Once someone provides a link it is a very easy thing to find more links and confirm the stories as true. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=4477 Japan's occupation of China had cost 15 million Chinese lives. Civilians had been raped, tortured, enslaved and massacred, while British and US prisoners were subjected to hideous maltreatment. The Japanese had been waging biological warfare in China. Their notorious Unit 731 subjected hundreds of prisoners to vivisection. Many captured American airmen were beheaded. Some were eaten. A B-29 crew was dissected alive at a Japanese city hospital.
PA, There have been several older threads regarding the Japanese atrocities including those that you have mentioned. Just search our forum first before the internet, you may be surprised. Regards Tom
Just search our forum first before the internet, you may be surprised. Yes, works for me every time, I think this forum should replace some, erm official history sites
Yes, of course you are right and I should have posted them for our friend rather then reposting them. Enough has been said and I will close this now. Thank you,
For all of the Japanese atrocities committed during WWII No greater atrocity can be attributed than that committed by Lt-Gen Arthur Percival when he surrendered his force to a numerically inferior invader in Singapore. Had the "vanquished" army known of their fate BEFORE the event, would they have really been so willing to allow Percival to order them to throw down their arms? Maybe an unfair appraisal, I know, but under the circumstances how many of those poor blokes would have chosen to fight on rather than face life in Changi Prison or a march to the Death Railway? Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing.
For all of the Japanese atrocities committed during WWII No greater atrocity can be attributed than that committed by Lt-Gen Arthur Percival when he surrendered his force to a numerically inferior invader in Singapore. Had the "vanquished" army known of their fate BEFORE the event, would they have really been so willing to allow Percival to order them to throw down their arms? Maybe an unfair appraisal, I know, but under the circumstances how many of those poor blokes would have chosen to fight on rather than face life in Changi Prison or a march to the Death Railway? Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing. Well said, they possibly may not have made it to Singapore. However there was a shortage of RAF/RAAF aircraft as well (pity they didnt have the Hurricanes given to Thailand)
Yes, works for me every time, I think this forum should replace some, erm official history sites A sound idea. I recently came across a so called 'Educational Project' that, among other errors, promulgated the idea that the successful evacuation of Crete was due to the Australian Provost Corps of Military Police. I'd always thought the fighting rearguards and the Royal Navies had something to do with it. OK rant over. No doubt the MPs were a fine body of men doing a valuable job but really! what sort of C*** and half truths are being fed to the young people of NSW! Maybe membership of this forum should be a mandatory qualification for anyone claiming to teach the history of WWII
Someone had to direct them to the right evacuation areas or else you have a rabble roaming around the hills.There wasnt much time to evacuate and thats the provosts job.
Spider, I know the valuable role of the MPs and had the article been about the role of the Provost Corps or a memoir I'd have had no problem with it but this was meant to be about the whole battle and was riddled with error, unsubstantiated personal opinion masquerading as fact and in places a rather unpleasant nationalistic bias. In short it was 'bad' history. As an opinion piece fine, as an educational piece appalling! Plus it didn't endear itself to me to find that my uncle spent the rest of his life with a metal plate in his head as the result of an incident that never happened! I needed to have a rant and if this offends anyone I apologise.
Perhaps post the article, and raise your grievances in the appropriate thread on Greece and Crete (sounds like a good idea) so we can all have a look. I can’t comment on something not seen, and off topic.
Hallo PA I dont give too much trust to that website anymore, especially with facts and figures. Despite me emailing them, they still state that my WW1 battalion of research lost 37,000 men - as opposed to the factual figure of circa 620! Besides which, nothing would ever surprise me about what those crazy wacky Japs of Ww2 and their 'cultural differences' were capable of! best regards Once someone provides a link it is a very easy thing to find more links and confirm the stories as true. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=4477 Japan's occupation of China had cost 15 million Chinese lives. Civilians had been raped, tortured, enslaved and massacred, while British and US prisoners were subjected to hideous maltreatment. The Japanese had been waging biological warfare in China. Their notorious Unit 731 subjected hundreds of prisoners to vivisection. Many captured American airmen were beheaded. Some were eaten. A B-29 crew was dissected alive at a Japanese city hospital.
