Being an Indian my grandfather was fought against Japanese in WWII. He rarely speaks about them but just says it was horrible beyond your imagination. He died 20 years ago with his heavy memories. Now I feel sorry that I didn't try to learn more about it when he was alive. May God have mercy upon all those brave.
@Manus Tham well he didnt actually asked he was being sarcastic and you are serious case of propaganda victims nowadays, that army was puppeted army and there is good chance japan would have done same in india as they did in china and divided india neither be able to defend it against allies or against japanese we would have been sanwitched we are lucky that america nuked japan and put end to japan further imperialising asia , we would have became playground of allies and japan if japan havent surrendered ,
This is a true story. During my childhood I read about a story in Bengali language where it was written that Indians were captured and then had their heads chopped off by the Japanese. Then they used to cook the bodies. So once they ate a man who already had poisoned himself aware of his imminent fate and thus when the Japanese platoon ate him, they were all dead due to poison.
I am from Bangladesh. My grandfather joined the indian army, trained with british soldiers and was deployed in Myanmar(Burma). After the war he came back to Bangladesh and never really spoke about the war. He was traumatized for sure and for that reason no one pressured him to know what had happened during his service. He did a lot of charity work, built a couple of school and gave away most of his wealth to the poor people until his death. He died in 1990. I wish I could know about the WW2 from him.
I think most of our grandparents didn't talk about it, he did say that he never knew that hell on earth could be so true and he couldn't understand what humans could do to each other.
My father was a senior NCO with the 14th Army in Burma, and served with distinction alongside a Sikh and Gurkha unit. He never spoke much of his time out there, but he did verify that he had witnessed Japanese cannibalism. To his dying day he could not ever tolerate anything Japanese, but always held his Indian colleagues in the highest esteem..
@@Canadianvoice so did the Japanese bring you democracy, rule of law, the end of the despicable act of "suttee", the ability to read and write English, did the English eat you.???? No.? I didn't think so.!! Look beyond your irrational prejudices before sagging off the English, and recognise the barbarity exhibited by Indians to their own kind during "partition", millions of your countrymen killed each other over differing religion of all things.
These angl0regime propagandists are excellent in creating fake stories and spreading lies and misinformation as to create division among people and the country. The policy of "DIVIDE AND RULE" is well known to the world.
@@Canadianvoice These angl0regime propagandists are excellent in creating fake stories and spreading lies and misinformation as to create division among people and the country. The policy of "DIVIDE AND RULE" is well known to the world..
Used to work in a hospital ward in England. An elderly man had dementia and unfortunately he thought he was back in a Japanese prisoner camp and absolutely terrified. 70 years later that was still haunting him.
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@@whatever_12Regardless we should not have been in the Far East. The Japanese were especially brutal to the Chinese but didn't think they were special
I have always believed the Sikh with some of the greatest fighting forces ever put on Earth ! 🗽 this Marine would have been proud to stood side-by-side with any of them
@@rickieoakes5267 I respect Sikhs but I would vouch for Gorkhas as the most dangerous force anyday...the Gorkhas decimated Japanese in Burma and in the Kargil war when Sikh and Naga regiments failed
Pakistani here, my grandfather fought in the British army in the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) in WW2. Unfortunately he passed away before I was born, but my dad tells me the stories he brought back from war. Fortunately my grandfather was never a pow but his brother was (my great uncle) and he was heavily tortured by the Japanese for years and when he finally returned home he was never the same
My Grandfather was a highly decorated Merrill's Marauder in WW2. He spoke about these and many other Japanese atrocities for many years. It's interesting to hear someone else verifying everything he said. People forget.
It's not that people forget, it's just the atrocities by the Japanese are more well documented in regional languages which limits accessibility by the western people.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses ua-cam.com/video/2LaoamJ3vbs/v-deo.html
We all get forgotten eventually have lots of mates who died on tours who no one but the families and friends ever know about as recent as 2006/2008/2009/2014 not to mention the suicides We all just become statistics in the politicians Game
My Uncle Jack was a prisoner of the Japanese and made to work on the Burma Railway. He never spoke, as far as I know, about his experiences but was a skin-and-bone man who was often ill and hospitalised due to recurring malaria. When the Queen met the Emperor he - who always appeared the mildest of men - was incandescent with anger and my mother told me he had an enduring hatred of the Japanese. After seeing your videos, I can understand his reaction.
My great uncle was wounded, by a Japanese sniper while deployed to the Pacifc Thetre (Philipines, I think). I wonder if he habored similar sentiments. I think I was still in grade school when he passed away.
@@dspsblyuth The parasite that causes it stays in your body for the rest of your life, flaring up every so often. Our headmaster at school served in the jungles of Burma in the Second World War, even 40 odd years later, in the late 1970s, he still got ill with recurring fevers.
Nice fictional story but evidence for your claims are missing , just an empty comment on censored youtube , everybody knows if you accuse someone you need strong evidences , not just mouth to mouth propaganda , they filmed a lot and toke pictures even during ww2 but i don't see aynthing close to that nonsense . This is typical imperialist propaganda .
Every German person I met, he will openly discuss the war crimes the Nazi has committed and recognize the past. For most Japanese, they deny on just about any accusations that are known as facts. And they cry out as victim of the atomic bombs. I grew up listening to personal stories shared by my grandma's generation. I saw fear in their eyes when the word Japanese came up. Atrocities happened everywhere around Shanghai way even before the army arrived Nanking. When the army arrived at the city of kaixin, they rounded up government officials and tortured them with the infamous Japanese swords. Hands and feet were chopped off and victims were only wishing they could be decapitated quickly. Most gang rapes ended up with the victim being stabbed to death or an open gut from the sword. The soldiers burned everything including some of the most historical libraries with books in them. Our family lost everything to the invading Japanese. I stumbled upon a picture at one time. A Chinese POW seemed to have been kept as a livestock. All the muscles have been peeled off from his left leg. He was alive and in pain. I wonder if he was being eaten bit by bit judging from the image. Thank you again Mark Felton. I really appreciate these videos being created and made accessible to anywhere in the world. People have the right to know what had happened.
@naamloos992oh absolutely, they cry victim as well saying that the other European powers oppressed them/exploited them. Meanwhile they stay real silent about the hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks, Armenians that died in the creation of the Turkish Republic, let alone the atrocities committed against Kurdish, and all the peoples of the Balkans throughout the Ottoman Empire, let alone the colonisation of North Africa, Arabia and all the oppression/exploitation that followed that too. It’s fucking ridiculous how many ppl r now celebrating Turkey for making some political statement forgetting that THEY colonised the Arabic world. And they continue their legacy with their proxy wars, especially in Libya and Syria
sure indian soldiers in ww1 and ww2 worked bravely and for the most part even under severe duress, murder torture ect most refused to collaborate with the japanese or germans. they were volunteers who had sworn allegiance to the british, no matter what their personal political opinions they were loyal to their employers. its a shame they were not more appropriately rewarded after the war.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 In return they chopped region too, teachings say quaIity over quantity, been most steady from oldest to major power, don’t blindly support terr0r, comm!e or capitaIs.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 but u britishers used us indians u supported radical islamic terrorism against india u and america tried to sanction us when we were librating goa . u and usa were about to attack india during bangladesh libration war .
This is nothing but slanderous British propaganda: HERE IS THE TRUTH. The Indians who surrendered to the Japanese after the fall of Singapore later followed the clarion call of Subhas Bose to fight for India's freedom rather than serve the British, and formed the core of Independent India's first army - The Indian National Army. The INA fought in NE India and after the British tried to persecute the officers of the INA in a FAKE TRIAL at the Red Fort in Delhi, the massive revolt in the Indian public and the British Indian armed forces led the British to realise that Indian forces could not be trusted and it would be best to leave India soon. These captured soldiers who formed the INA and Subhas Bose who is revered as NETAJI by billions of Indians got India her freedom. Stop parroting garrulous and factually wrong history.
I knew acts of cannibalism were committed by the Japanese armed forces. Never expected such a video on the topic, and had never heard of this story. Dr. Felton never ceases to show us both incredible and dark stories about history. I wonder if we will ever see a video on the doomed arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin.
True but Dr. Felton has done a few videos on stories about the Arctic. Including a Nazi base and an arctic ghost ship. He even did a couple videos long ago about the Titanic.
As a person with Indian ancestors who is unfortunately living in Japan, I thank you for this video. I’ll show it to my Japanese wife as almost all Japanese people here know NOTHING about what the Japanese did in WW2. They’re quick to point out the atrocities of the nazis and Americans who bombed them, but that’s all they know, seriously. Thank you again for this video.
@case8987 we can see now typical red herrin. And even dont know about fact. Maybe he is confused japanese and koreans.. or Vietnamese? Korean War is very well known cases the government confessed and apologized to victims of war...
@@case8987what about the gulf wars? Or the whole guantanamo thing? It's honestly not even really a moralisation. I'm sure every army ever has committed atrocities.
I had the privilege to meet a former volunteer of the British Expeditionary Force in Goa, some years ago. A tall strong man in his 90s, a Major Joseph Lancaster. He told me about the the bravery of Anglo Indian, Indian and British soldiers in Burma and north east India. May his soul and the souls of millions rest in peace.
This was hard to listen to but i am glad you took the time to share and thereby honor the Indian soldiers who fought with the allies and suffered a fate worse than most. May they be remembered
I am truly astounded by the depth of investigation and research that goes into these videos. As a member of a certain generation I have always been aware of the atrocities committed by the Japanese armed forces during WW2, but this is a new one on me. Thank you for bringing to light the suffering of Indian soldiers at the hands of the Japanese. Lest we forget.
Atrocities were committed on all sides. What you think U.S. soldiers didn’t kill babies women and children? They absolutely did. I’m not anti American it just seems like everyone in the U.S. thinks our soldiers can do no harm. Not to mention all the gang rapes of Japanese women and we dropped a nuclear bomb on two cities which sorry but it don’t get worse than that I don’t care what anybody says. The bombing of Dresden 25,000 civilians dead. You don’t ever hear about any of that though which was my point. War is an atrocity and it needs to end or it will end us. JMO.
@@skinnybub5237 The US and British Forces did not commit genocide in WW2. Did not use chemical weapons on civilians as Japanese did in China. So to try and equate then is disingenuous at best. The US and British did not have normal practice to slaughter women and children as the Japanese did. Unless you have fact checked evidence otherwise?
@@skinnybub5237 They probably did. But there was no systematic abuse by the US miltary (unless you consider bombing). The Japanese abuse was on a massive scale not only on POWs but the civilian population as well (especially the Chinese). It came from all ranks of the military from the Emperor to the rank of privates. "In a study published in 1996, historian Mitsuyoshi Himeta claims that the Three Alls Policy, sanctioned by Emperor Hirohito himself, was both directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of "more than 2.7 million" Chinese civilians." Wikipedia. Your statement lacks scale and magnitude.
@@skinnybub5237 I know that 2 wrongs don't make it right, but how much of the inexcusable actions of the Allies was due to seeing what the Japanese had done to their fellow countrymen? Finding mutilated comrades often times will bring the worst out of someone. And I've never heard of any Allied solder cutting flesh off of a live prisoner. I'm almost surprised that they didn't force them to eat their own flesh. As to the horrific bombings, in my opinion the indiscriminate fire bombing was far worse than any nuke.
@@skinnybub5237 Yes your very much right all sides committed atrocities. The America also punished many of those responsible. However to say that any significant percentage of Allied troops doing so is just false and as many have stated trying to compare and equate the two is just crazy. As far are the bombing campaigns that devastated cities its terrible yes but as it was called it was a strategic bombing going after center of industry and what not. However advanced things like the norden bomb sight were they were still very inaccurate meaning you needed these large bomber waves to hit a specific point. Just look at the accuracy that's been reported its shocking. As far as dropping the atomic bombs look at the alternative yes 10s of thousands of people died but if America had to invade the Japanese home islands they projected that some 500,000 people would be killed in the campaign to take Japan as the Japanese military was spreading terrible propaganda and making so called last ditch weapons to arm the populace to resist the Americans to the bitter end in there minds
My Grandfather was a POW by Japanese in Burma, I was told that him and his inmates were given one onion and a glass of water for an entire day followed by firing squad if rebelled. He lived with severe trauma till his death in 1990.
@Hell Fire3 I am from kohima my parents are from there. Thank you for his service.❤ the Japanese where ruthless. I even know a place on the bottom of a hill where a British officer was beheaded by a Japanese soldier.
My Grandfather served in the US Army in WW2 and had an unapologetic hatred for the Japanese until he died. As a kid I never understood it, however after learning more about Japanese atrocities I understood. Miss my grandpa, he was a kind, honest and brave man.
My grandfather fought alongside Gurkhas in WWII and stayed friends with some of them long after. Some of them fought Japanese and their stories were bizzare and horrific.
Great respect for your grandfather. I recall seeing a documentary about Japanese and American WWII veterans having reunions, with interviews. One American veteran explained what he experienced and witnessed would never allow his hatred for the former Japanese enemies to wane.
What do you understand? It seems you understood nothing. It's not the Japanese, it's not the Germans, the Chinese, the Americans, the Soviets, the whites, the blacks etc. It's humanity. War is hell. Horrible people can be found anywhere and everywhere. Horrible circumstances that breed these people can also be found anywhere and everywhere. We must constantly be vary...
My Dad was a Bomb Disposal Officer in Burma. He was young and only qualified near the end of the war. By then, everyone knew not to get captured by the Japanese. They all made a pact to keep fighting till they either won, or were killed.
@@emeraldbreeze5204 Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians. Japanese forced labour camps WW2.Japanese canibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2. Burma Railway WW 2. Japanese invasion of Korea. Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese invasion of China. Japanese Nanking Massacre. etc, etc, etc,
@@emeraldbreeze5204 Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians. Japanese forced labour camps WW2. Japanese cannibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2. Burma Railway WW 2. Japanese invasion of Korea. Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese invasion of China. Japanese atrocities in China Japanese Nanking Massacre. etc, etc, etc,
Just when you think you have heard everything about how savage the Japanese soldiers were during WW2, then you hear this and think oh my God. I cannot imagine how those poor Indian men felt and suffered. The Japanese have a lot to answer for and I don't think they have ever apologised or made reparations to the Indian nation and the oh so few survivors of the horrors of the Japanese internment and PoW camps. How can a nation have any pride if this is the way they behave during conflict? They should be ashamed of the way they treated everyone during WW2 and other conflicts.
I agree with you but that's how the world is imo. I'm aware Indians are also guilty of war crimes and barbarity against their so called own people like Punjabis, Nagas and Kashmiris among others.
True they were horrendous in ww2 but if you look back to ww1. They treated pows very well, many german ww1 prisoners stayed in japan and opened businesses.
Agreed. That's why whenever I hear any Japanese at the time talk about honor I get disgusted. Such a nihilistic race at the time that hated itself so much that all they could do was hate others. All for a Emperor who was clueless about the pain his nation was inflicting upon others, all in his name.
Thanks Mark, for shining a light into this dark corner of modern history. I was aware of some of this with US prisoners, but this was news to me, although it was not surprising. I find it very interesting how many Japanese war criminals and multinational Japanese corporations had no accountability for their actions whatsoever, and simply re-entered society/business after the war. It seems there has been a very strong movement in Japan to pretend these things never happened. This was enabled in part, by the US’s eagerness for Japanese help in the Far East in staving off communist aggression. I’m not anti-Japanese, but it strikes me as bizarre and tragic that so many war criminals simply ‘walked away’ after the war.
