I would say that they were the closest to cartoon villains in all of human history, but the truth is that they were worse.
A beautiful scene, according to the Japanese thought prevailing at the time (Nanjing, or Nanking)
The ideology propagated to the Japanese at the time preached the superiority of the divine Japanese race, which should dominate the other races. And he was superior because the Japanese say that and the Japanese are superior, so that's right. Yes, the logical justification is not far from the circular argument I wrote here.
In addition to this belief in one's own superiority, we have a martial culture that considered violence to be a quality and lack of compassion for the “lower races”. Showing magnanimity to the enemy would even be understood as betrayal, so the Japanese military made a point of showing their loyalty to the flag and their values through the merciless treatment of the enemy.
What I have said so far is enough as an element for genocide and torture, but to ensure Japan's qualification in these matters, we also have the fact that Japanese soldiers consumed methamphetamine daily. It was part of the daily, official food provided by the government. And the side effects of methamphetamine were considered desirable by commanders (paranoia, violence, loss of empathy).
About what they did, especially in China: indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians. And unlike Germany, which did it in a methodical way, the Japanese delighted in torturing and humiliating their victims. Collective rapes were also common, as well as killing children in the presence of their parents, and they also practiced "beheading" people by using their swords. In fact, a Japanese newspaper at the time even reported a dispute between two Japanese officials over who would kill more people with the sword. You see, the Japanese media was highly censored, and if this fact was reported openly, it is because the government considered it a positive fact.
The healthy practice of beheading people, according to the dominant thinking of the Japanese at the time
Common sense often considers Nazis to be the personification of evil, but the truth is that they did not reach the feet of the Japanese.
For more information, research the Nanjing massacre (also known as the Nanjing rape).
첫댓글 일본인들은 자신들이 황색 인종 인걸 부인하고 백인을 선망하는족속들 입니다
'탈아입구'를 주장한 후쿠자와 유키치
즉, '열등하고 우매한 아시아 문화를 벗어나우월한 서구의 문물을 받아들이자'고 주장한 사상가
그런 배경에서 일본은 다른 아시아와 다르다, 우리는 서구와 비슷한 국가이다 라는 자부심을 갖게 되고
또2차 세계 대전 도중, 독일과 일본은 반 코민테른조약을 맺게 되었을때
히틀러가 이 조약에 '일본인을 명예 백인(아리아인)으로 취급해주겠다'는 내용을 담아서
일본인들은 서구 사람들에게 백인으로 인정 받았다는 것에 아직까지도
자부심이 대단하지요
그렇기에 이러한만행을 아름답다고 할수 있으며 지금도 전혀 반성의 기미가 없는 것이겠죠
후쿠자와 유키치 같은 경우는 조선의 개화를 원한 사람이기도 합니다. 그래서 한때 조선의 개화파등을 지원을 원했지만 이토 히로부미가 반대를 했던 것으로 알 고 있습니다. 그리고 후쿠자와 유키치는 무신론자 였습니다.
'난징 학살', 소문만 듣다가 사진은 처음 봅니다!