Execution of Leonard Siffleet one of the most brutal photo of World War 2 story

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Execution of Leonard Siffleet one of the most brutal photo of World War 2 story
Leonard George Siffleet was an Australian commando of World War II. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he joined Australian Army in 1941, and by 1943 promoted to the rank of sergeant. Siffleet his patrol were sent on a mission in hollandia, Papua New Guinea, where were captured by local guinean villagers and handed over to the Japanese. All three men were interrogated, tortured and later executed by beheading. A photograph of Leonard Siffleet's execution shows the brutality of the Japanese Imperial Army. His identity was often confused with that of other servicemen in particular Flight Lieutenant Bill Newton, who suffered a similar fate.
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@thejacal2704 2 жыл бұрын

I met a Japanese woman who was studying English in the U.K. It was only during her time in the U.K that she learnt about Japanese atrocities in the war. She was horrified, then disgusted that this is not taught in Japan.

@hayedncs9569 Ай бұрын

Japanese atrocities in war is part of Philippines history. Their new/ incoming learders are not proud of Japan history in war that's why they never taught in Japan.

@Thomas-uu9ex Ай бұрын

Shame on them !

@pooooornopigeon Ай бұрын

@@hayedncs9569I bet they don't teach about Marcos getting most of the so called ' Yamashita gold '

@LemonHead-sq5ws Ай бұрын

They do teach WW2 in Japanese schools and it’s common knowledge for anyone that’s been to a library anywhere in the world so she was just clueless like most women 😅 also women don’t care much for history or war in general like how men do

@LemonHead-sq5ws Ай бұрын

They do teach about WW2 in Japanese schools it’s also common knowledge for anyone that’s been to a library anywhere she was just clueless like most women 😅 also women don’t really care much about history or war like how men do

@stevenbradford1662 2 жыл бұрын

Any coward can kill a prisoner.

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 2 жыл бұрын

How utterly disgusting to do this to this man.

@mrradman2986 2 жыл бұрын

War crime. Those responsible if apprehended should have been hanged not given imprisonment.

@thepeanut2681 Ай бұрын

Nah, give them the same treatment

@michaelallen3918 2 жыл бұрын

My old boss was a Spitfire pilot in ww2 in Burma. His mate was shot down by the Japanese and his plane crash landed in the Irrawaddy river in Burma. The Japanese apparently cut his throat as he attempted to get out of his plane. My boss, hell bent on revenge went out the next day and at a low altitude bombed a school house which had about 200 Japanese soldiers inside, he got them but the force from the explosion nearly caused him to crash because he was so low... After the war he would never buy anything that had anything to do with Japan... Till his dying days he never forgave them for what they did to his best mate.

@Cissy2cute 2 жыл бұрын

War is hell.

@iananderson3799 2 жыл бұрын

Atrocities on both sides.

@clemfarley7257 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but a lot more on 1. Ask the Jews and Chinese.

@iananderson3799 2 жыл бұрын

@@clemfarley7257 History is written by the victors.

@gazza2933 2 жыл бұрын

@@iananderson3799 Really??

@errickflesch5565 2 жыл бұрын

I would have rather fought in European theater than the South Pacific. Those Japanese were on another level of brutality.

@davidevans3498 2 жыл бұрын

True to a point, but the war on the Eastern front was every bit as brutal as the Far East. Indeed nearly 70% of POWs died on this front, and mass absuse, murder, etc of civilians was common by both sides. Personally I think the only fate worse than Nazi occupation was being "liberated" by the Soviets

@theprinceoftides6836 2 жыл бұрын

Truth and facts, nailed. But WW 2 truly brought the worse in humanity. Let's just hope we dont get to experience one in our lifetime.

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidevans3498 Gonna be honest bro, the Pacific sounds a hell of a lot worse than the Eastern Front. The jungles sound horrid, filled with tropical diseases left and right not to mention the heat and low visibility. Let's get on to the enemy itself. Literally taking prisoners in the Pacific was deadly. Fighting an enemy that never feared death is exhausting and horrifying. Not to mention how the Japanese treated POWs. If you were lucky, you would at least be brought to a camp. If not, well you end up like our Aussie friend in the photograph.

@rossbrown6641 Ай бұрын

@@theprinceoftides6836 Yanks in Vietnam?

@robertcudlipp3426 2 жыл бұрын

This is an extremely well known photograph in Australia. Japanese brutatilty to Auustralian soldiers and other in WW2 has not been forgotten.

@malcolmcurthoys5273 2 жыл бұрын

Robert do you know of the story of the prisoners aboard a Japanese ship that didn't waiver and begun singing at the top of their lungs while they were being decapitated???question do you know what song they sang..I posted a comment here about that but am not 100%on what they sang I'd like to know cheers I feel it was Advance Australia fair!!!

@kenemmens6281 2 жыл бұрын

About 55 years ago I met a former WWII NZ soldier near Wellington who had been a POW of the Japanese. They had cut his tongue off so that he could no longer talk. Heinously cruel war crimes such as that, and worse, seemed not to worry the Japanese. Thankfully the Americans ended the war with Japan by dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities. Who knows what could have happened if the Allies had lost the war.

@alfx5432 2 жыл бұрын

RIP

@alfx5432 2 жыл бұрын

@@kenemmens6281 They would have murdered and Raped are women and girls.

