The Japanese Killed Germans in WWII

[@WarStorieswithMarkFelton]

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[@jonmcgee6987]

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[@lordvictory6718]

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[@mikkelbus-unclepedersen9233]

I don't question your work. I like to see the sources for the story. The topic is so horrendous and can see the type debate it spawns in the comments.

[@mombaassa]

​@@lordvictory6718 Your channel has no content, is called "Lord Victory", and was created during Russia's troop build up for the invasion of Ukraine. Interest!

[@ndenise3460]

Have had a WoW account for years

[@bacongod4967]

The Japanese really couldn’t go 5 minutes without committing war crimes, could they?

[@Komainu959]

I always find it puzzling that people think Japanese weren't some of the most brutal combatants in history. Their ruthlessness in battle is well documented since feudal times to include within Japan itself.

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

Their inherent racism and total contempt for people of different races,cultures and religions puts even the Most ideological Nazi to shame

[@mcyte314]

@@Komainu959Except that this was not in battle.

[@jamesclark6487]

​@@mcyte314try to be less autistic

[@Frankie2012channel]

Japan only relatively RECENTLY came out of a Feudal system. They were basically MEDIEVAL people suddenly thrust into the 20th century. I ask you. If you gave machine guns, warships, tanks and planes to ... the VIKINGS, would they have been any better? This is a serious question. Not excusing the mentality, but folks don't seem to be interested in understanding it. BTW, America's own Native Americans were exceedingly brutal in their genocidal wars against OTHER TRIBES before the white man took over the continent. They would dismember people piece by piece while they were still alive. If YOU suddenly gave the most violent warrior TRIBE in the Continental USA, modern weapons, do you really think they would be living a standard of civilization that European nations took centuries to develop?

[@bouffon1]

A family friend didn't go through any dramatic scenes like this; he was in Changi prison throughout his captivity. One of the nicest guys I knew, he had an intense hatred of the Japanese and was one of those that went to the reception of Hirohito in London in 1971 just so that he could turn his back. Many of his friends died.

[@Franky46Boy]

A teenage son of my Uncle Chris was tortured and beheaded by the Japanese Kempeitai for nothing. The kid was totally innocent of espionage for the Allies (for which he was erroneously charged). My family never bought a Japanese car for many decades after the war and I had to overcome my disgust for Japanese people when I met them during my work. This hate subsided when I noticed they were nice people and could not be blamed for what their (grand)fathers had done.

[@犬まにまに]

Tragedies like this often occur in any war, and if you look into it you'll see that the Allies did use natives as spies and coast watchers, and the Japanese also used natives as collaborators.There were many cases in which transport ships carrying large numbers of soldiers were sunk by submarines due to information from spies.

[@CBfrmcardiff]

​@@犬まにまにYes, but wartime Japanese institutions were executing people out of paranoia or in order to instil fear, whereas the Allied institutions (whatever individual transgressions) were not doing so.

[@cherylmackey2942]

My Father loathed the Japanese. He retired as a Chief Petty Officer on the HMAS Sydney

[@davidthefirst6195]

My grandfather was evacuated from Dunkirk with the BEF and later posted to Singapore 6 weeks before the capitulation He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese Until his dying day he detested even the word Japanese

[@noahtramposh3350]

The Japanese got away with an awful lot more than their allies.

[@sanepillow59]

Considering that nobody put the allies war crimes to trial then you couldn't be more wrong

[@raggedy3759]

@@sanepillow59 Their allies as in germany and italy

[@TheNelster72]

​@@sanepillow59Their allies not the allies. This constant reference to allied war crimes like they were anywhere like in the same numbers and same degree of barbarity by the USA and Britain is a joke. We're talking about throwing babies in the sea to drown and eating people alive here. Go get your head checked for a brain.

[@drew3354]

They did get nuked though

[@randymagnum143]

​@@drew3354FAFO, as the kids say.

[@roberthayes9842]

As a boy scout in 1969 one of our leaders had fought the Japanese in hand to hand combat, sometimes he'd talk about it and tears would well up, poor man had seen and done things you never get over from, he was a lovely man called Terry Cotte, bless his soul

[@kirbyculp3449]

o7

[@DrivermanO]

@@HankPanky That comment is not even funny. You should be ashamed of yourself, trivialising this.

[@jason200912]

Did he bring home any freebie arisakas

[@HankPanky]

Holy cow I had no idea the Boy Scouts battled the Japanese in 1969.

[@SMGJohn]

Real soldiers never cries, I doubt his story, his tears were tears that he did not kill no Imperial soldier. For if he did, there would only be smiles and boasts of american patriotism, God bless US of a

[@360Nomad]

If it makes any of you feel better, the immediate perpetrators wound up getting served up a plate of their own, as the Akikaze was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine on November 3, 1944 and sank with all hands. The entire crew was left to die in the water by their fellow Japanese ships much like their victims.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Y was that, reckoned to have failed dishonoudably, their sun God emperor or ¿?

[@Mosin-lf7wl]

Good!

[@Vixctor13]

Good.

[@stevenobrien557]

Did you actually watch the clip? This is just a stupid thing to say.

[@RobertKubas]

It is as I always say. Be careful what you say and do for karma may be watching.

[@freda8586]

I had a dear old uncle who, as a young man of 15 years, was taken by the Japanese soldiers as forced-labor to dig for their soldiers some entrenchments in preparation of the the defense of Manila as the Americans are about to liberate the suburbs of Manila. Fortunately, he had the foresight to escape during the night after they dug foxholes and prepared sandbags. He was able to escape since the Japanese unit assigned only one guard to stand sentry for around 30 or more Filipino civilians. He was sure that they will be killed the next day because (of course) the Japanese positions cannot be given away to Filipino Guerillas or the advancing Americans. Sure enough, the next day those who were gang-pressed by the Japanese were all killed the next day.

[@TheSpritz0]

When I was in the Army we were shown an uncensored film of the Liberation of Manila where Japanese soldiers had bayoneted young children right beside a church... American Officers were documenting the incident in case the offenders were caught and produce the evidence to the Red Cross.

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for sharing. My grandfather was an engineer assigned to the Philippines towards the end of the war. I was far too young to hear any stories about what he did there.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

My Grandfather Griff Griffin was a Navy Pilot and double Ace in the Pacific theater during WW II, downing 13 Imperial Japanese. He's still alive living in San Diego 🦅🇺🇸

[@ahonnaga8854]

​@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947proud of ur grand dad. I believe he hates modern America, not he thought he fought for.

[@KomradeLeonski]

I have also read of the massacre of German Nationals in the German Club during the Battle of Manila

[@lepeejon2955]

As a footnote the Akikaze was torpedoed and sunk with loss of the whole crew by USS Pintado, 3 November 1944.

[@fathergascoigne4609]

W news lmao

[@tashuntka]

Yayyyy

[@sdssdds8415]

How did this crime came out after the war if the whole crew died?

[@lepeejon2955]

@@sdssdds8415 Remember the orders were from HQ not from the captain. The captain would have to file a report back to HQ stating the orders were carried out and were archived to be discovered post war.

[@teller1290]

​@@sdssdds8415I'm guessing these murders were done a long time before ship sunk. That means there's a good chance there were transfers off and on the ship after atrocity and before sinking.

[@m.e.g.5264]

And not only Germans. Over 200 Spaniards were executed by Japanese forces at the tale end of WWII during the battle for Manila.

[@carymnuhgibrilsamadalnasud1222]

Really???

[@ghostcreeper243]

I heard Francoist Spain was considering going to war with the Allies against Japan and japan only

[@rrc4675]

​@@ghostcreeper243yes Spain was thinking about declare the war to Japan but finally was forgotten.

