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Date of upload: May 2, 2023 ^^
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The fall of Singapore was due to inept British leadership. At the time the Japanese had exhausted their logistics and supplies. Facing retreat Yamashita could not believe his luck when Lt. Gen Percival surrendered in the mistaken belief he was sparing the civilian population, much against the wishes of his chain of command. The Australians in particular. It's not that Yamashita was so great, Percival was so bad and responsible for thousands of lives, military and civilian lost afterwards. Percival was shunned in England after the War and Australia in particular, has never forgotten.
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My Uncle Fred died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. It was heart breaking for my dad and the rest of the family. These camps were so cruel! We never found out how he died and I believe it would have been too much for the family. My dad never got over it. He served at the same time Uncle Fred did. Dad died in 1990. He is with Jesus!
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I really enjoy your channel and look forward to more history of the Pacific Campaign. People don't remember or haven't been taught how brutal the Japanese military was.
You should do one on how Douglas MacArthur insisted on invading the Philippines when it was not necessary and that lead to the destruction of the old city of Manila.
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It still astounds me that, contrary to Germany, Japan never owed up to their horrific war crimes which included aggression and extreme cruelty, including massacres of millions of civilians and a blatant ignorance of the treatment of POW's. Most Japanese born after WWII have no idea. Only WWII in Europe is taught in schools.....
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Thank you for an enlightening video. This is one of the best video summaries of Tomoyuki Yamashita so far.
You've also managed to disclose less well-known facts about him, especially urging his fellow countrymen to extricate from an unwinnable war in China and maintain friendly relations with the USA and Britain. Given his experience in Germany, I'd also like to add that Yamashita foresaw that Germany could not hope to defeat the Soviet colossus in a longer-term grinding war of attrition, despite its superior blitzkrieg strategy and tactics. Unfortunately, his views were ignored or over-ridden by more powerful war mongers.
Yes, he was culpable for his crimes against humanity in Malaya and the Philippines, although some could counter-argue that he couldn't be entirely held responsible due to insubordinate commanders running amok in the Philippines. Some could also counter-argue that Yamashita was not the mastermind behind the Sook Ching massacres in Malaya but it was Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, the 25th IJA Director of Planning and Operations instead. Nonetheless, for a small city-state like Singapore, surely Yamashita couldn't feign ignorance nor as a highly inspirational commander, has he lost control of his army or the Kempeitai soon after his 25th IJA conquered Singapore, when the massacre started.
On the contrary, as 25th IJA commander, Yamashita on 18 Feb 42 ordered his subordinate commanders to purge the Chinese male population. He even expressed appreciation for his Singapore Garrison Commander Saburo Kawamura after the latter reported to him on 23 Feb 42 on the progress of the massacre. Yamashita even instructed him to continue the purge if needed.
In the event, it mattered less whether US prosecutors had a less robust legal case against Yamashita on the massacre of civilians in the Philippines than on the Sook Ching massacres in Malaya. (In case Filipino sensitivities are invoked, I hereby now offer my heartfelt sympathies to the families and descendants of innocent Filipinos massacred, besides sympathies to families and descendants of Sook Ching massacre victims). Although one can become cynical about how prosecutors from a victorious nation (USA) invent a legal precedent to hang the man, i.e. the Yamashita Standard, Yamashita was nonetheless served due justice.
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@stephenbrewins3689
1 year ago
I like the fact you're calling Malaya as it was back then and the continuation of the quality of work you're putting out is outstanding.well done team excellent job again and for me,you are the best out there at this content.👍
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