@Iamhim2004 2 жыл бұрын

@@kenemmens6281 they should have dropped one in Tokyo too(that would have been satisfying), and burn the shit out of those people

@michaelpoling5581 2 жыл бұрын

My father was in New guinea and Philippines during the war, never would talk about what his experience was. Absolutely hated the Japanese, they were ruthless and NEVER gave up. Died in 1987 at 64 years old

@newyorklad3994 2 жыл бұрын

My father as well, in the 542nd Engineer, Boat & Shore Regiment serving in the Bismarck archipelago in New Guinea & the Phillipines. After WW II was a mailman in Manhattan. Died in 1988 at age 69. Kept it all inside, but wanted nothing to do with anything Japanese.

@alicel3992 2 жыл бұрын

Michael P That's why it took two atomic bombs to be dropped. Then the emperor surrendered. Congressmen Robert Dole was prisoner of the Japanese, his arm was never the same bc of their torture. 😥

@PWBELL 2 жыл бұрын

@@alicel3992 Hi, I’m pretty sure Bob Dole was injured fighting the Germans.

@alicel3992 2 жыл бұрын

@@PWBELL My bad. Bob Dole served in US Army against Italy. Thank you for the correction 😀

@kevinthomas9002 2 жыл бұрын

im part japanese

@nigelbrown1807 2 жыл бұрын

I am an Australian,and this is just mild compared to what these little monsters did.

@swiv99 2 жыл бұрын

well thats silly to put them all in a group because of your hate for something that happened over 50yrs ago. Many Japanese didn't want war either, like germany they were brainwashed

@robertneven7563 2 жыл бұрын

@@swiv99 hello , i been in Mannila many years agoing, i here the storry s of tortures by the japanees monsters againt the poor Fillipino s

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

If you dislike Japanese, then you should dislike Germans too, unless you're a hypocrite who gives them a pass just because they're white

@nigelbrown1807 2 жыл бұрын

Suggesting I am racist as you are insinuating is ludicrous.I suggest you read the history books,and perhaps you could start with ''the rape of Nanking'' by Iris Chan.@@80s_Boombox_Collector

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

@@nigelbrown1807 Everyone knows about the Rape of Nanking. But what does that have to do with the Japanese people of today?

@swiv99 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know the backstory/history of this man instead of just the brutality of the image

@earnhardtk23 2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered who that man was, now I know, rip,brave

@terrygabriel6937 2 жыл бұрын

Google Operation Ramau or Ramou. Tells the true story of 10 Australian and British commandos who were captured and beheaded in July 1945 in Singapore.

@thomaslennon3658 2 жыл бұрын

God bless Leonard! These kids today, in the U.S. don't even know why we, along with our allies, fought that war! Because they aren't being taught!

@thefamilysilver9762 2 жыл бұрын

A disgraceful crime, and probably hasn't been apologised for or even acknowledged by Japan.

@stevepickett4453 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese still havnt owned up for their atrocities and brutal treatment to allied soldiers and civilians

@rawjusticeman3128 2 жыл бұрын

Imperial Japan should deserved more than 2 A-bombs, at least 10 for its brutality.

@anthonycola8167 2 жыл бұрын

Why should they apologise to Americans , the American soldiers and govt has done worse to 5million of their civilians - who the heck do you think the Australian /Axis /Americans are holier than thou ???

@thefamilysilver9762 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonycola8167 So you'd be okay if this happened to you and no one cared afterwards?

@anthonycola8167 2 жыл бұрын

@@thefamilysilver9762 Nope that's not what I'm saying , however why should people care about Americans dying when Americans don't care about others dying , having land stolen & bombed , oil and resources stolen and the American Govt waterboarding and tortured prisoners !

@ulrikreimann652 2 жыл бұрын

Modern Germany has said "sorry" for WW2 atrocities many times - Japan has not...

@super_street_racer5094 2 жыл бұрын

Japan was pushed to do it... The americans secretly forced that to happen

@Sandhill1988 2 жыл бұрын

@@super_street_racer5094 And then they got some atomic bombs up there asses.

@super_street_racer5094 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sandhill1988 yep cause americans didn't want to invade them... Kinda sad that they chose to kill innocent people instead of fighting the true evil.

@gone547 2 жыл бұрын

@@super_street_racer5094 you need to do some research and stop spouting your corrupted BS. Invading the Japanese mainland islands with conventional forces would have resulted in massive military and civilian casualties. Those caused by the A-bombs was minor by comparison and forced Japan to capitulate before the Soviets could gain more ground on Japanese islands. Do some reading, instead of parroting.

@stevepickett4453 2 жыл бұрын

That's right there an young generation s of Japanese have no idea what their dark past in history it's not even taught in their schools in Japan

@johnwick-ii6il 2 жыл бұрын

My father was a merchant marine during the Japanese invasion of china. He was able to take many photographs of the executions . The Japanese even posed for the pictures, and were very proud of their barbarity. Father witnessed and photographed the public execution of 117 so called pirates in one day. His efforts were supported by a journalist in the states who would supply film developing and make copies of the worst photos.. I have seen some of fathers pics in old newsreels and war documentaries on you tube. I took his album of atrocity photos to high school for a history project, and the instructor confiscated them. I had to tell my father, but he was only angry at the school. They stated that the pics had been discarded. But when faced with litigation, they soon revealed that the instructor had taken them home....they were promptly returned.

@robertcudlipp3426 2 жыл бұрын

Australia still vividly remembers the Japanese barbarity. However, as a student of history, the Russians , Germans and other mainly eastern Europeans committed unspeakable acts of the worst human abuse imaginable.

@akatheheretic3014 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcudlipp3426 Precisely ! 😱

@markjones7185 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcudlipp3426 if you were a student of history, your would know the brutality of the Japanese in China, the rape of Nanking and more.