Well, the outcomes of Tokyo and the Nuremberg trials were very different for obvious reasons. This was enabled in part, by the US’s eagerness for Japanese help in the Far East in staving off communist aggression.-> Wrong. The United States wanted data mainly from its Unit 731 (IJA biological and chemical weapons research) on human experiments. Hence most were not trialled and executed as war criminals. 2nd, by letting their Emperor continue to sit on the throne. Japan surrendered unconditionally and brought under US's wing as a protectorate till this day. 3rd, it is a rather open secret, least in SE Asia that the Jap gov whitewashed its history during ww2. Not many modern Japanese knows about this as it was never taught in their education system.
@@macrickcorrect--- It happens even in todays times. Anybody out there believe the US invasion of Iraq was to 'instill democracy'? Exactly. In the end the poor end up with the short end of the stick
I thought I knew the depth of Japanese brutality during WWII, but this shocking, sickening account taught me much. I still fail to understand such cruelty. I shudder to consider what seeds of depravity lie dormant within the hearts of men during peacetime -waiting for the right conditions to fan them into full-blown hate. I saw a taped interview with a Japanese veteran of the war in China. He remembered being one of the troops that raped Chinese girls, and then set them on fire. As he recalled the horror, he seemed unable to comprehend how he had done those things. I remember him saying, "We didn't think of them as human..." Looking back, he was mystified by his former state of mind.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses ua-cam.com/video/2LaoamJ3vbs/v-deo.html
There was actually nothing shocking there. Indians were considered as servants of British, which they in reality were. They were offered a chance to liberate themselves by fighting against their former masters. Those who refused were held in even bigger contempt. As for cannibalism, starvation turns people into monsters.
@@aleksazunjic9672 but the vast majority of the Indian PoWs did not chose to join the INA. The British love to think that it was out of love for their "noble cause" but actually it was an Indian cultural thing to be "loyal to one's salt"
While stationed in Japan I have read translated orders from Japanese Army Headquarters ordering the Japanese soldiers not to eat Japanese flesh but all other meat sources were approved. The papers were in a WWII memorial display in Okinawa. The Okinawans were treated horribly by the depraved Japanese soldiers.
@@gazpachopolice7211 Well, that depends ... Japanese did not bother much with INA, still they got almost 100 000 recruits. On the other hand, British were very afraid in late 1942 and early 1943. Did all they could to keep Indians loyal (so called Jiffs Campaign). Most of Indians did not hear about INA until after the war, and than it became popular. So called "traitor trials" actually invigorated desire for independence.
My god, that’s absolutely awful. I’m struggling to find words to even express my disgust and anger. What on earth was wrong with these people? It’s one horror to fight in a war, quite another to suffer as a POW, but then to be used as food cattle? I can hardly wrap my mind around it. Amazes me how much ISN’T covered in the typical history classroom.
abuse from superiors, a society based on subservience, a lack of respect for foreigners/other races, extreme peer pressure, isolation and the depravity that comes with it Throw in the fact that they were ruled by a 'god emperor' who encouraged them that their enemies were the sons of whores, and you have one sick nation in need of westernization and liberation, even if it means atom bombing them twice. Japan was the one nation that changed the most after ww2, it TRULY transformed into something better.
Dr. Mark has a video on the topic if you're interested. Bu what Hongo said, basically. Glad they completelly changed. Now there isn't a coutry anyone trusts more than Japan these days. Though they are quite xenophobic to our standards.
Your channel’s commitment to dispelling the sanitized narratives of war is extremely important and while these videos are hard to stomach I sit through each one because of the importance of their contents. Thank you so much for putting the time into researching and reporting these events as they happened
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I recently came across cannibalism by Japanese soldiers too, on the Japanese retreat from kokoda in papa new guinea, their supply lines were non-existences and they where in very bad shape, a lot of them were starving, so they turned to eating dead Australian soldiers, dead natives and even their own, it must have been awful and horrifying for the Ozzy's to see their dead mates half eaten, war definitely was hell for them
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for bringing the shameful behavior of the IJA to light. The behavior of the Germans has been widely publicized, but due to what appear to be commercial and military reasons, the more widespread crimes by the Japanese have been hushed if not suppressed in the west. Thank you also for reflecting the honor due Indian and Asian troops for their part in the war, another story not widely known.
We heard about their atrocities in the 60s and 70s but towards the end of the 80s the big lies began to clean the slate about the Japanese. A people with much to admire but an uncommon concealed degree of depravity it is hard to reconcile. Read about the Aum Supreme Sect or Mishima. Seriously fucked up.
it's quite simple really. the war criminal responsible for unit 731 not only escaped prosecution for war crimes because he turned over all the notes on human experiment and was hired as consultant for Fort Detrick.
I think it's also because the Japanese actively try to silence this past. Whereas the Germans have owned up to it. Similarly, nobody speaks of the Armenian genocide partly because the Turks go crazy whenever it is brought up.
As an Indian myself, i didn't knew the Japanese were so cruel towards prisoners.... These incidents are not told in history lessons in my country.... Thanks very much for sharing this information... 👍👍👍👍
...I certainly hope they teach you about how your soldiers fought like lions!! (in both WWI and WWII) Kia Kaha India ❤ from Aotearoa/New Zealand..."lest we forget the sacrifices they made"
Japanese usually gets a pass in WW2 but the Nazis were strung up n aired out! One got the short end of the stick but I’m not at all saying they didn’t bring it on themselves!
@@youthinasia4103 Nazi warcrimes where pinned on individual soldiers by the Soviets and French while the Japanese high ups where blamed for giving issues to their men to commit the warcrimes and where picked to be kill by the British and Americans.
My great grandfather met the INA and japanese imperial army (yea he was in the NA*i forces) he told my grandfather that the indians were ready to kill their own countrymen to gain independence and he also told him about the horrific deeds performed by Japanese soldiers. The stories are heart wrenching.
Great video Mark, Thank you, As an Indian I have never really heard of my country's participation in WW2 mostly because the 1940s are overshadowed by the events that led to Independence, thanks for bringing light to this
@@cx3929 Miniscule number in comparison to the number of Indian troops who served and I'm sure many of those who chose the INA did so out of understandable needs to survive the brutal conditions.
@@montycasper4300 FACT = 30k of 40k is 3/4 of the force fighting in Malaya when the British surrendered and almost half the total number of 67,340 Indian POWs captured by the Japanese during the entire duration of WW2. While the death rates under Japanese rule for US POWs was >40%, Australia POWs was >35% and 20% for British POWs - They did not have that option or any option.
I always hear more about Indian troops than any other colonial troop from the British. And when the Indians were having trouble, then it usually was some truly heavy fighting indeed. You don't hear much if anything about them from Hollywood though. Maybe that is why many people don't know?
I grew up in India and we were never taught about India's contribution to the great wars as part of our history curriculum (things may have changed now). It wasn't until I moved to Australia and learned about the Indian sacrifices in Gallipoli that I realised the contribution the colonies made to the British war effort.
What? Dozed in school? Our books mention 1-2 million indians served in ww2. I also remember seeing pictures of indians in flanders in ww1 in our history books.
Woke left hijacked Indian education and used same tactics as British.. average Indian in school is not aware that Indian ancestors has thousands of times more written artefacts than any contemporary civilizations. Till today, Mahabharat is Longest Poem ever written and second is Ramayana and most of the works of India are poetry in stanzas. There is complete description of world and continents including South America, Antarctica North and south .. Read how Sugreeva tells the army where to go and where not to go in search of Sita
I remember seeing a story on Japanese television about a former Japanese soldier and his wife confronting former officers about the atrocities committed by them (he even tried to kick one of them but unfortunately his wife got in the way and was severely injured). He was brave enough to talk about the cannibalism. I never heard about the Indians but the officers wanted them to eat only brown skinned people because they thought that they would never be known. White prisoners were seldom eaten as the officers would face war crimes. At the peak of the starvation, officers pretended to take their own sick men to "Hospitals" but really killed them and cannibalized. I forget the man's name but he was hated in Japan for calling out Hirohito who he deemed complicit in all of the atrocities and caring more about the royal jewels than his own people. I didn't teach History. I was a science teacher but was an avid history buff. When I mentioned the cannibalism by the Japanese, I was told by the social studies teacher that was all propaganda and that I should stick to science. Thank you Dr. Felton for vindicating my statement. Hey guys, love your comments too! - T.R.
It wasn't Hirohito though, it was Tojo who was the mastermind and architect of 99% of the looniness of WWII Japan. There are some good docu's about it on here.
yeah the japanese totally worried about war crimes during a war they thought they would win or wouldn't live to see the end of. sure. btw the jippos were known to eat white people too. don't know why people like you even in these situations come up with this racist nonsense.
you can google the chichijima incident. the Japanese may have been raving loonies, but they weren't racist in being cannibals. they ate all equally. only you people make such a horrifying thing like this into a weird racist projection of yourself
Felton taught at the University of Essex before moving to China for nine years, where he taught at various locations including Shanghai University and Fudan University.[3][6] HA!
There's a Japanese documentary from the 70s called The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, about a former Japanese soldier in New Guinea attempting to discover the truth about what happened to some of his comrades. He eventually learns that some of them were murdered and eaten by their commanding officers, and in turn attacks and attempts to murder one of those former officers while the cameras are rolling. I highly recommend it.
man, I just read about the guy in the documentary and that was one hell of trip down the rabbit hole. Not sure if he was the most truly enlightened person or insane person I have read about.
Thank you for the recommendation, I hadn't heard of it. The Japanese committed many horrendous atrocities, but, like with any group who does so, people need to remember there are good people as well. Not every single person is evil.
My Dad was a Marine who was at Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu where he was wounded and sent back to the states to recover. In the seventies my Mom thought it would be a good idea if Dad bought a small pick up truck in order to save gas and at the time the only companies that made them were Japanese. Dad wasn't too keen on the idea but they stopped by a Toyota dealership to take a look. Dad got in one and a second later got out and slammed the door, looked at Mom and just said "let get out of here". When they got outside Mom asked him what was wrong and all he said was "it smells like a Jap". Needless to say they didn't buy the truck.
@@thadtuiol1717 Yeah, because those people don't care about what happened to Korean/Filipino/Indian/Chinese civilians. But thanks for showing what side you're on!
@@Psyxic_Crimes He said his father fought against the Japanese. I’m sure if you had fought against them you would’ve had similar views after seeing what things they did, but here you are acting like you have a moral high ground using today’s standards doing the old typical American routine.
Many years ago my grandmother had a Sikh gentleman as her new neighbour and my parents were a bit concerned as she had some opinions that were let's just say totally wrong but more common at that time than we like to admit. Anyway my father went to visit and was amazed to find them both sitting on a bench in her garden drinking tea, they went on to become firm friends and would even do their gardens together, him mowing grass whilst she did the flowers. It all stemmed from the fact that he was held prisoner by the Japanese in Ww2 just like her husband my late grandad. Anyway not only were they great company for each other but I believe their friendship was the major factor in her becoming more enlightened & goes to show you are never too old to learn
My Father in law fought in Burma as Royal Marine, he refused to have anything Japanese in his house. The only time he spoke to me about his time there was when he talked about the Gurkhas and what wonderful soldiers they are.
Whatever personal problems I have in my own life, the times whenever I stoop to feeling sorry for myself vanish when I realize there are many in the past and present who have suffered much much worse. I will forever archive these episodes of Mark Felton for future reference and to inspire others. Thank you Mark. You are an educator of the highest order.
Bhai this video is partly true . He is trying to whitewash British deeds. Japanis were brutal but it was Netaji who pursuade hitler and Japanis to release pow indians. So that they can fight with British for independence. And in war with British vs INA. 23k INA soilders died and this lead to revolt against british all over indian by indians Navy. And they left this country as british became weak.
This one was so appalling I actually considered not listening to the end. I really wonder how people managed to have enough spirit to continue living in circumstances such as their comrades being eaten one by one, among the level of beatings going on for years. It's difficult to imagine myself surviving such a situation and I respect their fortitude.
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It sounds to appalling to me that I haven't even listened to it (yet, or ever). I came down here to the comments to see if I could handle it. Probably not.
Sikh family here, with relatives who served in British/Indian regiments during WW2. I was brought up aware of these atrocities. Later, my father was an officer in the Australian army. I was brought up in (and have always lived in) Australia, and it the wider Australian community has always seemed to me to be oblivious to these stories and this history. Thank you for sharing.
Gurm Sekhon. Not all Australians are oblivious to the actions of the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2. We appreciate the hardship and sacrifice of all the Pacific and South East Asian countries endured. First by the Japanese invasion and then by the battles to drive the Japanese back to Japan and end the War. The Pacific War against Japan cost the Countries a huge loss of lives, both Civilian and military. Let alone the economic and food production losses. I, for one, salute the efforts of the Indian and Nepali soldiers that fought with the Allies. And the brave villagers that assisted the Allies and risked their lives and families by doing so. Thanks
At the end of World War II, the Allies, including the United States and Great Britain, indiscriminately massacred approximately 500,000 Japanese citizens through air raids and atomic bombings. You see? The Anglo-American Allies are vicious perpetrators pretending to be victims. ★★★ The Japanese people have not forgotten the heinous atrocities committed by the Allied Powers ❢❢❢
@@azurecliff8709 Give it a rest Fascist Azure Cliff. The USA and the allies didn't start the war that killed millions of people in Europe, Russia China, Manchuriia, Asia Pacific region. The Germans and Japanese did. So F off DH
For example, in Ukraine under Stalin and in mainland China under Mao Zedong, severe famines caused tragedies that people eat human meat. Historically, these are very well known facts. ★★★ Very despicable Mark Felton is hiding these gruesome histories and spreading badmouth about Japan here.
Thank u Dr Felton for bringing to light such a gory part of human history where the Imperial Army committed such barbaric acts of cannibalism against their POWs. Now I understand better why so many nationals involved either directly or indirectly in the war hold that much grudges against the Japanese till this day. ALSO thanks for highlighting the unknown aspects of the role played by the Indian solders in the war.
As an Indian, thank you Professor Mark for bringing this subject to light. This is disgusting, worse than the Nazis. My grandfather served with the British Indian army in Burma and Singapore. I guess he was lucky to have not be captured and survive. Apparently the Imperial Japanese viewed surrendering as being dishonourable, which is why they had such contempt for Allied POWs. EDIT: Based on some comments I've received, I'd like to say that the Japanese and Nazis were equally worse. Not trying to put down the suffering of people under the Nazis. I was just speaking about it in a specific context. This is not in support of the British Colonial rule of India but just speaking about the men who served in their military.
The "death before dishonor" mentality is only part of it, but Japanese culture just outright places no value in human life. That's why they commit suicide at such high rates even in modern Japan.
I'm surprised that given the large number of Indians who served in WW2, I don't come across many Indians stating that their ancestor fought in WW2. My maternal grandfather was among them too. I don't know about his war details. The only thing my mother knows is that he visited the Vatican. So presumably he was in the African and European campaigns. I wish I could find out.
@Defund Gazpacho Police ahh interesting, yes Indian units served in North Africa and Italy. I think most Indians aren’t proud that their ancestors served under the British, veterans were even denied pensions under the new Indian government.
@@wanderingnomad1 I don't know enough to say anything about Indian sepoys in the British Indian Army, but I do know for sure that the officers were treated differently. Also, Subhash Bose was more than effective in creating and leading the Indian National Army. I'm sure you're aware of the recent history of his various recognitions by Indian governments. What is astonishing to some is common knowledge to others. Everybody is subject to it.
As an Indian I cant even bear to listen... its too painful that humans can behave like this and knowing the victims maybe my own ancestors, something in my soul just died.