[@fujitsuentertainment6539]

good

[@lux2132]

​@@rrc4675Churchill preferred having Spanish forces concentrated within Spain alone for support against Hitler. That's the only thing that stopped Franco from sending troops to the Philippines.

[@keshakaiser6453]

Bishop Josef Lörks came from my German hometown of Kalkar on the Lower Rhine. I spent my first years of school there in the "Josef Lörks Primary School", where we were told that the bishop had been murdered by the Japanese during the war because they thought he was a spy. Logically, I then assumed that the Japanese were our enemies during the war and was then later quite confused when I learned that they were allies of the Germans...

[@hansmoss7395]

When the Japanese occupied Java the arrested many European females. These ladies were mostly from the Netherlands and Germany. They worked as teachers and nurses. The Japanese put them all into brothels. The records are kept by the government of the Netherlands and not released at this time.

[@RedwihteGame]

@@hansmoss7395those records should be released. Reveal atrocities committed by japanese soldiers.

[@colder5465]

Strictly speaking, Germans and Japanese weren't Allies. Being Allies means having joint military planning and coordination of the war effort. Contrary to that, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan fought two different wars. They were friends, yeah. Both being highly racist (but that wasn't so rare then. As if Anglo-Saxons weren't racist. Even Hollanders in their colonies). The Japanese could become real Allies to the Nazis if they invaded Soviet Union in 1941 (and Hitler wanted that so much; by his plan we wasn't interested what was going beyond the Urals. Yeah, it was the theory of Mitteleuropa which even today is very much alive, just look at the official motto of the German state TV Deutsche Welle). But the Japanese felt something wrong went with the Germans in the Smolensk battle and finally decided against this course of actions. They chose the "southern option". After that each of the "friends" waged its own war. In 1945 really at the end of the war Hitler gave the Japanese his famous Tiger tank as a gift. The IJA tried to create its first and only tank division based near Tokyo. But Hitler's present was absolutely useless. Japan had absolutely no expertise nor means for the production of these sophisticated vehicles.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

War isn't always black & white Americans & British killed French & French killed Americans Germans killed Italians.

[@annoyed707]

Hochwald area?

[@gern7535]

It's nice for at least one historian to not be afraid to show the barbarity of the Japanese during WW2. So often all we hear about are German atrocities and the Japanese are either given a pass or an excuse is made for their behavior.

[@DeathoftheWest]

Exactly. And don't you dare speak of the Soviets!

[@rsmith02]

Try reading a book, it's all over mainstream history

[@gern7535]

@@rsmith02 Try having a doctor remove your head from that dark spot up your rear.

[@AimForMyHead81]

Lol, just stop you goober. Japanese war crimes are not only extensively covered but also extremely well known.

[@Remember_Bubblebutt]

​@@DeathoftheWestKatyn? What's that? I've never heard of this "Katyn" you speak if.

[@spurgeonwoods]

And here I thought I was aware of the extent of the Japanese atrocities during WWII. I was wrong. Absolutely horrifying.

[@Mosin-lf7wl]

Such an honorable culture tho. More like savages with a good PR firm.

[@WalterKovacs...]

Read up on Unit 731. But prepare yourself...

[@MichaelSmith-pp3wp]

There are probably hundreds of mass killings by Japanese of Chinese, Indonesians, Filipinos, and other Asians that have been lost to history.

[@HiTechOilCo]

@spuregonwoods - As horrific as this story is, look up the Death March on Bataan, where the Japanese army murdered thousands of prisoners of war.

[@desubtilizer]

@@WalterKovacs...Add cannibalism to that one too of Indian POWs and captured airmen, the Chichijima incident is just one case of cannibalism committed by the Japanese during WWii.

[@trendnwin6545]

May these atrocities never happen again and RIP to all the innocent victims.

[@marthaj67]

It's sad to say, but what's coming is going to make World Wars 1 and 2 look like a cake walk in comparison.

[@TheSaltydog07]

They are happening today.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

@@TheSaltydog07 Where exactly ?

[@joydevsarkar4474]

​@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947every where south american cartels, African civil war, middle East everywhere

[@samhayner2937]

​@funfact8660 the U.S. had a president that keep a secret kill list and was known for ordering missile strikes into civilian targets in countries the US wasn't at war with. So yes still happening today

[@petercarter9034]

My father fought in Burma during the war, he was upset by many things he witnessed, he was particularly distressed when he recalled a village where all the inhabitants were executed by having their heads severed with a spade,

[@mikloridden8276]

Yet people cry about the Atom bombs. Those instances are the reasons why they were dropped.

[@bruhism173]

Was, was he actively doing it? I don't get someone sees that and keeps watching, like a blade ok, normal beheading, but no, let's use a shovel

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

I'm sorry he had to see that. May God bless him.

[@thechatteringmagpie]

My father was in Burma and Malaya. The aftermath of the Japanese incursions and their execution of native men women and children, affected him deeply. He rarely spoke of his experiences but buried them deep.

[@thechatteringmagpie]

@@bruhism173 , scouting groups of only a dozen men could hardly intervene when the Japanese entered a village in force, sometimes with over a hundred men. The intelligence was passed back down the line and while awaiting reinforcements, the scouts were forced to helplessly witness unspeakable horrors.

[@chris00nj]

I had always differentiated the Japanese Navy and the Army with the Navy being more honorable and not committing the amount of atrocities that the Army did. So i was wrong.

[@airhabairhab]

I don’t actually think you’re wrong, the officers and sailors of this ship aren’t the ones guilty of this crime, it want committed out of personal desire. It is the Japanese system that ordered this crime, the Japanese captain was a man who didn’t want to do it but had no more option in the moment than would a slave.

[@greg_4201]

Most East and South East Asian men have no morals whatsover. They are always either bullying someone or being bullied. They don't understand concepts of individuality or standing up for yourself or others. They just go with the flow and do what they're told by men who have no integrity or charisma, and so can only command authority through fear. When it's your turn to bully an inferior that's supposed to be your relief for being bullied by your superior, or how do avoid such. What's more people in the east are more unifrorm and are basically interchangeable in roles - chosen for loyalty, caste or family association rather than skill or experience. They lack the individuality, pride and charisma of westerners that do so much for our sense of justice and are terrified of being outcast by the group. There are of course a lot of exceptions, but they are largely due to western contact. A lot of them dislike everything I've mentioned but rarer than rocking horse shit are the ones who will actually defy another man to prevent evil. So even the best of them will decry the abuse but do nothing to stop it, and even those types have virtually no resistance to applied peer pressure. The modern world and its treasured values are essentially European, and spread everywhere via colonialism. Don't expect others to perpetuate those values if our influence fully recedes. It doesn't come naturally to them. Ironically Japan is one of the least extreme Asian countries regarding all that... Everywhere in South East Asia is much worse for instance... They make the Japanese look like westerers. It's just that nowhere in Asia besides Japan has anyone ever wielded the power to act out this kind of evil on any large scale.

[@PedroPerez-vk2tm]

The IJN did execute unfortunate USN crews shot down at sea during the battle of Midway, so the issue was pervasive and not just an "army" thing

[@LarsAgerbk]

The USAF was really good at killing civilians too. Not in the scale of the Imperial Japanese Army probably. But then again, the USAF weren't active as long as the Japanese Army.