@robertcudlipp3426 2 жыл бұрын

@@markjones7185 I know the brutal details all too well.

@thomaspatton3401 2 жыл бұрын

Fucking dumbasses taking personal property.

@jamesfournier3458 2 жыл бұрын

A relative of mine, from England, was in the Japanese prisoner of war camp where they built the Bridge over the River Kwai. My mother told me that after the war, someone served him rice and he went crazy. So horrible what these men went through.

@gmshadowtraders 2 жыл бұрын

Damn! What a story 😲

@bonkeydollocks1879 2 жыл бұрын

Yes same, I knew someone who's father went through this, he would have nothing japanese and nobody could mention the Japanese

@lenarae3845 Жыл бұрын

Recently watched a movie on Netflix, The Railway Man (2013). Was created from the 1995 autobiographical memoirs of British soldier Eric Lomax, who was captured in Singapore, then sent to a POW camp in the Malay Peninsula and forced to work building the Thai-Burma railroad. According to his book, the Japanese were brutal. He was continuously targeted by the secret police commander there, Kempeitai. Eric Lomax suffered from extreme psychological trauma for the remainder of his life.

@helengazzara8725 Ай бұрын

We should never trust the Japanese again. Why do people even visit there? They haven’t changed - they just hide it, and they don’t teach their children about it.

@jamesb.9155 2 жыл бұрын

If they hadn't come up with the Atomic weapons used against Imperial Japan, it would have been a very much longer, difficult and costly road to final victory over them. It still took several days after the 2 bombings to convince them to unconditionally surrender.

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

The bombing of Hiroshima is probably the only time in history where a war crime was necessary

@truenokill 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Officer Siffleet 🙏 😔

@alanmartin5119 2 жыл бұрын

Kay Horrific->agreed

@alanmartin5119 2 жыл бұрын

Kay You’re a 💎

@1elkhills Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace

@_Yellow1945Monkey_Japan_Asian Ай бұрын

SORRY 😔🎎

@_Yellow1945Monkey_Japan_Asian Ай бұрын

Sorry

@2NDCBT 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this! I discovered this photo in a history book when I was very young. I wondered about this young man for quite a while. Very brave man. No bad thing in my life will compare to what this man went through. Puts a lot into perspective.

@bhackett4 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to know where Chikao's grave or urn is so I can piss on it.

@shauntaylor7654 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Australian soldier you are never forgotten.

@pauldickinson6943 2 жыл бұрын

very heavy photo.

@Dango167 2 жыл бұрын

Read my comment above and you might change your mind.

@pauldickinson6943 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dango167 no need, people are cunts, have been since the year dot, end of 👍

@jerrybehr420 2 жыл бұрын

A sad iconic ww2 picture . RIP to the Australian commando who looked like a great person took care of his sister and younger brothers and had a fiancee ...the sad tragedies of war ...

@hirayaman246 2 жыл бұрын

Theres no honour in this. My respect to australian.

@denisebranch4719 2 жыл бұрын

Many don't know the torture the Japanese did at their camps in WWII.. some tortures they did the Nazis didn't even do.. I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN I READ WHAT THEY DID

@kevinjohnson3521 2 жыл бұрын

The Rape of Nankin was beyond evil…

@rawjusticeman3128 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinjohnson3521 , that's correct. If WW3 broke out, China will exert a terrible revenge on Japan.

@pmtips4482 2 жыл бұрын

@@rawjusticeman3128 You got that right!!

@gazza2933 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Denise.

@thepeanut2681 Ай бұрын

You know you done some real fucked up shit when even the NAZIS don't go that far

@jade7602 2 жыл бұрын

A very tragic story illustrating again man's inhumanity to man, a cycle that remains unbroken. Thank you for this informative clip.

@rickradix7464 2 жыл бұрын

A very famous photo that doesn't get the exposure it deserves anymore. Thank you.

@anthonybrown4628 2 жыл бұрын

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. When people think of atrocities during WW2, the first thing they think of is the Holocaust. While that is a terrible atrocity, it sure as hell wasn't the only one. A majority of Japan's war crimes in the Pacific war are overshadowed by Germany's and that is a huge diservice.

@deepakgurung3853 2 жыл бұрын

My grand father was gurkha soldier. He was captured by japanese but he was successful in escaping from camp.

@socotroquito2007 2 жыл бұрын

I rememeber we had a Scottish veteran of the Burma campaign in our Church , he always felt sad and felt uneasy when the rain season started , he was a very softspoken person , skinny , and a little nervous , he only told us that he saw things nobody should have seen.

@johngranato2673 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was in the Navy during WWII and served in the Pacific theater. He was among those who "island hopped." He saw a great deal of action--including being involved in hand-to-hand combat. He was discharged in March 1946.

@robertmitchell9529 5 ай бұрын

My dad also served in the United States Army and was also part of the Pacific Theater. My father died of cancer of the pancreas in 2008 at the age of 87. He was a good man and I miss him dearly.

@johngranato2673 5 ай бұрын

@@robertmitchell9529 May he rest in peace--and all the best to you!

@johngranato2673 Ай бұрын

@@garysoutar451 My dad, too, disliked the Japanese. Of course, I don't. By the way, my dad was Italian--oddly, he never mentioned the Italians who, as you know, were an allies of Japan and Germany. Of course, fascism was born in Italy.

@hotrodford4274 2 жыл бұрын

A former Girlfriend's Father was a B-29 Navigator with 30 missions . He owned a paper products business. One day a Japanese business man came into his office , interested in a large purchase. Over his desk was a large photo of a B-29. The Japanese man saw the photo and got up and left immediately ! Two sides to ever situation , I suppose. Thousands of innocent people died in the B-29 raids so I guess this guy had horrible memories of that ? My friends Father had no love for the Japanese , and never would drive a Japanese car , but his business was his living.

