean Hirohito!

[@demetridar506]

@@chrischris8550 Why would those soldiers betray their nation? So they can go and live in starvation and poverty and let the Americans and Europeans continue exploiting Asia? Why do you think the Pacific War took place? Do you think the Japanese got mad?

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

Japan to this day has never apologised for it's attrocities in WW2.

[@donniebrasco99]

Thats true.

[@jamesb.9155]

Correct. They maintain remembrance to honor the warriors who fought in WWII.

[@arcadia5607]

Your videos are really good, there’s no reason to dramatize the video’s title.

[@flyingphobiahelp]

Well did.

[@LeopardIL2]

@@flyingphobiahelp Agreed.

[@gennettor8915]

You're right, it's very odd that the people who made this video call it "brutal". It was after a due process, according to the law and regulations of the death penalty. But I don't agree that these videos are (all) very good; some are rather poor. And personally I can't stand the monotonous nerration - most irritating actually.

[@DBEdwards]

Although I visited Tokyo after the war and the citizens kind and considerate, to this day I cannot forgive the Japanese for their brutality in the Second World War.

[@daviddoran3673]

I've read many histories from WW2....the former prisoners of the Japanese are united in their implacable hatred for them...no forgiveness.

[@BullshitWharehouse]

Me either. They got off easy.. (Unit 731 had a forerunner- and there were 12 more sites just like it)

[@mikehunt3746]

I can....

[@rebelusa6585]

Back in the old days, during a war, robbery, rape, killing ..... Are part of a war, japanese are no different. Romans, mongol, vandals..... Just to name a few. Japan should acknowledge their war crimes, and the world need to forgive them.

[@gilfrank5937]

How about the nazi’s? Oh wait they were ”white” so it’s ok? The krauts murdered many more than the Japanese did….

[@rabindranarayanchaudhury7313]

As an Indian,I wonder how the brutal British and American military personnel accuse vanquished Japanese military commanders for war crime. To me any kind of war is a crime against humanity. Do you know in India the captive Indian National Army soldiers were killed by the British army and the bodies of the dead soldiers were thrown in the Ganga river ? Nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the warcrimes of the highest degree. In Vietnam what was the role of the U.S.Army ? In 1971 , what was the role of Pakistani army? How many cvilians were brought to inhuman torture and brutal killing ? Yet , the so called safeguards of humanity remained silent !

[@trekker3468]

Okay, let's agree that for a moment, the bomb was a war crime. What is your solution to ending ww2?

[@terryhorne2582]

They should have completely flattened Japan, man,woman & child, a horrible race that should never had been allowed to carry on.

[@Famoski]

War not good ,because we know when we start it.nobody knows when it will be stopped .so don't start a war

[@jamesrecknor6752]

@@trekker3468 That war crime prevented countless Japanese deaths in futile resistance

[@doncollins786]

My Dad was injured on Iwo Jima and my cousin was an ACE fighter pilot who became a POW. I have no empathy for this War Criminal.

[@demetridar506]

Yeah right, they should have left your dad and cousin to invade their country without fighting back.

[@DBEdwards]

Nor should you to these villans from HELL

[@demetridar506]

@John Evans Do you know how many Japanese soldiers starved to death? The reason your airman starved to death is because there was no food. Not because he was not given food. In fact, many POW got better health care from the red cross than most active Japanese soldiers. If Japan was a rich enough country to feed everyone, it would not have picked war with the whole western world.

[@demetridar506]

@John Evans Yeah, sure they did.

[@suskagusip1036]

Filipino people suffered so much from this Evil Man.

[@robertdaley1194]

A Japanese unit literally sawed captives in half.Beasts.

[@PittManGaming]

They buried civilians alive. Women and children. Absolute savages.

[@unclestuka8543]

It's called Divide and Rule.

[@robertdaley1194]

@@unclestuka8543 Your keyboard warrior name is a giveaway,bombing innocents in Spain and occupied Europe.Fud.

[@robertdaley1194]

@@PittManGaming Humanity and it’s perpetual inhumanity.We are phucked.

[@unclestuka8543]

@@robertdaley1194 Keyboard Warrior ? I like that.

[@jinnbuster4753]

I can't see that his execution was any more brutal than any other and certainly a lot less brutal than the torture inflicted by those under his command. I do not believe that he did not know or even cared about this.

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

Took the words straight out of my mouth .

[@csking6377]

Yep, nothing controversial about his execution. Of course he knew and condoned it and most probably approved it. Otherwise, the brutality on the civilians would just be the actions of a few rogue soldiers, not an entire army. The japanese soldiers were trained to follow higher command without question upon pain of death. He should have been made to suffer every kind of torture that the Japanese inflicted on others ; the hanging was too easy a death.

[@jinnbuster4753]

@@csking6377 It occurred to me afterwards, if he had to walk up 13 steps to the platform with the noose, the drop would have been plenty long enough to break his neck and kill him instantly.

[@gennettor8915]

Exactly. It's very odd that the people who made this video call it "brutal". It was according to the law and regulations of the death penalty.

[@cesaravegah3787]

Agreed, he didn't deserved even a more dignified death like shooting squad or seppuku, being hanged like a war criminal was too good for him.

[@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454]

I’m past retirement now. Had a large male former US Commando for 4th & 5th grade. When we behaved he would let us ask questions about his war experiences. One answer still sticks with me. When someone asked about Japanese battlefield atrocities, he said it was everyone that did so. When your friends’ lives are in danger, you do whatever it takes. - Matt’s dad

[@DBEdwards]

We're not talking about the battlefield here. WE ARE TALKING DEPRAVED VIOLENCE AND CRUELTY WHEN NOT WARRANTED TO THE CAPTURED OF THE JAPANESE. WANTON ACTS OF SADISM, TORTURE, MURDER AS A SIDESHOW by the JAPANESE ARROGANT SCUM

[@kdfulton3152]

We thought the SS was bad in the East. We thought the Red Army were beasts in the West. But these Japanese throughout the Pacific Theater of War was radically pure evil. The tortures they managed to do is appalling.

