Aardvark

I stumbled across these videos of Australian and British POW's rescued by a US Navy submarine during WWII. These POW's were being transported from Changi Prison in Singapore to Japan in one of the Japanese Navy's infamous 'Hell Ships'.

Warning: they are quite disturbing.

Video 1:

1 of 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1Y4unB7Gg
2 of 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sECVE2hZkYY
3 of 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp8Hrv0mNmg
4 of 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2FgY4xfLo
5 of 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPgTFY1EJ8

Video 2 (from the prospective of one of the American submariners):

1 of 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLg4ync9vJQ
2 of 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KReSbQlDr4

jetbluefan

People always forget this part of WW2. In my opinion, the Japanese were much worse/brutal than the Nazis.

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Aardvark

It wasn't only the treatment of POW's, but the treatment of civilians. The Japanese conquest of China through to Indonesia gave rise to countless atrocities; as did the Nazi's invasion of Europe.

Unfortunately, all sides, both right and wrong, have committed shocking, monstrous atrocities against civilian and soldier alike.

Ukrainian_Falcons

The Japs were and still are, ****ed in noggin