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Prisoners of the Japanese, by Gavin Dawes
The Rape of Nanking, by ( a Chinese woman I can't remember). Do a title search.
Both very good! Eye openers.
You had to learn Japanese to ask for anything,(even to go to the bathroom) or you were beaten. They would not teach it to you, you had to learn from fellow prisoners.
Bushido told them surrender was worse than death, so they treated you as if you were worse than dead.

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There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he's a crook. Groucho Marx

There was a thread last year that talked about the Japanese and their treatment of the Chinese during the occupation. It was a very brutal and inhumane occupation. The links associated with it went to some very informative and illuminating articles. One of the articles was written by a Japanese officer who was captured and imprisoned by the Chinese for war crimes. His narritive was one of the best insights. I will see if I can find and attatch the link if it still works.

Looks like the link I used is dead now. Too bad.

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PEOPLE SLEEP PEACEABLY IN THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE ROUGH MEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF. GEORGE ORWELL

the japanese were A-holes to whomever they had as pows...

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"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -Winston Churchill

one interesting fact...on history vhannel, they haf a special on pows, and i saw that mitsubishi os some company, used POWs basically as their own personal slaves until the wars end...

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"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -Winston Churchill