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

Propaganda, but NOT History, has led us to believe that the Empire of Japan began its territorial expansion in the 1930’s, invading China, creating the puppet State of Manchukuo and provoking the war with the Western powers. But, Was this really, how events happened? Did Japan invade China and South East Asia? It seems so. However, the Propaganda does NOT say that for centuries, all Asia was invaded by Western powers. England occupied India, Burma (Myanmar); Singapore, Malaysia and China (Hong Kong, Nanking, Shanghai, etc). France dominated all Indochina. The Netherlands intervened by the Force of its Arms, to all of Indonesia. And Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and of course, also the United States were in South East Asia cuz, for example this country, the US, occupied the Philippines since 1898. Thus the panorama in the 30's, the Empire of Japan (when defeating to the Tsarist Russian Empire), it also decided to "Grow" by invading its neighbors. In those years, all European nations had colonies in Africa, India, the Middle East, Asia and America. (England came to occupy almost ¼ part of the planet). For its part, the US, in 113 years of existence as a nation in those years, had "Grown" 711 the size of its territory from its original 13 colonies. Now is the picture clear? Japan for its part, had fought on the side of the winners in World War I (1914-1918), and they, the Japanese, were not awarded any "Gain". The western victors of WWI divided the world. Japan was excluded. Thus, Japan's motives for attacking and expanding as the Europeans and the US did seem clearer, right? Then they, the Japanese, attacked China in 30’s, which was occupied by 6 western powers for almost a century. None of the Western Powers occupying China at this time, OPPOSED or fought Japan for Invading China. NONE! Then, 11 years later after having occupied the territory of China and coexisted without any problem with the Western Powers within China, they, the Japanese, attacked Hawaii, which in turn, this Island had been occupied and annexed by the US in 1898. (In 1900, Hawaii became US territory and Hawaii ceased to be an independent nation after more than 630 years of sovereignty. By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States had just completed 41 years of military occupation of Hawaii). They, the Japanese, attacked Singapore, which was then a colony of England. They, the Japanese, attacked the Philippines, which were occupied by the US and whose Gov’r, Douglas MacArthur reined as Emperor. Truly like an Absolute Autocrat. Therefore, the Japanese did NOT attack (In the 40’s), Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, etc. In reality, the Japanese attacked England, France, Belgium, Holland, the US, etc. That is, the Japanese attacked the Western powers invading all of Asia. That is the verifiable truth. But, Propaganda has made us believe that the good guys were us, the US. And of course… Nanking was a horrendous Genocide committed by Japan, but, it was no more horrendous than the 13 Genocides committed by the United States in his History and all over the world. Nor was it less horrendous than the Genocide committed by King Leopold of Belgium, in Central Africa. Nor was Nanking more horrendous than the Genocides that the British Empire committed in America, Africa, Australia, India, Middle East and also in China too. And now, the Japanese are our friends and allies... Yup… But, to fight against China, AGAIN!

[@kaydee5639]

So were the British soldiers in India ,the most evil ones, who usurped the rations of poor Indians.

[@donniebrasco99]

True. The generation of Asians that witnessed WW2 knew of the brutality of the Japanese soldier. My old relatives, who have passed away, used to tell stories of how brutal the Japanese were in the Philippines. They didn't hesitate to hurt and kill civilians. They even killed babies when they went on their killing sprees, tossing babies up in the air and stabbing them with their bayonets! Many Japanese soldiers were animals!

[@ge2623]

Like most Japanese after the war, they all got off WAY to easy. Even when they were executed.

[@rabbit251]

That is something we in the West should be proud of, we act humanely and are not the same as the monsters who committed such evil deeds. Difference between being civilized and uncivilized.

[@ge2623]

@@rabbit251 Good to a fault. But I agree. An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

[@michaelwhisman]

The Japanese have not been pursued as thew Germans have been. When was the last Japanese taken to trial??

[@purberri]

Not just the Japanese, Germans too

[@meklavier4664]

@@rabbit251 oh yes, like the internment camp set up for the japanese americans during the second world war. The chemical warfare against the vietnamese during the vietnam war. Not the monsters definitely.

[@Diamondmine212]

My friends father was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp ,he said he had to bury prisoners who had died after being Skinned alive and their skin was used to make lampshades for the Japanese officers has souvenirs. He HATED them until the day he died after what he’d seen and had to do.

[@kidlat9222]

I thought these was the Germans doing?skinning

[@jomon723]

@@kidlat9222 I guess that arts and crafts spread between army's

[@michaelwhisman]

@@kidlat9222 The Spanish skinned South American Indians and made leather book covers with the leather.

[@denisemeredith2436]

My great uncle was the same, he was put to work on the Burma Railway. He hated the Japanese too.

[@stevesither7270]

I don't believe you.

[@josephstabile9154]

I have NO idea as to the knowledge Yamashita actually had of these war crimes. Knowing many stories of the mindset of the more junior officers, and how they acted on that mindset, I do not expect these crimes were reported to overall commanders; these weren't crimes to them, just appropriate treatment. However, I see the IRONY of practically the only Japanese general with a record of mercy, punishment of transgressors, and apology & regret to have been executed, while commanders with unequivocal guilt received NO punishment (can anyone say Unit 731?). Put this down to the danger & futility of trying to remain innocent while remaining in close association of thugs and murderers 'In for a penny, in for a pound..."

[@leroyproud294]

You're correct in saying that many Japanese officers came away with no punishment or even war crimes trials after the war. Some say the allies needed these officers for administrative purposes. Some say because the fear of communism. Many former Nazi officials were used in Germany after the war but in their case real war crimes were hard to prove.

