Japan basically broke every single war crime that you could think of

Japan always seems weird to me not only because of this but the way they do crimes. I mean either they don't do crimes but when they do even demons will feel shy.

My grandma lived in the Philippines when these soldiers were eating people. They would sound an alarm if they saw Japanese soldiers coming and her and her sisters would hide in open graves in the graveyards or in caves on the mountains so they wouldn’t be taken as they were pretty defenseless being only 9 or 10

"War does not determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell

I am from Mizoram ( north east india ). My grandmother used to told me how disgusting and ruthless these Japanese soldiers were during ww2. She was only a child during these time.

1 a day for 100 days? That's not hunger pains if they ate every day.....that's obtaining a taste for human meat

Here's something to think about. Aztecs were cannibals too. And when they were conquered by Spain, the Aztecs adored pork when the Spaniards introduced pigs to the New World. When asked what human flesh taste like, an old Aztec answered that humans taste like pork!

Worth noting that Japanese soldiers were never in any real danger of starvation on Chichijima island. They cut their rations, but they had more than enough food to survive the war on. The cannibalism by Japanese soldiers was entirely option there, not driven by starvation.

I've read about this before. From what I've read, alot of times the Japanese would cauterize the wounds so the prisoner stayed alive. This kept the food supply from spoiling 😞

My grandma was in a Japanese concentration camp in the Philippines as a young girl. She never likes to talk about it. She said she even learned to speak fluent Japanese since she was held captive for so long. She ran away from the camp when an officer asked her to light a cigarette for him she took that opportunity and ran away through a rice field as he shot at her with a gun. She was never shot and she made it out. That is the only thing she would tell me about this experience.

My maternal & paternal grandfathers & my maternal great uncle fought in WWII. My maternal grandfather & great uncle were also prisoners in Auschwitz. You are right about people having to eat other people because my grandfather/great uncle had too. My grandfather would tell me stories about his time fighting WWII & Auschwitz, but wouldn't tell any other grandchildren. He always said that I was an old soul & could handle the truth, no matter how disturbing. Him & I were so close that when he passed away...I felt a huge part of me die as well. I love & miss you so much Tata!

I like how they say crimes were committed on both sides. American public schools leave out that information. It’s important to learn no side is innocent in war.

The fact that Japan aren't called out on an international level for censoring the crimes of their ancestors is unacceptable. They can't just pretend it didn't happen, and trying to hide the truth makes it seem like they don't actually condemn the crimes their nation committed in the past.

My grandmother told me that when the Americans cut off the Japanese from their supplies on our island they got desperate. She recounts a story where a relative went to the Japanese hospital because he was sick, since there was little to no food people got sick. The relative went into the hospital and he never came out. They speculate the Japanese ate him.

ramen and raw-men are two different things …

I’m of Japanese decent, this is absolutely disgusting to me. I am a retired US Navy veteran. My Dear Mom was from Tokyo Japan, my fantastic Dad was from Alabama, they met after WW2, and fell in love. These two people broke the mold of society at the time. After 56 blissful years of absolute love for one another, they did everything that defied their current society said wasn’t good. Today, out of 4 children, 3 of us are retired military. The first born had his head up his a$$. My Mom was an amazing Japanese. She absolutely loved our country and completely gave her all for it. I miss my American Japanese Mom, she knew where the real values were and she taught my brothers and I very well while Dad was on deployments. We all grew up very strong and accomplished individuals. Therefore our families are too.

I feel bad for anyone who had this fate

Prisoner: Why would they eat us?! They have an entire book on To Serve Man! It doesn't make any-! Ooooooh.......

Filipino here. My grandma used to tell us stories about japanese. These are all true. But there is an urban legend about "aswang" or cannibals with insatiable hunger for human flesh. Those japanese were converted into aswangs by simply eating the food of aswangs offered to them. My grandma said that one of their neighbor way back who is also an aswang used to fight japanese. One of unmentioned anti japanese faction.

