If you like my work and want to support the channel, consider subscribing to my Patreon for more, exclusive content! patreon.com/GermanWWIIArchive Or buy me a Kaffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/germanwwiiarchive Remarks: 00:27 While it was true that Britain did obtain colonies and trading rights in China, often through rather aggressive means and coercion of the Chinese government, this was usually done for economical gains. This newsreel also doesn’t mention that other European nations did the same, and Germany aswell acquired colonies in China (Jiaozhou Bay, from 1898 to 1914). 00:48 This section refers to the famous Perry Expedtion, also known as the “Arrival of the Black Ships” in Japanese, by Matthews Perry in 1852/53, where he arrived in Yokohama, and forced the Tokugawa shogunate to open up Japanese port for American trade, by threatening to use force if his demands weren’t met. 00:53 This is probably referring to the Second Opium War from 1856-1860, in which Great Britain and France forced Qing China to open up China to Opium trade, which was extremely lucrative to Great Britain, but devastating to the Chinese society. Again, the newsreel fail to mention that Germany also profited from these forced openings of China to foreign trade, and even signed an agreement with Great Britain in October 1900 (Yangtze Agreement), stating that they don’t support a partition of China into spheres of influences, fearing this may reduce their trade income. 01:02 Hawaii was annexed by the US in July 1898. 01:05 Midway was actually not annexed per se, but the uninhabited island was claimed by the US in August 1867, and has been a U.S. territory ever since. Samoa became part of the U.S. after it was partitioned with Germany in 1899; the eastern part of Samoa became a U.S. territory in 1900. 01:06 Wake Island was, like Midway, uninhabited, and the US claimed it in 1898. Guam was captured by the Americans during the Spanish-American War in June 1898, and was officially ceded by Spain in April 1899, it has been a U.S. territory ever since. 01:07 The Philippines were a Spanish colony since 1565, and during the Spanish-American war, a revolution broke out, and the Philippines declared its independence in June 1898, and was also ceded to the US in 1899. 01:37 This is, of course, the Japanese propaganda perspective. In reality, the American and British bases in the region were defensive positions, and they were only strengthened in late 1941 because of the threat of a Japanese attack. Neither the British nor the Americans had any interest or plans to use their colonies as a basis to attack Japan before 1941. 01:58 On December 7th, 1941 (December 8th Japanese Time), two Japanese destroyers (Ushio and Sazanami), shelled Sand Island of Midway Atoll. The Japanese ships damaged the Island and killed 4 soldiers, the American batteries returned fire and damaged one of the destroyers, after which the Japanese retreated. 02:07 This is, of course, referring to the famous Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the first Japanese attack on American units in WWII. Unlike claimed here, the Americans only lost two Battleships at Pearl Harbor (Arizona and Oklahoma, plus the former Battleship Utah), while the other Battleships, despite being damaged heavily, later returned to service, although in some cases that took a few years. No heavy cruisers were actually present at Pearl Harbor, only two light cruisers were damaged (Helena and Raleigh), but they both returned to service in early 1942. 02:13 Wake Island in the Pacific was one of the first American territory captured by the Japanese, although, unlike stated here, the battle was costly for the Japanese. Wake Island had an American military base since January 1941; 450 American soldiers, 6 coastal guns and 12 aircraft were stationed there. On December 11th, the Japanese tried to land for the first time, but American coastal artillery sunk two Japanese destroyers and 340 Japanese soldiers died. The Americans had a carrier group in the area, but refused to help the defenders of Wake, fearing it was a trap by the Japanese to destroy the American carrier. The Japanese mounted a second landing attempt on 23rd December, and constant bombing and shelling of the Island meant that this was successful, but the Japanese lost further 600 soldiers. All in all, the Japanese lost two destroyers, two patrol boats, 31 aircrafts and around 820 soldiers, American losses were only around 50 soldiers. 02:14 Guam on the Mariana Islands was captured by Japanese troops on December 10th. Unlike Wake, Guam had no coastal artillery or planes, so the attack went rather smooth for the Japanese, losing only a single soldier and one aircraft in the attack. 02:25 During the first few days of the war, most British and American-held territories where bombed by Japanese bombers and or attacked by Japanese ships. 