[@csking6377]

Agreed. All the others should have been punished as well. And this is the hypocrisy of the Allied forces. It was just a barter trade, not about justice. But there was no injustice to Yamashita just because the others escaped.

[@rabbit251]

@@leroyproud294 Joseph is right that the Japanese from Unit 731 were spared because the US thought their research could be helpful. In hindsight, it wasn't. The "Nazis" we captured were also scientist who worked on the V bombs that were used against Britain. But their knowledge of rockets was extremely helpful in getting us into space. The execution of Nazis depended a lot on when you were caught. Those captured by the Allies after the war were largely executed. Those captured years later and turned over to the West German government were never executed hardly and given light prison terms. But this video is about Yamashita. As pointed out, there wasn't any direct evidence he knew of the atrocities his soldiers committed. A good point was made that some of the commands for mass murder of civilians came directly from his general staff. That shows that he was either a poor commander or he actually did have direct knowledge. It was also pointed out that these were the actions of the Japanese military everywhere and for a general to say he had no knowledge is unbelievable. (Like saying you didn't know about racism in the South in the US during any period after the Civil War because you never specifically did anything racist. If you were in charge of the police at that time no one would believe that you didn't know the officers you commanded committed racist acts).

[@josephstabile9154]

@CS King As I stated, I don't know what Yamashita knew/didn't know. We try not to hang people that had no idea, as in we did not send Westmoreland to Leavenworth for My Lai. I have to assume there was some culpability for some aspect of Yamashita's tenure. I think the Allies made a valiant effort at trying to bring war criminals to justice. Did sometimes competing priorities intervene? You betcha! Always happens, for better or worse reasons. Should more have faced justice? No doubt. But we have this comfort: very, very few that faced capital punishment did not have it coming.

[@LeopardIL2]

@@rabbit251 Of course he did know. But truth his that the highest ranks often pay the price for this kind of actions.

[@dutch9664]

Luck of discipline among Yamasita men in the pacific rape and torture is the reason why he was sentenced to die in Manila atrocities during occupation is worse. Even now there are filipino woman still alive didn’t receive compensation after the second world war.

[@sroevukasroevuka]

No great loss.

[@DBEdwards]

Remember Pearl Harbor

[@gailchang8229]

I can’t believe that his execution can be termed brutal compared the excessive bestial brutality and torture carried out by the army which was under his command. Whole populations suffered and died under the terrible occupation of 3.5 years.

[@mikeohagan2206]

the crimes were commited for more than 3.5 years. his execution was quick and much less painfull than millions, however i think he had some idea about what was happening as the japanese used fear as a weapon of control. he took the rap for thousands of his men, and was not ashamed to do so.

[@Jd-fors]

As commander he had a responsibility to enforce his own doctrines.by doing nothing he became complicit!

[@williamsparks1521]

Absolutely. This shouldn't even be an issue.

[@jjttwig]

It would be very interesting if our military commanders were held to this standard but that would never happen.

[@suskagusip1036]

As a commander He's Guilty of the Crime!

[@ihs51]

So why the American Generals were not punished for the crimes of their soldiers in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya etc

[@e.l.b6435]

Didn‘t he executed some Officers for Commiting crimes and he Ordered to stop Rape and Pillage when he Took over Manila?

[@chrischris8550]

Really good video for people to analyse the so called good guy's and bad guy's in a war situation. He paid the price for other's as did many innocent civilians and soldiers.That's the madness of War!

[@renee1961]

Hello, and Thank You. I always hope you're doing well.

[@waynelittle646]

Yamashita was an evil General. He should have been tortured for weeks

[@onlyme219]

that’s nice, are you happy with your life?

[@alancrisp1582]

Really?. And a merry Christmas 🤶 to you too!..

[@charlesciminera5881]

Grow up please did he drop two atomic bombs on a civilian population ?

[@VinylBlair]

@@charlesciminera5881 A real shame two were dropped… instead of three.

[@ge2623]

Like any "job" If I'm the boss and my "employees" fuck up. Ultimately my boss is going to want answers from me. As it should be.

[@lychan2366]

Thank you for your portrayal of Tomoyuki Yamashita. Times and circumstances have changed to allow for a more balanced and humane view of the man, as well as the complexities and circumstances under which he operated. If only his superiors had listened to Yamashita's advice to stop the war with China and maintain good relations with Great Britain and the USA, Japan would not be sucked into a vortex or spiral into war with the USA and its allies and plunge the Asia-Pacific region into WWII. Given his experience in Germany, Yamashita also foresaw that Nazi Germany could not hope to win a longer-term grinding war of attrition against the Soviet colossus, despite the former's superior blitzkrieg strategy and tactics. His views demonstrated his insights and foresight. Even if Yamashita found favour with his Emperor and PM Tojo, his dovish views couldn't prevail in miltarised societies, where the dynamics of unlimited ambition, (national) pride, ultra-nationalism and power fed on one another to form a combustible powder keg ready to be sparked off into fires of war. Have nations today really learnt from this lesson of WWII? Even if the Yamashita standard is not applied equally to victorious WWII allies for their war crimes, Tomoyuki Yamashita was still culpable for his crimes against humanity. If he could plead ignorance of the massacres in Manila or lost control of his subordinates because he was holed up in the mountains, surely he wouldn't be able to feign ignorance over the Sook Ching massacres in a small-city state like Singapore a few days after his 25th IJA conquered Singapore. As an inspirational commander to his 25th IJA, it would be hard to believe that Yamashita quickly lost control his army and Kempeitai when they systematically carried out the massacres. Yes, Tsuji was a mastermind behind the massacres. But Yamashita as commander of the 25th IJA that ordered on the morning of 18 Feb 1942, mopping up operations, or purge through purification of the Chinese population. It was estimated that the number of massacred Chinese civilian men in Singapore ranged from 5,000 to 50,000, whom they believed to be anti-Japanese or who had supported the anti-Japanese war effort in China. Instead of punishing Kawamura, his commander in charge of Japan's Singapore Garrison, for carrying out the "Sook Ching" operation, Yamashita appreciated him and even instructed him to continue the purge if needed. In this sense, while Yamashita's direct involvement in war crimes in Manila could be disputed, his involvement with war crimes in Malaya (that included Singapore) could not be disputed.