@davidevans3498 2 жыл бұрын

Unlike Germany, Japan got away with many of its war crimes and worse does not even accept that they happened. I blame the American administration for this. It is unhealthy for a country to forget the reality of its history. I feel no animosity towards the Japanese people who did not indulge in these acts.

@george5590 2 жыл бұрын

why did they get away with it?

@vyatranto 2 жыл бұрын

Because Japan never accepted Geneva Convention, while Germany did. I don't condone Japanese atrocities in WW2 but it was their military code of conduct since pre-Meiji era: the Bushido. During Samurai period, they were more ruthless to commoners and prisoners (they usually don't take prisoners anyway). I just don't like the fact that this history never taught to new Japanese generations, unlike what Germany did. Young Germans knows more about Nazi and WW2 than young Japanese. The Japan government seems to hide the fact of Japan's war crimes from the young generations. But they lose more honour doing this after WW2. Indonesia was occupied by Dutch for about 350 years, but Japanese occupation of about 3.5 years dealt more damage than the Dutch. Although, because of Japanese occupation, Indonesia had the chance to declare independence from the Dutch Colonial. Dutch seems to have no shame at that time. After being occupied by Nazi in WW2, they tried to re-occupied Indonesia with their Nederland Indies Civil Administration (NICA). And even invaded Indonesia using military aggression twice.

@danielmorse4213 2 жыл бұрын

Our culture is very different. Life means very little in a top down culture in most Asian countries. Not an excuse but the truth. It's why China kills Christians.

@VinhNguyen-fb9lk 2 жыл бұрын

We dropped 2 nukes on them… paid in full

@anthonycola8167 2 жыл бұрын

Who did the Germans mainly oppress and now their grand children run the media /tv news /papers etc...? That and some other causes too.

@robertmartinez4174 2 жыл бұрын

Every Year on the anniversary of the Nuclear Attack on Japan, A Bell is Rung. Does Japan Ever Ring A Bell for The Atrocities That Japan Committed ?

@deadeyecpt.7765 2 жыл бұрын

Does Italy mourn those civilians they killed with gas during the occupation of Etiopia in 1935? No. Does Britan mourn those civilians they killed while suppressing uprisings back when they were still the largest empire on Earth, during the Indian revolution or the American civilians they killed during the war of independence? No. Does Russia mourn the victims of their brutal repressions in Eastern Europe while they were ruled by the Soviets? No. Does the US mourn those civilian they killed by bombing cities back in WW2, during city fighting in Vietnam or more recently in Afghanistsn and Iraq?No. Does any country ever say "sorry" because some of their troops in ww2 executed prisoners on the spot instead of capturing them (which btw is a fact that is shown not only in movies but is also present in books written by veterans of that conflict, stories that I had the chance to hear first hand by veterans of that conflict) because if they took care of them they wouldn't be able to advance? No.

@drdr76 2 жыл бұрын

@@deadeyecpt.7765 Nationalism is a disease that destroys humanity. We should all memorialize the victims of these wars on all sides.

@super_street_racer5094 2 жыл бұрын

@@deadeyecpt.7765 Very well said some "veterans" seem to have forgottent this or try their best to not think about it.

@daniellinehan63 2 жыл бұрын

A Hero, forever

@ovloh 2 жыл бұрын

The world must not forget brutality and atrocity committed by the Imperial Japanese army against children, women, and POWs during the WWII.

@timothygibson2056 2 жыл бұрын

I rang the peace bell in Hiroshima in 1998 and was dismayed at the peace museum's tepid narrative of Japan's brutal involvement and responsibility for the war. I made a point of writing my thoughts of what really happened in the logbook at the conclusion of the exhibit. This from someone who admires the serene Japanese aesthetic of gardens and teahouses - something which must have been greatly lacking in the mindset of the brutal wartime leaders.

@vernalc2449 2 жыл бұрын

WOW, another great job with all the facts. There are NO WINNERS in war and it is astounding what humans can do to each other.

@davidcotuit 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this photo in Life Magazine in 1945 when I was 6 years old. It was profoundly disturbing to me.

@shimoneliezer2384 2 жыл бұрын

Two of my grandparents, my grandmother’s youngest daughter, a second oldest brother were killed. My mother with four little children were captured in Japanese camps on Java, Indonesia. The Japanese military found joy to torture and kill prisoners and beheadings like this they were forced to watch. An aunt was taken as a “comfort girl” for the soldiers because they were so far from home. My father and his younger brother who were in the army were taken prison to work at the Birma railroad. After words they were taken to Nagasaki and later to Nagaoka also for slavery jobs. Torture, no food, no medicine, hours of labor made my father a man of 1:85 m into a skeleton of 39 kg when the Americans and Australians freed them. When te emperor Hirohito from Japan came to Amsterdam in 1971 to open the Okura hotel he, his family, friends specially POW, felt so humiliated by the Dutch government for refusing to ask Japan to say sorry. The fast majority of the Dutch people didn’t have a clue what happened in the Dutch-Indians. It is a sad story but thank you for posting.

@dathorndike4908 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing my friend

@RikHendriksDutchCo 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I am familiar with your story as a descendant of an Indische kniller. My grandfather and a few of his older sons survived the horrors of the Burma railway.

@drdr76 2 жыл бұрын

That is why education is so important, especially a history education.