02:29 The British battleship Prince of Wales, one of the most modern ships of the Royal navy, build between January 1937 and May 1939, and the WWI-era battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese land-based bombers on December 10th, 1941. This was the first time in history that a capital ship was sunk in battle only by planes. The attacks came as a shock to the British public, and with the attack on Pearl Harbor, they meant that no Allied capital ships, except three American aircraft carrier, remained in the Pacific region. The Japanese only lost 6 planes during the attack. 02:34 The Philippines, back then an American puppet state, were attacked by the Japanese on December 8th, 1941. It was defended by around 150,000 combined American and Filipino troops, although the majority of them of them badly equipped Filipino militia. The Japanese only had around 130,000 troops, although they used well-trained and equipped frontline troops and concentrated on one island at a time, meaning they were able to successfully conquer the Philippines until May 1942. Around 23,000 American and 100,000 Filipino soldiers were killed or captured, Japanese losses were around 11,000-19,000. 02:37 There is no evidence that the US actually planned to attack Japan, although American forces on the Philippines were constantly increased ever since 1940. 02:45 Hong Kong was attacked by the Japanese on December 8th, 1941, and the British defenders surrendered on December 25th. Although the British had around 11,000 soldiers in Hong Kong, many of them were badly equipped and trained colonial troops, and they only had 5 planes available to them. The Japanese attacked with 27,000 well-trained and equipped frontline troops. Around 2,000 British soldiers were killed, 2,3000 wounded and 10,000 taken POW; Japanese losses were 675 killed and 2,100 wounded. 03:00 This is referring to the Malayan campaign, the attack of around 125,000 Japanese soldiers on the British colony Malaya, from December 8th, 1941, to February 15th, 1942. Despite the British defenders having 130,000 troops and more artillery than the Japanese, air and naval superiority enabled the Japanese to massively shell British positions, thus allowing their troops to quickly advance. Including the Battle of Singapore, the British lost around 7,500 soldiers and 120,000 were captured, Japanese losses were 3,500 killed and 6,150 wounded. 03:07 Thailand was actually invaded by the Japanese on December 8th, 1941, but after quickly realizing that resistance was futile, they surrendered after 5 hours and allowed Japan to use their naval bases and airfields, effectively becoming a Japanese puppet. 03:10 Moulmein is an old name for Maylamyine, the fourth largest city in Myanmar, which was captured as part of the Japanese invasion of Burma in December 1941. 03:23 Japanese troops landed on Borneo Island on December 16th, 1941, with 4,500 soldiers and captured the Island until March 1942. The island was defended by 3,650 Dutch and British soldiers, although most of them local militia and colonial troops. The Japanese lost 560 men, two destroyers and a few smaller boats during the invasion. 03:30 Celebes Island, nowadays called Sulawesi, was captured by Japanese troops from the Dutch in January 1942, although Guerilla warfare continued until August 1942. 03:36 The Northern part of New Guinea was captured by the Japanese in early 1942, but Allied resistance and reinforcement kept the Japanese from fully conquering the Island; it remained a battlefield until the end of WWII. 03:38 The Japanese landed on Solomon Islands in January 1942, but were unable to completely capture them, counteroffensives by the Allies re-captured some of the Islands, but fighting continued right until the end of WWII. In the entire campaign from 1942 to 1945, 10,600 Allied soldiers died, and around 800 aircraft were destroyed, the Japanese lost 86,000 men and 1,500 aircrafts, although most of the Japanese soldiers died from starvation and diseases, as the Allies successfully cut off supply to the troops on the island. 03:40 This is referring to the Battle of the Java Sea on 27th February 1942, where Japanese and a combined Dutch/US/British/Australian fleet clashed, the Japanese sunk two Dutch light cruisers, one Dutch and two British destroyers, and only one Japanese destroyer was lightly damaged. 03:54 Japanese troops landed on Java from 28th February 1942 onwards. Around 40,000 Japanese troops from the 16th Army landed with two divisions and several tank units, the Allies had around 34,250 troops on the island, the majority (25,000) Dutch, but also British, Australian and American troops. However, many of the Dutch troops were Indonesian colonial troops, which were poorly trained. Allied troops on Java capitulated on March 12th, the island was held by Japanese troops until the end of the war.
I like how the speaker conveniently forgets to mention that the first japanese pacific dominion came from their attack (unsolicited by the Triple Entente) on German colonies during World War I. Typical move from Japan, that always focuses on tactical and opportunistic moves, but can't build a real strategy for many, many reasons, first of which being its paralysing inner divisions.
These primary sources are so stimulating and immersive in the mentality of this time. Thank you for uploading these I teach High School US history so I may incorporate this in my Axis Powers lesson.