Thank you for bringing to light atrocities committed by the Japanese..but more so, thanks for talking about the Indian contribution..it has largely been erased in history, despite all the suffering
@@emeraldbreeze5204 Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians. Japanese forced labour camps WW2. Japanese cannibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2. Burma Railway WW 2. Japanese invasion of Korea. Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese invasion of China. Japanese atrocities in China Japanese Nanking Massacre. etc, etc, etc,
British-Indian Army was later divided into 1947 Pakistan Army ( Punjabi & Pashtun Muslim ) and Indian Army ( Sikh/Punjabi & Gorkha/Nepali Hindu ) so here indian means some pakistani Muslim forefathers also
In our book we got to read that Indian didn't want to join WW2 n when the proposal was given that after WW2 India will get freedom but India will hv to take part from British side..InC rejected..then Subhash c.bose asked help from Japanese formed INA and revolted against British...I just know this litl information 😔😔😔
Our Head Master at Secondary school was a prisoner of war under the Japanese in Burma. His back was hunched due to beatings and punishments. He used to supervise our class for one hour per week, during which he would just let us chat amongst ourselves, sitting and watching us for the whole hour, saying nothing.
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I had a teacher and a Parish priest who had been in the camps. The priest had white scars all over his hands, and was very reserved. Didnt socialise at all. The teacher was the fairest teacher l ever had, also very reserved and strict. The torture they underwent had marked them both, but they both went onto have long meaningful lives.
Thank you Dr Felton for telling this tragic story of the Indian Army… who fought quite bravely on so many fronts …. the valiant stand at Imphal and Kohima is one of the most underrated and unrecognized battles in the war
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My grandfathers elder brother fought with the British Indian army in the battle of imphal and Kohima he came back alive and then became a police officer and died in the 60s. Thanks for his service ❤
First I’ve heard of this. Seems I owe a debt of gratitude, to Mark Felton, for the many things I’ve learned from him, and can later share with my son. I watch a wide variety of WWII documentaries, and videos, but few seem to capture my attention, as strongly as his narration does.
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Some time ago I read an article from a Spanish newspaper from 1943, which a relative kept, and in the article they said that it was a common practice for the Japanese to eat prisoners, especially those who were isolated on the islands.
Mr Mark Felton thank you for highlighting this forgotten acts of cannibalism, a lot of Indians don't ever realise the kind of contributions by the Indian soldiers of those times. Our own history has not taught us well.
@@emeraldbreeze5204 Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians. Japanese forced labour camps WW2. Japanese cannibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2. Burma Railway WW 2. Japanese invasion of Korea. Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese invasion of China. Japanese atrocities in China Japanese Nanking Massacre. etc, etc, etc,
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All coloniser comit horrific crimes when they feel their rule is in danger . eg British in aftermath of 1857 they burnts 100 of villages ,hanged 27000 in just Delhi alone .
I lived in southern Japan, Saga Ken, Kyushu, from 1996 to 2001. During that time I became close with a retired US Navy vet who ran a bar, Jimmy's. Jimmy and I would often talk late night, and he would tell me of the old men, business men who had served in the Japanese army during 'The Great Pacific War'. These guys would come in and sip a drink, waiting for everyone else to leave. Jimmy would then close up and drink one on one with the customer. Perhaps they did this because they had figured out that Jimmy was a vet himself who served in the small boats during the war and had his own demons; they felt a kinship with him and talked to him openly about their horrific war experiences. I don't recall all the details, but a theme in their stories was that the Imperial soldiers became very adept at trussing a prisoner up and dragging him along with them through the jungle, slowly and carefully cutting pieces off of them but not killing them, so that their meat stayed fresh. These old men were disgusted by their own actions during the wars, which they had had to keep secret their whole lives. There was a reason many returning Japanese soldiers worked themselves to death after the war.
Mark this is one of your best. I hoped (beyond hope) that one day you might focus again upon this theatre of war. Thank you so much, and my Dad is smiling own upon you wherever he is.
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I remember watching an astounding "World In Action" or similar 1970's doc on a Japanese soldier who served in New Guinea . He said that eating different coloured "longpig" was not unusual but after a failed attempt at deserting, even though the war was now over, his friends got caught & weren't seen again. After realizing that he'd eaten his mates, he wasn't at all happy & the doc caught him catching up with his former superiors 25 years later & literally going banzai on them at their doorsteps....! I wish I could find this, can anyone help?
I was fortunate enough to work in Papua New Guinea and talked with a man from Lae that told me of the “sorcery” and “Saguma” (Cannibalism). Of course there are many tribes and over 800 languages and dialects and very few practiced cannibalism. It was fascinating hearing of stories about the Japanese occupation the North and how brave tribal warriors were during that period. Not sure if the Japanese were doing it mainly for starvation purposes or, like some officers, practiced cannibalism for other reasons similar to “Saguma”.
@@thewaywardgrape3838 I remember it being in colour and at least 20 years after the war, judging by the characters' ages. Thanks for the suggestion, will try to find it...
I once read of the crew of a sailing ship that sunk in the mid 1800's who after days/weeks in the lifeboat, ate the cabin boy...In extreme circumstances, people are capable of anything.
The capacity for human cruelty seems to be boundless. I have seen a documentary from Japan that follows the efforts of a Japanese veteran to confront military authorities who were involved in cannabalizing Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific and New Guinea following Japanese defeats there. In the US this week Japanese Americans memorialized the internment of Japanese-Americans by the US government during WW2. It was a mistake that the US government admitted to years ago, and those interned were all awarded $20K. While not being sufficient to cover the great losses in homes and businesses affected, the fate of those victimized by the Japanese military in that era renders the internment of Japanese-Americans quite mild in comparison. And of course the Japanese government has never apologized for the enslavement of Korean "comfort" women. Great report!!!
Canadian police were paid $4,000 per day (with perks) to brutally trample peaceful citizens' Charter of Rights and Freedoms that they swore to defend and uphold.
The American Japanese internment wasn't something just admitted only 2 years ago. It was a hotly debated and criticized subject even when it was happening. Almost every president dating back to Truman has tried to make some kind of reparations for it. It was wrong when it happened and everyone knew it.
@@stanfrymann8454 even in a wonderfully safe place like...Cubanada...people entrusted with the highest standards of honor and lawfulness will prance a 1500 pound horse over an eighty year old women with a mobility aid, then joke about it with friends on twitter. If you think your next door neighbor wouldn't be capable of cannibalism then you're not paying attention.
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A few members of my family served in Burma and I heard stories from relatives about what my own grandfather had experienced whilst held in a pow camp. We were also told why so many Indians joined the japanese during this time.
In 1975 when attending the Mexican National University I dated a Japanese girl also studying there. We dated for almost a year and talked about everything.. She was 25 in that year and her generation knew virtually nothing about WWII. We differed on that as my father had enlisted December 8, 1941 and made a career of it, retiring in 1974. She seemed wholly uninformed of the IJN's & IJA's misconduct in any theater of war. I did not disabuse her. She did praise the memory of Douglas McArthur as a revered, liberalizing and much respected leader. How WWII is taught or managed in Japanese schools today is unknown to me. If not changed from my girlfriend's instruction it's not history but hagiography and there is much left out.
I am of the impression that Japan has always educated it's children to believe they as a nation were victims of WW2....they've never accepted the rape of Nanking as their atrocity....the Korean comfort women and to this day believe they have the right to the return of islands legally given to the Soviets for their part in the destruction of the empire.
@@ES-gv6xl So too, is the Civil War, the Cherokee Trail of Tears , the importation of slaves from Africa and Ireland. It's bad old world. Don't catch the Spanish Flu. Watch out for mustard gas when fighting in the trenches there in Flanders. Stay away from Hiroshima too.
I was wondering when you'd dive into this disturbing topic, read about the Chichijima incident a while back and I was thinking just how low the Japanese sunk in their atrocities
Not only Indians, there are several accounts of Australians being eaten by the Japanese during the Kokoda campaign. In one case strips of flesh had been cut of a corpse were still being fried when the diners were attacked , leaving the fried meat still in the pan. Documented and reported a number of times. Many of the veterans fought both the Germans and the Japanese, they considered the Germans an honourable foe and spoke highly of them... conversely they spoke of the japanese with undisguised hatred.
@@waveygravey9347there were some honorable Germans, but there were also thousands of Germans just as brutal and indifferent as the Japanese. I've read much of WW 2 and many today are buffing over the crimes of the German military and civilians.
Thank you for this, Mark. You always manage to share something I don’t know about the war and it goes a long way. I especially appreciate the way you discuss war crimes and barbarism. An old friend of mine is a World War II enthusiast who thinks he know everything there is about the war. I’ve tried many times to get him to check out your content but he refuses and thinks he’s too good for it. It’s his loss and that’s why he’s an old friend.
lol , did he know the contribution of other 'colonies' in war , or were he like hollywood only showing whites ? not against whites but thats what hollywood shows.
This is great that youve uncovered this, as a Filipino it makes me dissapointed for i know that Ww2 education in Japan is abysmal for singling out/ white washing the attrocities they made in WW2, wanting to claim absolute victimhood on Japanese internment camps or Nuke bombing that is thought in American schools, mean while their past regimes involvements of China Nanjing, Comfort Women in Seoul, and Bataan Deathmarch gets hardly thaught in Japanese schools, most students whove finish school there remain devoid, ignorant, and bound to deny it when spoken of facts, which is a disservice to those who have suffered to shrug it off, as well as disingenuous.
You're doing God's work in bringing this to public attention. May the Indian and other allied servicemen who died in line of duty to the Crown and their own principals rest in everlasting peace and as heroes in the story of our people.
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@@VP07 Amritsar happened after WW1 not WW2 and from what I’ve seen Dryer acted on his own, going so far as to pick troops he thought would open fire on civilians without question. A video on the topic would be interesting however, as Dryer not being put in front of a firing squad after a quick trial was not only a spit in the face of justice, it was politically idiotic. Despite Dryers seeming messiah complex about preserving British rule in India (a fanciful interpretation at the very least), he was probably one of the foremost individuals in securing independence, as he delegitimised British rule to a population who had before largely not even contested legitimacy and to an even larger extent not cared.
I met a sikh soldier who was a hardened veteran in the 14 th army. This gentleman had fought the Germans and Italians in North Africa. He used to say that of all types of soldiers he had seen non were such fanatics as the Japanese.
Hi Mark, my grandfather's brother was in the British army in a precursor Regiment to the modern day SAS, he fought the Japanese army in Burma towards the end of war. He personally witnessed a Japanese soldier cut flesh from the body of a dead American soldier and eat it raw. If you would like to know about him and what he witnessed, let me know.
Hi to everyone who has commented on my original post. Seems like there is some interest in my great uncle, so when I get to my laptop I will write up a detailed reply to you all. In the meantime, standby, over and out!
In order to understand why my uncle, Phillip, did what he did during World War Two, it is best to know more about his background before he joined the British Army in the mid 1930’s. In around 1910 he was born in Llanelli, a coal mining village in South Wales. Altogether, his parents had four children, three sons and a daughter. Phillip’s sister, Mae was the oldest and he was middle oldest of his two brothers, John and Davey. During this time in West Wales, 50% of people spoke Welsh and in rural areas this could rise to 75%. Phillip, his siblings and his parents spoke very little English as Welsh was their first language. By the time his sister was around 12 years old, their father died in a coal mining accident. Not long afterwards, their mother also died from illness and lack of health care. This meant that Phillip and his siblings were now homeless, and no other family could look after them. At this time in Britain, children and the destitute were sent to institutions known as workhouses. These places for the poor had reputations for degrading and very cruel treatment of both adults and children. Phillip, (then aged about 8 years old) and his three siblings were sent to such a workhouse. Conditions were very harsh for them. They all had to do hard manual work. Tasks that children typically did in workhouses included unpicking rope which often caused their hands to be sore and bleeding. They were also punished for not working hard enough and in the case of Phillip and his siblings for the “crime” of speaking Welsh. Back then, the Welsh language was completely banned at the workhouses and even in the schools in Wales. This was a long legacy of racism and discrimination that the ethnic Welsh had endured in Britain for the previous 500 years. Staff at the workhouse frequently locked Phillip and the other children into a cupboard for a couple of days without light, food or water. The staff would also use canes to hit the children on a regular basis. This mental and physical abuse probably had a profound effect on Phillip’s wellbeing and psyche. Whilst he was certainly traumatised by these experiences, as an adult he became very resilient and resistant to even extreme hardship, and these were attributes that were magnified considerably when he joined the Army later on. Phillip and his siblings remained in the workhouse for several years whilst they were young children. When his sister, Mae turned 14 years old, she left the workhouse, got a job and worked very hard for the next couple of years to get somewhere to live for herself and her three younger brothers. By the time Mae was 16 years old, she had rescued her three brothers from the workhouse. She then continued to work in excess of 70 hours per week in order to support them and herself. At the same time, she raised and cared for her three younger brothers and in effect became their mother. These hardships also had a huge effect on Mae who was only a teenager herself at the time. Although she eventually became a nurse, she never married or had children of her own. By the time Phillip and his two brothers were older teenagers, they had already started working in a steel foundry and had become men with maturity and harsh life experiences far beyond their chronological ages. After several years Phillip and Davey left the steelworks. By the mid 1930’s Phillip had joined the British Army. Davey’s life took a different direction although it was no easier for him. John remained in the steelworks industry until he retired when he was 70 years old (more about him later). Phillip started his basic training in the Army, and he enjoyed rapid success. This culminated with him being selected for a very special regiment. Phillip received advanced combat training with firearms and hand to hand weapons. One of the combat teachers was a reputed Japanese 9th Dan ninja martial artist who had already defected to the Allies before the outbreak war. After more training Phillip and his fellow soldiers faced their final test. This concerned living in the Scottish Highlands for 6 months in the winter on their own whilst surviving off the land. They also had to evade being captured by a whole battalion of regular troops. Upon completing this training, Phillip remained in the Army and by the time the Second World War started, he had risen to the rank of a sergeant in a very top-secret unit that was called “The Phantoms”. This might seem a ridiculous namesake, but make no mistake, this name was no joke or work of fiction as it all really happened. “The Phantoms were absolutely deadly serious, very real and their name reflected how they operated in complete secrecy and with total ruthlessness. In this unit, the soldiers were taught to speak other languages and engage in all aspects of guerrilla and espionage warfare. Nowadays, this kind of activity is referred to as “black opps”. Their whole purpose was to go deep into enemy territory occupied by Axis forces in all theatres of war in Africa, Europe and Asia. Phillip’s unit and the missions they undertook were subject to the Official Secrets Act for several decades after World War Two ended and officially their existence is still denied by the British Army. This is why the exploits of “The Phantoms” has been omitted from the official history books. Whilst the name “The Phantoms” and their exploits of extreme bravery may sound like something out of a Hollywood film, it was all very, very real and completely true. Some evidence still remains about Phillip’s activities during World War Two. This includes an official citation from the British Army and a letter he wrote to his brother, John whilst he was carrying out an operation in German occupied Belguim. This letter was supposed to be destroyed upon reading, but John kept it. There is a lot more to tell, so if people like part 1 here, I will write part 2 in due course. “Ciao for now”. During the war, Phillip used to end all his letters to his family with that phrase, and I feel humbled and honoured to say the same to you all now.
In 1966 I worked in Papua New Guinea through to 1981 & in that time I heard many hand me down stories from natives about cannibalism performed by the Japanese, then in 1975 I was posted to Wewak where the Japanese surrendered PNG, & it was here that I had an older native Sepik worker who told me that towards the end of the war, supplies weren’t getting through so there was a huge shortage of food for the Japanese troops. My man told me that the Japanese would raid the native villages food gardens, & because there is a huge shortage of wild animals to hunt they resorted to kidnapping native women, killing them & cutting off their breasts & upper leg muscles & eating them. When I questioned other villagers about this, they said, “ Japans man like to eat young teenage women & very young men too “ This too was kept hush hush by the military, but the natives never forgot.
@@vivek27789 But it is logical. Total war will always be brutal. Just look at the current 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Putin just starting killing civilians because he’s being desperate.
