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Creepy Things About Japan’s Most EVIL General During WW2
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- All kinds of horrible things happened during World War II. We can go on and on listing them all. But with all the coverage of the carnage in Europe during the war, the atrocities committed as a part of the Pacific Theatre often get overlooked. Sure, we all know what happened at Hiroshima, but a lot of other terrible things happened before that as well. And one of the main culprits behind a lot of it - at least on the Axis side - was a guy named Hideki Tojo, Japan’s general-turned-prime minister. So, let’s take a look into his life and some of the things he was responsible for here on Nutty History!
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My grandpa was a POW in the Philippine theater, he could count to 100 in Japanese from being counted three times a day. He wouldn't talk about much else but when he died we found he had a sword and hat from a Japanese general, and he had a small Japanese pistol. We don't know the full story, but I do know he was very adamant about being a good Christian and he'd take my sister and I to church every Sunday up until he passed away. My mom said he never talked about the war growing up and it was taboo to ask. I wish I would have asked him when I had the chance but I was much too young to understand and I don't think he would have told me much more. The only thing I do know for a fact was they didn't break his spirit or his sense of humor- he was the king of dad jokes that are so bad I still roll my eyes to this day.
That gun is extremely rare now and a lot did not make it out of Japan and if it really belonged to a general , high chances it's a family sword .
@@staticx2552 oh yes it was very rare. In fact the lovely Christian couple who were in charge of his estate stole his medals and the gun, we found out later they were antique dealers. They're both dead now but I couldn't help but think twice when I look at christians ever since. I don't think my grandpa would have left them in charge if he had known they were just going to rob his family and sell everything they could. My brother told me having any kind of japanese memorabilia would have been extremely difficult to send back to the states so we are still curious as to how he got the items in the first place and how he got them home.
@EmilyKresl My uncle was like that. My father said he never talked about it because he had some tough times. Like behind enemy lines till the rest of his troops reached him. And I don't know what else. But he was my favorite uncle. Named one of my boys after him.
@@EmilyKresl Then they were not genuine Christians. Real Genuine Christians would not have done what they did. Real Genuine Christians do not make people think twice, deceiving ones do and cause the negative picture people have on Christianity as a whole to grow.
If I was someone who had recently bought a house that had belonged to a war vet or someone with rare and valuable items I would get in contact with the family of the one that these valuable and rare items belonged to and help the family to get these valuable and rare things. Makes me feel sad knowing the events transpired in what you shared.
I'm from the Philippines, I'm an army sargeant, my great grandfather is army 2LT during WW2, thank you for your grandfather sacriface for the free world
I had always wondered if a driving factor behind Japan's refusal to surrender and keep fighting was not just out of pride and exceptionalism, but also fear that their people would be treated the same way the Japanese military treated all the people who surrendered to them?
I believe that also played a huge factor
Very sure that’s one of the reasons. Japan broke every way crime and some.
They think surrender is for weaklings and cowards. All that pride…
That definitely played a part. 👍
it absolutely was because that is Bushido
My great grandfather was visiting Indonesia in 1940 (then a Dutch colony). War broke out and The Netherlands were occupied, so he decided to sit tight. Then the Japanese marched in and he was taken to a camp. As the Japanese didn’t allow Red Cross letter writing, everyone thought he had croaked. Mind you, he was already well into his eighties when the war broke out, so that wasn’t such a strange thought. Anyway, come 1946 war is over and a letter arrives in NL that he is still alive and will be back soon. He lived to be a 102 years old, tough old bird. He also left a diary, which described all the nasty crap the Japanese did, they really were a bunch of horrible c%&ts in those days.
How Amazing is that !!! Big Heart xx
no Human being has the right to conquer or control the world, the Japanese were no different, what they did was absolutely horrid and humane, glad your Grandfather lived that long!!
@@fishingmasterstudios9481 ach, the Dutch weren’t very nice after ww2, when they wanted Indonesia back as their colony. That was also a shameful period.
@@ollievw3450 en nu hebben we een halve invasie in ons land met alle vluchtelingen. Best grappig hoe dat gaat.
Where was your great grandfather from? What are the chances he was visiting Indonesia when the war broke out… absolutely unbelievable
My grandfather fought against Japan in the Philippines under general MacArthur. He provided critical Intelligence in spite of the Japanese actively trying to hunt down my family to capture him. He was shot in the face while trying to rescue my grandmother and his bother. He continued to fight and was given full va benefits, granted U.S. citizenship and was awarded a Purple Heart. He died at 96. He never told me about the things he experienced and I never asked. But he always had that look that demanded respect.
