The WWII POWs That Were Forced To Work For Japan Moving Half The Mountain Timeline
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Date: 2022-07-19
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TWSTF
Most of these old Japanese vets look like perfectly fine gentlemen, especially how they're presenting themselves here, in this context, and I'm sure they're sufficiently good people, nowadays.
But, they're denying everything the actual P. O. W. 's are alleging, as well as what the world discovered for itself following the war, with multiple contemporaneous accounts, all the physical evidence, etc. They're still refusing to admit witnessing any of the atrocities committed by their own Japanese forces on Allied prisoners of war.
Honesty Is such a fundamental part of individual integrity, I mean, you'd think a society, from that generation in particular, would value honesty over denial, regardless of how bad it makes them appear by association.
With their infamous emphasis on honor and all.
(I'm just sayin' )
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Most of these old Japanese vets look like perfectly fine gentlemen, especially how they're presenting themselves here, in this context, and I'm sure they're sufficiently good people, nowadays.
But, they're denying everything the actual P. O. W. 's are alleging, as well as what the world discovered for itself following the war, with multiple contemporaneous accounts, all the physical evidence, etc. They're still refusing to admit witnessing any of the atrocities committed by their own Japanese forces on Allied prisoners of war.
Honesty Is such a fundamental part of individual integrity, I mean, you'd think a society, from that generation in particular, would value honesty over denial, regardless of how bad it makes them appear by association.
With their infamous emphasis on honor and all.
(I'm just sayin' )
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Danny
today to Japanese I wanted a friendliest Nations on this f i have been there 11 times and it is such a beautiful place and the people are wonderful
But gee whiz back in the war days, absolutely horrible people, yourself no regard for human life whatsoever,
I have been to Hiroshima war memorial, which was very sad, but I didn't agree with America doing the two nuclear bombs, on innocent people,
But when you really think about it the Japanese government deserved everything they got because of the way they treated other countries during the war and the prisoners of war absolutely disgusting, if they would have not bombed and attacked Pearl harbour Hiroshima and Nagasaki would never have happened
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today to Japanese I wanted a friendliest Nations on this f i have been there 11 times and it is such a beautiful place and the people are wonderful
But gee whiz back in the war days, absolutely horrible people, yourself no regard for human life whatsoever,
I have been to Hiroshima war memorial, which was very sad, but I didn't agree with America doing the two nuclear bombs, on innocent people,
But when you really think about it the Japanese government deserved everything they got because of the way they treated other countries during the war and the prisoners of war absolutely disgusting, if they would have not bombed and attacked Pearl harbour Hiroshima and Nagasaki would never have happened
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Maria
Wars are horrible no matter how long they lasted. Young guys enlisted and went to unknown territories to endure the harshest conditions known to man. Little is mentioned about the different people that ended up fighting a war that had nothing to do w them. Thousands of guys from Puerto Rico died in all parts, especially Corea, Vietnam where they were used as human shields. On top of that they were abandoned after the war was over. Some we never heard of ever again MIAS and POWS. Suposedly John McCain had a lot to do with that. So much cruelty and depravity while many became rich and powerful. Things has not changed much.
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Wars are horrible no matter how long they lasted. Young guys enlisted and went to unknown territories to endure the harshest conditions known to man. Little is mentioned about the different people that ended up fighting a war that had nothing to do w them. Thousands of guys from Puerto Rico died in all parts, especially Corea, Vietnam where they were used as human shields. On top of that they were abandoned after the war was over. Some we never heard of ever again MIAS and POWS. Suposedly John McCain had a lot to do with that. So much cruelty and depravity while many became rich and powerful. Things has not changed much.
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Rusty
Prisoners were considered to be beneath contempt, Japanese ideology was totally at odds with western conventions or concept of a War fought to any set of humanitarian standards. Today, they still deny any commitment of atrocities which were perpetrated regularly by its military, and an accepted part of its operations. It was the mind set of its culture where the treatment of its own people was harsh and those serving in the Military experienced brutality as a matter of course. In their eyes, they did nothing wrong but to us today it seems nothing short of Barbaric.