The propaganda almost worked on me but we all know the axis were not truly justified and that this video appeared to make literally half of the globe smaller than it really is though it’s literally half the globe therefore not a trap for Japan.
@@jimshonerd4226 The Japanese navy kept their defeat at Midway a secret (even or especially from the Japanese army their rivals). The Germans only found out when a Japanese naval attache started asking " hey ' if youre not doing anything with that Graf Zeppelin carrier could we have it?"
Underestimate the USA was a big issue for Germany too. They thought all the time the US will collapse and not be a threat. Blinded by their ideology. Hitler get an invitation to visit the US in the 1920 but refuse. It would make him understand the size and power of the US more.
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Remarks, Part II: 03:58 Singapore, a British stronghold in the Pacific, was attacked and captured by the Japanese between 8th and 15th February 1942. The city was heavily fortified, and the British had 85,000 troops in it with over 300 guns and 50 fortress guns, also many of the troops were proper units, including one British and one Australian division. The Japanese attacked with only 36,000 troops but managed to cut off the supplies and destroy much of the water distribution network in Singapore, forcing the British defenders to capitulate on February 15th. This caused a shockwave in Britain, especially because the defenders outnumbered the Japanese attackers and also because the British public, including Prime Minister Churchill, could not understand how 80,000 British soldiers, many of them white soldiers from England and Australia, would capitulate against 36,000 Japanese, which were still largely seen as racially inferior. 04:05 Singapure was renamed by the Japanese to “Shonan-to”, meaning something like “Southern Island [captured during} Showa-era” 08:19 The Island of Sumatra was attacked and captured by the Japanese from 14th February to 28th March 1942. 04:16 The Japanese invasion of Burma started on December 14th, 1941 and lasted until late May 1942. During this time, the Japanese advanced from Thailand with around 100,000 men, plus 35,000 Thai soldiers, and captured Burma, which they held until the Allies finally recaptured Burma from late 1944 to mid-1945. 04:27 In early June 1942, Japanese troops landed on two Aleutian Islands, Kiska and Attu. This was the first time since 1815 that the continental US was invaded, and the only combat on North American soil during WWII. Attu was recaptured by American troops in mid to late May 1943. On Kiska Island, American and Canadian troops landed on August 15th, 1943, but the Japanese troops had left the island two weeks earlier, meaning there was no resistance. 04:36 This is probably referring to the famous Guadalcanal campaign, often seen as (together with the Battle of Midway) the turning point against the Japanese in the Pacific War. 04:53 I’m not sure to which timespan these loss numbers refer; at any rate, they are completely wrong. During the entire Guadalcanal campaign, the Americans only lost one light carrier, 2 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers and 11 destroyers, and 683 aircraft. In comparison, the Japanese lost 2 fleet carriers, 6 heavy cruisers, 17 destroyers and 615 aircrafts. 04:57 The Americans, thanks to their enormous industrial power, were easily able to replace their ship losses they suffered in December 1941/1942, while the Japanese were not. 05:02 By late 1942, the Japanese were already on the defense, and over the next few months, the Allies would start re-capturing many of the Japanese occupied territories. 05:13 Japanese footage was often transported via U-Boat to Germany, which often took several months, hence the footage was often extremely outdated by the time it was shown in German propaganda newsreels. 05:23 This is a Type 90 75mm field gun. Introduced in 1932 (the year 2590 in the Japanese calendar, hence the name Type 90), it was intended to replace older field guns, but only 786 were made between 1932 and 1945, because they were more complicated and more expensive to make then the older Type 38 75mm field guns. Unique among Japanese artillery pieces, it had a muzzle break, clearly visible in this footage. 05:58 This is most likely a Type 98 20mm AA-gun, the standard light AA-gun used by Japan during WWII. Introduced in 1938, around 2,500 were made during WWII. 06:14 This plane is a Kawasaki Ki-48, a light bomber of the Japanese Army Air Force during WWII. Designed from 1937 to 1940 as a fast bomber, it could reach 480kmh at 3,000 meters. The design was based on the Ki-45 twin engine heavy fighter, but it could only carry up to 800 kilos of bombs, and only had three defensive MGs. As the war progressed, Allied fighter planes became quicker, and soon the Ki-48 could no longer outrun them. The Ki-48 was a decent plane when it was introduced, but became outdated in later phases of the war. 1,997 planes made between 1939 and 1945. 