@roxelanarohatyn7418 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. My father was a sailor on board a RIN destroyer during WW2. His ship endured torpedo attacks from IJN submarines.

@patriciarose6371 2 ай бұрын

Very sad and illustrates what man's inhumanity to others is capable of. JAPAN fought this war in their Emperors Hiroshima's name and he should have been tried as war criminals. Instead he was feted and paraded down Mall in post war LONDON . Returned soldiers stood with their backs to the carriage carrying him and the Queen.

@tomchevalier5491 2 жыл бұрын

Now you see why President Truman did what he did to Japan

@mikesantoro6589 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@jaybird1229 2 жыл бұрын

If President Truman hadn't dropped the two nukes on Japan, we would have had to invade Japan. They didn't believe in surrendering and the casualties on both sides would have been horrendous!! The Japanese were training children and women to run under tanks with bombs 💣 strapped to them. Hundreds of thousands on the Allied side and over a million-plus on the Japanese side. Japan would have been reduced to the ' stone age '. Everyone would have lost.

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaybird1229 Sure, according to Western authors, talking about what they THINK the Japanese would have done

@jaybird1229 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector It's what the Japanese WERE doing!! Check out the battles of Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa. They fought to the last man and refused to surrender. Invading the home Japanese islands would have been the same except on a gigantic scale. After Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, we would only accept unconditional surrender from them. They refused to do so. An invasion of Japan would have had hundreds of thousands of casualties on the Allied side and over a million plus on the Japanese side. Sometimes in war, you have to choose the lesser of ✌️two evils 🐍.

@genehollon1472 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaybird1229 ABSOLUTELY, Jay Bird.

@davegoldsmith4020 2 жыл бұрын

The treatment of allied POWs by the Japanese left effects that lasted for the rest of their lives. I was in an RAF hospital in the 80's in the next bed was a far east POW veteran, he had been in the same hospital in 1945, he was more stressed by the memory of 1945 than he was about the operation he was going to have in the 80's. My uncle had been a FEPOW, for the rest of his life he would have nothing to do with anything Japanese.

@genehollon1472 2 жыл бұрын

i KNEW MANY like your Dad !!!!! THEY WOULD N O T allow any Japanese product on their business property . A N D- would not sell ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE to ANY RECOGNIZED OR DISCOVERED person from Japan OR Germany . Later< his son took over the business< and the hard line dissipated slowly. They are still in business TODAY !!!!!!

@_Yellow1945Monkey_Japan_Asian Ай бұрын

What would happen if I said hello to you? I am a great Japanese

@davegoldsmith4020 Ай бұрын

@@_Yellow1945Monkey_Japan_Asian I would say hello back. But I will always remember what the FEPOWs tell me. I also visited the commonwealth war graves in Thailand and saw the headstones of those that died on the river Kwai. Something else I will never forget.

@magyarninetysix9821 2 жыл бұрын

I looked after an old fellow who had fought in Burma. Even after 50 plus years he had a burning hatred for the Japanese as a result of their obscene cruelty. I knew him for some years and he was not a man to exaggerate or be overly emotional. I had no reason to disbelieve what he described of them. The Chinese will get even with them some day for the siege of Nanking.

@gregshaw1417 2 жыл бұрын

And this is why the Atomic bombs were justified and you never apologize for them!!!

@DanielJimenez-uu9yl Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@Marc816 2 жыл бұрын

Another reason for the use of the Little Boy and the Fat Man. BTW, the Japanese army officer who did the execution, Yasuno Chikao, was himself killed in April 1944 by American forces on Hollandia, according to info I found on Google.

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

Let's not pretend that Americans didn't execute some POWs as well

@ericsmith5730 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector boo hoo

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector They didn't. Most of the time, the POWs committed suicide attacks which killed medics. Second, the Marines didn't take prisoners cuz the Japanese didn't mind dying. Third, POWs who were wise enough to surrender were placed in very comfortable POW camps in mainland US and Australia.

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 You couldn't be more wrong. All you have to do is read, both sides committed war crimes, rape, and murder.

@williammclaughlin497 2 жыл бұрын

God bless these brave men. RIP

@TricksterDa 2 жыл бұрын

I first saw this picture back in the 50s when I was about ten years old. It was included in a collection of photographs in a special edition of LIFE Magazine commemorating the tenth anniversary of the end of World War II. I remember being disturbed by it, just thinking about what must have been going through Siffleet's mind (though in those days I didn't know his name, only that he was a POW.). The memory of this picture stayed with me for the longest time after I saw it. I felt so sorry for him.

@_Yellow1945Monkey_Japan_Asian Ай бұрын

I apologize for that short Japanese Army man. You have to know that Japan had a population of 80 million at that time. As a monkey, I feel very sorry.

@malcolmcurthoys5273 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Aussie Digger!!!reminds me of the story of the prisoners aboard a Japanese ship that was heading back to Japan and they started executing the soldiers with samurai..in the midst of this they Aussie soldiers began proudly singing with a patriotic passion in the midst of being decapitated not giving the Japanese soldiers the satisfaction of breaking their spirits..I heard this recount from Japanese soldiers who were there and they were astounded at the men's resounding honor and unbroken spirit..I don't remember what song they sang I'd like to say it was Advance Australia fair our national anthem or waltzing Matilda but I'm leaning towards anthem Does anyone know??RESPECT ALWAYS to our PROUD DIGGERS 🇦🇺✌👍

@malcolmcurthoys5273 2 жыл бұрын

@Cathy Berry totally agree with you THANKS for your comment have a good day cheers Cathy

@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын

Who knows what they sang. I doubt it would have been Advance Australia Fair though, that didn't become the national anthem until 1974. When I was a kid I remember standing on parade at school and every morning they would have the school band playing God Save our Queen (the national anthem at the time) while they ran the Australian flag up the flagpole. Australia considered itself much a part of the British Empire in those days, so it could have been God Save our King.