It's amazing how people can live for so long even after surviving such horrible injuries. My grandma was a translator during the war, but she barely made it to her fifties due to a lifelong battle with cancer. I would've loved to know her 🙏🏻
The Japanese were so sadistic they scared the SS.....think about that
Japan apologized, but most Japanese civilians don't even know about the war crimes.
do Americans know about thier war crimes?
@@malinyamato2291 Unfortunately most don't. It's the same with Russians when it comes to Berlin in WW2 and it's the same with the Turks when it comes to the Arminian genocide.
@@malinyamato2291 Do you know what a "whataboutism" is?
@@bobbyjohnson1086 traditional Japanese have no guilt in the war and it was US racist imperalistic colonialims that ignited the war in the pasific. this is just an example of hiding all US crimes to switch focus on the finesest and most gentle people on erath, the Japanese.
@@malinyamato2291the standard American knows way more about World War 2 in Europe than Asia.
You forgot to mention the Unit 731 human experiments in China of General Dr. Shiro Ishii who was under Hideki Tojo during the war.
as evil as tojo was he was by no means the most evil japanese military officer there many who much much worse.
for instance shiro ishii and unit 731 who was just pure evil of the absolute worst variety.
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I saw a Japanese soldier on a documentary who said "I hate that man, I will never forgive him."
This he said because Mr Tojo was probably the biggest factor In Japan starting the war with the U.S.
Also, I’m not sure Japan can ever erase their behavior during WW2. You need to mention how Tojo also directed the experiments done on live humans they captured as POWs or civilians of countries they occupied like biological agents and dissections with no anesthesia
There's alot of things that every country did that's unforgivable. Like the u.s. nuking 2 Japanese cities which still present problems to the people who where in those areas till today...
@@CHRISDLAW-hw1mp well japan did kinda ask for it
@@CHRISDLAW-hw1mp yes, every country had atrocities. But nothing on the scale of Japan
@@opalescencedoll7840 exactly
@@pippa212 yup
No mention of The Chichijima Incident? I mean the Japanese eating American POW pilots should have been an honorable mention at the very least.
As a Japanese, Tojo is puzzling to me. In real life he was considered a feeble and ordinary man, yet on the other hand, he admired Hitler and became the leader of a totalitarian regime. Nevertheless, he himself seemed to consider himself only one of the Emperor's servants.
My father was in naval intelligence during World War 2. He said that the American soldiers knew Japanese Army quite well.
American soldiers never took seriously a Japanese unit surrendering. Especially in Okinawa. Needless to say how it was handled.
I should have mentioned that they had learned from (sad) experience not to take it as serious.
Yup fool me once shame on you fool me twice say no more
"Guys: Death before dishonor!"
"Marines: Do them the favor."
I had two Uncle's in the Bataan Death March. They amazingly both survived.🤔💪🇺🇸
I had an uncle in the Bataan death march and survived as well. Sadly, my dad took the hatred of the Japanese to his grave.
Just so you know the soldiers you showed wearing German style helmets when you were talking about Germany's connection to the Japanese Army were Chinese Nationalist troops.
I just thought you'd like to know.
I enjoy your videos, thank you for for efforts.
Up until the alliance with Japan, Germany had a relationship with China. There was a German businessman that established a safety zone to try to protect Chinese civilians in Nanjing.
Should try harder to be factual.
It is miserable to know that it was the civilians that suffer the most during the wars.
It's the same today. War, war never changes. Only the technology we use to kill one another changes.
And all the people that fought for independence and world peace, died for people today to think their identity is the most important aspect in history, it’s such a joke
If the still at 6:33 was meant to portray Japanese soldiers, it would be erroneous; these were troops of the Chinese Nationalist government, who received German training and equipment (including helmets) prior to the Axis pact.
People i know in Japan are not taught or very briefly informed about this period of time.
Everytime I hear Pearl Harbor I think yeah and grandpa wasn't finished painting the house. Poor man had to haul the furniture back into the house with wet paint. He remembered it till the day he died.
The offense of you sound like a funny story to me?