06:26 Tengah was opened as an RAF airbase in 1939, and was bombed already on December 8th, during the first Japanese air raid on Singapore. It was also the first British airfield to fall into Japanese hands during the attack on Singapore. It is still used nowadays by the Air Force of Singapore. 06:52 Bukit Timah Hill is the highest natural peak in Singapore, at an elevation of 164 metres. 06:56 These guns are Type 94 75mm mountain guns, the standard Japanese pack artillery of WWII. Introduced in 1934, the gun itself was based on German Krupp designs, with the carriage hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism based on French Schneider guns design. Around 1,500 were made between 1935 and 1945. 07:10 These are Bren Universal Carrier, a small, armored personnel or weapon carrier produced by the UK from 1940 onwards. Around 113,000 were made, making it the most produced British armored vehicle of WWII. 07:15 Arthur Percival (1887-1966) was a British General. He enlisted the day WWI broke out, already aged 26 , and was sent to France in 1915 as a Captain. He was awarded several medals during WWII and was recommended to undergo training at the Staff College. In 1919, he fought in northern Russia in the Russian Civil War, and in the 1920 Irish War of Independence. In WWII, he first served as a staff officer in France in 1939/40, and was made commander of the Malaya Corps in April 1941. He build up the defenses and trained his recruits, but because the Middle East and helping the Soviet Union was seen as more important by Great Britain, he never received his requested aircrafts and tanks for the defense. When the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Percival ordered a general retreat towards Singapore on January 27th, 1942, and due to shortage of water and supplies, surrendered to the Japanese on February 15th. He became a Japense POW until the end of the war. After the war, he returned to England and retired in 1946, dying in 1966, aged 78. 07:42 These two buildings are the former Supreme Court building (left), built between April 1937 and August 1939, and the former City hall of Singapore, built between 1926 and 1929. 07:59 This is referring to the Battle of Manado on the northern parts of Celebes Island, an island of the Dutch East Indies, nowadays Indonesia. A strategically important position, the Japanese dropped 507 paratroopers there on January 11th, followed by landings of 3,200 Naval troops. The 1,500 Dutch troops on the island, badly equipped and trained, surrendered on March 23rd, and the last resistance was cleared in early August 1942. This was the first time in history that Japan used paratroopers in a military operation. 08:08 These planes are Mitsubishi G3M transport planes. Although the G3M is better known as a medium and torpedo bomber, it was also used as a transport plane for Japanese troops and officers, and for paratroopers. In total, 1,048 G3M were made, but the exact number of transport variants is unknown. 08:35 This gun is a Type 92 Heavy MG, one of the standard MGs of the Japanese Army during WWII, and the most build, with 45,000 guns made between 1932 and 1941. It had a very low rate of fire, only about 450 rpm, and was thus given the nickname woodpecker by Allied soldiers. 08:52 See entry at 04:27 for an explanation of the landings of the Aleutian Islands. 09:25 These Japanese soldiers carry the characteristic Type 99 gas masks on their back. 09:35 During the initial Japanese landings on Attu and Kiska, no American troops were present. 09:46 This plane is a Kawanishi H6K flying boat. Designed between 1934 and 1938, it was introduced in January 1938 and used until the end of WWII, 217 planes were made. They had a great performance, being used for patrols, long-range reconnaissance and bombing missions, but as the war went on, it became more and more vulnerable to enemy attacks. 10:37 I was not able to find any source for this alleged quote. 10:43 As written before, in December 1942, a year after the outbreak of the war, the Japanese were already on the defense after their terrible defeat at Midway and were about to lose the Guadalcanal campaign. 10:50 I really don’t get paid enough to check that figure.
08:19 is actually not Sumatera. But Sulawesi. The narrator did said "Celebes" & "Mindanao". Japanese paratroops airdropped from Mindanao to Manado, a region in northern Sulawesi. In this scene and in the thumbnail, the commander of Japanese paratroops: Toyoaki Horiuchi can be seen.