[@murphy6700]

I believe the statement at 5:22 may be incorrect. My reading elsewhere said that Yamashite DID declare Manila an open city but that a local Japanese commander disobeyed and turned Manila into what has been described as "the Stalingrad of the East."

[@toejamearl6459]

His name was Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi

[@garyryce3103]

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

[@alfredomodestano2029]

my father was a second lieutenant assigned with intelligence in camalig ,albay, bicol region,phiippines ,he killed more than a hundred abusive japanese soldiers during the second world war. i admire him so much for his bravery.

[@suskagusip1036]

🙄

[@BryanWinssss]

San kaya ang gold sir

[@user-mr1gp2sz2q]

I have resently heard about the movie "Paradise Road" (1997) about a concentration camp for female POWs in Sumatra based on diary of one of the survivors of brutalities of Japanese military during the World War 2. I'm Japanese and have never heard about it till now. I think this movie could have been cesored like an another German film "John Rabe" about the Nanjing Massacre. In Japan there are only few movies critisizing about their own war crimes.

[@silentwatcher1455]

That why many countries hate Japan because they refused to acknowledge and deny their war crimes. They were never repentant.

[@annseger9519]

You mean " the rape of Nanjing ".

[@tomt373]

General MacArthur was very forgiving and diplomatic as the American supreme commander of Japan after their surrender in 1945. He allowed many things to be covered up in order to prevent a total revolt against him and his men in occupying Japan, which included minimizing the atrocities done to both North Korea and China and others in the Tokyo Trials.

[@dellcruz2818]

but in SEA and in philippine history.. you can read about it.. now that there is you tube any japanese. can watch it.

[@larrykarlovsky6953]

J?? nl)

[@MCtravler]

And the word brutal was in all capitals, like it really was brutal. This was nothing but a simple hanging. Quick and humane.

[@flyingphobiahelp]

The author subscribes to hyperbole 😂😂😂

[@slackdaddy1912]

Yes, like it shouldn’t have been done! That’s the sad part, he was inhumane to his victims.

[@suskagusip1036]

​@@slackdaddy1912 He was an Animal. Not even closer to a Human.

[@donniebrasco99]

Yeah. The title of this video is very misleading.

[@theondebray]

As an aside: the fall of Singapore was down to the ignorance & stupidity of the UK politicians. They were warned by Sir John Pratt, prev. envoy to Peking (as known then) stationed in Singapore, that the Japanese attack would not come on the heavily fortified coast, but from the weakly defended mainland side. But the UK politicians knew better. The the Japs walked into Singapore from the mainland side, as SJP predicted. And thus SJP was deemed a traitor, and driven out of London to live in Bucks never to work for the govt again. How do I know? I knew Sir John (not arrogant or stuck up) in the 1960s.

[@demetridar506]

The British were simply not motivated. Their empire was in free fall, the Japanese initiated the formal destruction, and the Americans finished them off. Can't say the world has missed the British Empire.

[@unclestuka8543]

Being sent to Bucks. Isn't too bad, could have been Essex ! The British always under estimated the Japanese, 2 capital ships sunk, lost Singapore when they had the largest force. The only saving grace was Ceylon, when a Jap task force was close to the Island , they were put off by the spirited air defence, in the meantime H.Q. in Kandy were packing their bags to evacuate to India, If the Japanese Admiral had better Intel. He could have walked in and taken Ceylon. It wasn't until MacArthur and Stilwell came on the scene did the Jap rampage get checked.

[@greenrosenz]

A Churchillian response was to send those 2 battleships to Singapore. Although a pugnacious polititian his grasp and influence on military actions ending in disaster are legendary. Although the Japanese were extremely cruel to civilians & POWs the ability of General Yamashita has to be respected 30,000 defeating 80,000 speaks for itself & many see that surrender as traitorous of the British Singapore command seeing what happened post surrender.

[@rossbrown6641]

Well said, very correct!

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

Thanks, most history books never mentioned his execution

[@sanjosemike3137]

Unfortunately, there will always be "some" atrocities committed during war. It is reasonable to argue that Yamashita should have had more "control" over his troops. However, we have to remember that the Japanese Army was fighting for their "Emperor God King." They believed their Emperor was a God and that anyone in conflict with them are evil and must be destroyed. Yamashita (during his long career) often argued for "moderation" and that got him into trouble. But the reality is that enormous atrocities were committed by the Japanese during WWII. The heinous intent of the average commander and soldier was absolute destruction or men, women and children. It is possible to argue that the bombing of some German cities was equally destructive. But Japan in particular committed some of the worst of the worst. Yamashita was responsible for them and the crimes that were committed under his command. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@trishayamada807]

My great uncle was in the pacific during WWII. He always said horrible things happened on all sides. That’s all he’d say.

[@nealhurwitz]

And War is Hell

[@nealhurwitz]

Jap atrocities were appalling. See the Rape of Nanking...

[@demetridar506]

@@trishayamada807 The problem is that the allies like to exaggerate on their crimes while forgetting or justifying theirs.

[@demetridar506]

The problem is that only the Japanese atrocities are known and exaggerated in the west, while the allied atrocities are shrugged and forgotten.

[@craiggleason8386]

The Japanese got off easy

[@SaffaTV]

We were lucky to have Sargent Hassan during this time. I remembered kids shouting "Abg Hassan penakut tak macam abg Ajis". He then deliberated his village.

[@boris7417]

How can his execution be described as BRUTAL ? This title is absolute insult to those peoples who has suffered or died by his brutality !

[@lktan224]

👍👍🙏🙏.