[@raymondtonns2521]

read Mark Felton's book "Slaughter at Sea" do not eat food before reading

[@puppog4135]

My grandfather fought in New Guinea with the AIF and was tasked to seek out German missionaries. He sometimes spoke about his role during both the Salamaua-Lae, and later the Ramu river campaigns where he had been tasked with seeking out any German missionaries he could find. The fear was that the Missionaries, with their decades of experience in New Guinea and the support of the local population, were leading the Japanese troops along native passes unknown to the Australians. As the only Australian NCO on hand that could speak Pidgin English he got the job, twice. He sometimes spoke of how they were the most harrowing experiences of this life as he would travel alone with only a single native guide to help him in what was then Japanese held territory. He was even less pleased when the only recognition he received for the one man patrols was to be temporary transfer to a commando unit. He never did find any missionaries, just native rumors that they were "with the Japanese". Until watching this, I never appreciated just how sinister the term "with the Japanese" turned out to be.

[@Albert-Arthur-Wison225]

My great-uncle, captured by the Japanese invaders of Dutch and Portuguese Timor, a member of the mainly Australian ‘ stay behind ‘ Sparrow Force ‘ guerrillas, was, amongst other abominable things, forced to watch a group of nuns being tortured, beaten, stabbed, and gang raped on a Singaporean dock by ‘ men ‘ proudly deeming themselves to be Japanese ‘ soldiers ‘. It certainly wouldn’t be surprising, judging from this video’s account, if German women had been amongst the victims..

[@CJArnold-hq3ey]

My Dad was in Sparrow Force , 2/1st Heavy Battery - worked on the Pakanbaru Death Railway just as Worse as the Thai-Burma , big Man 6'3" came back 44 kg - Upon return re took up his Trade as a Master Carpenter worked another 40 yrs , never whinged .

[@jenniferkeates]

The difference here is that the Japanese didn't want to carry out this order as the Germans were allies.

[@donlum9128]

Japan deserved more nukes not just two.

[@josephwilliams7995]

@@donlum9128 there was a third one but Japan surrendered so our hands were tied

[@jeffengland9913]

My father fought the Japanese in the Philippines to take back those islands. He told me he had been to many countries and met many kinds of people. But the Japanese were the cruelest race of people he had ever killed.

[@Komainu959]

I'm Japanese and was born and raised in Hawaii as Sansei or third generation that left Japan. I've studied a good deal about Japan and even taken up things like Kendo to gain a better appreciation of my Japanese heritage. While people like to romanticize Samurai and Bushido code the truth of the matter is that Japanese were RUTHLESS. The war crimes they committed against the neighboring countries were foreseeable because that's what they did within Japan during wars. Just incase you're thinking the above is to excuse the behavior it isn't. Japan has covered up the war crimes it did in countless countries so well that the youth of today don't really know anything about it. It needs to be taught, it needs to be remembered just like the atomic bombings. Otherwise you lose the lessons and may repeat them in the future.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

Whilst I agree with you that in the heat of battle people can do terrible things. This was clearly not the case here. There was no battle prior to getting them on the ship. They 'cleansed' the island first. Yes, they treated the people well initially on the ship, but as soon as they were given the order to kill them, they did it in a cruel manner. They knew exactly what they were doing. They could have just had them kneel and shot them in the base of the skull, but no, they made them suffer before killing them. It is clear that when afforded the opportunity, they played with their victims like cats with mice or the Orca with seals.

[@peterc.1419]

They were doing what the Germans did in WW2 to Poles, Russians and others. Systematic executions of people to create living space for German farmers. About Bushido code, in WW1, Japan did not behave so cruelly, or did it?

[@peterc.1419]

@@cuddlepaws4423 We don't know what the standard method of execution at the time was. Maybe they thought their way was more humane. One has to get into the mind of the perpetrator and not what we consider more humane nowadays. After all they could have injected them with potassium to stop their hearts as well or drugged them before strangling them. All horrible, I know. No excuses but maybe different to bayoneting babies or cutting pregnant women's stomachs open as was the case in Nanking but also what Ukrainian nationalists did to Poles in Volhynia.

[@johnwright9372]

The Japanese civilian population has never been told what the imperial forces did to prisoners and countless millions of tortured, raped and murdered civilians. There has been official national amnesia over the savagery in WWII. In contrast the Germans were very thoroughly told what was done during the Nazi era. Why is it that Asians cannot bear to lose face?

[@trooperdgb9722]

Well said. And the justification so often used to excuse the Japanese treatment of POWs (for instance) was that the Japanese would rather die than surrender... because its far too shameful. Problem is, they didn't stick to that principle. hell...not even the EMPEROR killed himself. How were there ANY Japanese alive to face war crimes tribunals if defeat or surrender was so shameful. Funny how they didn't apply that standard to themselves eh?

[@shanemcdowall]

One of the reasons anti-militarism in modern Japan is the fact that Japanese civilians were unaware of the atrocities being committed by their armed forces. They found out when returning Japanese servicemen told them what they had done. It is not like the Japanese media publicised the evils being committed during the war. Also, getting nuked and firebombed played a role in postwar pacifism.

[@milferdjones2573]

I know of several anime in Japan which cover the wrongs even if they mostly do it by saying not showing. I assume many left media do cover the wrong doings it the current Government which denies.

[@walli6388]

Not really. Most Japanese still don't know/believe about those war crimes

[@shanemcdowall]

@@walli6388 Yes, I am aware that Japanese are in denial about the horrors their armed forces committed. They Think They were the victims of the Pacific War. But anti-militarism is strong in Japan because of the reasons I gave.

[@Briselance]

If they don't get rid of that anti-militarism, then they will have to rely even more on US troops and involvement. Which is hardly any functional nor desirable in the long run. Then I'd wager that anti-militarism doesn't seem to have had any practicality, if ever it has any.

[@Sizdothyx]

They still play dumb to it, by the by.

[@svdlaan]

The cliché I grew up with in Japanese culture it is extremely important to make the appropriate excuses after mistakes or wrongdoing in order to atone and restore harmony, the Toyota president will tearfully bow deep in public if a toddler dies in a Toyota car because of a technical malfunction. But never has Japan honestly showed regret and remorse for the millions of innocent victims killed by them in WWII.

[@jefclark]

Because they regret losing and nothing else

[@treystephens6166]

@@jefclarkthey lost the war because they were so mean.

[@jefclark]

@@treystephens6166 Id argue it was stupidity and arrogance like literally saying 'superior martial spirit' will overcome the gigantic difference in power between Japan and the US. But yes, the Japanese behavior turned all of Asia against them. The Nazis did similar in many places. Of course also the Nazis doing shit like tying up their rail networks and using a huge amount of men to just aimlessly kill people also contributed to their losses. But both regimes never had a chance. They would have kept starting wars until they collapsed. Its inherent in fascism.

[@treystephens6166]

@@jefclark Asia still hates Japan 🇯🇵❌

[@milferdjones2573]

They have express regret many times in official ways that is actually false. But it is correct they don't do it enough and especially do it in their own media and in their school systems. And I quite willing for them to take the approach of they only have to acknowledge the wrong doing as the current generation is never guilty of actions of past generations.

[@tango6nf477]

Many years ago I read (cant remember the book) of the account of the execution of a number of USN aircrew who had been shot down and captured by the IJN. They were tied to empty oil drums and thrown over the side. The drums were then shot allowing them to slowly fill with water, which eventually causing them to sink taking the USN airmen with them. A horrific and cruel way to kill, why not simply shoot them, the Japanese always showed unnecessary cruelty.

[@royalhero4608]

Wtf is wrong with these people. And they cry about being nuked

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

Two big bombs dropped over Japan.

[@adamstuhlman2206]

Flyboys ?