@@brucenorman8904This and the Americans also lost a fleet carrier(uss hornet) and way more than 3 heavy cruisers(with 4 being sunk in the battle of savo island alone) while the Japanese only lost one fleet carrier(ijn ryuho),2 battleships(ijn hiei and ijn kirishima) and only 3 heavy cruisers(furutaka,kinugasa and kako) but i guess it's fair considering he didn't get paid enough to double check lol
@@rachitkumar1012 tbf it would be impossible for Germans to check the Japanese claims. IJN was willing to go great length to inflate their victory while concealing their own losses to the point that even IJA had no idea of what's actually going on. Even after the staggering defeat at Midway, Hirohito convened with the Navy General Staff and hinted that such regrettable losses "should not interfere with the morale", IJN took that advice to heart and greatly downplayed the severity of the situation during the following conference with the Army. Basically at this point, the only one who knew what exactly happened was the Emperor himself, navy top brass and very few selected individuals outside the navy. There were also elaborated efforts on the bureaucratic level to hide the sinking of ships. Ship losses are only announced on a selective basis, many ships were not struck off the list months after sinking, surviving crews were detained or reassigned to avoid leaking the news, and personnel losses were gradually announced to the families to seem like individual losses. And by the time IJN finally digested the losses at Midway without causing panic, they were looking at an even longer backlog of losses accumulated during 43-44.
i am malaysian, thankyou for share this rare war video... now i know information war by side of germany about malay peninsula during ww2 with they spelling "malasien" that kind interesting sound!
At the time this was released in German cinemas, the German lines had just broken in Stalingrad (I’m sure word had started to leak back to Germany) and the war was about to turn against them.
@@technowikinger523 Because to anyone who doesn't speak German, "Kaiser" refers exclusively to a German emperor and doesn't simply mean "emperor", so it sounds like "The German Emperor's Japanese Marine"
Also, in case people dont want to sit through five minute of map lessons (attention span is really an issues nowadays, isn't it?) the actual combat footage starts at 05:15 for the Battle of Singapore, 07:52 for the paratrooper landings on Celebus, and at 08:58 for the landings on the Aleutian islands.
All the propaganda and their perspective is the most interesting part! That incredibly optimistic line about how many American ships were sunk is great, Goebbels and co had the propaganda factory on full tilt by this point.
I wonder how that footage got to Europe. I guess it must have been either by submarine or by blockade runner. My first guess was I-30's mission to Europe but she departed in April 1942, while the Aleutan operations shown here were in June. But as the next IJN submarine only arrived in mid 43, this probably rules out japanese subs as the source. It might just have been sent via neutral countries, either by normal trade or by some red cross mission.
My bet would go to the contact made by German Monsun Gruppe with IJN Navy. There’s used to be a German U-boat dock build in Batavia, Java. The document keep in National Museum of Indonesia mention that the sub port were build by Japan specificly to be used by Germans for transit.
it still had not, not even in the Japanese's eyes. The slow attrition that would be incurred in Guadalcanal for the next several months, followed by the rollout of a large number of American carriers was the point of no return.
I assume that most of their attention was on the Soviet Union. But this was still broadcasted in Germany, so someone must have been keeping an eye on the other front.
Only those interested in history will watch something like this. Sound is like the typical Wochenschau. In the Wochenschau Germany had victories till the sudden defeat in May 1945 *lol*
A surreal perspective, seeing this as an American, and provided with a relatively grounded, realistic education on the war and why it happened. My public school education never minced the fact that the US and Britain had strategic motives for boxing in or competing against Germany or Japan, often times cynical, or coldly calculated and absent of any high-minded liberal ideals that the West came to ostensibly embrace. But to hear Japan's perspective through a German propaganda reel, knowing the affectations and spins and flourishes of language and presentation captured here (the same affectations the Allies used in their reels) always feels like being through the looking glass, and upside-down. Dishonesty and a carefully constructed hyper-reality appears to rule, with truth dying for all parties involved. It seems so much simpler, and so much more convicted, to simply have been honest about the motivations: power, tribalism, survival and the seasonal competition for hegemony over the space each nation-group seeks to master. The messaging today isn't much different than then, either. Something to that, in the pyschology of the masses and what's done to push or pull them in a titanic struggle or endeavor. These videos are incredibly valuable. Thanks for your work.
Very interesting but their map is wildly wrong. Japan never occupied Papua, the southern territory of the Australian territory. They were beaten at Milne Bay and Kokoda saving the capital Port Moresby so this never happened. With Midway and Coral See this was actually a major turning point in the Pacific War.
Because they are on Germany's side. Of course it looks good to make their side look strong. Of course Japan was less industrialised. Like most propaganda, it plays up Japan's strength while downplaying their failures (notably Midway and the stalemates in Burma and the Solomons).
@@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant The Germans literally did not know about Midway at this point. There's also the idea that Japan still was punching far above their belt in WWII, so definitely got put on a pedestal as an ally in propaganda.
