[dfwgator]

I have some respect for the Japanese Navy. But their Army was a bunch of thugs, who even exceeded the cruelty of the Nazis.

[rxh4n1]

“I have some respect for the Japanese Navy. But their Army was a bunch of thugs, who even exceeded the cruelty of the Nazis.”

Don’t. The Japanese Navy was just as bad. The perps of the Manila massacres were mostly Naval troops.

[struggle]

Yeah, I was watching Okinawan high school baseball last year and they paused for a minute of remembrance like Israel for the Japanese atrocities (mass forced suicide, mass rushes as American troops, poisoning, starvation) that the okinawans endured. Many okinawans see themselves as Ryukyu people and not Japanese.

[Fiji Hill]

I have some respect for the Japanese Navy. But their Army was a bunch of thugs, who even exceeded the cruelty of the Nazis.

Some of their sailors were also thugs. During the Battle of Midway, two American fliers, Frank O'Flaherty and Bruno Gaido were shot down and rescued by the Japanese destroyer Makigumo (cirrus clouds). Then they were both tortured and murdered by being thrown overboard to drown. To their credit, many of the Japanese sailors refused to participate in the murder. Makigumo was later lost at Guadalcanal.