@malcolmcurthoys5273 Жыл бұрын

@@marknorris1381 I'm 43 and had never heard either queen or king I seen a doco of that moment on ship was talked about by Japanese soldiers who were therI thought it was a great moment of few rm moments for them that made me proud and grateful to hear recount of their actions regardless of anyone ever hears of it and the Anzac spirit reaffirmed once again

@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын

@@malcolmcurthoys5273 I started school in 1969. Having the school band play God Save our Queen went through to about the mid 1970's that I can remember.

@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын

@@malcolmcurthoys5273 I agree with you on the Anzac spirit 100%. My grandfather and uncle were WW2 veterans of the Pacific, one of my grandfathers neighbours was a POW who worked as slave labour in the harshest conditions on the Thai Burma Railway. My grandmother also gave me my grandfathers service medals for WW2 to keep safe, 37 years ago, which I still have them of course. Most precious thing I have.

@williamlane9844 2 жыл бұрын

Japan has never apologized for the atrocities committed by their soldiers In WW2, they swore their elegance to their emperor, and the late Prince Philip even went to his funeral, disgusting,

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure Prince Philip had a face of distaste when he attended Hirohito's funeral

@davidx6274 2 жыл бұрын

My father's best friend who was older was captured by the Japanese towards the end of the second world war.If it was ever mentioned it was met with silence.Never,ever forgive what this country did

@marknugent2052 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story.

@brianpite0893 2 жыл бұрын

Tragic.

@23879988 2 жыл бұрын

Nasty barbarous people.

@Proulxme 2 жыл бұрын

I was offered a job in Japan in the 1970s. At about the same time my father introduced me to a fellow veteran who had been a POW after the fall of Hong Kong. He was very friendly but couldn’t engage in a conversation. You see, the Japanese had cut out his tongue. I didn’t take the job.

@pinkrose5796 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! I don't blame you! What they did to your father's friend was inexcusable and unconsciousable! 😭😭😭😭

@lawchambersarbainaziz3211 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkrose5796 above all, UNFORGIVEABLE

@deadeyecpt.7765 2 жыл бұрын

And most likely, those responsible for it weren't the same people that offered him that job so yeah... well done at generalizing a whole nation and its people for the acts committed by some of them.

@drdr76 2 жыл бұрын

@@deadeyecpt.7765 You don't get it do you?

@super_street_racer5094 2 жыл бұрын

Wow as dumb as it gets 😂😂 so if an american hurts your family you will move to an other country? 😂

@brettsairgent577 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese were sadistic and inhuman the way they treated prisoners of war ,they have never apologised for the war crimes they committed and many Australian still don't forgive them and rightly so

@timsmith8687 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese had no compassion for any prisoners, I'm sure if prisoners knew what they were in for when captured ,they would never surrender. The Japanese seemed to enjoy treating POW in appallingly. Rest in peace all of the soldiers that were murdered by these so called hourable nation.

@JD-zd8tm 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Asia a few years ago and told a neighbor of mine who was in his 80's at the time to come with me in jestful way. I said "We can meet some pretty filipina girls" .. he resonded "No, I know enough about the Philippines because a friend of mine was in the Bataan Death March" . The smile came off my face

@omfug8593 2 жыл бұрын

Only if he could see that his home Australia today is like

@jackspratt2460 2 жыл бұрын

He would see mass murder going on.

@steffenrosmus9177 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackspratt2460 which mass murder?

@ericsmith5730 2 жыл бұрын

@@steffenrosmus9177 your government is fucked and are corona Nazis

@GuildfordGhost 2 жыл бұрын

I knew nothing about this photo. Thank you.

@timjames6190 2 жыл бұрын

A bloody brave man murdered by a cruel race of soldier at that time with no compassion and a pure hatred of POW’s . My uncle was a pow in Burma and was crucified I remember his scars on his hands and legs plus his body was in pain for the rest of his life 😔 let’s say uncle Bill never forgave the Japanese

@gschmidt820 2 жыл бұрын

When WW2 vets get asked, " How do you feel about dropping the A bomb"? I always think of this photo, and then go on with my day. fight fire with fire.

@rawjusticeman3128 2 жыл бұрын

I think most would say...why only 2 A-bombs ?, that's too little.

@marcblank3036 2 жыл бұрын

The other 2 fellows executed were forgotten. Luckily the Japanese are reminded every year of what they caused and ended with 2 hot mushrooms, but unfortunately in their schools it is not explained as losing face is worse than losing a head for them

@pinkpenzu 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine justifying killing children

@marcblank3036 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkpenzu That ship sailed before. Live by the sword begets to die by the sword. War is cruel and inhumane

@pinkpenzu 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcblank3036 cringe

@charlesboswell4881 2 жыл бұрын

Father God bless all the heroes it died for their country

@anthonycola8167 2 жыл бұрын

No one died for America , they were sacrificed for the wealthy Wall Street Weasels , Billionaire Bankers , pathetic politicians , greedy colluding capitalist and the military industrial complex of the rich sick sadistic elite of non color !

@lawchambersarbainaziz3211 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are BRAVE PEOPLE, UPHOLD JUSTICE. Without these heroes, we would not be able to live until TODAY. We OWE OUR LIVES TO OUR HEROES !