I’ve known about this phenomenon since I was about 10 years old. My maternal grandfather was proudly INA. In his case, he had never served in the British military in India. He volunteered directly for the INA as a young man. The INA was allied with the Japanese, yet my grandfather Was very very disturbed by how the Japanese treated other Asian people. He was a proud communist and he was proud of the cause of the Indian national army. But he was disgusted that in order to function, that meant allying themselves with Nazis and Japanese fascists. I was a very smart little kid who is very interested in history, and my grandfather spoke good English. I wanted to know, and I think he wanted me to know. It was probably more than he should’ve told a little kid, but nevertheless he did. I think it’s important for south Asian people to remember how the Japanese treated fellow Asians.
A very disturbing account, but one that deserves to be heard. Thank you Mark, once again, for exploring so many WW2 topics, many of which are not widely known. Towards the end of the video you can hear shades of anger and disgust in Mark's narration. Very understandable emotions, given the horrific nature of the atrocities.
@@emeraldbreeze5204 Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians. Japanese forced labour camps WW2. Japanese canibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2. Burma Railway WW 2. Japanese invasion of Korea. Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese invasion of China. Japanese Nanking Massacre. etc, etc, etc,
There are documented accounts of the Japanese eating Australian soldiers in New Guinea. But the debauchery of what the Japanese did to Indians just sinks to an even more evil level. How these Indian POW's managed to survive one hour let alone one day under this horror I'll never know. Thanks for sharing Dr Felton.
I'm Japanese, but that story is wrong. My grandfather is a soldier who fought in New Guinea, but he didn't do that. Stop damaging the honor of the Japanese with the forged stories.
Just after finishing this video, I turned around to see what's on TV. It was on AHC, the show "Evolution of Evil", the episode "Tojo: Japan's Razor of Fear", about halfway through. LO AND BEHOLD there is Dr. Felton! What a bizarre coincidence!
Thank you for these videos, Dr. Felton. As well as informative, they ensure these events are exposed to a large audience and the knowledge of them will be carried on
@@alih6953 you don't understand what I meant. The German government at the time was Germany lol just like this was Japan. It's been 80 years can we all just agree not to separate factions
@@DUSTKILLL Germany was thoroughly de-nazified and has accounted for pretty much all its crimes to the point of excessive sackcloth and ashes, Japan on the hand was let of easy, few were convicted for their crimes, the remains of convicted war criminals are still 'honoured' at their national shrine and their education system is skewed to gloss over their actions in the 40's to the point where teachers who try and teach about what happened are fired.
When I first saw (years ago) the subtitle of Dr. Felton's book "Slaughter at Sea," I reacted (silently) in a fashion something like: "Oh, Lord, the Japanese were guilty of so many atrocities during World War II that we've got a book narrowing the subject down to just those committed by their navy." Another aspect of what Sir Max Hastings memorably (and usefully) termed "the mindless cruelty of the Japanese" during the war. But did the members of any other national army or partisan force commit such acts of cannibalism during the war?
Horrible! Thank you for disclosing this atrocity although very painful to hear about. Too much has been forgotten or distorted for political reasons about WWII.
As I said before, my Grandfather had a hatred of Japanese until he died. Thanks Dr. Felton for keeping these Facts known, I know I will never forget Pearl Harbor and the Japanese Atrocities committed. My Grandfather went through WW2 in the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet, all the way to Occupation.
What the Japanese did during ww2 is truly sickening. Just hearing about it now makes me wince at the thought of what the Allied soldiers had to go through. Those allied soldiers who survived the war would of had to carry the knowledge of what the Japanese did the rest of their lives.
We did fire bomb their cities deliberately incinerating hundreds of thousands of civilians and few real attempts were made to capture Japanese military during campaigns until the final capitulation. Then there's the A-Bomb thing... They behaved like animals and were treated in kind.
@@montycasper4300 Japanese soldier didn't think of death as something to be afraid of. If anything in their belief it was a great honour to die for their emperor. That being said, you don't reason with insanity. There is no capacity for it.
@Hell Fire3 Maybe, however, having been to Japan and fed my Sushi addiction up and down the west coast, I think most of them were probably more interested in making a living and feeding their kids. Up until the early 30's Germany was on the verge of becoming a liberal socialist state and I've never met a German I didn't like (or an Australian I did), so it's about indoctrination and a handful of malevolent creatures at the top.
@@montycasper4300 I know it will seem mean but the two atomic bombs probably saved more Japanese than they killed. In not talking about just those who would have become cannon fodder. Thousands of Japanese committed suicide when the allies occupied Okinawa
@Hell Fire3 Not arguing any of that and I did make that point. Grew up in an area where several thousand men had served in a regiment (in the UK army recruitment often has regional regimental connections) captured in Singapore. I'm of an age where those recollections where of men in early middle age and the stories were harrowing. Most Brits served, however there was little residual hatred of the Germans (most loved being stationed in Germany after the war, apparently a tin of corned beef could purchase any number of things), but none of those who served in Burma or Malaya had anything but hatred for the Japanese.
Thanks for posting this video, was very interesting. It is always staggering and shocking to be reminded how brutal some japanese soldiers were. Just sickening.
Mark, this is why you have the honourable title of a Doctor. Thank you so much for all of your content. It’s absolutely fascinating and teaches us, the next generation, the truth of this terrible time in history.
Dr. Felton, another brilliant episode. Whilst it is very easy to see in this episode the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, you also bring out something more. Something inspiring. That is the heroic sacrifices made by the courageous Indian and Gurkha troops and their unswerving loyalty to king, country and their respective regiments. The show the bible ability to overcome terrible obstacles and yet not only survive but do so with their honor and dignity intact. So much different than the twisted and warped sense of honor espoused by the Japanese. While I was a young US federal agent, I was stationed in our Toronto, Canada field office, where I met a very unforgettable gentleman. He was from India and a Sikh (as I later learned. I was from a very rural area in Maine and had never met someone from India before) I only remember him as Mr. Singh. Later Sergeant Singh. He had served in the Indian army since he was a boy, and fought through WWII, then went in to serve in the Indian National Army. Whilst in British Indian service, he held the rank of Havildar, and rose to the rank of Subidar in the Indian army. Being former military, we began chatting every day as he would come by to clean our office. I was young, and former US Army as well as military college educated and full of questions, and we would get by even though we had different primary languages. Many of my colleagues and my Canadian counterparts, with whom we worked, questioned why I bothered, afterall he was just our old Indian janitor. But I could see sonething very different, although he was on in years, he was always ramrod straight, his turban was always immaculately wrapped, his beard and mustache trimmed ( he inspired me to grow the handlebar mustache which I wear even now ) and every day he would come into our office, he would approach my desk, come to attention and render a very crisp British style salute, call me Syeeb and ask permission to carry on his cleaning duties. He had seen a picture I kept on my desk of classmates from Norwich and knew i had been a 1st Lieutenant. I always looked forward to seeing him every day, i think for both of us it served as a reminder of the better parts of military service. Although as i told him, in the US Army, senior sergeants ate 1st Lieutenants for breakfast, so saluting was not required. Over time I learned a great deal from Sergeant Singh about the Burma campaign and I'm forever grateful, and even more I learned about other cultures. I always tried to get him to sit and have a coffee or tea and chat, but he would always decline, saying it wasn't appropriate. But he was happy to chat (and teach me) as he diligently went about tidying our office. He always maintained a very quiet dignity. For the three years I was stationed there, Sergeant Singh was a constant. At he first Christmas I gave him a wooden chest of assorted tea (having learned he preferred tea to coffee) and a tin of Christmas butter cookies. He was taken aback by what I believed was a simple gesture. He even shook my hand, a first. I'm guessing, since immigrating to Canada, no one had ever bothered to get to know him, he was just the old Indian guy who cleaned the offices. The next day he brought me a Christmas card, which i placed on my desk, and thus began a tradition. I found out he was born in June, and i would bring him a small gift, usually tea related and a card and our christmas exchanged kept on as well, until i had to transfer back to the US. From time to time i still think about Sergeant Singh, even 30 plus years later, and i hope he had a long and happy life. I want to thank you Dr Felton for bringing back a wonderful memory of a very noble man, one who is just like those brave men you quoted from in your episode. We must never forget that it was a world war, and people of every nation and culture were caught up in it. You help us do that.
I recall reading about cannibals in Papua New Guinea, perhaps as a back drop to the Australian army in that area during World War II. Supposedly, they tied a live prisoner to a tree and stripped flesh from him over days. This kept the prisoner alive longer and, thus, the meat edible (not rancid) longer in that heat, humidity, and environment.
When Dr. Felton gave that final, "But there was worse to come..." I almost spit out my tea. "Worse?!" But yeah, it WAS. I would be surprised by no depravity committed by the IJA.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses ua-cam.com/video/2LaoamJ3vbs/v-deo.html
Being an Indian my grandfather was fought against Japanese in WWII. He rarely speaks about them but just says it was horrible beyond your imagination. He died 20 years ago with his heavy memories. Now I feel sorry that I didn't try to learn more about it when he was alive. May God have mercy upon all those brave.
respect to your grandfather, hope he rest in peace
Where were your grandfather posted
Your grandfather was a traitor who fought for the British Empire
Why were Indians fighting Japan again?
@Manus Tham well he didnt actually asked he was being sarcastic and you are serious case of propaganda victims nowadays, that army was puppeted army and there is good chance japan would have done same in india as they did in china and divided india neither be able to defend it against allies or against japanese we would have been sanwitched we are lucky that america nuked japan and put end to japan further imperialising asia , we would have became playground of allies and japan if japan havent surrendered ,
Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, Mark Felton: “The worst was yet to come”.
It's like the atrocities have atrocities.
@@TheRedneckPreppy Good analogy!
Definitely made for Homer Simpson meme.
Has this guy done allied war crimes yet?
@@Roboticpycotic The winning side gets to write history.
This is a true story. During my childhood I read about a story in Bengali language where it was written that Indians were captured and then had their heads chopped off by the Japanese. Then they used to cook the bodies. So once they ate a man who already had poisoned himself aware of his imminent fate and thus when the Japanese platoon ate him, they were all dead due to poison.
I read about that story too
But in hindi
Not lying , what is this joke story ,
Poetic justice
@@paritoshdaurwal9484 name of the story please
@@subhayandey807 don't remember the title of the story
But I read it in the supplementary newspaper when I was kid.
I am from Bangladesh. My grandfather joined the indian army, trained with british soldiers and was deployed in Myanmar(Burma). After the war he came back to Bangladesh and never really spoke about the war. He was traumatized for sure and for that reason no one pressured him to know what had happened during his service. He did a lot of charity work, built a couple of school and gave away most of his wealth to the poor people until his death. He died in 1990. I wish I could know about the WW2 from him.
Which part of Bangladesh are you from?
@@abhishekghosh4384were bengali dont discriminate against non-bengali speaker
Your grandfather name?
I think most of our grandparents didn't talk about it, he did say that he never knew that hell on earth could be so true and he couldn't understand what humans could do to each other.
Your Grandfather sounds like an exemplary human being who was deeply injured by his experiences. May he rest in well deserved Peace.
My father was a senior NCO with the 14th Army in Burma, and served with distinction alongside a Sikh and Gurkha unit. He never spoke much of his time out there, but he did verify that he had witnessed Japanese cannibalism. To his dying day he could not ever tolerate anything Japanese, but always held his Indian colleagues in the highest esteem..
There are certain actions you can't forgive.
@@Canadianvoice so did the Japanese bring you democracy, rule of law, the end of the despicable act of "suttee", the ability to read and write English, did the English eat you.???? No.? I didn't think so.!! Look beyond your irrational prejudices before sagging off the English, and recognise the barbarity exhibited by Indians to their own kind during "partition", millions of your countrymen killed each other over differing religion of all things.
@@Canadianvoice boo hoo nigga lol
These angl0regime propagandists are excellent in creating fake stories and spreading lies and misinformation as to create division among people and the country. The policy of "DIVIDE AND RULE" is well known to the world.
@@Canadianvoice These angl0regime propagandists are excellent in creating fake stories and spreading lies and misinformation as to create division among people and the country. The policy of "DIVIDE AND RULE" is well known to the world..
Used to work in a hospital ward in England. An elderly man had dementia and unfortunately he thought he was back in a Japanese prisoner camp and absolutely terrified. 70 years later that was still haunting him.
Propaganda by Chinese and Russian agents is a method of creating a hypothetical enemy, instilling false consciousness based on false information in readers and audiences.
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China’s and Korea’s attempts to spread propaganda and disinformation emphasize speed over quality.
Nobel prize, scientists:
25 Japanese,
2 Taiwanese,
3 Chinese,
0 Korean.
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Ouff man i can't think of something more horrible than this, i hope he didn't have to endure this for too long
@@whatever_12 what do you mean by something more horrible..
@@marbomangu5023low iq.
@@whatever_12Regardless we should not have been in the Far East. The Japanese were especially brutal to the Chinese but didn't think they were special
Much respect to the Indian servicemen❤️🇨🇦
I have always believed the Sikh with some of the greatest fighting forces ever put on Earth ! 🗽 this Marine would have been proud to stood side-by-side with any of them
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@@rickieoakes5267 I respect Sikhs but I would vouch for Gorkhas as the most dangerous force anyday...the Gorkhas decimated Japanese in Burma and in the Kargil war when Sikh and Naga regiments failed
@@rangoman1815 the Gurkhas and Sikhs are warriors throughout.
@@aharansandhu6120 exactly bro...
Pakistani here, my grandfather fought in the British army in the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) in WW2. Unfortunately he passed away before I was born, but my dad tells me the stories he brought back from war. Fortunately my grandfather was never a pow but his brother was (my great uncle) and he was heavily tortured by the Japanese for years and when he finally returned home he was never the same
Who's luke Thompson?
Probably he converted into Cristianity@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765
@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 you don't know luke thompson?
@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 yeah wtf?
Ngga why u lying
My Grandfather was a highly decorated Merrill's Marauder in WW2. He spoke about these and many other Japanese atrocities for many years. It's interesting to hear someone else verifying everything he said. People forget.
It's not that people forget, it's just the atrocities by the Japanese are more well documented in regional languages which limits accessibility by the western people.
They were not forgotten... they are just white washed by the western imperialist
@@RapalaHampala +150 social credits
The impact is lost on 3rd Generations as they never feel the pain war brings ( apart from the odd occasion ).
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses
ua-cam.com/video/2LaoamJ3vbs/v-deo.html
These brave men should never be forgotten. Thank you for this.
Legends all of them
They have been forgotten. Especially in India.
We all get forgotten eventually have lots of mates who died on tours who no one but the families and friends ever know about as recent as 2006/2008/2009/2014 not to mention the suicides
We all just become statistics in the politicians Game
_Its the Journey not the destination_
@@ifv2089 Every morning, I honor the fallen, and every night before bedding down, the same is done.
My Uncle Jack was a prisoner of the Japanese and made to work on the Burma Railway. He never spoke, as far as I know, about his experiences but was a skin-and-bone man who was often ill and hospitalised due to recurring malaria. When the Queen met the Emperor he - who always appeared the mildest of men - was incandescent with anger and my mother told me he had an enduring hatred of the Japanese. After seeing your videos, I can understand his reaction.
My great uncle was wounded, by a Japanese sniper while deployed to the Pacifc Thetre (Philipines, I think). I wonder if he habored similar sentiments. I think I was still in grade school when he passed away.
@Sarcastic Doge Different times and a different generation of people.
@Sarcastic Doge
That sentence made me want to kill myself
He continued to get malaria his entire life?
@@dspsblyuth The parasite that causes it stays in your body for the rest of your life, flaring up every so often. Our headmaster at school served in the jungles of Burma in the Second World War, even 40 odd years later, in the late 1970s, he still got ill with recurring fevers.
My Uncle was captured on Bataan. He endured living Hell. Was sent to Japan on the Hell Ships. Survived the War, but my Mom said he was never the same.