[@ahfez]

Mostly only the leaders of the troops are punished and executed, but most of the violence are done by the regular foot soldiers and most of them who survived are unpunished. There's a confession from a former Japanese soldier who confessed to have killed a family including their young children with a bomb in their water well during the war, living freely as usual in Japan. There is another confession of a former Japanese soldier who has burned alive a Chinese family including a mother and her baby with gasoline while cheering with joy, is still living freely.

[@renee1961]

Thanks!

[@yesm2302]

Not so sure about this one. Most of the Japanese high command were ghouls. But this man just might have been the exception. Needs further examination.

[@dethray1000]

he admitted to having told his men to kill captives

[@peterpiper482]

I'm sure neither MacArthur or Mountbatten had as little control over their men as Yamashita claimed he had over his?

[@dethray1000]

the whole jap mental state was very sick

[@tonymccake3057]

Interesting and utterly hypocritical that he claimed he was being executed for losing the war, not for war crimes. But that is exactly why the Japanese had absolutely no regard for allied prisoners of war or the civilians of lands they occupied. Those people were punished purely for losing, by being massacred, raped, enslaved or worked to death. Even if his claim was in any way justified, then it is precisely the measure by which the Japanese judged those they defeated. If anything his hanging was far from "brutal", and doesn't even come close to the atrocities committed by troops under his command, by those he was ultimately responsible for. A fairer punishment would have been having him and the rest of the Japanese army clear up the post war wreckage while on a starvation diet, that was after all considered fair treatment by his armed forces for prisoners of war.

[@rolandscales9380]

Remarkable. I didn't realise that Bluebottle from The Goon Show did video voiceovers.

[@jds6206]

Nothing "brutal" at all, about Yamashita's execution. He got off, "light".....

[@slackdaddy1912]

If you think his death was brutal, think of what this man did to his victims…..

[@r-nerobles1874]

Think also what us of america did to Philippines b4 japan came... us of america were TERRORIST,MURDERERS and BUTCHERS of thousands of Filipinos... heheh

[@slackdaddy1912]

@@r-nerobles1874 ….. you make a hypothesis with no proof. How did America murder, terrorize and butcher Filipinos? We were Allie’s, benefiting them every year for years.

[@r-nerobles1874]

@@slackdaddy1912 The First Battle of Bud Dajo, also known as the Moro Crater Massacre, was a counterinsurgency action fought by the United States Army against Moros in March 1906, during the Moro Rebellion in the southwestern Philippines.[3][4][5] Whether the occupants of Bud Dajo were hostile to U.S. forces is disputed, as inhabitants of Jolo Island had previously used the crater, which they considered sacred, as a place of refuge during Spanish assaults.[6] Major Hugh Scott, the District Governor of Sulu Province, where the incident occurred, recounted that those who fled to the crater "declared they had no intention of fighting, - ran up there only in fright, [and] had some crops planted and desired to cultivate them."[7 The description of the engagement as a "battle" is disputed because of both the overwhelming firepower of the attackers and the lopsided casualties. The author Vic Hurley wrote, "By no stretch of the imagination could Bud Dajo be termed a 'battle'".[8] Mark Twain commented, "In what way was it a battle? It has no resemblance to a battle ... We cleaned up our four days' work and made it complete by butchering these helpless people."[9] A higher percentage of Moros were killed (99 percent) than in other incidents now considered massacres, such as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Some of those killed were women and children. Moro men in the crater who had arms possessed melee weapons. While fighting was limited to ground action on Jolo, use of naval gunfire contributed significantly to the overwhelming firepower brought to bear against the Moros. During the engagement, 750 men and officers, under the command of Colonel J.W. Duncan, assaulted the volcanic crater of Bud Dajo (Tausūg: Būd Dahu), which was populated by 800 to 1,000 Tausug villagers. According to Herman Hagedorn (who was writing prior to World War II), the position held by the Moros was "the strongest which hostiles in the Philippines have ever defended against American assault."[10] Although the engagement was a victory for the American forces, it was also an unmitigated public-relations disaster. Whether a battle or massacre, it was certainly the bloodiest of any engagement of the Moro Rebellion, with only six of the hundreds of Moro surviving the bloodshed.[11][unreliable source?] Estimates of American casualties range from fifteen killed[12] to twenty-one killed and seventy-five wounded.[11] IGNORANT ARROGANT...! Sad for you

[@r-nerobles1874]

@@slackdaddy1912 thats only one,plenty more... theres blood in the hands of us of america in the Phillippines... capt america is shit... hehehehhe...!

[@slackdaddy1912]

@@r-nerobles1874 ….not citizens, greedy, money hungry politicians who want to line their pockets with the sale of the conquered countries natural resources. They want to be kings, at all of our expense. Similar to what’s happening in Russia today. Me personally or my family, we had nothing to do with that.

[@markshrimpton3138]

My father who is still alive, was present at the liberation of Singapore in September 1945. He witnessed the emaciated state of those Allied POWs held by the Japanese inside the city’s Changi Gaol. Later he formed part of the guard detail there, the inmates now being captured and surrendered Japanese. He told me that on most days there were groups of former Allied POWs outside wanting to get in to exact retribution on the Japanese. By the way most of the latter were repatriated to Japan without facing any punishment.

[@hanzeldavearellanomirahanz4902]

To muster the courage to accept death must be easy for him..but the fear he have the same fate with all his victims must be agonizing,.. could be like all he had killed was reaching for him

[@gilperalta4068]

This narrator needs more lessons in communications, e.g. diction, clarity, voice, etc.

[@archiebald4717]

The Emperor should have experience same drop.

[@donniebrasco99]

The bomb should have been dropped on the imperial palace.

[@joehowarth8093]

Presently reading “ Last Mission To Tokyo” regarding the Doolittle Raid and the international war crimes trial taking place after the war against the killing of those who were captured after the raid took place.