This channel has came a long way! Getting right up there with weird history! Both narrators are great! Showing the narrator on more recent videos is a positive also! 👍
Why though we dont need to see the dude talking
@@halfpint90 everyone has a opinion... I gave mine...
5:13 That was Despicable for you to show a picture of the US 442nd Division.
They were Japanese Americans who served with great distinction and died for the US.
How dare you place them in this video because you could not find enough Enemy Japanese Soldiers in uniform. PLEASE
remove that picture.
The Japanese Americans who served the US were amongst the most decorated and courageous soldiers who ever fought
The 442nd was THE most decorated US Division of the war weren't they?
They were badasses
Much love to everyone who makes this. You've gotten me through so much depression, as a mother we (my baby and I) both appreciate it ❤, truly. Keep up the good work 🎉.
You'll never know me or how you helped, but thank you 🙏.
Hope you have an amazing life Christina, i wish you and Your baby the best!
I think that you’ll find that Tojo resigned by force as Prime Minister in mid 1944 and not after the war as stated at mark 1:25.
My Great Uncle was a POW of the japanese army during WW2.(He survived a death march there.) They tortured him relentlessly. Pulled his toenails off,burned his feet(they were severely deformed) and more atrocities. He witnessed many of his friends and fellow soldiers tortured,unlifed, even witnessed some cannibalism, and S.A. Committed by the Japanese to innocents. (It happened more than ppl think)
He had major PTSD from it. He became an alcoholic since the day he was saved till the day he passed.
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War is disgusting, when ppl complain about how the Americans acted I look what those evil soldiers did to ppl like my uncle and SMH.
But the actions of these evil men echo to future generations bcs many of these victims became abusers from their abuse. It's truly sad on both sides. I wasn't there I don't know what happenee but I disagree with all the atrocities.
Given everything he's done, it's no doubt he's Japan's Hitler.
NO. Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews. Tojo only went to war with China.
'Doctor from Lhasa' of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa described the POWs' life in Japanese camp in detail.
The most savage act was dropping 2 nuke bombs on civilians
It was necessary. To stop a rising sun is to explode it by a super nova
Noooo. That was done by the divine and holy Americans. So it was a good thing.
WAR IS HELL AS THEY SAY
Evil is evil. No matter who or who did worse.
Oh, this is General who got his head slapped in court 😅
Yeah lol the guy who did it wanted to look insane
I love the closing statement - "Wise words from a criminal". Wisdom indeed can come from unexpected sources.
I had a neighbor who lived through the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, and the only thing he would share about those days, was his wish that the Americans had dropped a hundred nukes on Japan rather than 2.
PS: he didn't meet his Maker. He went to the deepest depth of hell.
I knew of Unit 731, the grape of Nanking, etc., but didn't know much about General Tojo.
My granduncles (grandfather's brothers) joined the US as part of the 442nd Regiment freely. They didn't feel obligated since Hawaii only imprisoned Japanese Americans with any sort of power in their internment camps. My family only owned a coffee plantation, so they just did routine police house checks. During the war, my grandmother was a Japanese nurse. She later immigrated here in the 1950s.
Its a paradox I don't understand. These Japanese Americans were in the US consecration camps, their properties, their dignities were stripped eg humiliated. Nothing like this ever happened to the German Americans. Yet these Japanese Americans chose to do so. Truman wanted to have the image of a non-racist so he concocted this 442nd hoping that these gallant Americans would die. OK, These Americans were under the inexperienced , dumb White general. Yet, out of it only a few got killed or injured, over 1/3 of them got medals and accolades for bravery-yet the resolve of these Americans, even us Filipinos left us amazed. But like anything regarding the non-White accomplishments- nothing is said. The 442 is a 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass model.
Some people just can't handle the truth.
Japan's government has never admitted to any crimes in Nanking. Get your facts right. A generation of Chinese who are all over 90 years old now have a deep hatred for the japanese as they witnessed what happened. The younger generation of Chinese loves anime, Pikachu and sailermoon.
The allies should of never gave Hirohito a pass..
I think it was Yamamoto who came up with the attack at Pearl Harbor. He wanted diplomacy, and wanted war declared first but the military ignored him. Of all of them, he’s the only one who showed integrity
yea but it was not like this is a history channel its entertainment like the history channel is now
Watch what I call 'The Granddaddy of WWII documentaries: The World at War'. It was a British series that came out in the '70's. They interview everyone from a housewife in Germany to the tactician who came up with the strike plan for Pearl Harbor as well as one of the main pilots for the airstrike.