Nice fictional story but evidence for your claims are missing , just an empty comment on censored youtube , everybody knows if you accuse someone you need strong evidences , not just mouth to mouth propaganda , they filmed a lot and toke pictures even during ww2 but i don't see aynthing close to that nonsense . This is typical imperialist propaganda .
Every German person I met, he will openly discuss the war crimes the Nazi has committed and recognize the past. For most Japanese, they deny on just about any accusations that are known as facts. And they cry out as victim of the atomic bombs. I grew up listening to personal stories shared by my grandma's generation. I saw fear in their eyes when the word Japanese came up. Atrocities happened everywhere around Shanghai way even before the army arrived Nanking. When the army arrived at the city of kaixin, they rounded up government officials and tortured them with the infamous Japanese swords. Hands and feet were chopped off and victims were only wishing they could be decapitated quickly. Most gang rapes ended up with the victim being stabbed to death or an open gut from the sword. The soldiers burned everything including some of the most historical libraries with books in them. Our family lost everything to the invading Japanese. I stumbled upon a picture at one time. A Chinese POW seemed to have been kept as a livestock. All the muscles have been peeled off from his left leg. He was alive and in pain. I wonder if he was being eaten bit by bit judging from the image. Thank you again Mark Felton. I really appreciate these videos being created and made accessible to anywhere in the world. People have the right to know what had happened.
Indians and Japanese fought for Hitler
@@ভানুসিংহ-1884 Most arabs suffered under the ottoman rule and most don't look up to the ottoman empire nor its usurper caliphs
its illegal in japan to write japanese atrocities in their school history books. they do not learn this in school and are not allowed to.
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@naamloos992oh absolutely, they cry victim as well saying that the other European powers oppressed them/exploited them. Meanwhile they stay real silent about the hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks, Armenians that died in the creation of the Turkish Republic, let alone the atrocities committed against Kurdish, and all the peoples of the Balkans throughout the Ottoman Empire, let alone the colonisation of North Africa, Arabia and all the oppression/exploitation that followed that too. It’s fucking ridiculous how many ppl r now celebrating Turkey for making some political statement forgetting that THEY colonised the Arabic world. And they continue their legacy with their proxy wars, especially in Libya and Syria
As an Indian , I find it amazing to know about the men of my country . Thank you Dr. Felton , thank you so much . Appreciate your work .
sure indian soldiers in ww1 and ww2 worked bravely and for the most part even under severe duress, murder torture ect most refused to collaborate with the japanese or germans. they were volunteers who had sworn allegiance to the british, no matter what their personal political opinions they were loyal to their employers.
its a shame they were not more appropriately rewarded after the war.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 In return they chopped region too, teachings say quaIity over quantity, been most steady from oldest to major power, don’t blindly support terr0r, comm!e or capitaIs.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Had one of the longest history with and eyed, by US too.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 but u britishers used us indians u supported radical islamic terrorism against india u and america tried to sanction us when we were librating goa . u and usa were about to attack india during bangladesh libration war .
This is nothing but slanderous British propaganda:
HERE IS THE TRUTH.
The Indians who surrendered to the Japanese after the fall of Singapore later followed the clarion call of Subhas Bose to fight for India's freedom rather than serve the British, and formed the core of Independent India's first army - The Indian National Army.
The INA fought in NE India and after the British tried to persecute the officers of the INA in a FAKE TRIAL at the Red Fort in Delhi, the massive revolt in the Indian public and the British Indian armed forces led the British to realise that Indian forces could not be trusted and it would be best to leave India soon.
These captured soldiers who formed the INA and Subhas Bose who is revered as NETAJI by billions of Indians got India her freedom.
Stop parroting garrulous and factually wrong history.
I knew acts of cannibalism were committed by the Japanese armed forces. Never expected such a video on the topic, and had never heard of this story. Dr. Felton never ceases to show us both incredible and dark stories about history. I wonder if we will ever see a video on the doomed arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin.
A sir John Franklin video would be amazing
I oubt it, since it has nothing to do with WW2. There are quite a few channels that touched upon that topic tho.
True but Dr. Felton has done a few videos on stories about the Arctic. Including a Nazi base and an arctic ghost ship. He even did a couple videos long ago about the Titanic.
Wendigoon just did a really good video about it but hopefully Mark covers it too!
Operation Highjump and admiral Byrds real diary, not the fake one circling fringe sites, would be great but im not holding my breath
As a person with Indian ancestors who is unfortunately living in Japan, I thank you for this video. I’ll show it to my Japanese wife as almost all Japanese people here know NOTHING about what the Japanese did in WW2. They’re quick to point out the atrocities of the nazis and Americans who bombed them, but that’s all they know, seriously. Thank you again for this video.
Yeah remove their ignorance of their past
Watch out she don’t eat you next !
Nazis were on the same side as the Japanese
Hitler granted them honorary aryan status
@@adambutt6244 Lool
Unfortunately? Why are you living there if you don't like it?
5 stage of grief in japan.
1. Denial
2. Denial
3. Denial
4. Denial
5. Denial
Eventually they will get out of Denial, its just that its the LDP’s fault (the ruling party of Japan since 1955)
It’s hard to own up to war crimes. South Korea and America are still in denial on all the innocent civilians they executed during the Korean War.
@case8987 we can see now typical red herrin. And even dont know about fact. Maybe he is confused japanese and koreans.. or Vietnamese? Korean War is very well known cases the government confessed and apologized to victims of war...
@@case8987what about the gulf wars?
Or the whole guantanamo thing?
It's honestly not even really a moralisation. I'm sure every army ever has committed atrocities.
But they produce the best cars ,no one can deny that
I had the privilege to meet a former volunteer of the British Expeditionary Force in Goa, some years ago. A tall strong man in his 90s, a Major Joseph Lancaster. He told me about the the bravery of Anglo Indian, Indian and British soldiers in Burma and north east India. May his soul and the souls of millions rest in peace.
Absolutely subhuman and disgusting behavior. Never let stories such as this be forgotten...
It’s been going on forever
Absolutely
🔳 Read the description titled "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" on Wikipedia ❢❢❢
@@azurecliff8709 one thing to disgrace the enemy, another to become a monster
@@Murcans-worship-felons truly all such stories must be preserved; the barbarism of the past cannot be glossed over with a lack of remorse
This was hard to listen to but i am glad you took the time to share and thereby honor the Indian soldiers who fought with the allies and suffered a fate worse than most. May they be remembered
India got nothing out of fighting a war it had nothing to do with
I am truly astounded by the depth of investigation and research that goes into these videos. As a member of a certain generation I have always been aware of the atrocities committed by the Japanese armed forces during WW2, but this is a new one on me. Thank you for bringing to light the suffering of Indian soldiers at the hands of the Japanese. Lest we forget.
Atrocities were committed on all sides. What you think U.S. soldiers didn’t kill babies women and children? They absolutely did. I’m not anti American it just seems like everyone in the U.S. thinks our soldiers can do no harm. Not to mention all the gang rapes of Japanese women and we dropped a nuclear bomb on two cities which sorry but it don’t get worse than that I don’t care what anybody says. The bombing of Dresden 25,000 civilians dead. You don’t ever hear about any of that though which was my point. War is an atrocity and it needs to end or it will end us. JMO.
@@skinnybub5237 The US and British Forces did not commit genocide in WW2. Did not use chemical weapons on civilians as Japanese did in China. So to try and equate then is disingenuous at best.
The US and British did not have normal practice to slaughter women and children as the Japanese did.
Unless you have fact checked evidence otherwise?
@@skinnybub5237 They probably did. But there was no systematic abuse by the US miltary (unless you consider bombing). The Japanese abuse was on a massive scale not only on POWs but the civilian population as well (especially the Chinese). It came from all ranks of the military from the Emperor to the rank of privates. "In a study published in 1996, historian Mitsuyoshi Himeta claims that the Three Alls Policy, sanctioned by Emperor Hirohito himself, was both directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of "more than 2.7 million" Chinese civilians." Wikipedia. Your statement lacks scale and magnitude.
@@skinnybub5237 I know that 2 wrongs don't make it right, but how much of the inexcusable actions of the Allies was due to seeing what the Japanese had done to their fellow countrymen? Finding mutilated comrades often times will bring the worst out of someone. And I've never heard of any Allied solder cutting flesh off of a live prisoner. I'm almost surprised that they didn't force them to eat their own flesh. As to the horrific bombings, in my opinion the indiscriminate fire bombing was far worse than any nuke.
@@skinnybub5237 Yes your very much right all sides committed atrocities. The America also punished many of those responsible. However to say that any significant percentage of Allied troops doing so is just false and as many have stated trying to compare and equate the two is just crazy. As far are the bombing campaigns that devastated cities its terrible yes but as it was called it was a strategic bombing going after center of industry and what not. However advanced things like the norden bomb sight were they were still very inaccurate meaning you needed these large bomber waves to hit a specific point. Just look at the accuracy that's been reported its shocking. As far as dropping the atomic bombs look at the alternative yes 10s of thousands of people died but if America had to invade the Japanese home islands they projected that some 500,000 people would be killed in the campaign to take Japan as the Japanese military was spreading terrible propaganda and making so called last ditch weapons to arm the populace to resist the Americans to the bitter end in there minds
My Grandfather was a POW by Japanese in Burma, I was told that him and his inmates were given one onion and a glass of water for an entire day followed by firing squad if rebelled. He lived with severe trauma till his death in 1990.
Thankfully he survived. The Japanese were brutal.
@@michaelgrey7854 indeed I wouldn’t been here if he didn’t. had a tough life dealing with PTSD, anger issues, anxiety and Asma.
Thank u to your grandfather
@Hell Fire3 I am from kohima my parents are from there. Thank you for his service.❤ the Japanese where ruthless. I even know a place on the bottom of a hill where a British officer was beheaded by a Japanese soldier.
My God...how horrible.
My Grandfather served in the US Army in WW2 and had an unapologetic hatred for the Japanese until he died. As a kid I never understood it, however after learning more about Japanese atrocities I understood. Miss my grandpa, he was a kind, honest and brave man.
You should be proud of your grandpa . Love from an indian pagan . 🙏🕉️
My grandfather fought alongside Gurkhas in WWII and stayed friends with some of them long after. Some of them fought Japanese and their stories were bizzare and horrific.
@@abyyy490 ay apne aap ko pagan kyu bula rahe ho thik toh ho ham Hindu kuch pagan vagan nai ay
Great respect for your grandfather. I recall seeing a documentary about Japanese and American WWII veterans having reunions, with interviews. One American veteran explained what he experienced and witnessed would never allow his hatred for the former Japanese enemies to wane.
What do you understand? It seems you understood nothing. It's not the Japanese, it's not the Germans, the Chinese, the Americans, the Soviets, the whites, the blacks etc. It's humanity. War is hell. Horrible people can be found anywhere and everywhere. Horrible circumstances that breed these people can also be found anywhere and everywhere. We must constantly be vary...
My Dad was a Bomb Disposal Officer in Burma. He was young and only qualified near the end of the war. By then, everyone knew not to get captured by the Japanese. They all made a pact to keep fighting till they either won, or were killed.
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Indian soldiers were simply marvelous and brave..Their struggle during WW2 should never be forgotten..
★ Read the description titled "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" on Wikipedia ❢❢❢
@@emeraldbreeze5204
Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2. Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians.
Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2.
Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians.
Japanese forced labour camps WW2.Japanese canibalism WW2. Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2.
Burma Railway WW 2.
Japanese invasion of Korea.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese invasion of China.
Japanese Nanking Massacre.
etc, etc, etc,
@@grahamlucas2712 Where are you from?
@@emeraldbreeze5204
Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2.
Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians.
Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2.
Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians.
Japanese forced labour camps WW2.
Japanese cannibalism WW2.
Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2.
Burma Railway WW 2.
Japanese invasion of Korea.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese invasion of China.
Japanese atrocities in China
Japanese Nanking Massacre.
etc, etc, etc,
@@grahamlucas2712 You seem mentally ill, so you don't need to reply to me.
Just when you think you have heard everything about how savage the Japanese soldiers were during WW2, then you hear this and think oh my God. I cannot imagine how those poor Indian men felt and suffered. The Japanese have a lot to answer for and I don't think they have ever apologised or made reparations to the Indian nation and the oh so few survivors of the horrors of the Japanese internment and PoW camps. How can a nation have any pride if this is the way they behave during conflict?
They should be ashamed of the way they treated everyone during WW2 and other conflicts.
I agree with you but that's how the world is imo. I'm aware Indians are also guilty of war crimes and barbarity against their so called own people like Punjabis, Nagas and Kashmiris among others.
True they were horrendous in ww2 but if you look back to ww1. They treated pows very well, many german ww1 prisoners stayed in japan and opened businesses.
Agreed. That's why whenever I hear any Japanese at the time talk about honor I get disgusted. Such a nihilistic race at the time that hated itself so much that all they could do was hate others. All for a Emperor who was clueless about the pain his nation was inflicting upon others, all in his name.
Why would they be ashamed of shit that happened 100 years ago? P much nobody still alive had anything to do with it
@@migamaos3953 because they are not teaching the students anything about the part Japan played in the war
Thanks Mark, for shining a light into this dark corner of modern history. I was aware of some of this with US prisoners, but this was news to me, although it was not surprising. I find it very interesting how many Japanese war criminals and multinational Japanese corporations had no accountability for their actions whatsoever, and simply re-entered society/business after the war. It seems there has been a very strong movement in Japan to pretend these things never happened. This was enabled in part, by the US’s eagerness for Japanese help in the Far East in staving off communist aggression. I’m not anti-Japanese, but it strikes me as bizarre and tragic that so many war criminals simply ‘walked away’ after the war.
Well, the outcomes of Tokyo and the Nuremberg trials were very different for obvious reasons.
This was enabled in part, by the US’s eagerness for Japanese help in the Far East in staving off communist aggression.-> Wrong. The United States wanted data mainly from its Unit 731 (IJA biological and chemical weapons research) on human experiments. Hence most were not trialled and executed as war criminals. 2nd, by letting their Emperor continue to sit on the throne. Japan surrendered unconditionally and brought under US's wing as a protectorate till this day. 3rd, it is a rather open secret, least in SE Asia that the Jap gov whitewashed its history during ww2. Not many modern Japanese knows about this as it was never taught in their education system.
The most striking of these examples is about the Japanese commander of Unit 731. Truly criminal behaviour by the US
@@dakiler2028 In war, nobody's hands are clean. No good or evil, only winners and losers. To be fair, it's just human nature.
@@macrickcorrect--- It happens even in todays times. Anybody out there believe the US invasion of Iraq was to 'instill democracy'? Exactly. In the end the poor end up with the short end of the stick
too bad 'communist aggression' was a con
Agree with you Mathew. I've written multiple comments to cover Indian servicemen in WW1 and WW2. My father & grandfather having served in both.
I thought I knew the depth of Japanese brutality during WWII, but this shocking, sickening account taught me much. I still fail to understand such cruelty. I shudder to consider what seeds of depravity lie dormant within the hearts of men during peacetime -waiting for the right conditions to fan them into full-blown hate. I saw a taped interview with a Japanese veteran of the war in China. He remembered being one of the troops that raped Chinese girls, and then set them on fire. As he recalled the horror, he seemed unable to comprehend how he had done those things. I remember him saying, "We didn't think of them as human..." Looking back, he was mystified by his former state of mind.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses
ua-cam.com/video/2LaoamJ3vbs/v-deo.html
There was actually nothing shocking there. Indians were considered as servants of British, which they in reality were. They were offered a chance to liberate themselves by fighting against their former masters. Those who refused were held in even bigger contempt. As for cannibalism, starvation turns people into monsters.