[@bobbifumi2006]

I enjoy the conTENTTTT. But why do you emphasize the end of SENTENCEEEEEE. Lol

[@BullshitWharehouse]

He got off damned easy, considering what he and his troops did. Absolute monster- and architect of the Malayan death march..

[@Ben-bl3sx]

He wasn't in command during the fall of the Philippines.. He only came in command right at the end in the defence of the Philippines. So there's no way he was responsible for the Bataan death march

[@BullshitWharehouse]

@@Ben-bl3sx but you are correct- they replaced him with Gen Homma and he was in charge for the (next) Bataan March- which happened the next year..But yamashita was a nasty dog that got what he had coming

[@Ben-bl3sx]

@@BullshitWharehouse General Yamashita was in charge of the 25th army which was at Malaya at that time. He was never replaced by Homma and was never even in the Philippines at that time.. General Homma was commander of the 14th Army

[@tomchirillo1663]

You as an American has continued to show the stupidity of the Americans!

[@BullshitWharehouse]

@@tomchirillo1663 so that's your response? Like a 5 year old child? You're toopid.. As usual, the hypocrisy with you clowns is absolutely nauseating

[@jimcronin2043]

Regardless of whether or not he was technically innocent or guilty, the general feeling in America and Britain against the Japanese at that time would have made his execution all but inevitable. This contrasts with the avoidance of execution of many German officers (eg Mannstein) after the war.

[@MrDebmey]

He was definitely guilty of war crimes but his execution wasn't brutal at all.

[@tararuaman]

When asked if he had any last words, he almost said enough to write a book !!

[@drlecter8145]

BRUTAL EXECUTION? NO

[@rossbrown6641]

Good nam,e matey. How many human livers have you toasted?

[@tonygumbrell22]

It was said here that he did not declare Manila and open city before retreating north. I have read otherwise elsewhere, that he did declare Manila an open city.

[@JesterEric]

It was Navy troops that chose to defend Manilla. The Japanese Army and Navy hated each other. They were nominally under his command but did not follow his orders to evacuate the city⅙

[@tonygumbrell22]

@@JesterEric Thank you, I was aware of that. In the video it said that Yamashita did not declare Manila an open city, and I have read elsewhere that he declared Manila an open city and retreated north. What it comes down to is Did he make such a declaration? Again, I knew that Japanese Marines fortified themselves in a citadel and held out fanatically. I have read a good account of Yamashita's trial because I was interested in the legal principle.

[@rabbit251]

@@tonygumbrell22 Good point. And regardless of the hatred between the Navy and Army, they are under his command. All through his career he did nothing to look into major acts that happened under his command. He clearly turned a blind eye to such atrocities. Unbelievable for him to say that he didn't know, especially when such actions were everywhere within the Japanese military and every officer clearly had direct knowledge of such atrocities. If he was true that he would have punished soldiers who did this, he should have been looking for it. Truth is, he knew it was happening and ignored it.

[@sabb007]

Read William Manchester's book American Caesar for more details. Yamashita took command of the 14th Army on 10 Oct 1944. Ten days later the US invaded the Phillipines. He would have had no time to even know who and what units were under his command. He declared Manila an open city and ordered his troops to evacuate Manila. A unit of Japanese Marines ignored his order. Yamashita didn't even know that they were in his command. His trial was a travesty of justice (two US Supreme Court judges who reviewed the trial said that the trial was not in any way an example of US justice - they were overuled by other judges who confirmed the death sentence). Hearsay and propaganda were admitted as evidence eg a newsreel clip of a US soldier searching the pack of a Japanese soldier finds a document written in english saying "Secret orders from Tokyo. Destroy Manila and all of the citizens". 25 newspaper correspondents attended the trial and heard all of the evidence. At the end of the trial they did a poll amongst themselves and found 25 votes of not guilty. In regard to Yamashita being guilty of not knowing what was happenning under his command, those two Supreme court judges pointed out that, at that time, US forces were doing their utmost to disrupt Yamashita's command and control facilities (and succeeding).

[@ronnelacido1711]

Yamashita was just the nominal commander of all the Japanese forces in the Philippines back then. It was known among the high-ranking officials that while the Japanese leaders publicly praise Yamashita as a competent and well-experienced commander, they were contemptuous of him privately, perceiving him as lacking commitment to a total war of annihilation which didn't jibe with the Japanese culture of "death rather than disgrace". His surrender in baguio, despite orders to fight to the death, sealed his fate. During the trial, the Allies want blood but hesitant to drive the Japanese into the emerging Soviet power if humiliated excessively; the new Japanese government wanted to be rid of a "cowardly" general that they privately blamed for their defeat. Both sides compromised, and Yamashita was thrown under the bus as he was the most expendible among tokyo's war generals.

[@pawasjayabalit1801]

I cannot forget the brutality of the whestern colonizations of the world for centuries. After japan surrendered to the allies, our grandfathers and grandmothers used the weapons left by the japanese army to prevent white slavers from regaining control over Asia. In my country alone, Indonesia, 38 thousands men who joined the japanese army during world war 2 continued their battle against the Dutch and their allies from retaking Indonesia from 1945 to 1949. Thousands of japanese soldiers chose to join the Indonesians in their battle against the Dutch rather than going home to their homeland.

[@grahamecollins8824]

Why label the execution as BRUTAL when it was clearly not.

[@leifschroder1311]

Don’t know if he was responsible for the treatment of P.O.W working on the railway to Burma seen the gravesite of all young men in Thailand and it upset me a lot 😢

[@HardyTempestsWildCampsandWalks]

Ultimately, wasn’t Hirohito responsible for his soldiers actions?

[@mamacat63]

Absolutely yes, he was

[@SuperTrumpMAGA]

Absolutely 💯% NO !! 😁

[@nrc468]

@@mamacat63 Hirohito should be cut into pieces for the abuses of his soldier if we say command responsiblity.