[@oldesertguy9616]

I believe that fits somewhat with what they did to three of the US pilots shot down during the Battle of Midway.

[@oldesertguy9616]

@HAL-vu8ef apparently the info on the Midway flyers was found after the war. I don't remember how it was discovered, but often it was statements from other Japanese who didn't like what was done.

[@mats7492]

And unlike germany, japan doesnt really acknowledge their own horrible cimes to this day..

[@jimtaylor294]

Not quite. Japan paid considerable reparations to S-Korea after WWII, as well as to several other nations effected by them in WWII. Tis worth noting too that the present day Japanese have no direct responsibility for what happened, as - in most countries but not North-Korea because they're weird 😅 - children shouldn't have to suffer for the Sins of past generations. Should past crimes be well documented and studied?, yes; though apportionment of blame should sit squarely with those whom actually ordered &/or committed the crime itself.

[@mats7492]

Youre missing the point im trying to make. There is no public discussion in japan about their crimes, no school lessons about it etc..as i wrote, unlike germany@@jimtaylor294

[@jimtaylor294]

^ An amusing notion that you can claim to know that there's no discussion about it over there at all; an absurd claim at best 😂 . Germany's the opposite extreme in any event, as - like Austria next door - the authorities over there hammer individuals for using the swastika for educational purposes online, alongwith - heaven forfeit - making it near impossible for scale model companies to sell kits with swastika decals in their countries (requiring a general change to said companies product that means nobody can have 'em). The German approach to the topic is not healthy at all, and mostly has had the opposite effect of shutting down / suppressing debate on the topic.

[@mats7492]

Ive lived in Japan for 5 years.. Did you?@@HAL-vu8ef

[@Reupload-Kanal-Von-Lukas-Heil]

Americans neither

[@Brentboy111]

Absolute madness. Why? Extreme racism? Is that why they did it? To think no one ever faced justice for it is also a miscarriage. Why tie them up and crucify them? Sick bastards.

[@frakismaximus3052]

No no no... only white people are racist... you're only imagining it...

[@cyberzombie038]

Long story short, the Japanese military during that time was pretty much 'modern military with a medieval mindset.' Even during their feudal era they were equally barbaric.

[@youngsandwich2792]

just makes you wanna watch some anime

[@toastedt140]

​@cyberzombie038 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History explores the historical background and political context that these feeling arose out of. It's very complicated, but the simple version is that feelings of racial superiority combined with notions of duty and honor exploded into the barbarism we see, because the japanese felt seriously threated with total annihilation by it's neighbours and colonial powers. By no means justifies their behavior, but i think it's important to understand how that fanatacism happens so we can avoid it.

[@犬まにまに]

I'm not defending Japan's atrocities, but at that time Japan was suddenly thrown into an extremely cruel world of the fittest, where white people ruled the world, by American warships. In just 50 years, Japan has changed from a peaceful medieval feudal society that lasted for 200 years to a modern military state operating a large number of aircraft carriers. They also learned about the colonization of non-white people by white people and were very afraid and angry about it.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

My mom HATED the Japanese with a vengeance...my uncle (her brother) died in the South Pacific theater. During occupation my parents stayed in Japan. Mom seemed fascinated by their culture and disgusted by their passive-aggressive attitude at the same time. Strange dichotomy to be sure

[@BlueStarJT]

There is a hatred that runs through my family even today with our youngest for the Japanese because it is a family culture to teach what our great grandfather experienced in burma, he fought against the Japanese in Burma and witnessed the atrocities they committed, it still affects my family today because of what the Japanese did.

[@RomaRoma1992]

There are a bunch of godless degenerates.

[@sonogamirinne7172]

​@@BlueStarJTguess it why vn is better than you guy then

[@jon9021]

@@sonogamirinne7172what??

[@sonogamirinne7172]

@@jon9021 the vn suffer the same thing like every asian when talking about ija warcrime , but I don't see them go in internet and bring hatred about it like these guys ,

[@brndnwilks]

Its one thing when we look at the large scale numbers of deaths in WW2. It can be a sterile thing. But when we focus in on these individual acts of incredible cruelty, it turns my stomach. THIS is why learning history is so vital.

[@KalashVodka175]

Stalin coined it « a single death is a tragedy but a million deaths is just statistics » He was quite adept at executing his own precepts.

[@johnkelley2615]

Grandpa will love to hear this one thanks Mark! He just turned 98 C.B Kelley 6th marine. I’ve mentioned him to you before

[@Wavesonthemountain]

What an appalling story. Thank you for telling it Mark. How did the Germans discover the details after the war?

[@teru797]

want to know

[@needsmetal]

chances were the japs braged about it

[@davidcox3076]

An interesting question. I suspect the Japanese didn't just turn over the records of their war crimes.

[@AAWT]

I guess someone who was involved with sending supplies etc to the mission in Guinea started asking what had happened to their missionaries.

[@Max-wd3wz]

you think that was appalling look up the wereth eleven story

[@squint04]

Thank you Dr. Felton, for bringing this story to light! May these poor souls rest in peace!!

[@louisrusso5593]

My family and I visited Nagasaki this spring, including the Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Museum. The Japanese make no mention of their actions and for all practical purposes, only present the last 8 months of the war, and of course, from their viewpoint.

[@Komainu959]

They really need to do a better job of apologizing for the war crimes they have committed. It's a disgrace that they fail to acknowledge the pain they caused and it's been so long and the knowledge covered up and not taught that the youth really don't know about it unless they seek out the information on their own. I don't know what kind of teachings there are in Germany but I doubt they cover up their past. There's nothing wrong with bringing it up IF you can learn from it.

[@jwenting]

So does everyone else. France does not mention that its horrible actions in the Rheinland and Saarland directly caused a lot of the sentiment that allowed the NSDAP to gain power in Germany. Russia does not mention the atrocities committed by its troops all across eastern Europe in 1944/45. Britain and the US do rarely acknowledge the horrors of the carpet bombing of German and Japanese cities, the firestorms, the hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties there. And if they do justify it as "shit happens" basically.

[@louisrusso5593]

France did not summarily execute civilians in the Rheinland nor in the Sarr. You do not mention that the Russian actions were a direct answer to what the Nazis did and finally, it was Hitler who began the bombing of civlians. Nice try. @@jwenting

[@peterc.1419]

@@louisrusso5593 Hold on, Russian repressions towards civilians are well known. Look up Katyn for example or the older Polish NKVD Action where more than 100,000 ethnic Poles in the USSR were executed. Many such examples could be named.

[@ernst624]

There should have been a tribunal similar to that in Nürnberg. Why Hirohito wasn't strung up I'll never understand

[@Whitpusmc]

The sad thing is that this is not particularly outrageous compared to other Japanese behavior in WW2. It’s just another example among thousands.

[@ZxZ239]

thousands? lol, how about fucking MILLILONS

[@inspectorcal]

which is one of the reasons why the japanese had two atomic bombs dropped on them, some say they deserved more, a lot more, the ones who where there and seen what they did first hand.

[@johnhudghton3535]

What horrific brutality...I have no words. 😢

[@HiTechOilCo]

As horrific as this story is, look up the Death March on Bataan, where the Japanese army murdered thousands of prisoners of war.

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

Yet again Dr. Felton has expanded my knowledge about WW2. Does cruelty have no end? Missionaries are the very definition of non combatants, are they not? Yet these 40 were killed. God awful. Thanks again Dr. Felton, although this ghastly tale I would have been alright not knowing. Well done and many thanks.

[@tomhenry897]

Lots were murdered in China

[@ropeburnsrussell]

If history teaches us anything, it is that cruelty has no limits,and worse,some people glory in it.

