How Japanese Soldiers Surrendered in World War II #japan #ww2 #surrender

[Digitalpulse]

The only Japanese WW2 soldier I respect is Capt. Isao Yamazoe, he was a Japanese captain in Leyte Philippines who allowed a town/village to continue their way of life, even having his men punished if they did anything bad to them, he even promoted morning exercises to the townsfolk

When a guerilla group arrived to fight him, he told them to fight him elsewhere so that there won't be casualties in the town, there's a shrine of him in Philippines

[Dominikvd]

People in the comments giving props to literally some of the worst war criminals ever

[suphee]

“Free my boy he ain’t do nuffin”
Their boy:

[Yahtzee]

It brings me great joy to see that more and more people are aware of what monsters they were.

[andrewbucknill]

Surrendered with honor but treated prisoners with none

[brann]

For the Japanese they were taught to never give up and to just die with honor but jeez these guys committed some of the craziest crimes

[wflmvio]

Australian General Blamey summed it up as “In accepting your surrender, I do not find you an honourable foe!”

[Big-RivveR]

If only they had shown similar treatment to their captives

[thepriestofvaranasi]

They were the biggest and most ruthless war criminals in WW2. If you've ever come across some documentaries about WW2, you would realise how inhumane they were towards the prisoners of war.

[ayaanmirza]

They probably thanking their lucky stars that they aren't surrendering to their own side

[adrianweeb]

When they line up shoulder-to-shoulder, I thought they'll commit seppuku. 💀💀

[choughed]

Knew a guy who was a British soldier who fought the Japanese, never said a word about it but refused to even have items in his house that were made in Japan until the day he died in 2002. His hatred was deep and I can only imagine the shit he witnessed to make him feel that way.

[akadii]

You can sympathize with them. But the horrors they committed in China cannot be forgotten.

[mcvgs]

And just like that, the entire population of South East Asia breath a sigh of relief but the horrid memories remain.

[ouslfactor]

As a soldier that's very painful moment

[HarryBallsich]

"I just don't feel japanese unless I behead someone each day."

~An actual WWII Japanese officer

[kokutai]

This music doesn’t feel right with the video being shown

[Theuser]

If only people knew the horrible things Japanese Soldiers did back then

[HappyHermitt]

These dudes would bayonet a baby like it was nothing.

[AFreeThinkingDawg]

It’s one reason how so many WW2 vets came back with Katanas. No we didn’t break them to be mean. Many had already been broken by the Japanese themselves bc a katana is too long to carry on the modern battlefield. If you have a legit one and can still read the sword makers mark you have one helluva piece of history