Before she died. My grandmother would tell me stories of how they fled to the mountains of the Philippines when the Japanese occupied us. The scary part was that her uncles would do the same things(cannibalism/totur) to the japanese they caught. War and hate makes people do some monstrous things, guy. Stay safe out there.

A fun fact (to lighten the mood): when LT (JG) Bush was taken aboard the submarine. He shared a bunk with another lieutenant (junior grade) by the name Albert Brostorm as a thank you for his hospitality he gave him his smith & wesson revolver. In July 2007 the very same revolver was returned to the former US president by the lieutenant's son. Bush sr. donated the revolver to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

No wonder why Japan never talks about their war crimes of the past

Japanese sheer brutality is just beyond.

I like this channel and I love how he tells stories in real time back in the day

There's more they did. Especially the part where they took prisoners of war and conduct horrific "science" experiment on victims. It was so cruel, even the American intelligence agreed to exchange a pardon to their "scientist" if they turn in the data they recovered. since it's something no sane and honourable people will ever conduct. Some of it including but not limited to, how long it takes an infant baby to freeze to death. And also babies ripped out of their pregnant mother. Japan will always be hated by the Chinese. And them denying all this is just another insult to us

I don't think it was only two members of that B-29 crew who were live-dissected at the university in Tokyo, I think it was 9 crew members

That’s disgusting I can’t believe humans can be like this

Appreciate u being honest and not only half saying things like school does or lies about history

The problem is that people weren't educated from ww2 mistakes. There have been Japanese comic books from time to time talked about cannibalism, they are either horror stories or fantasy thrillers. Usually are villains that committed cannibalism but with a twisted ideology.

Imperial Japanese ate Chinese/Korean human flesh during their WW2 Conquest to build bonding. Those victims were not just POW, there were civilians, including children and women.

Grim I’ve read about before but your video tells it better.

Can't imagine the karma... The sad part is, the ones who got the karma wouldn't be the same people who did this all...

Very little about the japanese war crime is taught in schools.

I come from Philippines and the great grandparents told me that the first Japanese to invade in 1941-1942 were generally well behaved. But from 1943 onwards as soldiers who fought in China arrived they were animals and killed indiscriminately. I think most of the barbaric behavior Japanese soldiers displayed were because of their experiences from mainland China. Which at the time was extremely undeveloped and over populated. Making the war there medieval.

Bulking pro tip: a homeless man is roughly 126,000 calories.

A private Ryan style film for Bush would be insane

the sad reality of soldiers who are the real heroes of a nation

I’ve missed this voice. I love your voice. I love it!

This is probably at least part of why Japan isn't allowed a standing military anymore I assume

They had also conducted those horrific science experiments without any anaesthetics or morphine... that's even gruesome

IMO to be eaten by another human being is perhaps the worst fate that can befall you. And one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

I remember hearing this story from Mr Ballen's channel. It's great to see the story animated. And the twist of the surviving pilot being future President George H. W. Bush

This video is great.

Don't know how my grandparents and great grandparents in the Philippines made it through this. Many of their relatives weren't so lucky.

Makes sense why they decided to drop a bomb instead of fighting a long war with Japan

My grandma said they hid under their houses in like a make-shift basement while the Japanese were invading. It was scary bc they were mostly women and unarmed. This is horrific and talking to someone who experienced the war first-hand felt more grim

If I was a soldier back then, and I came across that and find out that they ate my allies I’m not sure I would show mercy I think I’ll be anger and sick

Unforgivable

You forgot to mention that the Japanese ate each other as well. This happened after the food supply and the POWs were consumed. There are recorded instances of the lowest ranking soldiers, privates, being selected and then butchered. Worst part is that their deaths were marked as Died in Action.

Bush almost got eaten?!! That’s nuts

😲this is mind blowing information I did not know some of them

WW2 will never cease to amaze and horrify me. There's just so many atrocities in such a short amount of time

Fun fact, the picture at 5:35 is of Bush 41 being rescued by the USS Finback on 9,2,44.