[@terrybrown8539]

Regrettably there are instances where German missionaries were instrumental in the deaths of Allied airmen shot down over PNG by handing them over to the Japanese .

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

@@terrybrown8539 I didn't know that and now that I do, I'm further convinced that there truly is no bottom. The Great War was horrible,WW2 was horrifying,no doubt,as resources dwindle, how cruel will WW3 be. I suspect worse than the first two combined. Humans are going to human.

[@SamGray]

I'm not sure. It depends on your opinion. Missionaries are, by definition, trying to change culture.

[@bartmuller9797]

There were l believe 70 Lutheran pastors doctors teachers, taken out in shifts on submarines by the Japanese and beheaded, l have read this in a number of books and as a Lutheran Pastor have heard about it from missionaries who came in after the war

[@fractalmadness9253]

There’s another variation to this account, where they just left them on the deck and the sub crash dived.

[@stekarknugen9258]

The Japanese in WW2 were physically unable to not commit war crimes whenever the chance arose.

[@sonogamirinne7172]

Yet the few rare case they not

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

In my opinion Japan was the worst country in ww2 when it comes to atrocities against civilians and the treatment of POWs. They were even worst than Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union

[@bf1905]

Yup

[@sonogamirinne7172]

@@lightfootpathfinder8218 they worst because they were exposed after loses , other like soviet or china after winning destroyed many crime documents so those crimes forgotten ,

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

@@sonogamirinne7172 the Germans and Soviets did treat POWs and certain civilian populations according to the Geneva convention at times. In contrast in nearly every case the Japanese took prisoners or occupied a non Japanese populace they inflicted extremely inhumane treatment on the people under their care.

[@ElleCee62978]

I’m Catholic, and the order of nuns that taught me had 11 nuns executed by the Nazis in 1943. I pray that we never see a war like this again.

[@billpetersen298]

The Catholic Church, is enabling the CCP. To have a presence in mainland China. They have made a deal with today's devil.

[@thefifthbelfry92]

Yea the 11 nuns are the straw that broke the camels back

[@davidb2206]

You missed the point. This video is about the Japanese. Look up the Australian nurses.

[@ElleCee62978]

@@davidb2206 It was about the nuns. I know what they did to Australian nurses. It was terrible.

[@davidb2206]

@@ElleCee62978 It was about the Japanese war criminals.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

The cruelty becomes far worse when you realize that they could have simply thrown them overboard to begin with...

[@conceptalfa]

Was actually what I expected to happen, but no, the japs apparently like it bloody!!!

[@TheCommunistColin]

It's a hard decision to make. I'm personally terrified of drowning, I'd rather just be shot.

[@df1783]

Drowning in cold waters feels way more cruel than being shot

[@crocrox2273]

and to be left on open seas and attacked by shark

[@conceptalfa]

Should the japanese really care for all of those wishes???

[@bangboats3557]

Love your work, Mark. You show time and again that World War II was not one big story, but ten thousand little stories, of small groups on humanity and often even individuals, caught up in a horrific world wide conflict. Thank you for keeping history real and honouring the truth.

[@bryin99]

Hearing Dr.Felton talk about the throwing of babies overboard to drowned makes me wonder how people live with such dark secrets. I hope it haunted them every night.

[@DeathoftheWest]

People commit similar acts every day and no one bat's an eye.

[@Big_Caesar1]

@@DeathoftheWest "No one bats an eye" What? Every time something like this happens people are disgusted, cruelty against children is universally despised. The Japanese were pure evil

[@airborneace]

I was in Papua New Guinea this summer and spotted one of the modern-day Japanese helicopter carriers anchored off the coast of Port Moresby. The irony of a Japanese carrier in that spot wasn't lost on me. During my trip, I stayed in Kavieng for two days, mentioned in this video. It is a beautiful little town, but still littered with remnants of WWII. The airport is the former Japanese airbase.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Should have tagged the dishonourable pile in some appropriate manner. Kin nippon jacks.

[@fishingthelist4017]

The Japanese never reached Port Moresby, which makes the presence of the ship more ironic.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Interesting australia is building defence alliances with japan and others to counter chinese expansion in this Region we are in a scramble to build up defence here and Get nuke subs sans nuke weapons atm

[@tonyryan1574]

That's nothing, the Germans now rule the EU.

[@hockeytown8995]

​@@fishingthelist4017the Battle of the Coral Sea ended that attempt.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Mark you always do a great job of telling the story and doing the research it takes. As a Direct Decendand of Parents and other family members that survived WWII in the Netherlands. I was borne in California 1968. I have some very good Japanese Freinds. A couple still alive that remember and lived through WWII. My Parents loved them and all the old ones left want to forget but we all know that isn't the way. I'm glad you tell these stories because If we don't here and see that the World has a short term memory and will repeat the bad things.

[@HiTechOilCo]

As horrific as this story is, look up the Death March on Bataan, where the Japanese army murdered thousands of prisoners of war.

[@CA999]

I look forward to part 2 to heard more about why the execution order was given and how the cover up was eventually discovered.

[@GManWrites]

Australian War Crimes Section in Tokyo, having completed its investigation, on 18 July 1947 handed the matter over to the American authorities, who took no further action. November 3rd 1944 Akikaze sank with all hands, torpedoed by the submarine USS Pintado.

[@schroedingersdog7965]

@@GManWrites Many thanks for this additional information.

[@MrPFFlyer]

@@GManWrites TY for this info. I read that the USS Pintado (SS-387) was actually firing it's torpedoes at a large Japanese oil tanker when the Akikaze deliberately ran across the path of said torpedoes. The resulting huge explosion sent it to the bottom.

[@rutabagasteu]

​@@GManWritesthe officer ordering the ship's captain to carry this out. I wonder what happened to him ?

[@GManWrites]

@@rutabagasteu It was most likely Rear Admiral Onishi Shinzo. He was at that time the chief of staff at 8th Fleet Headquarters or vice admiral Mikawa Gunichi, who was the commander in chief but they found no evidence and the crew of the destroyer was dead so no action against the two senior Japanese officers.

[@rkirschner7175]

My late father came out of the occupation of Japan a 1st lieutenant. Then a Captain. My late mother despised the Japanese. I'm thankful pop made it home. To father me nearly 20 years later. RIP CAPTAIN R.L KIRSCHNER. 😪❤🙏😿🦅

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

My late uncle Norm was General Macarthur's driver for years in Japan and WW II

[@raven-wf9so]

One of my grandfathers friends was a pow in Japan, he was a very quiet and thin man, as a kid in the 80’s in U.K. I was wearing a US patch with a rising sun emblem on it , he would asked me what it was, I later found out from my grandfather he had been a pow, he never talked about it or the Japanese , sometimes I think these men had a victory with a life after!

[@TheSaltydog07]

I have a beautiful daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Luna, in Tokyo. My son chooses to live there. I will join them soon. My Dad fought in Europe. After VE-Day, he thought he'd be sent to the Pacific.

[@stevenobrien557]

Cool story bro! Such a detail really adds to Mark's work!

[@lunaticfringe8066]

Thank you Mark for telling of this atrocity few of us have heard about.

[@OilBaron100]

Mark Felton is the authority on war history and facts.

[@AnderreBelmont]

I find it ironic how a nation that was so hellbent on honor committed some of the most dishonorable atrocities.

[@gbcb8853]

The name Akikaze continued in Hollywood. The antagonist in “Run Silent, Run Deep” was a Japanese destroyer of that name. One wonders why that particular name was chosen because the USA had already been informed by the Australian authorities of the atrocity.

