sheepdog Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Cavanami, The issue is not about who took the most hits everyone in the war suffered. Its about the brutality of the Japanese towards POWs and civilians. The Korean guards were even worse as they were down the pecking order from the Japs and took their frustrations out on the POWs. On documentarys we still see Japanese officers denying the mistreatment of POW's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporty Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Foreign Aid: The government of Japan and the Japanese people provide the highest amount of foreign aid than any other country in the world including the USA. The Japanese people do give to other countries. World Top Ten Foreign Aid Donor Countries Country In Billion Dollars United States 12.9 Japan 9.2 Germany 5.4 France 5.2 United Kingdom 4.8 Netherlands 3.4 Italy 2.3 Canada 2.0 Sweden 1.8 Norway 1.8 http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-doners-of-foreigner-aid-map.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Decent documentary on the railway on History Channel this week. Lotsa Ozzies interviewed (I think). Funny that they use subtitles for the Ozzies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Old information, I guess. Japan Foreign Aid thru/in the 1990's was highest. Not now. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Cavanami, The issue is not about who took the most hits everyone in the war suffered. Its about the brutality of the Japanese towards POWs and civilians. The Korean guards were even worse as they were down the pecking order from the Japs and took their frustrations out on the POWs.On documentarys we still see Japanese officers denying the mistreatment of POW's. Wasn't the commander of the Nanking massacre living out his days as a prominent dentist in Japan? Seems I recall him denying a lot of stuff as well as one of the surviving commanders of the Bataan death march/camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Cavanami, The issue is not about who took the most hits everyone in the war suffered. Its about the brutality of the Japanese towards POWs and civilians. The Korean guards were even worse as they were down the pecking order from the Japs and took their frustrations out on the POWs.On documentary's we still see Japanese officers denying the mistreatment of POW's. The Japanese did it for the Emperor...that was their excuse. The Emperor had no idea what was going on, he was a pasty used by the military. Any who, the Japanese were SOB's and even today, are greatly hated by the Chinese! Last time I was working in China. one Chinese said he would find it very easy to kill a Japanese...lots of hatred!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 one Chinese said he would find it very easy to kill a Japanese...lots of hatred!!! Heard similar opinions myself when I was in China in 2006. Both from people who were there (ex's family) and younger ones who had been told the story.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Cav don't forget the Emp's close relatives where serving in Army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 As a Yank (US citizen), we were taught in school about the Japanese "sneak attack". Many years later, after working in Japan and learning about the "real" history of Japan...like that fact that the Japanese ALWAYS told the people that they were about to attack, so as in, Japan NEVER did any "sneak attacks"...hmmmm...the US gov spinning more lies and bullocks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 I'm fairly sure what you were taught was accurate, in fact from what I remember the Japanese knew the only way they would win against America was to attack the ships with no prior warning, so the order was given, and some Japanese in the higher military had a hard time agreeing with the plan. I have a feeling that the Japanese may have declared war minutes before they bombed Pearl Harbour... Not sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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