[@lktan224]

Yes he was. However he was protected by his master USA. So was the the soulless doctorin charge of experimenting in thousand of Chinese in China Harbin called Unit 731.

[@D.Appeltofft]

Hirohito was spared in order to make the capitulation acceptable to influential groups in the Japanese government. Fair? Probably not. But it definitely saved thousands of American servicemens lifes, and probably millions of Japanese civilians. I don't think Japanese are more brutal than other people. It was the toxic spirit within the military elite actively forced upon the soldiers, so punishing the leaders was absolutely justified, and I'd say they got off way to easy. As an officer you had to prove yourself through obedience, brutality and contempt for any display of humanity. And it was a top-down policy. A society able to bring such a mentality about is not worth saving.

[@yarivdayan3425]

very interesting clip. It is better if all your clips will translate to English.Yamashita is very famous and very curial man

[@johnalexander4982]

General Yamashita was a brilliant commander and captured Singapore Island, which was defended by 85000 British, Australians and Indians,.... with just 30,000 Japanese soldiers. By all accounts, he was honorable and decent to those he captured. He was however hounded by General Perceval who had (disgracefully) surrendered to him and was executed for 'Command Responsibility".

[@maxwellfan55]

Not disputing Yamashita's ability as a soldier/strategist, however Percival, despite his many failings and weaknesses had little alternative but surrender. British held Singapore, despite the manpower advantage, was severely under resourced to continue fighting, being without any air cover and entirely at the mercy of Japanese fighters/bombers, depleted of ammunition, and with almost no water (the Japanese having bombed the main water supply). The resources he needed (and had requested in advance) had already been diverted to assist Russia in the west, and the middle east. Having being attacked by the weakly defended mainland, Singapore was in a state of absolute chaos at this time. Had Percival known the Japanese were also nearly out of ammunition things might have been different. But this is war. While I am in no sense defending Yamashita, it is documented Yamashita ordered the execution of the Japanese soldiers who took part in the massacre of the British hospital in Singapore.

[@olliefoxx7165]

"By all accounts..." Yeah, by Japanese apologist accounts. They brutally tortured and killed MILLIONS of innocent people.

[@panthercreek60]

The only reason Yamashita was executed was because macarthur couldn't allow the man who defeated him so ignominiously to survive past the war

[@dethray1000]

sober up--you defend a monster and attack the hero--your not well

[@Skytv446]

Thats true,

[@temasek65]

My grandma Majedan is living her last hours these days. She ever recounted to me how her father and mum, Bakar Ali and Taslima used to hide Chinese persons in her house ground compartments in Kranji, Singapore. They took a massive risk in doing so as Japanese soldiers might come to conduct checks in the village. Japanese soldiers often come and bayonet her chickens roaming outside her home and bring them away without payment too.

[@boris7417]

My salutation and thanks to your brave ancestor.

[@nrc468]

So the Americans were correct when they released the first atom bomb to Japan and although most victims on that bomb were civilians, the atrocities done by the Japanese were also mostly civilian. Eye for an eye is the correct word. By the way, my father was a former USAFEE veteran.

[@pefsgk5092]

It's never brutal to execute a war criminal.

[@joeabadier]

[This video is brought to you by the yamashita family to desperately try to clear his murderous name]. I was born and raised in the province where this evil man was executed, and I heard first hand stories of how grossly brutal the japanese soldiers were- including how they killed Babies with bayonets whenever they felt their demands were not met right away (e.g. when residents of villages try to hide their teenage girls from the japanese soldiers because the girls were surely to become sex slaves). yamashita knew it and allowed it (or was he completely blind and dumb?) because that was how he could accomplish impressing the emperor.

[@jmaca112]

it's the same reason why I dont buy Hello Kitty for my child even she cries for that damn cat

[@neddyladdy]

What was more brutal about this execution than any other execution. From your other video titles it seems that you really get off on brutality. You need to watch that.

[@david9783]

Nobody is going to miss that guy.

[@ihs51]

This guy shown the world that the Great Britain is NOT great afterall.

[@davidchamberlain5425]

His name has 🙄🙄..A four letter word in it and aptly sums up this demon🙄👍👍👍👍👍

[@frankalexander5401]

If you are in “command,” you are responsible for everything that happens within and without the military unit you are in command. It makes no difference if the commander knows or does not know what the military unit does while they are in command!! You are responsible!! Yamashita got off easy !!

[@frankmark787]

Hope that applies to the allies. Cuz it didn’t!

[@frankalexander5401]

@@frankmark787 You obviously are not a commissioned officer in the US Army because this is standard US MILITARY doctrine

[@SavageDragon999]

By that logic maybe you Americans should have hanged Westermoreland for the My Lai Massacre.

[@michaelwhisman]

In what way was his execution BRUTAL??

[@johnavast5939]

When you see it like that you're equating everything! I'm not saying the British and us are perfect but when people say that is equal to what the Japanese and Germans did then you are out of your mind

[@alwaysright1572]

I abosuluty love your channel and have watched most of them so please do not take this personal. Your use of the word " Brutal " ( CAPS ALSO lol ) in a lot of these videos is not justified in my opinon. A hanging is a clean death, nothing to see here move on people....... I would describe "Brutal" as Axe murders that took 3 swings, The Brazen Bull used in ancient Greece, Cartels that skin people alive or thowing tied up people off of 10 story buildings like ISIS did. most likely putting Brutal in the headline gets more views and I get that.

[@evilpipi1]

Please i am spanish Traducción vídeo

[@NellieGCabo]

The "BRUTAL EXECUTION " of Yamashita, .In my own Opinion,although I never Knew or Experienced the War, (WW ll )I was born in the Post war, the Person who was Executed (Yamashita) was the Brutal one and NOT how he was Executed.He was Punished according to the Law because of his "Brutality"

[@drewwagner4802]

Every Officer is responsible for the action of his command, whether he ordered it are not! USN-SBU22

[@daviddoran3673]

Unless you are the Kaptain of the USS Vincennes perhaps?

