Am reasonably sure that the average Japanese citizen view of United States actions in WWII were similar to that of those in the South after the Civil War. General Sherman’s view of war was that “War is the solution that our enemies have chosen, I say lets give them all they want.” That was the national view of how we needed to deal with the Japanese. The South started a war, they got all the real war that they could handle.
When the South briefly invaded the North they did so honorably paying, even in basically worthless money, for what they took.
I have ancestors that were on both sides. However after researching and reading the daily correspondence of officers from both sides of Sherman’s March it is pretty clear what occurred. The two items most covered up in history texts were the considerable number,of rapes of Southern women by Union soldiers and the over 3,000 for women slaves who followed the army providing sexual favors to the troops. Most of the officers thought this was an abominable practice but Sherman himself ordered no action to be taken to stop the practice.
Considering what Sherman later visited on the native Americans and it is clear he was a subhuman being who had little respect for his adversaries.
Another POS comparing my South with Japan. F U.
Based on postings from others in threads about Hiroshima & Nagasaki, it appears that Japanese children are being grossly mal-educated about their own history in WWII.
They learn in great detail the suffering of Japanese, but nothing about the millions of civilians killed by Japanese in countries they conquered.
US education is, if anything, even worse, Blaming America First for all the world's ills -- present & historical.
However, even in the South I doubt if public school children are taught that "Ape" Lincoln was "Lucifer in the flesh", as the former Speaker might say.
So those who somehow learn that version of "history" must be picking it up elsewhere.