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Prisoners were considered to be beneath contempt, Japanese ideology was totally at odds with western conventions or concept of a War fought to any set of humanitarian standards. Today, they still deny any commitment of atrocities which were perpetrated regularly by its military, and an accepted part of its operations. It was the mind set of its culture where the treatment of its own people was harsh and those serving in the Military experienced brutality as a matter of course. In their eyes, they did nothing wrong but to us today it seems nothing short of Barbaric.
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burningb24
Back in the 80's I worked in a main retail Brand stockroom with my Boss who back in his teens had been part of a British Warships Gun Crew captured by the Japanese, in turn He and his Mates were forced to dig their own Graves before being freed, decades later We had a delegation of Japanese Businessmen came to visit our Store, however my Boss got drunk and we had to bodily move him from room to ( under a barrage of swearing and what He thought of Them ) stockroom just to keep him away from the Visitors, RIP Jimmy.
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Back in the 80's I worked in a main retail Brand stockroom with my Boss who back in his teens had been part of a British Warships Gun Crew captured by the Japanese, in turn He and his Mates were forced to dig their own Graves before being freed, decades later We had a delegation of Japanese Businessmen came to visit our Store, however my Boss got drunk and we had to bodily move him from room to ( under a barrage of swearing and what He thought of Them ) stockroom just to keep him away from the Visitors, RIP Jimmy.
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kiwidiesel
I am amazed at how many of the Japanese guards interviewed shift blame to the Korean guards or claim nothing like that was ever witnessed by me. I agree indoctrination comes from the top, However it takes a follower to participate. I also know what my grandfather told me before he passed and he did serve in WW2. However that said I do think that any perpetrators of such vile acts do pay their penance by having such acts etched into their mind until the day of their passing.
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I am amazed at how many of the Japanese guards interviewed shift blame to the Korean guards or claim nothing like that was ever witnessed by me. I agree indoctrination comes from the top, However it takes a follower to participate. I also know what my grandfather told me before he passed and he did serve in WW2. However that said I do think that any perpetrators of such vile acts do pay their penance by having such acts etched into their mind until the day of their passing.
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Antony
The Hola Massacre by the British in Kenya.
On 3 March 1959, the camp commandant put this plan into action as a result, 11 detainees were clubbed to death by guards. 77 surviving detainees sustained serious permanent injuries. The British government accepts that the colonial administration tortured detainees, but denies liability.
Humans beings should be very careful of their actions. In the Hola Massacre, the British colonialists buried humans alive!
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The Hola Massacre by the British in Kenya.
On 3 March 1959, the camp commandant put this plan into action as a result, 11 detainees were clubbed to death by guards. 77 surviving detainees sustained serious permanent injuries. The British government accepts that the colonial administration tortured detainees, but denies liability.
Humans beings should be very careful of their actions. In the Hola Massacre, the British colonialists buried humans alive!
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steve
My grandad was on the Burma railroad and was emotionally scarred by it for the rest of his life, he never spoke about it till he was on his death bed, and told my dad about how he and mates suffered at the hands of the Japanese, he must have been like these old boys talking on this documentary I take my hat off to all them, can you imagine how today's snowflake generation be able to cope with that
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My grandad was on the Burma railroad and was emotionally scarred by it for the rest of his life, he never spoke about it till he was on his death bed, and told my dad about how he and mates suffered at the hands of the Japanese, he must have been like these old boys talking on this documentary I take my hat off to all them, can you imagine how today's snowflake generation be able to cope with that
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education
French novelist Pierre Boulle was also a prisoner of war in the Japanese army. He is the original author of the movie The Bridge on The River Kwai.
He is also the original author of Planet of the Apes. lol
Historically, what if is unlikely, but if Japan's Racial Equality Proposal at the Paris Peace Conference in February 1919 is accepted, no tragedy will occur.
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French novelist Pierre Boulle was also a prisoner of war in the Japanese army. He is the original author of the movie The Bridge on The River Kwai.
He is also the original author of Planet of the Apes. lol
Historically, what if is unlikely, but if Japan's Racial Equality Proposal at the Paris Peace Conference in February 1919 is accepted, no tragedy will occur.
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Brett
Sad to see some of the Japanese veterans trying to justify their actions - clearly not all were brutal or sadistic - but the training they had brutalised them - also the Koreans were treated as inferiors and took out their frustrations on the POWs. Still think too many Japanese senior officers got away with appalling War Crimes!