[@Balthorium]

Interesting thanks

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

No. In the movie, Akikaze was a class of destroyers and not the name of a particular ship.

[@gbcb8853]

@@PauloPereira-jj4jv Wiki says A "World War II US Navy submarine officer, Commander P.J. Richardson (Clark Gable), is determined to get revenge on the Japanese destroyer Akikaze and its captain, nicknamed "Bungo Pete""

[@bernardkroeger4045]

@@gbcb8853 From memory I believe you are right. By the way quite an enjoyable movie.

[@mattcameron9349]

The Japanese fought without honour, and were defeated by superior adversaries. They might not teach their descendents of their crimes, but the rest of the world will not forget.

[@alukuhito]

I'm a Canadian living in Japan. I remember one time talking with a Japanese friend and noting that it was interesting that our grandparents where enemies, and yet here we are as friends in Japan. She got all confused. "What?! Japan was never enemies with Canada!" People really don't learn much about WW2 in Japan.

[@jeramysamarawickrama7633]

​@user-dd5iy4un9omy ass they were already warmongering in china,korea and soviet border the reason they attacked pearl harbour was because america put an oil embargo on japan.

[@Aglahad]

@user-dd5iy4un9o lol okay weeb

[@culturedman1310]

​@user-dd5iy4un9oyeah if that didn't happen Japan would be just another hermit kingdom like North Korea until some stronger countries would eventually do what Perry do

[@mattata-san]

„Superior“ Hahahahaha you American make me laugh

[@TitansQuarterback16]

The crimes of the imperial Japanese military will forever stand as some of the worst if not the worst ever committed in the modern era. We should all be thankful for the long standing peace the world has seen. The ecstasy of battle causes otherwise sane men to commit such unspeakable atrocities.

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

That's why whenever I hear some historically clueless Halfwits complain about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I have to tell them the Real Story about the Imperial Japanese Military

[@alavaa3979]

​@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947Oh. There are revisionists who would like to make you believe that only a few Japanese soldiers who were quilty of war crimes and that the bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was somehow unjust.

[@TitansQuarterback16]

Monday morning quarterbacks have the easiest jobs.

[@UnknownHumanOnline]

"Long standing peace the world has seen..." Ehhh what are we talking about here?

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

@@alavaa3979 My Grandfather Griff Griffin was a double Ace in the Pacific theater during WW II, 13 kills, he told me plenty of things about those Imperial Japanese, he's also still alive living in San Diego, on Coronado Island

[@rjasonw74]

This is why channels that tell stories like this are so important. We must never forget to take the full measure of atrocities committed by a nation during wartime. Particularly one such as Japan that only teaches the dropping of the atomic bombs to their school children & nothing else. Entire generations of Japanese have no clue of the horrors their nation was responsible for in WWI & WWII.

[@gman4781]

実際には、全く習わないと言うわけではありませんが、明らかに不十分と言えるでしょう。 私の持っている教科書には「日本軍はアジア全土で残虐な行為を行った」としか書かれておらず、全く具体的ではありません。

[@thEannoyingE]

Another history lesson I didn’t know I needed today, thank you Dr. Felton.

[@HiTechOilCo]

As horrific as this story is, look up the Death March on Bataan, where the Japanese army murdered thousands of prisoners of war.

[@andrewd7586]

Cruel & callous bastards, especially against civilians. God knows it was bad enough against our Allies. My late father & 5 uncles fought against this in New Guinea during WW2.

[@daddybob6096]

@andrewd7586 As a NZ Veteran Infantry soldier, 1960s, i cannot bring myself to trust this race after what they did to the citizens of the countries they invaded early in WW2. I have links to the Republic of the Philippines and what Japanese forces did to the people there was horrific. Strangely, through ignorance of these activities the Filipino peoples are very forgiving, but i am not!

[@andrewd7586]

@@daddybob6096 I can fully understand! My late father suffered what is now called PTSD until he passed away aged 87 in 2010. He still had nightmares. “Lest We Forget”.

[@daddybob6096]

@@andrewd7586 "Lest We Forget", "They Shall Grow Not Old".

[@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV]

Thanks, Professor Mark Felton, for exposing this little known horrific tragedy. Hitler made a big mistake to ally Germany with Japan. When Hitler broke the German Soviet alliance by invading the Soviet empire, Japan refused to declare war and attack the Soviet empire. Japan showed itself not to be a good ally of Germany. Germany lost the war on December 11th ,1941, the very day that Germany unjustly declared war on the USA. General MacArthur made a big mistake not to fully implement total just punishment against the sinister dangerous Imperial Japanese regime. Emperor Hirohito should have been hung on thr gallows like the despicable war criminal he was. The Unit 731 commander Hiroshi and his henchmen all should have been used just like h8s forces mistreated Chinese and Allied Prisoners, Hirohito should have been hung on the gallows along with all the Japanese/ Korean war criminals, espically the Japanese Army and Naval Military Police, who are a disgrace to my profession!

[@lawrencemay8671]

I would like a discussion of the Comfort Women, and the US Army’s missing 17 nurses that stayed behind in the PI, BUT disappeared. Two later were found on an island alive, but several other comfort women were murdered. I found this tidbit of information in a book I read, but it gave no source.

[@oskar6661]

Comfort women and their treatment was covered by Mark in a few videos from a year or two ago. Worth looking up.

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

name of the book?

[@Kuzzy95]

Many details of the comfort women would probably get taken down from youtube due to the graphic nature of those events. In James Bradly's book "Flyboys,' there's an entire chapter dedicated to this topic, and he goes into great detail about the cruelty behind the imperial bushido code. Another excellent, and hard to stomach, book is "The R*pe of Nanking" by Iris Chang which is very much worth the money. Hope this helps

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Call it what it was, The Rape of Nanking. I'm tired of being treated like a child whom YT feels I must be protected. If YT is afraid of offending someone,they need to be offended. What happened in Nanking is a disgrace surpassed by the fact the majority of Japanese war criminals got away Scott free

[@mikloridden8276]

From what I understand the comfort woman issue was probably bigger than we know, it’s just they simply destroyed all documentation and murdered the survivors even during wars end. You can tell such instances were true because in many memoirs, allied troops recall seeing dead woman in random battle sights. The Japanese brought “comfort woman” to the front lines. Which makes this even more disturbing.

[@OfficialRickHarrison]

Never disappointed by your videos. 👍🏻

[@TheVictoryMan42]

Every time I am pained by the dropping of the Atom Bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, I quickly remember that Japan in WWII had a bloodthirsty army that needed to be neutralized. Honestly I find myself thanking Uncle Sam for the "drop."

[@schroedingersdog7965]

Indeed, a bloodthirsty army and an apparently equally bloodthirsty navy.

[@EdwardRLyons]

And yet, while the Japanese navy was essentially destroyed, the Japanese army was NOT neutralised. At the time of surrender the vast majority of it was intact in mainland China, SouthEast Asia, and Indonesia. A huge logistical effort had to be undertaken from September 1945 through 1947 to repatriate over 6 million Japanese military personnel. Much of the army wanted to continue to fight, and only reluctantly obeyed the Emperor's decision to surrender.

[@dillonpierce7869]

They got what they deserved through and through and whoever doesn't agree probly lost someone to them. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Like sorry not sorry both of us today know it shouldn't have had to come to that today. Both of us being American and Japanese.

[@dillypentland]

I think it was necessary to drop it when only one world power had it. Otherwise who knows what would've happened if we used it in Korea or later.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

AYE!!!