Not, he was against it.
@@malinyamato2291 I just finished a book that said although he was against going to war with the US, Pearl Harbor was his idea although he did want to declare war on them before doing it
@@pippa212 how did you chose your name.... in Swedish Pippa means to have sex.
Atomic bomb and indiscriminate bombardment of civilians are the most brutal.
Who needs to fear about the evil from the supernatural when every form of evilness imaginable has been committed by people specifically men?
This Channel is getting better all the time.
You should do a video about Unit 731
I would like to know more of the Korean War. My dad was in it. He never talked about it.
Even one of the Filipinos that fought beside McArthur, never talked about it. He was captured as POW and escaped by keeping his head below a US Marine's butt. He never spoke on his escape. I guess it was cold and the Chinese have a different way of torturing people.
My grandpa told me, during Japan invaded China and captured northeast China, Japan's Kanto Army ordered, Chinese children, must to study and speak Japanese in schools, that’s similar to what the evil CCP is doing in inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and all cities in China. They are both practicing cultural genocidal policies.
Now, my grandpa still can say some Japanese vocabulary, even though he is already ninety-six years. And my grandma once said to me, when Japan lost the invasion war, they released lots of mice with bacteria from unit 731 on purpose, which killed many innocent Chinese civilians.
After I moved to Japan, I noticed that Japan’s government and media have been intentionally avoiding the unti-human things they once did to innocent Chinese civilians in China. Only propaganda about how miserable Hiroshima and Nagasaki were because America dropped A-bombs.
So, lots of Japanese people never heard of such horrible things, unless they do speak English or have foreign friends.
I find all all of u guys stories about y'all's elders who fought in this war fascinating... Thx for sharing!!!
There were also Dutch and British for the comfort stations that the Japanese took in the women's prison camps.
Yeah, one of those women went to DC-nothing was accomplished. All of those atrocities- not even an acknowledgement of all the comfort women. Some say it was the Japanese version of the Gestapo that was responsible to give comfort to the "war weary' Japanese.
I couldn't help but notice the dancing around saying the name Adolf Hitler. I know he was a despicable person, but may I ask why his name could not be said in this video? I'm genuinely curious
Because mommy UA-cam will demonetize. Ghey I know
The wierd censoring of YT
Can explain about
1. Atomic bomb
2. How japanese treat prisoners
3. World crime against humanity
The weird part about Tojo's way out is that he's in Japan and somehow can't find someone to lop his head off once he can't take the stomach cut anymore. He's literally where this is seen as an honorable way out and he still can't find a guy to help him.
It's because he was a coward. Couldn't do the one thing he ordered thousands of young boys to do for the emperor
@@alexanderbrambila8274 The thing is he can find a doctor to mark his heart. Pretty sure that doctor was from a samurai family because how else can he afford to study medicine. And if he's from a samurai family, I'm pretty sure he knows his way around weapons more than kids whose parents had to pay for not one-on-one kendo class. But somehow that doctor can't just 95% lop off his head after a token attempt at gutting himself?
And they're in Japan. Pretty sure that doctor wasn't the only one he could ask to 95% lop off his head.
That's kind of like being in Japan and not being able to find raw fish to eat, not even pickled mackerel if the deep sea trawlers and Alaskan traders were...ya know...not available (like because of submarines).
@@alexanderbrambila8274 Full offense to you, but you're sitting behind a computer calling a man who died for his country a coward. No matter which side a man fights on dying for your country is far from cowardice. I say that as an American veteran. Now, I don't know what you've done in your life but I think Tojo was far from a coward.
Going up against the world's greatest industry, economy, and military at the time is not something a coward would do. He did this whilst fighting several centuries-old European empires, China, and the USSR.
@@user-pn3im5sm7k so by that logic Göbbels,Borman and their boss weren't cowards either? Horseshit. They were cowards as was Tojo. He was even more cowardly as he couldn't bring himself to actually carry out the same act he expected and ordered others to
@@joshcrapper864 Correct. Not because I'm trying to seem consistent (I dont need to because I am), but because they gave their lives to their country. The country that protects their loved ones. In the case of Goebbels specifically I also understand why he took his family with him and I would have done the same since we now know in hindsight what barbaric animals the Soviets were. They would have given them the Mussolini treatment, if not, worse. The Soviets were the first to sweep the bunker.