Yall are my only news channel now

"They wouldn't have resorted to cannibalism if they were vegan" something that vegan teacher would most likely say

I read a gruesome account of German soldiers resorting to cannibalism after surrendering after Stalingrad. Even, specifically, putting the tracea(?) on a stick and cooking it over a fire.

The Nazis were terrible, but every time I read or watch WW2 stories about the Japanese it’s some of the most horrific atrocities I ever heard of.

Bro I was just chilling watching the video until I heard that the survivor was George w bush

nanking incident is the worst thing I've learned about

I just love how unaliving someone for their meat is infinitely worse than doing so for greed, anger or fun

In desperate times, people will do anything for food, but when it's actively forced upon subordinates, that's when it gets to be just a barbarically gruesome, macarbre act...

The video is awesome&bizarre

The thumbnail is just relatable. I for example like my ramen noodles with a bunch of toes in them too

They should make this a movie

my great grandad is still alive he was a pow from japan and he also ways on the same navy ship with prince phillep ww2

Wow! This was suuuper interesting!!!

wow good job

The Japan that we find peaceful and beautiful now actually has horrors in it... So many stories from world war come up.. not saying it was the only country... Ofcourse there were more painful crimes all around the world towards humans.. like jews and Africans... Also what england did to my country... But i am happy that we public have voice now and we people now understand the value of life.. thanks to social media...

Meanwhile, the Japanese garison cut off at Rabaul ate better than most of the Japanese military elsewhere. Not from prisoners, but due to the fact that a lot of the personel had been gardners or fishermen in peacetime.

Love all of ur videos

man the pacific theater is wild. really deserves more coverage

You guys have made so many good knowledgeable videos, where a lot of channels can only dream about!

What a way to depart this universe. Your last earthly remains passing through a man's bowels.

Glad you mentioned the Ustaše..horrible things were done by them and many look past it

According to my mother her great grandfather and her great grandfather's son were eaten by Japanese soldiers when the war was soon to end where japanese soldiers were hiding on the mountain and running out of their food. They captured my great-great Grandfather and his son, they have never been found. It happened here in the Philippines.

If you're starving. It's understandable. But doing it by choice or wasting the meat is unforgivable.

I feel like eating another human is never a good option. I feel there knowledge and the companionship is way more important than filling a belly. You can put your heads together and think of a way to get food. There’s always a way to get good just got to think of how to get it.

yay u posted

I love the infographic shows.

Pov: ur eating while watching this but ur to hungry to be disgusted 😅

War, war never changes

Ooh I listened to a podcast about this!

Sincere question, was there any evidemce of cannibalism on both sides during ww2?

what can we do now is prevent the war happen again cause we dont know what will happen next

There was one Japanese officer (I don't recall his name), who had dined upon "long pig" (from the highlands of New Guinea, to the Amazon rain forest, to the Congo basin, THAT is what we're called), who became Prime Minister of Japan in the 1960s.

this was the third result when looking up “it’s hard being epic in a world of fail”

These were not isolated incidents. But these were isolated incidents... Nice

How horrific. Thank you for your service to ALL u.s soldiers both past, and present.

Note to self. Don't become a POW. I always thought of saving the last clip for suicide once you're surrounded. I know some say last bullet, but it's hard to remember how many shots you've fired already.

War never changes but it can change people for worse.

I was there -Brian Williams

Proves Japanese will eat anything raw.

This can happen at any time and place.

My great grandmothers was born in somewhere in the 1914-1921 that means she was already born before the war, her father was half Spanish, my great great grandfather fought with a japanese soldier when they were invaded, sadly the japanese soldier has a gun while he only had a bolo/machete, he risked his life to save his family, my teacher has also told us his father or was it her grandfather? I forgot but when he died they were not able to do a proper burial and only wrapped him in a banig ( a mattress made it out of leaves), yeah thats just two stories about japan invading the Philippines but its already heartbreaking

Letters from Iwa Jima put it lightly

This, Nanking, Unit 731, etc. spare me about the atomic bombings.

I think many people during world war commited cannibalism, these japanese soldier are not the only one

So much for being all about "honor"

Oh my god I feel so bad

Imagine how much we don't know on what happened