[@javierarreaza5601]

And to think that Japan has never really owned up to any of the many atrocities it committed. Instead, it uses the tragedy of Hiroshima to show itself as a victim as opposed to a perpetrator.

[@HiTechOilCo]

You are correct. As a nation, Japan has never apologized for W.W.II and the atrocities they committed. The nation of Germany did, but not Japan.

[@charlesjames1442]

Criminals always portray themselves as the victim.

[@mattcameron9349]

The Japanese continue to be devoid of any honour, even to this day.

[@sonogamirinne7172]

Oh no it time to cancel japan and bring another war ? , since you gut love to do it like ija are doing in the past

[@Housey1985]

@@sonogamirinne7172 are you drunk or just monumentally stupid?

[@ajace5883]

I'm German, but I never heard of this incident. It is clear that the fleet command didn't want their destruction of the mission to be known by anyone, especially the German government. Otherwise it could have severely damaged the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Though it was a very harsh decision and one can only be sorry for the civilians who were killed and also for the soldiers who had to carry out that despisable order.

[@DaveSCameron]

Scweinhund

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

I guess pointing out the real character of the Japanese hurts feelings. Again: Japanese soldiers were less than human. They raped, mutilated and massacred European women wherever possible. But it’s ok. They don’t do that anymore. They only have an entire genre of porn based on slobbering Japanese men sexually assaulting white women. No big deal.

[@Rod_J]

An interesting piece of cloaked nazi apologism. No soldier is forced to carry out an illegal order, least of all a war crime. They might be punished, and in this case the punishment may well have been execution alongside the prisoners, but the fact remains that all men must obey the dictates of their conscience. If compulsion is to be held up as a defence then confession and submission to punishment are the only remaining moral route.

[@stefanodadamo6809]

What's Japanese for "Befehl ist Befehl?"

[@GaryCameron]

​@@Rod_J Unfortunately, Japan didn't play by the Geneva Convention rulebook everybody else used. They actually called it the "coward's code".

[@balexwogel]

"why did they drop the atomic bombs?" - See video.

[@kenwalker687]

The USA droped the atomic bombs on Japan because they knew that statistics of an American & allied kill numbers from a land invasion. How would American mothers & wives respond when they found out we had a secret weapon that could have brought an early conclusion to the war and did not use it. Also, we wanted to see how effective they would be....I learned this from my high school history teacher.

[@本スヴェン]

If anyone wonders: This atrocities came to light as the Australians interrogated a sailor that served on Akikaze and was transferred to another ship. The captain of Akikaze died in an Air Attack along with around 30 crewmembers in 1943 but the ship was good to go soon after. Akikaze sank from Torpedos in 1944. Sadly it died a honorable death though as it wasn't targeted but threw itself into the torpedo volley to safe an Aircraft carrier. It sank with all hands but all other ships escaped. Source: German Wikipedia Page of Akikaze. Sidenote: Wikipedia does mention the massacre but no word of any babies. It says everyone was shot except a 5yr old who was thrown overboard alive.

[@antonioperez2623]

Thank you for telling this horrible war story, so that their story is not forgotten.

[@andywindes4968]

Thirty years ago I knew a German-born man here in Las Vegas who lived in the Philippines during World War 2. Despite his German citizenship, he spent the war in an internment camp and told me many harrowing stories of his time there. Of course, he lived to tell the tale. Hitler gained nothing by declaring war on America after Pearl Harbor. It's likely the US would have been drawn into the European war anyway, but the Japanese were exceedingly poor allies.

[@fractalmadness9253]

Continued to allow the shipment of war goods in Vladivostok and didn’t press home their Indian Ocean attacks to seal off the ports in Iran and through the Suez. Poor allies indeed. And there’s probably much to say on how the Germans actually viewed them, racially.

[@stevegaza1495]

Yes and many in the German high command as well as others in their ideology department warned their own government about the asian threat and making Japan an ally. The asians were seen by some Germans as a threat because 1) the spread and origins of communism 2) their superior race ideology 3) their military aptitude 4) their future understanding of math and science and putting them in competition with a superior white race.

[@thegrandestcherokee7161]

Im not going to lie. I might be getting soft with old age. Some of these videos are a hard watch, but so informative that i cant help but need to see all of them.

[@MikeG42]

Man that's brutal. Even the Akikaze Commander was shaken by the orders he received.

[@michaelpalmer4387]

My grandfather was in the Anglia Regiment, but luckily was too young to go to Singapore. I often wondered if there had been any interactions between German & Japanese PoWs (rare as they were). I found that there was at least one camp in the US where they'd been held alongside each other in different compounds. The Germans apparently mocked the Japanese.

[@TheLeatheryman]

Incredible. I had no idea, though I am reasonably informed on this area of the conflict. May they all Rest In Peace.

[@yogabbacrabba1457]

The music being different in the beginning freaked me out SO HARD

[@bill2066]

JAPAN still needs to be held accountable for this. And other atrocities.They have gotten away with way too much for decades and they still do NOT apologize.

[@adamstuhlman2206]

Thank you Mark for your constant dedication and commitment to bringing this part of our history to life!!!

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

Any time I hear about WW2 Japan and what they did to POWs and civilians it just enrages and sickens me. I hope those sailors burn in hell.

[@ragnarragnarsson3128]

They will, along with everyone who doesn't know Christ

[@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947]

That's why Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened

[@marthaj67]

@@ragnarragnarsson3128 Along with everyone who has _rejected_ Christ. Plenty know _about_ Him as shown by the constant, ubiquitous blaspheming of His Name. Out of every faith, all over the world, _only the Name of Christ is so casually substituted for a curse word._ And we wonder why...Satan knows his time is short and his influence on this world is becoming more and more overt the later it gets.

[@blanelightfoote8943]

Should have hit Tokyo. They don't even know what they did in this generation. It's a ridiculous revisionist history they are taught. Simon Whistler had a great piece on it.

[@CL-vz6ch]

​@@ragnarragnarsson3128OK nutjob.

[@stephaniedykes4157]

Thank you for finding these previously untold stories.

[@brendanoneill1466]

UGH..gruesome. SO sad the things that happen in war, but so important that it is remembered and taught. Thanks for sharing

[@marksaxby607]

It's hard to understand why the Japanese didn't suffer the same kind of judgement as the Germans after WW2. Not to belittle the Nazi's behaviour, but the Japanese carried out some utterly barbaric acts without qualms and largely escaped punishment after the war. The fact that the crew of this ship died shortly after doesn't really mitigate the orders that came down from on high, people who quite likely lived out the post-war era in some comfort and felt no remorse.

[@turdferguson9923]

How anyone can harm a helpless child and leave it to such a cruel and painful death is way beyond me. Its unfathomable and whoever does so deserves a fate much much worse than the most painful death imaginable. Human beings can be such hideous monsters sometimes.

[@RevMikeBlack]

It's incidents like this that most clearly reveal the character of the imperial Japanese elite.

[@ChuckMatley]

To this day the Japanese government refuses to acknowledge the crimes and atrocities committed in WWII. On the other hand I was stationed in Japan in late 1960s and the younger Japanese had mostly thrown off the attitudes of the older generations and adopted a recognition of reality.

[@Hairnicks]

Wow, once again you educate me in matters I have never heard of. What an atrocity.

[@jamest2401]

You haven’t used this theme for your opening and closing music in quite a while. I always liked it. You should alternate with it more often.

[@henrymp6295]

Sadly, plenty of "known" war crimes by the Imperial Japanese were kept hush by General MacArthur. These crimes included the execution of US and Allied prisoners of war. That MacArthur overlooked war crimes in favor of his desire to rule Japan is a stain as dark as the crimes themselves. MacArthur showed his colors early: Read about the Bonus Army, and his behavior should not surprise anyone as to MacArthur's priorities.