Question;...
Have you ever lent your voice to any other History Channel programs. Reason for asking is that your voice sound mighty familiar.😊
Enjoyed the video- maybe less text or longer bubbles? Those pop ups come up and they’re a paragraph. Some of us use this to learn things they didn’t in high school.
The info in the pop up box is more important than than the still images on screen.
All I ever think about when it comes to Bushido is compassion how are you a compassionate samurai
That is the Buddhist philosophy. But the living Shinto god-Hirohito was taught that the Japanese were a superior race. There is also acceptance- Most of these Buddhist generals, accepted the consequence of their action like Gen. Yamashita.
I believe all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant
In the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942, about 15,000 Japanese soldiers were left behind on Guadalcanal Island, suffering from wounds and starvation, even after the Japanese military was ordered to withdraw. The US military thoroughly wiped out the remnants of the Japanese military in a brutal manner. For example, Japanese wounded soldiers who were taken prisoner by the US military were forced to lie on the ground in front of the tanks, lined up in a line, and then run over. After the war, the American magazine Life magazine published the scene.👎😩👎😩👎😩👎
I've heard of the name tojo but i had know idea who he was until now
The US still occupies Japan.
Check Japan's defence policies, they PAY to have the US there because it's cheaper than using their own military.
“Unsavory things” that’s one way to put it…
They had the divine right to get their ass kicked and surrender.
The “information bubbles” It’s a very good idea for giving more in-depth information without increasing the time of the video.
Why didn't he use a Samurai sword?
no Unit 731 in China?
It's funny that the only war criminals are on the losing side
Great video
We won they lost, now we can all be friends and help Ukrainian people.
people in general like to talk about how bad the holocaust was but really, 1930s 1940s china had it worst.
Yes, they did Nanking real bad. Smh
The rape and killing of kids were the worst.
Get your history straight...Tojo's government fell after the loss of Saipan in 1944.
The narrator looks like what he sounds like and I like it
"we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
Don’t forget about 731 unit. Inhuman treatment of thousands and thousands of Chinese. And till today Almost all Japanese didn’t know what cruelty and wickedness really happened. Hope you do a documentary on 731 unit and hope it will never happen again.
Please note : no hate should be on today Japanese people and let all live in peace 🕊️🪷.
Hirohito was just as responsible as Tojo, because nothing can go forward without his go ahead blessings.
Yes Hirohito should also have been charged with war crimes.
This channel is incredible.
My grandfather lived in Daegu South Korea during the occupation and he never talked about it until his last day
Imagine if German and Japan both took over the world and split it in two. Imagine the war they would've had in the future.
There's actually a TV show about that
The Man in the High Castle.
The Iron Curtain, at least the term, wouldn't exist until Winston Churchill coined the phrase in a speech, March 5 1946, at Westminster College, Missouri. The speech is even called the Iron Curtain speech.
Tojo struggled a remorse of whether to implicate Emperor Hirohito or offered himself as the sole responsible of the War crimes.
All I can say Tojo is HEADSHOT, what were you thinking...
6:33 WRONG. Note: the soldiers in tge picture here are actually Kuomintang. Not Imperial Japanese
Why is the famines in west Bengal not highlighted in these videos. I have come across very few or no videos on this.
Correction: Japan has never once apologised for nanking or offered repatriation, Japan still honours it's war criminals in its national shrine, and should never be allowed to have a military ever
I have seen so many speeches where they apologized for their behavior during WWII. So yes they did apologize.
You cant blame todays Japan for their ancestors.
But we can blame todays US for what they did in the least 30-40 years. Should never be allowed to have any military ever.
It's like one page in their school history books and even then its basically soft peddled so no they never actually apologized and had to be forced to apologize for comfort women because of a Korean Boycott.
Do you know Shinto? There are no bones or bodies in the shrine.
I've still yet to adjust to seeing the narrator's face during the video
Me either
That where the Tojo Clan got it's name.
Very concise and explained well. One correction, though. You said, “all kinds of other unsavory things to Japanese civilians and prisoners of war”, talking about Nanking. It should have been Chinese civilians.
Iris Chang who wrote the Rape of Nanking "killed herself" because she had bouts of depression.
All very accurate. Best video I've seen in years yet.
The number of Nazi and Imperial Japan sympathizers in the comments is disturbing.
You stated that “ soldiers” died in Pearl Harbor instead of sailors.