@@aleksazunjic9672 but the vast majority of the Indian PoWs did not chose to join the INA. The British love to think that it was out of love for their "noble cause" but actually it was an Indian cultural thing to be "loyal to one's salt"
While stationed in Japan I have read translated orders from Japanese Army Headquarters ordering the Japanese soldiers not to eat Japanese flesh but all other meat sources were approved. The papers were in a WWII memorial display in Okinawa. The Okinawans were treated horribly by the depraved Japanese soldiers.
@@gazpachopolice7211 Well, that depends ... Japanese did not bother much with INA, still they got almost 100 000 recruits. On the other hand, British were very afraid in late 1942 and early 1943. Did all they could to keep Indians loyal (so called Jiffs Campaign). Most of Indians did not hear about INA until after the war, and than it became popular. So called "traitor trials" actually invigorated desire for independence.
My god, that’s absolutely awful. I’m struggling to find words to even express my disgust and anger. What on earth was wrong with these people? It’s one horror to fight in a war, quite another to suffer as a POW, but then to be used as food cattle? I can hardly wrap my mind around it. Amazes me how much ISN’T covered in the typical history classroom.
abuse from superiors, a society based on subservience, a lack of respect for foreigners/other races, extreme peer pressure, isolation and the depravity that comes with it
Throw in the fact that they were ruled by a 'god emperor' who encouraged them that their enemies were the sons of whores, and you have one sick nation in need of westernization and liberation, even if it means atom bombing them twice. Japan was the one nation that changed the most after ww2, it TRULY transformed into something better.
Read about "Unit 731"!
@@Hongobogologomo "TRULY transformed" -- You don't get rid of those genes that easily. They are still there, waiting to be awakened.
Dr. Mark has a video on the topic if you're interested.
Bu what Hongo said, basically.
Glad they completelly changed. Now there isn't a coutry anyone trusts more than Japan these days. Though they are quite xenophobic to our standards.
@@ThZuao If you think 70 years is enough to completely change the nation and deprogram its history, you are incredibly naive.
Your channel’s commitment to dispelling the sanitized narratives of war is extremely important and while these videos are hard to stomach I sit through each one because of the importance of their contents. Thank you so much for putting the time into researching and reporting these events as they happened
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My dad, who fought against these Japanese cannibal troops, told me about these Japanese cannibal soldiers.
This article verified his story.
I recently came across cannibalism by Japanese soldiers too, on the Japanese retreat from kokoda in papa new guinea, their supply lines were non-existences and they where in very bad shape, a lot of them were starving, so they turned to eating dead Australian soldiers, dead natives and even their own, it must have been awful and horrifying for the Ozzy's to see their dead mates half eaten, war definitely was hell for them
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for bringing the shameful behavior of the IJA to light. The behavior of the Germans has been widely publicized, but due to what appear to be commercial and military reasons, the more widespread crimes by the Japanese have been hushed if not suppressed in the west. Thank you also for reflecting the honor due Indian and Asian troops for their part in the war, another story not widely known.
We heard about their atrocities in the 60s and 70s but towards the end of the 80s the big lies began to clean the slate about the Japanese. A people with much to admire but an uncommon concealed degree of depravity it is hard to reconcile. Read about the Aum Supreme Sect or Mishima. Seriously fucked up.
it's quite simple really. the war criminal responsible for unit 731 not only escaped prosecution for war crimes because he turned over all the notes on human experiment and was hired as consultant for Fort Detrick.
@@willengel2458 yes, not surprising really
I think it's also because the Japanese actively try to silence this past. Whereas the Germans have owned up to it. Similarly, nobody speaks of the Armenian genocide partly because the Turks go crazy whenever it is brought up.
NEVER EVER FORGET the ABSOLUTE INHUMANITY of d IJA!
As an Indian myself, i didn't knew the Japanese were so cruel towards prisoners.... These incidents are not told in history lessons in my country....
Thanks very much for sharing this information... 👍👍👍👍
At the surrender of Singapore the Japanese lined Indian soldiers along a rifle range and used them as live target practice
@@neiltappenden1008 They committed genocide against the Malays and Chinese at Singapore too.
...I certainly hope they teach you about how your soldiers fought like lions!! (in both WWI and WWII)
Kia Kaha India ❤ from Aotearoa/New Zealand..."lest we forget the sacrifices they made"
Japanese usually gets a pass in WW2 but the Nazis were strung up n aired out! One got the short end of the stick but I’m not at all saying they didn’t bring it on themselves!
@@youthinasia4103 Nazi warcrimes where pinned on individual soldiers by the Soviets and French while the Japanese high ups where blamed for giving issues to their men to commit the warcrimes and where picked to be kill by the British and Americans.
My great grandfather met the INA and japanese imperial army (yea he was in the NA*i forces) he told my grandfather that the indians were ready to kill their own countrymen to gain independence and he also told him about the horrific deeds performed by Japanese soldiers. The stories are heart wrenching.
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Great video Mark, Thank you, As an Indian I have never really heard of my country's participation in WW2 mostly because the 1940s are overshadowed by the events that led to Independence, thanks for bringing light to this
Taken from the same article from timesofindia: Some 30,000 of 40,000 POWs joined the Japanese INA.
Google "Battle of Kohima"
@@cx3929 Miniscule number in comparison to the number of Indian troops who served and I'm sure many of those who chose the INA did so out of understandable needs to survive the brutal conditions.
@@montycasper4300 FACT = 30k of 40k is 3/4 of the force fighting in Malaya when the British surrendered and almost half the total number of 67,340 Indian POWs captured by the Japanese during the entire duration of WW2. While the death rates under Japanese rule for US POWs was >40%, Australia POWs was >35% and 20% for British POWs - They did not have that option or any option.
I always hear more about Indian troops than any other colonial troop from the British.
And when the Indians were having trouble, then it usually was some truly heavy fighting indeed.
You don't hear much if anything about them from Hollywood though.
Maybe that is why many people don't know?
I grew up in India and we were never taught about India's contribution to the great wars as part of our history curriculum (things may have changed now). It wasn't until I moved to Australia and learned about the Indian sacrifices in Gallipoli that I realised the contribution the colonies made to the British war effort.
What? Dozed in school? Our books mention 1-2 million indians served in ww2. I also remember seeing pictures of indians in flanders in ww1 in our history books.
If grew up in India then पता ही होगा की कांग्रेस had hacked हमारी एजुकेशन सिस्टम एंड completely ruined it till present
I didn't know there were Indian soldiers in Gallipoli
Woke left hijacked Indian education and used same tactics as British.. average Indian in school is not aware that Indian ancestors has thousands of times more written artefacts than any contemporary civilizations. Till today, Mahabharat is Longest Poem ever written and second is Ramayana and most of the works of India are poetry in stanzas. There is complete description of world and continents including South America, Antarctica North and south .. Read how Sugreeva tells the army where to go and where not to go in search of Sita
probably because india and indians are very money driven and compromise a lot for it. Caste issue imo.
I remember seeing a story on Japanese television about a former Japanese soldier and his wife confronting former officers about the atrocities committed by them (he even tried to kick one of them but unfortunately his wife got in the way and was severely injured). He was brave enough to talk about the cannibalism. I never heard about the Indians but the officers wanted them to eat only brown skinned people because they thought that they would never be known. White prisoners were seldom eaten as the officers would face war crimes. At the peak of the starvation, officers pretended to take their own sick men to "Hospitals" but really killed them and cannibalized. I forget the man's name but he was hated in Japan for calling out Hirohito who he deemed complicit in all of the atrocities and caring more about the royal jewels than his own people.
I didn't teach History. I was a science teacher but was an avid history buff. When I mentioned the cannibalism by the Japanese, I was told by the social studies teacher that was all propaganda and that I should stick to science. Thank you Dr. Felton for vindicating my statement. Hey guys, love your comments too! - T.R.
It wasn't Hirohito though, it was Tojo who was the mastermind and architect of 99% of the looniness of WWII Japan. There are some good docu's about it on here.
@@alexcarter8807 No that’s a stupid theory propagated by America that Hirohito was innocent. He knew everything and was a war criminal emperor.
@@alexcarter8807 read Hirohito by Edward Behr. I think you'll change you mind. I did.
yeah the japanese totally worried about war crimes during a war they thought they would win or wouldn't live to see the end of. sure. btw the jippos were known to eat white people too. don't know why people like you even in these situations come up with this racist nonsense.
you can google the chichijima incident. the Japanese may have been raving loonies, but they weren't racist in being cannibals. they ate all equally. only you people make such a horrifying thing like this into a weird racist projection of yourself
Felton taught at the University of Essex before moving to China for nine years, where he taught at various locations including Shanghai University and Fudan University.[3][6] HA!
There's a Japanese documentary from the 70s called The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, about a former Japanese soldier in New Guinea attempting to discover the truth about what happened to some of his comrades. He eventually learns that some of them were murdered and eaten by their commanding officers, and in turn attacks and attempts to murder one of those former officers while the cameras are rolling. I highly recommend it.
man, I just read about the guy in the documentary and that was one hell of trip down the rabbit hole. Not sure if he was the most truly enlightened person or insane person I have read about.
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It’s on UA-cam:
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Thank you for the recommendation, I hadn't heard of it. The Japanese committed many horrendous atrocities, but, like with any group who does so, people need to remember there are good people as well. Not every single person is evil.
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My Dad was a Marine who was at Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu where he was wounded and sent back to the states to recover. In the seventies my Mom thought it would be a good idea if Dad bought a small pick up truck in order to save gas and at the time the only companies that made them were Japanese. Dad wasn't too keen on the idea but they stopped by a Toyota dealership to take a look. Dad got in one and a second later got out and slammed the door, looked at Mom and just said "let get out of here". When they got outside Mom asked him what was wrong and all he said was "it smells like a Jap". Needless to say they didn't buy the truck.
Cool story, bro. Meanwhile, MILLIONS of Americans have bought Toyota autos and today it is the biggest car producer in the world.
@@thadtuiol1717 Yeah, because those people don't care about what happened to Korean/Filipino/Indian/Chinese civilians.
But thanks for showing what side you're on!
Typical ignoramous of a yank
My High School English Teacher, a WW II, Pacific Theater combat vet also hated the Japanese, for the same reasons as your dad.
@@Psyxic_Crimes He said his father fought against the Japanese. I’m sure if you had fought against them you would’ve had similar views after seeing what things they did, but here you are acting like you have a moral high ground using today’s standards doing the old typical American routine.
Many years ago my grandmother had a Sikh gentleman as her new neighbour and my parents were a bit concerned as she had some opinions that were let's just say totally wrong but more common at that time than we like to admit. Anyway my father went to visit and was amazed to find them both sitting on a bench in her garden drinking tea, they went on to become firm friends and would even do their gardens together, him mowing grass whilst she did the flowers. It all stemmed from the fact that he was held prisoner by the Japanese in Ww2 just like her husband my late grandad.
Anyway not only were they great company for each other but I believe their friendship was the major factor in her becoming more enlightened & goes to show you are never too old to learn
Thank you for sharing your story.
Old racist lady gets over her hatred for Indians by bonding over common hate for Japanese... I fukin love it, grandparents are great
@@chucknorris277 Old racist lady has more class and decency than you. Grow up.
@@chucknorris277 thank you for this lmao 🤣
@Alfred Einstein why are you white?
My Father in law fought in Burma as Royal Marine, he refused to have anything Japanese in his house. The only time he spoke to me about his time there was when he talked about the Gurkhas and what wonderful soldiers they are.
Whatever personal problems I have in my own life, the times whenever I stoop to feeling sorry for myself vanish when I realize there are many in the past and present who have suffered much much worse.
I will forever archive these episodes of Mark Felton for future reference and to inspire others.
Thank you Mark. You are an educator of the highest order.
True. I totally agree.
This video is a fake history. A true history is “American mutilation of Japanese war dead” on Wikipedia !!!
Try to read “American mutilation of Japanese war dead” on Wikipedia !!! 😫😫😨
Good to see you are not afraid to discuss these sort of topic Mark.
Mark is a real man.
YET HE DOESN’T HAVE THE STONES TO COVER REAL 21ST CENTURY COMMIE/NAZI COVID FREEDOM KILLING REALITY. LOOK AT CANADA RIGHT NOW 🤦♂️
@@hellbillygoebig9446 That's your job now.
@@hellbillygoebig9446 We in Canada are just fine thank you very much.
@@canuckprogressive.3435 What a sad statement. Canada would be a laughing stock if it wasn't so sad what you've allowed to happen.
Awesome done Mark.... And thank you from Billion Indians to acknowledge the sweat and sacrifice of the Indian army.....
SWEAT HUH , SO THEIR BLOOD STILL GOING TO WASTE EVEN NOW. AND AS EXPECTED DONE BY THEIR OWN COUNTRY MEN STILL, IN THERE! LOLS 😆😆😂😂
Bhai this video is partly true . He is trying to whitewash British deeds. Japanis were brutal but it was Netaji who pursuade hitler and Japanis to release pow indians. So that they can fight with British for independence. And in war with British vs INA. 23k INA soilders died and this lead to revolt against british all over indian by indians Navy. And they left this country as british became weak.
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Thank you for your important work Mark exposing little-known aspects of numerous wars.
This one was so appalling I actually considered not listening to the end. I really wonder how people managed to have enough spirit to continue living in circumstances such as their comrades being eaten one by one, among the level of beatings going on for years. It's difficult to imagine myself surviving such a situation and I respect their fortitude.
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I agree. I also wonder how some had the spirit to continue living watching their own comrades torture and cannibalize other humans.
Hey, We nuked them after this Bro........They deserved it BIG TIME. No sympathy. Kharma is a bitch!
It sounds to appalling to me that I haven't even listened to it (yet, or ever). I came down here to the comments to see if I could handle it. Probably not.
Try the British empire that gun downed Children in India for fun
Sikh family here, with relatives who served in British/Indian regiments during WW2. I was brought up aware of these atrocities. Later, my father was an officer in the Australian army. I was brought up in (and have always lived in) Australia, and it the wider Australian community has always seemed to me to be oblivious to these stories and this history.
Thank you for sharing.
Gurm Sekhon.
Not all Australians are oblivious to the actions of the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2.
We appreciate the hardship and sacrifice of all the Pacific and South East Asian countries endured.
First by the Japanese invasion and then by the battles to drive the Japanese back to Japan and end the War. The Pacific War against Japan cost the Countries a huge loss of lives, both Civilian and military. Let alone the economic and food production losses.
I, for one, salute the efforts of the Indian and Nepali soldiers that fought with the Allies.
And the brave villagers that assisted the Allies and risked their lives and families by doing so.
Thanks
At the end of World War II, the Allies, including the United States and Great Britain, indiscriminately massacred approximately 500,000 Japanese citizens through air raids and atomic bombings. You see? The Anglo-American Allies are vicious perpetrators pretending to be victims.
★★★ The Japanese people have not forgotten the heinous atrocities committed by the Allied Powers ❢❢❢
Its your history. Now anyone else's.
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Give it a rest Fascist Azure Cliff.
The USA and the allies didn't start the war that killed millions of people in Europe, Russia China, Manchuriia, Asia Pacific region. The Germans and Japanese did.
So F off DH
For example, in Ukraine under Stalin and in mainland China under Mao Zedong, severe famines caused tragedies that people eat human meat. Historically, these are very well known facts.
★★★ Very despicable Mark Felton is hiding these gruesome histories and spreading badmouth about Japan here.
I read the book "Knights of Bushido" over 30 years ago which documents many of the abuses, they made the Nazis seem tame in comparison.
Thank u Dr Felton for bringing to light such a gory part of human history where the Imperial Army committed such barbaric acts of cannibalism against their POWs.
Now I understand better why so many nationals involved either directly or indirectly in the war hold that much grudges against the Japanese till this day.
ALSO thanks for highlighting the unknown aspects of the role played by the Indian solders in the war.