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Sad to see some of the Japanese veterans trying to justify their actions - clearly not all were brutal or sadistic - but the training they had brutalised them - also the Koreans were treated as inferiors and took out their frustrations on the POWs. Still think too many Japanese senior officers got away with appalling War Crimes!
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Richard
120. 000 soldiers over 3 years died
Building railway.
250. 000. civilians Vapourized in minutes
Two Atomic bombs.
Barbarians of Cruelty both sides.
What we failed to learn from this.
That should make sure nothing like this could ever happen again.
peace
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120. 000 soldiers over 3 years died
Building railway.
250. 000. civilians Vapourized in minutes
Two Atomic bombs.
Barbarians of Cruelty both sides.
What we failed to learn from this.
That should make sure nothing like this could ever happen again.
peace
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Karl
Certainly a case of putting civilised men under the control of barbarians. Out of all the major powers of the war, the British have the best record of their care of POW's, whereas the Japanese are at the other end of the spectrum with by far the worst record of care of their POW's.
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Certainly a case of putting civilised men under the control of barbarians. Out of all the major powers of the war, the British have the best record of their care of POW's, whereas the Japanese are at the other end of the spectrum with by far the worst record of care of their POW's.
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XX
My friend grew up in Japan and said they are complete atrocity deniers which is reflected by the men in this video, but is still true today. You will only ever hear of hiroshima, nagasaki and the terrible way the Japanese are treated, in the educational system but nothing in reverse.
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My friend grew up in Japan and said they are complete atrocity deniers which is reflected by the men in this video, but is still true today. You will only ever hear of hiroshima, nagasaki and the terrible way the Japanese are treated, in the educational system but nothing in reverse.
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talia
Eichmann, (may his name be blotted out, also said at his trial in Jerusalem, after having murdered thousands of Jews, that he was just following orders, whereas other Germans made the choice at the risk if being arrested and tortured to save Jews!
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Eichmann, (may his name be blotted out, also said at his trial in Jerusalem, after having murdered thousands of Jews, that he was just following orders, whereas other Germans made the choice at the risk if being arrested and tortured to save Jews!
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Helen
55: 00 but sir, you (generally speaking) weren't just following orders. you and your ilk took perverse pleasure in torturing those under your subjugation then were careless or directly hostile towards their well-being and value as a human being.
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55: 00 but sir, you (generally speaking) weren't just following orders. you and your ilk took perverse pleasure in torturing those under your subjugation then were careless or directly hostile towards their well-being and value as a human being.
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Danny
Just two nuclear bombs ridiculous we should have obliterated japan and removed them from the map. But English lives and Aussies and a few yanks and cod bless our empire troops are not worth one Jewish life
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Just two nuclear bombs ridiculous we should have obliterated japan and removed them from the map. But English lives and Aussies and a few yanks and cod bless our empire troops are not worth one Jewish life
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theslopchop
Learned all about this after doing my family tree and finding out that my relative Frederick King 1906-1943 died on the Burma Railway. RIP Freddie. So sad I can't imagine how bad this must have been
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Learned all about this after doing my family tree and finding out that my relative Frederick King 1906-1943 died on the Burma Railway. RIP Freddie. So sad I can't imagine how bad this must have been
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Parzival
The Japanese denial is very sad to watch. They deny any detail they can, and put blame on prisoners and the Allies. This is not how the world improves, or how you should leave a mark on the world.
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The Japanese denial is very sad to watch. They deny any detail they can, and put blame on prisoners and the Allies. This is not how the world improves, or how you should leave a mark on the world.
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Tan
The Death Railway was build by Australian, British, Dutch, Indian POWs and Asian - Chinese, Thai, Malay forced labourers. Please do not forget the Japanese atrocities & war crimes. Lest we forget
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The Death Railway was build by Australian, British, Dutch, Indian POWs and Asian - Chinese, Thai, Malay forced labourers. Please do not forget the Japanese atrocities & war crimes. Lest we forget
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Michael
Amazing how the only ones smiling are Japanese and some of them still think they did no wrong or blame it n the Koreans, how did so many of them go unpunished at the end of the war?
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Amazing how the only ones smiling are Japanese and some of them still think they did no wrong or blame it n the Koreans, how did so many of them go unpunished at the end of the war?
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