[@scockery]

Patton was part of that, too. Also, so were communist trouble makers in the "army"...not that it justifies anything.

[@trolllo9729]

MacArthur had great foresight in my opinion and great respect for Japanese civilization and their potential

[@hotchkess846]

Unfortunately, even with McArthurs overlooking of the atrocities that Japan had committed, including against American soldiers, he is still the reason Japan is what it is today. Without him, I don’t think Japan would be so open to being our ally in today’s world, or would be the same at all.

[@noahtramposh3350]

Some people have a very different definition of "civilized" than others

[@henrymp6295]

@@trolllo9729 I respect your opinion. However, the only 'great respect' Douglas MacArthur had for anything was for himself and his ambition. One of the balanced works on MacArthur's life is titled 'American Caesar' by William Manchester. There are several other works about MacArthur that are not flattering at all. My opinion was influenced listening to a survivor of Bataan, and POW of the Japanese, when I was fourteen or fifteen. To say this former soldier was incensed by the 'forgiveness' would be an understatement. Conversely, we hung hundreds of Nazi war criminals compared to the fraction of Japanese prosecuted and punished. I believe Dr. Felton has a release about the Japanese Army eating prisoners. What a civil society to gain MacArthur's respect.

[@NateGerardRealEstateTeam]

This is not merely history as the events illicit a very real emotional response in the present. While nothing can be done to change the past we have a choice about the future. Thanks Mark, this is important information that would otherwise be lost to most people forever.

[@sgtmajtrapp3391]

In Japan to this day they do NOT teach their horrific war crimes during WW2 in school and simply ignore it.

[@KayTheAmericanPatriot]

If only Germany was like them

[@Reverend-Matty]

What happened to the music, I loved the old intro music. Keep up the great work sir

[@autokrator_]

My grandfather was the son of a Wesleyan missionary - my great grandfather - in Peking when the Japanese conquered the city in 1937. He spent a while in Japanese captivity before returning to the US later that same year as part of some exchange set up by either the Swiss or the Red Cross as my father told it, I don't remember which. He could've met a similar fate as his fellow protestant missionaries on the Akikaze had fortune been any different; the IJA was a nasty bunch. He went on to serve as a linguist in the USN since he could speak fluent mandarin and, amusingly, the ship on which he returned to America was sunk with most of its crew by a USN submarine in 1944.

[@Gillan1220]

There were also German citizens in the foreign internment camp in the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

[@atraqxis]

Before the last Battle of Manila in 45' the Japanese went crazy. My grandmother only survived because they had a Japanese Catholic friend who told them to go away because there would be a bloodbath. Because the Irish were considered as non-belligerent and the Germans allies. They thought that their local convent which consisted of those nationalities would be spared. Later they found out upon returning 6 weeks later that the 5 Irish priest was first to be shot and the German nuns were raped and later used as human shield.

[@michals5873]

I will never understand how can a man be so obidient to kill a baby because you were ordered to. What is so precious about your own life that you would do it instead of refusing - even at risk to your own life if you disobey? What are these people made of?

[@TheShocktrauma]

12 000 children has been killed in Gaza just recently and still counting

[@billybobjohnadamjoe]

New music at the intro? Didn’t see that one coming. Also didn’t expect this sort of story. It’s really heartbreaking and disturbing in multiple ways…

[@shamuteyanelson5507]

I have missed that ka tone which plays whenever mark is making a documentary..great historical revelations and work mark..

[@agilaeric1987]

Japanese marines also murdered Germans at the Manila German Club in February 1945, along with an estimated few hundred Filipinos in that place alone, among several massacres of the Battle of Manila.

[@saintuk70]

Fascinating as always, thank you. Tho' never thought I'd hear Dave's name, along with Megadeth, in a Dr. Felton War Story :) Second thoughts, quite apt "Peace Sells.... but Who's Buying?"

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

MacArthur has a lot to answer for from his curtailment of Japanese war crimes trials, for purely pragmatic reasons.

[@mikloridden8276]

Once he noticed the Japanese treating him like a Shogun, he threw it all away and bent over to them. Probably why he turned full wacko in Korean War

[@neilmanhard1341]

Well, the "Cold War" started and we had a new enemy. Japan was needed as a forward base and would've been imprudent to have to deploy thousands of combat troops just to garrison it. (And the troops all wanted to go home.) Of course, if MacArthur took a harsher course, then more resources and men would've been needed to re-build Japan, just for us, because the Japanese wouldn't have done so, otherwise the Soviets would've taken it, etc.... Hindsight is always 20/20.

[@stefanmolnapor910]

Woha! VIC and Dave!!🤘🤘🤘 Almost as cool as Dr. Mark Felton! 3:56 , that photo has a very interesting history!

[@willthompson9073]

It's awesome to see him change up his intro music I love the original but it's cool to hear and see new stuff every now and then I been watching for years and the other was cool just nice to hear new stuff

[@Ken-fh4jc]

For people who claim to care so much about honor they sure do a lot of cowardly shit.

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

They didn't consider their enemies honorable so they didn't care. Their version of honor was laughable.

[@gasisunzen9692]

And somehow no one was executed as a class A war criminal in the IJN, unlike the IJA.

[@fes121tas]

I never thought I would hear Mark Felton say the word "megadeth'

[@Wckdmilitaryforce115]

Fr

[@fulcrum1126]

After World War II the United States carried out barely any lustration against the old regime in Japan. The Americans thought they needed such elements to build up the country and to prevent it falling to communism. One of post war prime ministers of Japan, Nobusuke Kishi, was essentially a Class A war criminal who carried out horrific acts in Manchuria, but he got off without anything and was propped up by the Americans.

[@johncowan2295]

Mark, bring back the old intro music to your video. It’s iconic and really cheers me up 😊

[@jeanbrown8295]

In constrastthose prisoners held by the allies ,were well treated,my father guarded a POW camp,and he told me that the prisoners used to go down the the pub for a drink,and go back to camp on their own

[@davewilson9738]

Thank you for giving us this information of such a disgusting act. This is why we should teach history as it happened and not to fit an agenda as we see in the USA today. And again, aside from the financial and political reasons, just how did Japan get off so lightly after the war?

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Good question

[@brianallsopp69]

A strategic buffer against communism ( Douglas Mcarthur)

[@enduser8410]

You could ask the same question about the US in Vietnam, yet US-Vietnam relations are booming right now. Whether or not certain groups wanted vengeance, there are level-headed leaders who have the foresight to look beyond it. There are many things Japan should still be held accountable for, but keeping the leadership and structure intact and the government stable was deemed most important.

[@StevenKeery]

@@enduser8410 : 'Level-headed-leaders', as you call them, by their actions, or more correctly, inactions, perpetuate similar atrocious and barbaric behaviour in the future. The excuse, often used, that these people were only following orders, was not creditable then and is not credible now. We consider certain acts as meriting revulsion of all decent human beings, rightly so. To allow the torture and murder of innocent non-combatants, men, women and children, is certainly amongst the most aggregious acts that can happen in any war, or conflict. Those responsible, should be sought out and punished for their crimes against humanity. Failure to do so, only increases the chances of similar acts in the future, in my opinion.

[@matthewbeach2669]

The Japanese did get fire bombed and literally nuked to oblivion. So most people considered that even

[@shneeoo_3668]

what happened to old intro music? it was iconic :(((

[@maestromecanico597]

It is amazing what one is capable of when you don't think you will be held accountable.