[@ericbruce6984]

Brutal? My ass. He got off very easy.

[@svenerikjohansson8130]

Japanes warcrimes were terrible, (and I don´t know if Yamashita himself was guilty), but I am still glad that in Europe (or at least western Europe) we are beyond/ passed that stage of society that included the death penalty. The last execution in our country, Sweden, was in 1910 - 112 years ago. Death penalty is in my view not combineable with a modern democratic society. On this special issue I think our European countroies are more civilized than some of the 50 states in the USA, that still have the death penalty in their state laws. I also think that on some issues European/ western thinking and culture are far more respecting the value of the individuals life and superior to the culture and ideals that cruel Japanes soldiers 80 years ago had been brought up/ teached to embrace. Maybe Yamashita was not so guilty as the judges thought, but sadly I don´t think Yamashitas "gods" were able to help him here or byond the definite gate of the death. But I think there is one who can give help beyond death.

[@samiam1254]

"The brutal execution..." as if any execution is NOT brutal.

[@LovedDoxology68]

My grandfather was carted away and was never seen again. He was murdered in the Japanese's Sook Ching massacre

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

Interesting comments below. I do remember the atrocities committed by americans during the Vietnam war, and non of the commanding officers were executed, only court marshalled. Some not even that. Even in WW2, in an interview with Dick Winters he was asked if Speirs had machine gunned down unarmed men, and winters replied he asked Speirs the same question, and Speirs told him yes he did do that. Atrocities were committed by all countries, only the losers are punished

[@donniebrasco99]

stay in the topic, dude. Dont wander off.

[@jacquelinenoble6640]

My Dad was a prisoner of the Japanese for three and a half years. Their brutality knew no bounds.😪

[@SallyMangos]

To describe the execution of a war criminal "BRUTAL" is to say that his execution was cruel and violent. Is that the message this channel is trying to put out?

[@OldFloatingSeaman]

Its just his command of the English language.

[@sherirobinson6867]

Yeah, I think this should read justified execution. To be brutal, he should have been turned over to the victims and drawn and quartered in the marketplace. Now that would have been brutal, but under the circumstances still justified! Just my opinion of course

[@astrakruger282]

The Allies committed more war crimes than the Japanese and the Germans. But still none of them were ever tried for their war crimes. None of the Japanese and German military leaders deserved to be tried for war crimes, period.

[@jayduke8554]

Awesome 😊

[@tiredlawdog]

We know, he was a warm and loving man............or not!! I'm left wondering why this criminal is allowed to continue wearing his medals or ribbons, and Goering was stripped of his. There were way too many of these ranking officers that got a pass at the end of the war.

[@Banditt42]

Calling everything BRUTAL is ridiculous.

[@DBEdwards]

Yeah. The Japanese delivered us a LOVE FEST in WW2

[@ge2623]

Now that's a brutal comment.

[@Maurice1151]

Great topics but are they always brutal? Execution is quick done properly it's not a brutal act like torture.

[@MrSelidor7]

He claimed that he couldn't be responsible for every action by every soldier and that's fair enough but when the atrocities are as widespread and numerous as they were he had absolutely no excuse and frankly his defense is offensive to the memory of the millions who died and suffered as a consequence of his actions. The shame that his kind and most of all his Emperor brought to Japan has still not been washed away.

[@randomdude7096]

War crimes were committed by all sides during the war, and are committed in any war. The difference is the extent and whether they are actually planned or encouraged by the top command, as was the case with Germans and Japanese. In any case, the main lesson we learn here is: do not lose a war.

[@dashlamb9318]

Guilty as charged. Let us not prevaricate about the bush.

[@giulianiraymond330]

Brutal ?! Is an execution in general a smooth sweet thing ? Besides, considering the brutality of this japanese beast : no mercy.

[@DBEdwards]

Happy Christmas! War is Over

[@flyingphobiahelp]

John Lennon 1971

[@DBEdwards]

Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which were supposedly introduced by the semi-mythical legislator Lycurgus. His laws configured the Spartan society to maximize military proficiency at all costs, focusing all social institutions on military training and physical development. The inhabitants of Sparta were stratified as Spartiates (citizens with full rights), mothakes (free non-Spartiate people descended from Spartans), perioikoi (free non-Spartiates), and helots (state-owned enslaved non-Spartan locals). Spartiate men underwent the rigorous agoge training regimen, and Spartan phalanx brigades were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights than elsewhere in classical antiquity. SPARTA WAS DESTROYED AND SO WAS JAPAN. LESSON LEARNED.

[@alexbowman7582]

Many of the German officers charged with war crimes accepted responsibility for the acts of soldiers under their command which they had no part in.

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

The Japanese never really paid dearly enough for the war crimes they committed during WW2. But it is pointless to dwell on that now.

[@donniebrasco99]

Yeah, they never did, but karma has a way of sorting things out.

[@danilobadua7775]

The barbaric brutality committed by the Japanese forces in Manchuria, in Nanking, in Manila was as monstrous and in many instances worse than what the Nazi had done to the Jews during WWII. Many Filipinos of that generation were of the opinion that the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not enough. Just like Saddam Hussein who knew what he was doing, Yamashita knew what his soldiers did, in fact he must have encourage those acts. That he died so quickly by hanging, a quick almost instantaneous death, is way too merciful.

[@davidsigalow7349]

As I've said before, had the US not nuked Japan, anyone who'd had the misfortune of catching Japan's attention from about 1935 on - the Filipinos, Chinese, Malays, Indians, Koreans, Australians, Kiwis, etc. - would have gladly done so.

[@paulobrien4132]

Another story confirming the insanity of war.

[@michaelmallal9101]

My late uncle was an Oz war correspondent in the Far East and may have attended this trial.

[@patdalager2598]

What brutal execution?