@michaelglueckert7662 2 жыл бұрын

A great brave heros these two men are who I hold the utmost respect and honor. We spoiled young Americans take too much for granted. Thank you sirs for ...freedom!!!

@MrPearlsareforever 2 жыл бұрын

RIP soldier and radio man tragic act, I was a radio signal soldier in US Army.

@svenomick5857 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Story.

@johnlott143 2 жыл бұрын

It is hard sometimes to fathom these , inhumane actions that occur during a war. The bodies of US soldiers in Somalia, the actions of ISIS in Iraq show that these horrific events occur during modern times. Rest In Peace Leonard, may God take you in his arms and care for you.

@rickpeck9892 2 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the My Lai MASSACRE in Vietnam?? ALL FORGOTTEN...

@chayobonilla8974 2 жыл бұрын

@@rickpeck9892 And all the south America exploitation of good's in the 1930's 40's 50's 60,s and the killing if ANY AND EVERY person/leader/political figure who try to defend the country who wad being RAPE by imperial US.

@chayobonilla8974 2 жыл бұрын

ALL THOSE GROUPS AND ACTION'S Are the result of US policies in 3 world country's where they exploit and rape all the resourses they can get there hands on AND exploit workers with low pay and hard work.

@alicel3992 2 жыл бұрын

@@rickpeck9892 Ppl need to be exposed to these events. Students need to know history, MAYBE they would not repeat it.

@rickpeck9892 2 жыл бұрын

@@alicel3992 I agree... The US keeps too much garbage under the carpet... Very very sad...

@hemanthbt 2 жыл бұрын

I have high regards for Japanese society and I always wonder coming from such a humble and well manned society how could Japanese soldiers be so cruel when it came to war. Thanks for narrating the story behind the pic. May his soul rest in peace. May the peace prevail on the entire world.

@0221929799 2 жыл бұрын

I believe we have seen this photo (uncensored) in the Canberra War Memorial in Australia and as we recall, the Japanese soldiers statement attached to the photo were words to the effect of it being the proudest day of his life, very moving, very cruel, disgustingly despicable and sadly shameful. Nobody wins a war, somebody loses one.

@inchbaggersislandswims Жыл бұрын

I live in the U.K. and my surname is Sifleet. I would love any relatives of this brave man to contact me to see if we are related.

@richardrodriguez4229 Ай бұрын

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, my father who was a WW2 veteran never trusted the Japanese!

@gregtennessee8249 Ай бұрын

So you were raised racist.

@brucewrght2164 2 жыл бұрын

Compared to what the Japanese did to the survivors of Wake Island.

@henrybeldi 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the subtitles...is imposible to understand what he is saying.

@donstoddard8458 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Leonard thank you very much

@CS-js5my 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting but disturbing read is the book by Edward Russell 'The Knights of Bushido', documenting atrocities carried out by the Japanese in WW2.

@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын

I read that a long time ago. Disturbing - absolutely. You'd remember what they did to that captured Russian officer?

@charlesboswell4881 2 жыл бұрын

The man does all this for his country and that's all they do is named a park after him that sucks

@comealongcomealong4480 2 жыл бұрын

@Charles BOSWELL It's not quite how you see it. The wartime operations of Australian commando units (including Z force) were kept highly secret for decades after the war. Everyone involved, including government members, were sworn to secrecy. Their missions would not have been palatable to the Australian public at that time. Rest assured that surviving squadron members did gather in the years after WW2 to support each other, and remember their lost colleagues. (You can imagine that the levels of ill health and PTSD experienced by these men were high.) Many families of commandos knew little to nothing of their wartime jobs. Only after death did they make some extraordinary discoveries. Some of these regiments do now march annually on April 25th, a remembrance day observed by Australia and New Zealand, known as "ANZAC Day". If you ever come to Australia, you would gain much from visiting our well resourced War Memorial Museum, where all these service records and histories are held. This is located in the capital city, Canberra, about a one hour flight from Sydney.

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to be honest, but what more can they do besides keep his memories alive?

@thewestindianboy Ай бұрын

It baffles me, how one man ignited the whole world to hate each other. My grandfather fought in Burma with the British Indian Army. For him, it was just a duty and mission. I bet they never thought that they are killing another human being.

@theknickerbocker5808 2 жыл бұрын

Grandfather recieved a bronze star for Valor in the Philippines fighting under General Douglas McArthur. Never talked much about it, just said the Japanese were ruthless. Doctor my mother worked for was Philippino and hated the Japanese for what they did to his country.

@davidtierney581 2 жыл бұрын

During WWll the Japanese tore threw China and savaged everyone they saw, including women and children, along the way. The Japanese were absolutely brutal and brutalized everything and everyone. Even after the dropping of the nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the imperial leader still did not want to surrender. But he was finely convinced. It shows he had no compassion for anyone, even his own people.

@rawjusticeman3128 2 жыл бұрын

2 A bombs on Imperial Japan is too little a number, should be at least 10 for her crimes against humanity.

@johnbender5356 2 жыл бұрын

Actually Hito wanted to sue for peace. The army and navy kept him in the dark about how the war was going. There was actually an insurrection during the last days to prevent him from surrendering.

@deadeyecpt.7765 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbender5356 think I read about that one.

@neriparas6112 2 жыл бұрын

Salute Officer Leonard Siffleet💪💪🔥

@annettebertora4434 2 жыл бұрын

The sad part is that most criminals involved with this murder got most 10 years in prison, instead of the rope !!!!!!!

@fandangofandango2022 2 жыл бұрын

Disgusting and for no Reason.

@Gwaithmir 2 жыл бұрын

I saw that photo before, but I always thought it was one of the pilots from the Doolittle raid on Tokyo.

