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I believe they didnt.it has been varified in many pictures and first person witness that they were brutal and against the Geneva convension.example....look up the death march in Bataan and it will lead you to other brutalities They treated their prisoners horribly. Surprisingly, the Germans treated their prisoners much better than the Japanese. That is why some Japanese were put on trial for war crimes. No, they did not.
Soldiers that surrendered were, to the Japanese, cowards who should have died fighting. Additionally the Japanese culture, which had been largely isolated for centuries from outside influence, considered foreigners of all types to be barbaric. Thus they treated captured persons very poorly.
Additionally the Japanese were short on logistics for much of the war so even if they had desired to properly clothe and feed captives, they would not have had the means. Japanese civilians lived on a yard of cloth a year for the war and the food was near starvation. Even soldiers in the field got little more than rice supplemented with local food. There wasn't much left to give POWs.
Some hundreds of Japanese were executed after the war for war crimes against POWs. Most notable perhaps was the general who executed some of the Jimmy Dolittle bomber crew in Manchuria. There is also a well made but historically silly movie 'Bridge over the River Kwai' that captures to a slight extent, the conditions for POWs under the Japanese. NO - The details are not for the faint of heart. The Japanese themselves were having problem receiving food for their troops never mind for the soldiers. The captives were kept in confined spaces without proper clothing or food to survive the conditions. There were other examples of keeping soldiers alive long enough to gain information and then they were often executed. Japanese history prior to their involvement in WWII is gruesome but telling. If you need the information - Flyboys by James Bradley - the first 77 pages tells more than you will ever care to know.
Some statistics point out true brutality. The POW death rates for Americans and British in WW2 were "normal" in that the overall Death Rate was about 4% in German POW camps. In Japanese POW camps, the rate of death tells a greatly different story. American and Western POW's faced a 17% death rate in Japanese POW camps.
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∙ 16y agoAs in ancient Sparta; Japanese military men were NOT allowed to surrender. So they did not know how to handle opposing forces when they did surrender.
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'what did the POWS do to keep their spirits up during the World War 2 Japanese occupation'?
A choir performanceA game of chessA boxing tournamentand so on...
Where did the death march occur in word war 2?
The Bataan Death March began on April 10, 1942, when the Japanese assembled about 78,000 prisoners (12,000 U.S. and 66,000 Filipino). They began marching up the east coast of Bataan. Although they didn't know it, their destination was Camp O'Donnell, north of the peninsula. The men, already desperately weakened by hunger and disease, suffered unspeakably during the March. Regardless of their condition, POWs who could not continue or keep up with the pace were summarily executed. Even stopping to relieve oneself could bring death, so many chose to continue walking while relieving themselves. Some of the guards made a sport of hurting or killing the POWs. The Marchers were beaten with rifle butts, shot or bayoneted without reason. Most of the POWs got rid of their helmets because some by Japanese soldiers on passing trucks hit them with rifle butts. Some enemy soldiers savagely toyed with POWs by dragging them behind trucks with a rope around the neck. Japanese guards also gave the POWs the "sun treatment" by making them sit in the sweltering heat of the direct sun for hours at a time without shade. The Death Marchers received almost no water or food, further weakening their fragile bodies. Most POWs only received a total of a few cups of rice, and little or no water. Sympathetic Filipinos alongside the road tried to give POWs food and water, but if a guard saw it, the POW and the Filipino helper could be beaten or killed. Some POWs had the water in their canteens poured out onto the road or taken by the Japanese just to be cruel. Although thirst began to drive some of the men mad, if a POW broke ranks to drink stagnant, muddy water at the side of the road, he would be bayoneted or shot. Groups of POWs were often deliberately stopped in front of the many artesian wells. These wells poured out clean water, but the POWs were not allowed to drink it. Some were killed just because they asked for water. The POWs marched roughly 65 miles over the course of about six days until they reached San Fernando. There, groups as large as 115 men were forced into boxcars designed to hold only 30-40 men. Boxcars were so full that the POWs could not sit down. This caused more to die of heat exhaustion and suffocation in the cars on the ride from San Fernando to Capas. The POWs then walked seven more miles to Camp O'Donnell. At the entrance to the camp, the POWs were told to lay out the few possessions they still had; any POW found with any Japanese-made items or money was executed on the spot.
What other races did Hitler perescute?
In addition to the Jews, many Gypsies were killed. The Nazis also sent homosexuals, communists, pacifists and Jehovah's Witnesses to the concentration camps. They also killed handicapped people and later in the war some Allied PoWs and Catholic priests also ended up in the camps. Russian PoWs weren't generally sent to concentration camps but had camps separate to Allied PoWs and were very poorly treated and died in their thousands in captivity. Many of the people subjugated by the Nazis weren't sent to concentration camps but were rounded up to work in labour camps attached to German factories, and again, conditions in these camps and at the work-sites were atrocious so many slave workers died. These included Poles, Czechs and French.
Who was the first and last POW of the Vietnam War?
The Vietnam government would have Americans believed that there were no POWs left behind, but indeed there were. Special American Missions (very risky) were sent over to free POWs, but the Vietcong moved them from one place to the other so quickly few were found and most after being tortured or starved probably died. If a few managed to survive they would have either been brain-washed or so use to the conditions in which they lived they stayed in Vietnam. There were a few POWs who made it and they had actually forgotten how to speak English. No one really knows who the last POW was. Both the American and Vietnam Governments cease to admit there are any POWs left. Marcy
Why did the nazi and Japanese treat prisoners and others so inhumanly?
