[Lonesome in Massachussets]

When the Japanese army arrived at Singapore, they were outnumbered by the defenders by 3 to one and had exhausted most of their ammunition in the long trek down the Malay Peninsula. They only had light artillery pieces that could be manhandled through the jungle, facing an entrenched and heavy armed enemy with adequate supplies of food, water and ammunition. The British promptly surrendered. The Japanese did not respect the resolve of Caucasians.

[naturalized]

And this lack of respect is the racism that drove WWII in the Pacific. It caused the cannibalism and other sub-human conduct by the japanese, and it caused the no-quarter response by the Allied forces. The japanese reaped what they sowed. Thank God it was on our terms, not theirs.