@arthurbrumagem3844 2 жыл бұрын

They were also beheaded - it was Japanese entertainment

@eogg25 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure this is the same person being executed that I was shown , In the 50's I was stationed in Germany and on May 1st because it was a communist or Marxist holiday we were not allowed to go into town because they were afraid we would cause trouble. anyway they showed movies to us and one of them was an execution like this one and I was amazed at the bravery of this man . He was walked and was very calm about it to were he was to be executed and knelt down with no resistance and they beheaded him. I never forgot it because I did not think I could have been as brave as him.

@Colin56ish 2 жыл бұрын

RIP

@leonardhandzlik6008 4 ай бұрын

It is no wonder that the vast majority of Allied forces in the Pacific Theater never forgave the Japanese for their brutality.

@nicholasdavies6264 2 жыл бұрын

Why the hell was the death sentence reduced to 10yrs in prison FFS !

@Andrew_alxf21 2 жыл бұрын

But now some people said 2 nuclear bombs is wrong

@jackdier6624 2 жыл бұрын

Only was a matter of karma

@omfug8593 2 жыл бұрын

Should have been many many more dropped 😀

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

You're basing this opinion just on POW executions? Like as if the Allies didn't execute some prisoners themselves?

@ericsmith5730 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector and?

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsmith5730 .....and it was exactly my point

@peenweinerstien3977 2 жыл бұрын

insanity

@sigixanten7680 2 жыл бұрын

It's unbelievable what kind of crimes the Japanese have already committed in the Manchuria. The way the Japanese treated prisoners of war is unforgivable, as they have never apologized, or made amends in any way. Japan has been warned countless times to end the war in the Pacific, otherwise a terrible all-destructive weapon would be used. These warnings have been ignored by the Japanese, making them primarily responsible for the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

@tedjones3955 2 жыл бұрын

I saw his picture back in grade school in the 60's. I also read that the Japanese were extra brutal to the guys using a flamethrower. The thought of their Countrymen burning to death enraged them.

@deadeyecpt.7765 2 жыл бұрын

No one really liked flamethrowers, even back in ww1 they weren't reserved the kindest of thoughts... understandable too

@jrlongoria680 2 жыл бұрын

By Japanese culture soldiers that surrender were considered less than human this was their philosophy many Japanese men would disimbowel their self while their friend cut off their heads this was considered as an honorable death.

@Bad1Bear812 Жыл бұрын

Good.

@fabian1324 2 жыл бұрын

RIP

@sharoneastwood.1025 2 жыл бұрын

Blessings 🙏 to LEANARD SIFFLEET AND OTHER BRAVE MEN WHO WERE MURDERED BY DEVIL'S, COWARDS like yasuno chikao. May their brave souls rest in eternal peace 🙏.

@justicewillprevail1106 9 ай бұрын

Japan were never held liable for so many torture, murders, abuses the soldiers have done in the past. Never apologized. Never admit to their wrong doings. I think they should all be doing prison time and arrested.

@danielagungwibowo6846 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes, my heart feels so sad...war is what kind of circumstances and decisions...In this case World War...when someone decides to fight and kill other people they don't know at all, sometimes even very cruelly , What for? For the sake of his country? For his patriotic sake? Is it all for the orders of the supreme leader, the president, the king? They are sometimes very crazy and cruel... Even though there are sometimes humanity stories hidden in them...

@sl5932 2 жыл бұрын

so, the Japanese thinks USA burned them alive at Hiroshima & Nagasaki. They would act like this again if give a chance imo.

@rogerwilco5918 2 жыл бұрын

We burned Tokyo and killed far more than the nukes did.

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

So basically you think the Japanese have some kind of genetic tendency for cruelty? Racist much?

@rogerwilco5918 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector the last mass shooting in Japan was at the hands of Americas during the invasion of Okinawa.

@sl5932 2 жыл бұрын

@@80s_Boombox_Collector hell no, not in their dna, I wasn't making a scientific assessment.). It is more of a statement about their culture. Get off your soapbox virtue signaller and get real!

@80s_Boombox_Collector 2 жыл бұрын

@@sl5932 and you know anything about their culture today?

@lapplandsjagare 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

@ThePastQuest 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Mr. John)

@NiemandBauer Ай бұрын

I cant watch this video without thinking you want to steal my bank account😂

@greglastname9577 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for t his account.

@maxxevil6666 2 жыл бұрын

And what did the the west to to Japanese commandos ? Make them breakfast? . You think your head on a chopping block vs being hung or looking down at a firing squad is less brutal. Being a commando usually means a raid behind enemy lines and instant death if caught. This man must have balls of steel to stay still because I would be shitting my pants and balling my eyes out asking for my mommy. RIP SIR, and thank you for your service. Today I speak English instead of Japanese. No disrespect to the Japanese either.

@richardgaynor6113 2 жыл бұрын

Did anything Americans compare with the Japanese atrocities in China or the "medical " experiments in Japan? Not in my opinion.

@davidbagley1783 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese soldier was given the death penalty?

@lorddaver3019 2 жыл бұрын

No. He was killed in action later in the war.

@ThePastQuest 2 жыл бұрын

This has not been confirmed. According to some, he died in battle. Some say he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Thank you for watching.

@terrylawrence8362 2 жыл бұрын

God surround this beautiful pure soul with yr angels of love and light ❤ let this dear soul forever know how deeply loved he is today and forever more RIP SWEETHEART 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 🙇‍♂️ ❤ 💙 💜 💕 💞 ♥ 💜 💙 🧡 💕