Die Japaner wurden, als treuster Verbündeter Deutschlands, so positiv und respektvoll wie eben möglich dagestellt. Und kämpferisch und opferbereit waren sie ja. Das sollte dann auch etwas die mangelnde Ausrüstung ausgleichen. Auch wichtig - in der Promo - das auch Japan der Krieg nur aufgezwungen wurde. Japaner sind eigentlich total lieb und nett.
Great video as usual! Do you also have any video records about the military cooperation between Germany and China during the early 1930s? That's a history not many people talk about, thanks.
KMT was allied with Nazi Germany who sent over Wehrmacht officers to China to train and equip KMT units with Wehrmacht equipment and doctrine. These German trained units were few and far between and were wiped out before 1939 resisting the Japanese invasion, which is when Germany stopped supporting China as they were now allied with Japan
They had no idea that when the situation would go worse, the Japanese would not discriminate against murdering Germans too (such as the Feb 1945 killing of Germans and Filipinos in the German Club massacre of the Battle of Manila).
'German Propaganda Footage about the War in Asia- 9 December 1942' - yes they did, but this is propaganda piece - you do not mention anything that spoils the whole picture.
If any Axis power had American resources they'd have won. They could likely have taken the entirety of the Axis at once. Japan definitely punched far above their weight tho.
Yes, like most war-waging nations, the Japanese also had their own propaganda newsreels, called "Japan News". I have actually translated a few of them before, you can find them here: ru-vid.com/group/PL_yOVE6GrVMXAJYNpTtG9hr3ptHSHsiWQ&si=ocgoQptW1YNPE209
@@GermanWWIIArchivewould you be able to find Chinese news by chance? They fought the Japanese for over a decade so surely they would have some interesting footage
better still..according to this Map the japs could have just sailed inbetween alaska and san francisco and simply landed unopposed in Canada after the defeat in Singapore ...nobody told the japanese navy this ?!?!?
@@electrolytics There was a number of reasons Singapore capitulated so early. It was mainly the overall strategic situation. The entirety of the Malay Peninsula was under Japanese control, and Japanese forces had just begun invading the Dutch East Indies. The British were also not aware of the fact they outnumbered the Japanese; they had to assume the Japanese had huge reserves that were marching on Singapore. Another crucial factor was that the Japanese had largely destroyed Singapores drinking water reservoir, and generally the British were running low on supply. Of course, the British didnt anticipated the brutal treatment of POWs and Civilians by the Japanese, they still assumed Japan was a civlised, westernized nation that would adhere to the Geneva convention.
when it comes to Japan s wargoal on USA and the European colonies in the Pacific (the oil) I'm always thinking that this embargo the Anglo saxons put on Japan could've been bypass if they traded to other nations that produced Oil, Romania Venezuela, Mexico and the newly formed Saudi Arabia who at that time was not a partner of the USA so they might've been a good solution
Well it was a propaganda piece so pointing out that Guadalcanal the Dolittle raid and Midway all happened during that first year was just an oversight.
as a Caucasian North American, I'm sure the Imperial Japanese Won the War....Amazing how the IJA was in China, and the IJN took all those Dutch Islands.....We are still on Wartime "day light savings time" here in USA
Interesting bit of propaganda. You can see these same techniques in propaganda today. Conflating unrelated historical events. Re-interpreting the past in light of the present. Skipping over inconvenient or contrary facts.
Japonia mogła wyzwolić Azję spod brutalnej zachodniej kolonialnej okupacji i zbudować nowy model kooperacji międzynarodowej w regionie, niestety po przepędzeniu Amerykanów i Europejczyków stali się takimi samymi katami dla tych skolonizowanych narodów. No i kolaborowali z III Rzeszą, to jest niewybaczalne.
They did much worse than the colonial powers. The Japanese killed indiscriminately including women and children. They kidnapped thousands of women and girls to be raped by their soldiers. Made prisoners of war and any man who surrenders go work in awful conditions until they die. Practiced biological experiments on live people in Korea. Everyone knows about the Nazis killing over 6 million Jews, the Japanese killed over 7 million civilians in China alone but they managed to get away with all of it by denying it.
You watch too much anime. As bad as the West Europeans were, they were nowhere as cruel as the Japanese of the era. Imperial Japan was horrible. Look at them now, they are No 3 or 4 economy of the world, super rich and have cultural influence everywhere, although it's slowly fading.
i am malaysian, thankyou for share this rare war video... now i know information war by side of germany about malay peninsula during ww2 with they spelling "malasien" that kind interesting sound!