As an Indian, thank you Professor Mark for bringing this subject to light. This is disgusting, worse than the Nazis. My grandfather served with the British Indian army in Burma and Singapore. I guess he was lucky to have not be captured and survive. Apparently the Imperial Japanese viewed surrendering as being dishonourable, which is why they had such contempt for Allied POWs.
EDIT: Based on some comments I've received, I'd like to say that the Japanese and Nazis were equally worse. Not trying to put down the suffering of people under the Nazis. I was just speaking about it in a specific context. This is not in support of the British Colonial rule of India but just speaking about the men who served in their military.
The "death before dishonor" mentality is only part of it, but Japanese culture just outright places no value in human life. That's why they commit suicide at such high rates even in modern Japan.
I'm surprised that given the large number of Indians who served in WW2, I don't come across many Indians stating that their ancestor fought in WW2. My maternal grandfather was among them too. I don't know about his war details. The only thing my mother knows is that he visited the Vatican. So presumably he was in the African and European campaigns. I wish I could find out.
@Defund Gazpacho Police ahh interesting, yes Indian units served in North Africa and Italy. I think most Indians aren’t proud that their ancestors served under the British, veterans were even denied pensions under the new Indian government.
@@gazpachopolice7211 strange my maternal grandfather too fought in Burma in WW2
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I don't know enough to say anything about Indian sepoys in the British Indian Army, but I do know for sure that the officers were treated differently.
Also, Subhash Bose was more than effective in creating and leading the Indian National Army. I'm sure you're aware of the recent history of his various recognitions by Indian governments.
What is astonishing to some is common knowledge to others. Everybody is subject to it.
As an Indian I cant even bear to listen... its too painful that humans can behave like this and knowing the victims maybe my own ancestors, something in my soul just died.
@@mverick5444 where are you from? ;)
@@husrebel494 India
@@mverick5444 Your IP says otherwise ;)
@@mverick5444 please don't test me boy.
@@husrebel494 Abe bewkoof praani hai tu
Thank you for bringing to light atrocities committed by the Japanese..but more so, thanks for talking about the Indian contribution..it has largely been erased in history, despite all the suffering
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@@emeraldbreeze5204
Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2.
Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians.
Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2.
Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians.
Japanese forced labour camps WW2.
Japanese cannibalism WW2.
Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2.
Burma Railway WW 2.
Japanese invasion of Korea.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese invasion of China.
Japanese atrocities in China
Japanese Nanking Massacre.
etc, etc, etc,
@@emeraldbreeze5204 read “Unit 731” on wikipedia
British-Indian Army was later divided into 1947 Pakistan Army ( Punjabi & Pashtun Muslim ) and Indian Army ( Sikh/Punjabi & Gorkha/Nepali Hindu ) so here indian means some pakistani Muslim forefathers also
In our book we got to read that Indian didn't want to join WW2 n when the proposal was given that after WW2 India will get freedom but India will hv to take part from British side..InC rejected..then Subhash c.bose asked help from Japanese formed INA and revolted against British...I just know this litl information 😔😔😔
Thank you so much for sharing these stories which are somewhere lost
Indian here, thanks for sharing such info, i wasnt aware of
Our Head Master at Secondary school was a prisoner of war under the Japanese in Burma. His back was hunched due to beatings and punishments. He used to supervise our class for one hour per week, during which he would just let us chat amongst ourselves, sitting and watching us for the whole hour, saying nothing.
Propaganda by Chinese and Russian agents is a method of creating a hypothetical enemy, instilling false consciousness based on false information in readers and audiences.
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China’s and Korea’s attempts to spread propaganda and disinformation emphasize speed over quality.
Nobel prize, scientists:
25 Japanese,
2 Taiwanese,
3 Chinese,
0 Korean.
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Seems like a really nice guy
I had a teacher and a Parish priest who had been in the camps.
The priest had white scars all over his hands, and was very reserved. Didnt socialise at all.
The teacher was the fairest teacher l ever had, also very reserved and strict.
The torture they underwent had marked them both, but they both went onto have long meaningful lives.
Thank you Dr Felton for telling this tragic story of the Indian Army… who fought quite bravely on so many fronts …. the valiant stand at Imphal and Kohima is one of the most underrated and unrecognized battles in the war
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I agree. My parents are from kohima and there is many remains of the war such as unexlpoled bombs, old Sherman hybrid tanks left
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My grandfathers elder brother fought with the British Indian army in the battle of imphal and Kohima he came back alive and then became a police officer and died in the 60s. Thanks for his service ❤
My great grandpa fought in INA ranks under the famous Shah Nawaz Khan near irrawady river, they lost the battle though.
First I’ve heard of this.
Seems I owe a debt of gratitude, to Mark Felton, for the many things I’ve learned from him, and can later share with my son.
I watch a wide variety of WWII documentaries, and videos, but few seem to capture my attention, as strongly as his narration does.
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Read the description titled "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" on Wikipedia ❢❢❢
Professor Felton is a living, breathing keeper of the legacy of humanity.
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Some time ago I read an article from a Spanish newspaper from 1943, which a relative kept, and in the article they said that it was a common practice for the Japanese to eat prisoners, especially those who were isolated on the islands.
Mr Mark Felton thank you for highlighting this forgotten acts of cannibalism, a lot of Indians don't ever realise the kind of contributions by the Indian soldiers of those times. Our own history has not taught us well.
Same here. USA has terrible history classes.
Read the description titled "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" on Wikipedia. 💀✘💀
@@emeraldbreeze5204
Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2.
Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians.
Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2.
Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians.
Japanese forced labour camps WW2.
Japanese cannibalism WW2.
Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2.
Burma Railway WW 2.
Japanese invasion of Korea.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese invasion of China.
Japanese atrocities in China
Japanese Nanking Massacre.
etc, etc, etc,
Propaganda by Chinese and Russian agents is a method of creating a hypothetical enemy, instilling false consciousness based on false information in readers and audiences.
🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵
China’s and Korea’s attempts to spread propaganda and disinformation emphasize speed over quality.
Nobel prize, scientists:
25 Japanese,
2 Taiwanese,
3 Chinese,
0 Korean.
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All coloniser comit horrific crimes when they feel their rule is in danger . eg British in aftermath of 1857 they burnts 100 of villages ,hanged 27000 in just Delhi alone .
I lived in southern Japan, Saga Ken, Kyushu, from 1996 to 2001. During that time I became close with a retired US Navy vet who ran a bar, Jimmy's. Jimmy and I would often talk late night, and he would tell me of the old men, business men who had served in the Japanese army during 'The Great Pacific War'. These guys would come in and sip a drink, waiting for everyone else to leave. Jimmy would then close up and drink one on one with the customer. Perhaps they did this because they had figured out that Jimmy was a vet himself who served in the small boats during the war and had his own demons; they felt a kinship with him and talked to him openly about their horrific war experiences. I don't recall all the details, but a theme in their stories was that the Imperial soldiers became very adept at trussing a prisoner up and dragging him along with them through the jungle, slowly and carefully cutting pieces off of them but not killing them, so that their meat stayed fresh. These old men were disgusted by their own actions during the wars, which they had had to keep secret their whole lives. There was a reason many returning Japanese soldiers worked themselves to death after the war.
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Mark this is one of your best. I hoped (beyond hope) that one day you might focus again upon this theatre of war. Thank you so much, and my Dad is smiling own upon you wherever he is.
@@Scarizza Indeed like all our brave ancestors.
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Thanks. Helps my understanding my dad’s hatred for the Japanese of WWII better. He was a mechanic on B17s and B29s at the end of the war.
I remember watching an astounding "World In Action" or similar 1970's doc on a Japanese soldier who served in New Guinea . He said that eating different coloured "longpig" was not unusual but after a failed attempt at deserting, even though the war was now over, his friends got caught & weren't seen again.
After realizing that he'd eaten his mates, he wasn't at all happy & the doc caught him catching up with his former superiors 25 years later & literally going banzai on them at their doorsteps....!
I wish I could find this, can anyone help?
I was fortunate enough to work in Papua New Guinea and talked with a man from Lae that told me of the “sorcery” and “Saguma” (Cannibalism). Of course there are many tribes and over 800 languages and dialects and very few practiced cannibalism. It was fascinating hearing of stories about the Japanese occupation the North and how brave tribal warriors were during that period. Not sure if the Japanese were doing it mainly for starvation purposes or, like some officers, practiced cannibalism for other reasons similar to “Saguma”.
Was it 'Fires on the Plain' - 1959? I'd link the IMBD but people get funny about clicking links.
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I remember it being in colour and at least 20 years after the war, judging by the characters' ages.
Thanks for the suggestion, will try to find it...
@@rickanderton4406 Further digging, the documentary/film could be:
'Japanese Devils'.
'Horror in the east'.
'The Emperors Naked Army March'.
I once read of the crew of a sailing ship that sunk in the mid 1800's who after days/weeks in the lifeboat, ate the cabin boy...In extreme circumstances, people are capable of anything.
The capacity for human cruelty seems to be boundless. I have seen a documentary from Japan that follows the efforts of a Japanese veteran to confront military authorities who were involved in cannabalizing Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific and New Guinea following Japanese defeats there. In the US this week Japanese Americans memorialized the internment of Japanese-Americans by the US government during WW2. It was a mistake that the US government admitted to years ago, and those interned were all awarded $20K. While not being sufficient to cover the great losses in homes and businesses affected, the fate of those victimized by the Japanese military in that era renders the internment of Japanese-Americans quite mild in comparison. And of course the Japanese government has never apologized for the enslavement of Korean "comfort" women. Great report!!!
Canadian police were paid $4,000 per day (with perks) to brutally trample peaceful citizens' Charter of Rights and Freedoms that they swore to defend and uphold.
The American Japanese internment wasn't something just admitted only 2 years ago. It was a hotly debated and criticized subject even when it was happening. Almost every president dating back to Truman has tried to make some kind of reparations for it. It was wrong when it happened and everyone knew it.
@@paulslevinsky580 Gobels would be proud...but what does this have to do with Japanese cannibalism?
@@stanfrymann8454 even in a wonderfully safe place like...Cubanada...people entrusted with the highest standards of honor and lawfulness will prance a 1500 pound horse over an eighty year old women with a mobility aid, then joke about it with friends on twitter. If you think your next door neighbor wouldn't be capable of cannibalism then you're not paying attention.
@@paulslevinsky580 Truth.
Never would have believed I'd get a front row seat to primary historical research on UA-cam. Your channels are gems.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses
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A few members of my family served in Burma and I heard stories from relatives about what my own grandfather had experienced whilst held in a pow camp. We were also told why so many Indians joined the japanese during this time.
In 1975 when attending the Mexican National University I dated a Japanese girl also studying there. We dated for almost a year and talked about everything.. She was 25 in that year and her generation knew virtually nothing about WWII. We differed on that as my father had enlisted December 8, 1941 and made a career of it, retiring in 1974.
She seemed wholly uninformed of the IJN's & IJA's misconduct in any theater of war. I did not disabuse her. She did praise the memory of Douglas McArthur as a revered, liberalizing and much respected leader.
How WWII is taught or managed in Japanese schools today is unknown to me. If not changed from my girlfriend's instruction it's not history but hagiography and there is much left out.
I am of the impression that Japan has always educated it's children to believe they as a nation were victims of WW2....they've never accepted the rape of Nanking as their atrocity....the Korean comfort women and to this day believe they have the right to the return of islands legally given to the Soviets for their part in the destruction of the empire.
Sounds almost similar to the American south and their history during and pre Jim Crow
Pre-Jim crow? It’s literally happening in the south right now
@@ES-gv6xl So too, is the Civil War, the Cherokee Trail of Tears , the importation of slaves from Africa and Ireland. It's bad old world. Don't catch the Spanish Flu. Watch out for mustard gas when fighting in the trenches there in Flanders. Stay away from Hiroshima too.
@@ES-gv6xl we don't live in a Jim Crow America smh
I was wondering when you'd dive into this disturbing topic, read about the Chichijima incident a while back and I was thinking just how low the Japanese sunk in their atrocities
If your hungry...
Chichijima has been renamed and now is a beautiful Japanese tourist island resort
the Japanese for looking to get protein in their diet
Bottom of the barrel. The only comfort is knowing that they lost the war. It is truly disturbing.
Peace.
@@mrhamburger6936 then feed them their own eyes
Some true stories are so horrific that they can’t be watched, yet they must be remembered.
Not only Indians, there are several accounts of Australians being eaten by the Japanese during the Kokoda campaign. In one case strips of flesh had been cut of a corpse were still being fried when the diners were attacked , leaving the fried meat still in the pan. Documented and reported a number of times. Many of the veterans fought both the Germans and the Japanese, they considered the Germans an honourable foe and spoke highly of them... conversely they spoke of the japanese with undisguised hatred.
It happened all across the pacific.
@@waveygravey9347there were some honorable Germans, but there were also thousands of Germans just as brutal and indifferent as the Japanese. I've read much of WW 2 and many today are buffing over the crimes of the German military and civilians.
Thank you for this, Mark. You always manage to share something I don’t know about the war and it goes a long way. I especially appreciate the way you discuss war crimes and barbarism.
An old friend of mine is a World War II enthusiast who thinks he know everything there is about the war. I’ve tried many times to get him to check out your content but he refuses and thinks he’s too good for it. It’s his loss and that’s why he’s an old friend.
lol , did he know the contribution of other 'colonies' in war , or were he like hollywood only showing whites ? not against whites but thats what hollywood shows.
This is great that youve uncovered this, as a Filipino it makes me dissapointed for i know that Ww2 education in Japan is abysmal for singling out/ white washing the attrocities they made in WW2, wanting to claim absolute victimhood on Japanese internment camps or Nuke bombing that is thought in American schools, mean while their past regimes involvements of China Nanjing, Comfort Women in Seoul, and Bataan Deathmarch gets hardly thaught in Japanese schools, most students whove finish school there remain devoid, ignorant, and bound to deny it when spoken of facts, which is a disservice to those who have suffered to shrug it off, as well as disingenuous.
This video is a fake history. A true history is “American mutilation of Japanese war dead” on Wikipedia !!!
You're doing God's work in bringing this to public attention. May the Indian and other allied servicemen who died in line of duty to the Crown and their own principals rest in everlasting peace and as heroes in the story of our people.
Please make a detailed researched video on this on the true story at jall ian wala bagh, india where brutisHers paid gratitude to indians for helping in 2 world wars & winning 31 out of 182 victoria crosses
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Gets colonized, forced into a brutal war just to be captured and suffer unimaginable inhumane torture. People really take these guys for granted
@@VP07 Amritsar happened after WW1 not WW2 and from what I’ve seen Dryer acted on his own, going so far as to pick troops he thought would open fire on civilians without question. A video on the topic would be interesting however, as Dryer not being put in front of a firing squad after a quick trial was not only a spit in the face of justice, it was politically idiotic. Despite Dryers seeming messiah complex about preserving British rule in India (a fanciful interpretation at the very least), he was probably one of the foremost individuals in securing independence, as he delegitimised British rule to a population who had before largely not even contested legitimacy and to an even larger extent not cared.
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I met a sikh soldier who was a hardened veteran in the 14 th army. This gentleman had fought the Germans and Italians in North Africa. He used to say that of all types of soldiers he had seen non were such fanatics as the Japanese.
Hi Mark, my grandfather's brother was in the British army in a precursor Regiment to the modern day SAS, he fought the Japanese army in Burma towards the end of war. He personally witnessed a Japanese soldier cut flesh from the body of a dead American soldier and eat it raw. If you would like to know about him and what he witnessed, let me know.
You should speak up.
Can you tell the full story?
It's human version of Sushi for them. 🍣
Hi to everyone who has commented on my original post. Seems like there is some interest in my great uncle, so when I get to my laptop I will write up a detailed reply to you all. In the meantime, standby, over and out!