All branches lost personnel in the attack on 7-Dec-41. Sailors and marines at Pearl, and Kaneohe, soldiers at Hickam and Schofield Barracks.
I liked and subscribed for more nutty history lol ☯️
I have a feeling a lot of people don’t know Tojo
Unlike Hitler and Mussolini, Tojo has mostly been forgotten.
@@RedCommunistDragon because he’s not the head of the Japanese country he’s just a general compared to the one you listed Hitler and spaghetti man they are actual leader of the country?
@@randomrhino7500 No Tojo was the leader of Japan, Emperor Hirohito and other members of the royal family were just figure heads similar to kings/queens of Europe.
Kempetei actually means "Thought Police".
Members of my family were Japanese POW. Let's just say they're not fans....
my grandpa lived during both dutch and japanese occupation. he said the dutch would knock the door first when they're about sweeping your house but the japanese just bust down the door
Anyone else notice the similarities in appearance to Heinrich Himmler? Small round faces, round glasses, similar mustaches, small eyes, and small in stature.
According to the Americans who captured Tojo, the doctor marked the right spot for the heart, but Tojo was used to sitting at a desk with a pen, not a pistol. As such, he missed the shot and hit his stomach.
He missed: How can a military general, missed the mark. He didn't want to commit harakiri.
@@pkicng210 He was used to a pen, not a pistol.
OK you wrote the last sentence; so how does a pen shoot (bullet) in this case?
@Jerry The point is Tojo had never fired a gun at anyone before. After his promotion to head of tge Kempetai and later appointment to Prime Minister, he spent his time behind a desk rather than the field. He wasn't shooting a gun at a practice range every day, and he definitely wasn't leading men in the field.
@@battlecross8540The guy was a general and not a shogun samurai. Even the latter knew how to to fire a musket. Something is wrong with the info the Imperial gov't of Japan has given us.
“THE JIG IS UP TOJO!!!”
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Bullshit he asked a doctor to mark where his heart was located as you can literally feel it beat if you feel around with a finger or two.
He was no doubt evil but you’re portraying him as though he was an inept person which seems far fetched.
Not the same Tojo who left his home in Tuscon, AZ.
Get Back?
@@jamesmcgowen1769 Get Back. The 1969 hit single from The Beatles.
@@alanstrong55 great minds think alike mate! I knew what you were talking about when I read your comment 😊
Traumatic to even read about tortures during WW2.
History is manipulated by the winners, no exception.
Bushido code was a for real hard-core state of mind
wow i didnt realize how many us soldiers died in PH but 300k plus japanese (mostly civillians i suppose) died in return what a wild world we live in... much love everyone.
I use voice text and don't always correct it.
The American, and I suppose all allied POWs signed an oath not to tell anyone how they were treated by the Japanese. On their several week trip back to the West Coast of America, the captains of the ships were instructed to leave the cafeteria open 24 hours a day. Not only was this a reward for their being starved as a POW, but also used to fatten them up, so it's not to appear emaciated. The reason for all this was because America knew that Japan must be considered an ally following World War II. Also, General Douglas MacArthur was supreme allied commander, holding more power than the emperor, for five years. The Japanese were so indoctrinated that they expected the United States occupation forces to rape, pillage and kill the civilians. They are surprised, MacArthur treated them as equals. He issued an order, "any American soldier who so much is slaps a Japanese civilian will be sent to Leavenworth, the army prison, for five years." he also forbade the Americans from eating any Japanese food, since the Japanese people were starving to death.
On One occasion, General MacArthur was returning to his office, which was in a large building, directly across from the emperors palace. There was a Japanese man painting the doors who upon seeing General MacArthur and his entourage, made a deep bowel towards MacArthur. MacArthur held a man by his shoulders straightening him up and throwing interpreter said, "sir, you should bow to no man. We are equals."Subsequently during that period of time the number one name for Japanese male babies were variations of Douglas and MacArthur. could you imagine naming your son Douglas MacArthur Yamamoto? It was done millions of times for years to come. Approximate 3% of Allard POWs held in Germany died of non-battlefield injuries, in other words they were murdered. POWs held by the Japanese, the figure is closer to 30%.
My mother always tells me the story how the US ship my father was on dropped off huge supplies of rice and beans to Japan after the war. She says they took the rice but didn’t like the beans.
I hope you make a comparison between tojo and yamashita.