Their belief systems were breeded into them from the time they were young. Brutality and cruelty was nothing new to the Germans. They did the same thing in World War 1. The Japanese had it taught to them from the time they were young too. The Japanese have a strong honor code (which does not have our ideas of honor) they followed. Their code compelled them to treat people badly. Trust me, the USA did do their own method of re-training their ideals, values and honor systems.
How did ponce de leon treat the Indians?
He beat them and put them to work. So poorly
'what did the POWS do to keep their spirits up during the World War 2 Japanese occupation'?
A choir performanceA game of chessA boxing tournamentand so on...
Why is the research so imperative that the Japanese hunt whales?
Its a poorly veiled lie. Everybody knows that it is for commercial gain.
What were the really big different between the japenes camp and the concentration camps in wartime nazi Germany?
It is unclear whether you mean the Japanese internment camps in the USA or the POW camps in Japan, as comparisons are often made with both, so i will answer both questions: Nazi concentration camps were camps for civilians, designed to keep certain sections of society out of the way, as were the Japanese internment caps. The really big difference between the two was how people were treated, in the Nazi camps people were used as slave labour and killed, in the American camps people were allowed to live with their families and suffered no greater persecution. Japanese had not signed the Geneva convention (despite what 'Bridge on the River Kwai' said), so felt no obligation to treat the POWs well, in fact they viewed soldiers who surrendered as unworthy, so the felt justified in mistreating the POWs. The really big difference is that they were military institutions.
Can you write a sentence using the word poorly?
My apologies for any poorly structured answers. I was ill, so I performed poorly on the test.
How did the Geneva Convention treat prisoners of Japanese war?
There has been lots of debate upon this one, but to fully understand this issue, you must understand Bushido, the warrior's code. This is the idea that the Japanese lived by. Fair and humane treatment of prisoners does not reconcile with Bushido. According to Bushido, you are a warrior and it is not only your right, but your duty to die for the Emperor. You never surrender. So when Allied troops surrendered, this went against everything the Japanese believed in. That is part of the reason they treated the POWs the way they did, they felt nothing but contempt for them, because they surrendered. Also, Japan never signed any agreement to abide by the terms of the Geneva Convention, which also included rules about the treatment of civilians as well as POWs.
Would German POWs have be hesitant to enter a Jewish store during world war 2?
the allies did not make Jews label their stores as Jewish, so the POWs would not know that it was a Jewish store.
Where did the death march occur in word war 2?
The Bataan Death March began on April 10, 1942, when the Japanese assembled about 78,000 prisoners (12,000 U.S. and 66,000 Filipino). They began marching up the east coast of Bataan. Although they didn't know it, their destination was Camp O'Donnell, north of the peninsula. The men, already desperately weakened by hunger and disease, suffered unspeakably during the March. Regardless of their condition, POWs who could not continue or keep up with the pace were summarily executed. Even stopping to relieve oneself could bring death, so many chose to continue walking while relieving themselves. Some of the guards made a sport of hurting or killing the POWs. The Marchers were beaten with rifle butts, shot or bayoneted without reason. Most of the POWs got rid of their helmets because some by Japanese soldiers on passing trucks hit them with rifle butts. Some enemy soldiers savagely toyed with POWs by dragging them behind trucks with a rope around the neck. Japanese guards also gave the POWs the "sun treatment" by making them sit in the sweltering heat of the direct sun for hours at a time without shade. The Death Marchers received almost no water or food, further weakening their fragile bodies. Most POWs only received a total of a few cups of rice, and little or no water. Sympathetic Filipinos alongside the road tried to give POWs food and water, but if a guard saw it, the POW and the Filipino helper could be beaten or killed. Some POWs had the water in their canteens poured out onto the road or taken by the Japanese just to be cruel. Although thirst began to drive some of the men mad, if a POW broke ranks to drink stagnant, muddy water at the side of the road, he would be bayoneted or shot. Groups of POWs were often deliberately stopped in front of the many artesian wells. These wells poured out clean water, but the POWs were not allowed to drink it. Some were killed just because they asked for water. The POWs marched roughly 65 miles over the course of about six days until they reached San Fernando. There, groups as large as 115 men were forced into boxcars designed to hold only 30-40 men. Boxcars were so full that the POWs could not sit down. This caused more to die of heat exhaustion and suffocation in the cars on the ride from San Fernando to Capas. The POWs then walked seven more miles to Camp O'Donnell. At the entrance to the camp, the POWs were told to lay out the few possessions they still had; any POW found with any Japanese-made items or money was executed on the spot.
Why do people treat illegal immigrants so differently if in the amendments it says to treat everyone equally?
While it isn't right to treat any human poorly, those who do might rationalize it by saying that illegal immigrants do not abide by or not held under the Constitution of the USA. Also, they do not pay US or state taxes, but reap the benefits of such taxes.
What does it mean when your ex-girlfriend whom you did not treat well ignores you then leaves a function ten minutes into it?
Why would you wonder why she is reacting this way when you just admitted you didn't treat her very well. It's apparent she has moved on and bumping into you isn't exactly comfortable for her. How can you expect to treat someone so poorly and have them treat you with the respect you don't deserve! Marcy shes over you, move on or make up
Is it true that the Japanese tied their POWs in the bamboo fields and a bamboo shoot would grow through them over night?
It is not true that the Japanese tied their POW's in bamboo fields and the bamboo grew through them overnight. Bamboo grows at an average rate of two inches a year so it could not possibly grow through a person over night.
Why was the death rate for Australian POWs in Japan so much higher than that of those in Europe?
because