In order to understand why my uncle, Phillip, did what he did during World War Two, it is best to know more about his background before he joined the British Army in the mid 1930’s. In around 1910 he was born in Llanelli, a coal mining village in South Wales. Altogether, his parents had four children, three sons and a daughter. Phillip’s sister, Mae was the oldest and he was middle oldest of his two brothers, John and Davey. During this time in West Wales, 50% of people spoke Welsh and in rural areas this could rise to 75%. Phillip, his siblings and his parents spoke very little English as Welsh was their first language. By the time his sister was around 12 years old, their father died in a coal mining accident. Not long afterwards, their mother also died from illness and lack of health care. This meant that Phillip and his siblings were now homeless, and no other family could look after them. At this time in Britain, children and the destitute were sent to institutions known as workhouses. These places for the poor had reputations for degrading and very cruel treatment of both adults and children. Phillip, (then aged about 8 years old) and his three siblings were sent to such a workhouse. Conditions were very harsh for them. They all had to do hard manual work. Tasks that children typically did in workhouses included unpicking rope which often caused their hands to be sore and bleeding. They were also punished for not working hard enough and in the case of Phillip and his siblings for the “crime” of speaking Welsh. Back then, the Welsh language was completely banned at the workhouses and even in the schools in Wales. This was a long legacy of racism and discrimination that the ethnic Welsh had endured in Britain for the previous 500 years. Staff at the workhouse frequently locked Phillip and the other children into a cupboard for a couple of days without light, food or water. The staff would also use canes to hit the children on a regular basis. This mental and physical abuse probably had a profound effect on Phillip’s wellbeing and psyche. Whilst he was certainly traumatised by these experiences, as an adult he became very resilient and resistant to even extreme hardship, and these were attributes that were magnified considerably when he joined the Army later on. Phillip and his siblings remained in the workhouse for several years whilst they were young children. When his sister, Mae turned 14 years old, she left the workhouse, got a job and worked very hard for the next couple of years to get somewhere to live for herself and her three younger brothers. By the time Mae was 16 years old, she had rescued her three brothers from the workhouse. She then continued to work in excess of 70 hours per week in order to support them and herself. At the same time, she raised and cared for her three younger brothers and in effect became their mother. These hardships also had a huge effect on Mae who was only a teenager herself at the time. Although she eventually became a nurse, she never married or had children of her own. By the time Phillip and his two brothers were older teenagers, they had already started working in a steel foundry and had become men with maturity and harsh life experiences far beyond their chronological ages. After several years Phillip and Davey left the steelworks. By the mid 1930’s Phillip had joined the British Army. Davey’s life took a different direction although it was no easier for him. John remained in the steelworks industry until he retired when he was 70 years old (more about him later). Phillip started his basic training in the Army, and he enjoyed rapid success. This culminated with him being selected for a very special regiment. Phillip received advanced combat training with firearms and hand to hand weapons. One of the combat teachers was a reputed Japanese 9th Dan ninja martial artist who had already defected to the Allies before the outbreak war. After more training Phillip and his fellow soldiers faced their final test. This concerned living in the Scottish Highlands for 6 months in the winter on their own whilst surviving off the land. They also had to evade being captured by a whole battalion of regular troops. Upon completing this training, Phillip remained in the Army and by the time the Second World War started, he had risen to the rank of a sergeant in a very top-secret unit that was called “The Phantoms”. This might seem a ridiculous namesake, but make no mistake, this name was no joke or work of fiction as it all really happened. “The Phantoms were absolutely deadly serious, very real and their name reflected how they operated in complete secrecy and with total ruthlessness. In this unit, the soldiers were taught to speak other languages and engage in all aspects of guerrilla and espionage warfare. Nowadays, this kind of activity is referred to as “black opps”. Their whole purpose was to go deep into enemy territory occupied by Axis forces in all theatres of war in Africa, Europe and Asia. Phillip’s unit and the missions they undertook were subject to the Official Secrets Act for several decades after World War Two ended and officially their existence is still denied by the British Army. This is why the exploits of “The Phantoms” has been omitted from the official history books. Whilst the name “The Phantoms” and their exploits of extreme bravery may sound like something out of a Hollywood film, it was all very, very real and completely true. Some evidence still remains about Phillip’s activities during World War Two. This includes an official citation from the British Army and a letter he wrote to his brother, John whilst he was carrying out an operation in German occupied Belguim. This letter was supposed to be destroyed upon reading, but John kept it. There is a lot more to tell, so if people like part 1 here, I will write part 2 in due course. “Ciao for now”. During the war, Phillip used to end all his letters to his family with that phrase, and I feel humbled and honoured to say the same to you all now.
In 1966 I worked in Papua New Guinea through to 1981 & in that time I heard many hand me down stories from natives about cannibalism performed by the Japanese, then in 1975 I was posted to Wewak where the Japanese surrendered PNG, & it was here that I had an older native Sepik worker who told me that towards the end of the war, supplies weren’t getting through so there was a huge shortage of food for the Japanese troops.
My man told me that the Japanese would raid the native villages food gardens, & because there is a huge shortage of wild animals to hunt they resorted to kidnapping native women, killing them & cutting off their breasts & upper leg muscles & eating them.
When I questioned other villagers about this, they said, “ Japans man like to eat young teenage women & very young men too “
This too was kept hush hush by the military, but the natives never forgot.
I am just speechless 🤦
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But it is logical.
Total war will always be brutal.
Just look at the current 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Putin just starting killing civilians because he’s being desperate.
This is horrendous, why was it never told until you have posted this. It makes me sick to my stomach.
Large numbers of Japanese soldiers were engaged in gardening, supplies were so poor on some islands.
Cannibalism was common in Papua... !!!
Mark Felton is hands down one of the best history UA-cam channels to exist. This man needs a damn award.
I’ve known about this phenomenon since I was about 10 years old. My maternal grandfather was proudly INA. In his case, he had never served in the British military in India. He volunteered directly for the INA as a young man. The INA was allied with the Japanese, yet my grandfather Was very very disturbed by how the Japanese treated other Asian people. He was a proud communist and he was proud of the cause of the Indian national army. But he was disgusted that in order to function, that meant allying themselves with Nazis and Japanese fascists. I was a very smart little kid who is very interested in history, and my grandfather spoke good English. I wanted to know, and I think he wanted me to know. It was probably more than he should’ve told a little kid, but nevertheless he did. I think it’s important for south Asian people to remember how the Japanese treated fellow Asians.
Thanks for you sharing pal
A very disturbing account, but one that deserves to be heard. Thank you Mark, once again, for exploring so many WW2 topics, many of which are not widely known. Towards the end of the video you can hear shades of anger and disgust in Mark's narration. Very understandable emotions, given the horrific nature of the atrocities.
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Read Wiki Japanese atrocities WW 2.
Japanese beheadings of POW's and Civilians. Japanese killing of POW's and Civilians WW2. Japanese medical experiments on POW's and civilians.
Japanese forced labour camps WW2.
Japanese canibalism WW2.
Japanese rations Asia Pacific WW 2.
Burma Railway WW 2.
Japanese invasion of Korea.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Japanese invasion of China.
Japanese Nanking Massacre.
etc, etc, etc,
I salute and respect all Indian servicemen, God bless you all, sheer valour 🇮🇳Thank you so much for your service
Mark Felton speaks ill of Japan all day long. He is a racist and prejudiced pervert. Clearly he's crazy.
Greetings from India
There are documented accounts of the Japanese eating Australian soldiers in New Guinea. But the debauchery of what the Japanese did to Indians just sinks to an even more evil level. How these Indian POW's managed to survive one hour let alone one day under this horror I'll never know. Thanks for sharing Dr Felton.
I'm Japanese, but that story is wrong.
My grandfather is a soldier who fought in New Guinea, but he didn't do that.
Stop damaging the honor of the Japanese with the forged stories.
@@aaaa3042 watch the documentary Kokoda.
love the profile pic!
@@aaaa3042 were u following your grandfather during the war as witness 😀
@@aaaa3042 yeah. Of course like a war criminal would accept his crimes to his grandchildren. Stupid
Just after finishing this video, I turned around to see what's on TV. It was on AHC, the show "Evolution of Evil", the episode "Tojo: Japan's Razor of Fear", about halfway through. LO AND BEHOLD there is Dr. Felton! What a bizarre coincidence!
There is absolutely NOTHING that would surprise me from the Japanese Imperial army.
Thank you for these videos, Dr. Felton. As well as informative, they ensure these events are exposed to a large audience and the knowledge of them will be carried on
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Wow Japanese Atrocities were even worse than the Nazis. Thank you for bringing this to light
Think you miss spelled Germans there buddy 😉 Japan moved on from ww2 Germany never lefted it seemed
@@DUSTKILLL I wrote Nazi not German buddy. They both left I think they are much better countries now.
@@DUSTKILLL Have you ever visited germany?
@@alih6953 you don't understand what I meant. The German government at the time was Germany lol just like this was Japan. It's been 80 years can we all just agree not to separate factions
@@DUSTKILLL Germany was thoroughly de-nazified and has accounted for pretty much all its crimes to the point of excessive sackcloth and ashes, Japan on the hand was let of easy, few were convicted for their crimes, the remains of convicted war criminals are still 'honoured' at their national shrine and their education system is skewed to gloss over their actions in the 40's to the point where teachers who try and teach about what happened are fired.
When I first saw (years ago) the subtitle of Dr. Felton's book "Slaughter at Sea," I reacted (silently) in a fashion something like: "Oh, Lord, the Japanese were guilty of so many atrocities during World War II that we've got a book narrowing the subject down to just those committed by their navy." Another aspect of what Sir Max Hastings memorably (and usefully) termed "the mindless cruelty of the Japanese" during the war. But did the members of any other national army or partisan force commit such acts of cannibalism during the war?
Horrible! Thank you for disclosing this atrocity although very painful to hear about. Too much has been forgotten or distorted for political reasons about WWII.
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As I said before, my Grandfather had a hatred of Japanese until he died. Thanks Dr. Felton for keeping these Facts known, I know I will never forget Pearl Harbor and the Japanese Atrocities committed. My Grandfather went through WW2 in the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet, all the way to Occupation.
2 nukes wasn't enough. I can't fathom why the Imperial family was spared or why the entire IJA wasn't executed.
@@DPRK_Best_Korea The family should have been in the place of the Romanovs.
@@DPRK_Best_Korea because the US government spared them so that they could make them a "good" capitalist nation.
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What the Japanese did during ww2 is truly sickening. Just hearing about it now makes me wince at the thought of what the Allied soldiers had to go through. Those allied soldiers who survived the war would of had to carry the knowledge of what the Japanese did the rest of their lives.
We did fire bomb their cities deliberately incinerating hundreds of thousands of civilians and few real attempts were made to capture Japanese military during campaigns until the final capitulation. Then there's the A-Bomb thing... They behaved like animals and were treated in kind.
@@montycasper4300 Japanese soldier didn't think of death as something to be afraid of. If anything in their belief it was a great honour to die for their emperor. That being said, you don't reason with insanity. There is no capacity for it.
@Hell Fire3 Maybe, however, having been to Japan and fed my Sushi addiction up and down the west coast, I think most of them were probably more interested in making a living and feeding their kids. Up until the early 30's Germany was on the verge of becoming a liberal socialist state and I've never met a German I didn't like (or an Australian I did), so it's about indoctrination and a handful of malevolent creatures at the top.
@@montycasper4300 I know it will seem mean but the two atomic bombs probably saved more Japanese than they killed. In not talking about just those who would have become cannon fodder. Thousands of Japanese committed suicide when the allies occupied Okinawa
@Hell Fire3 Not arguing any of that and I did make that point. Grew up in an area where several thousand men had served in a regiment (in the UK army recruitment often has regional regimental connections) captured in Singapore. I'm of an age where those recollections where of men in early middle age and the stories were harrowing. Most Brits served, however there was little residual hatred of the Germans (most loved being stationed in Germany after the war, apparently a tin of corned beef could purchase any number of things), but none of those who served in Burma or Malaya had anything but hatred for the Japanese.
Thanks for posting this video, was very interesting. It is always staggering and shocking to be reminded how brutal some japanese soldiers were. Just sickening.
Mark, this is why you have the honourable title of a Doctor.
Thank you so much for all of your content. It’s absolutely fascinating and teaches us, the next generation, the truth of this terrible time in history.
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Keep them coming, Mark. Your loyal history junky fan.
Dr. Felton, another brilliant episode.
Whilst it is very easy to see in this episode the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, you also bring out something more. Something inspiring.
That is the heroic sacrifices made by the courageous Indian and Gurkha troops and their unswerving loyalty to king, country and their respective regiments. The show the bible ability to overcome terrible obstacles and yet not only survive but do so with their honor and dignity intact. So much different than the twisted and warped sense of honor espoused by the Japanese.
While I was a young US federal agent, I was stationed in our Toronto, Canada field office, where I met a very unforgettable gentleman. He was from India and a Sikh (as I later learned. I was from a very rural area in Maine and had never met someone from India before) I only remember him as Mr. Singh. Later Sergeant Singh. He had served in the Indian army since he was a boy, and fought through WWII, then went in to serve in the Indian National Army. Whilst in British Indian service, he held the rank of Havildar, and rose to the rank of Subidar in the Indian army. Being former military, we began chatting every day as he would come by to clean our office. I was young, and former US Army as well as military college educated and full of questions, and we would get by even though we had different primary languages. Many of my colleagues and my Canadian counterparts, with whom we worked, questioned why I bothered, afterall he was just our old Indian janitor. But I could see sonething very different, although he was on in years, he was always ramrod straight, his turban was always immaculately wrapped, his beard and mustache trimmed ( he inspired me to grow the handlebar mustache which I wear even now ) and every day he would come into our office, he would approach my desk, come to attention and render a very crisp British style salute, call me Syeeb and ask permission to carry on his cleaning duties. He had seen a picture I kept on my desk of classmates from Norwich and knew i had been a 1st Lieutenant.
I always looked forward to seeing him every day, i think for both of us it served as a reminder of the better parts of military service. Although as i told him, in the US Army, senior sergeants ate 1st Lieutenants for breakfast, so saluting was not required. Over time I learned a great deal from Sergeant Singh about the Burma campaign and I'm forever grateful, and even more I learned about other cultures. I always tried to get him to sit and have a coffee or tea and chat, but he would always decline, saying it wasn't appropriate. But he was happy to chat (and teach me) as he diligently went about tidying our office. He always maintained a very quiet dignity.
For the three years I was stationed there, Sergeant Singh was a constant. At he first Christmas I gave him a wooden chest of assorted tea (having learned he preferred tea to coffee) and a tin of Christmas butter cookies. He was taken aback by what I believed was a simple gesture. He even shook my hand, a first. I'm guessing, since immigrating to Canada, no one had ever bothered to get to know him, he was just the old Indian guy who cleaned the offices. The next day he brought me a Christmas card, which i placed on my desk, and thus began a tradition. I found out he was born in June, and i would bring him a small gift, usually tea related and a card and our christmas exchanged kept on as well, until i had to transfer back to the US.
From time to time i still think about Sergeant Singh, even 30 plus years later, and i hope he had a long and happy life.
I want to thank you Dr Felton for bringing back a wonderful memory of a very noble man, one who is just like those brave men you quoted from in your episode. We must never forget that it was a world war, and people of every nation and culture were caught up in it. You help us do that.
I recall reading about cannibals in Papua New Guinea, perhaps as a back drop to the Australian army in that area during World War II. Supposedly, they tied a live prisoner to a tree and stripped flesh from him over days. This kept the prisoner alive longer and, thus, the meat edible (not rancid) longer in that heat, humidity, and environment.
When Dr. Felton gave that final, "But there was worse to come..." I almost spit out my tea. "Worse?!" But yeah, it WAS. I would be surprised by no depravity committed by the IJA.
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