We must be watching different documentaries. None of the episodes insinuated that the ‘japanese’ were the victims in concentration camps. In fact Burns and company never even used the term concentration; it’s called internment camps, and most of these were nisei americans. Regardless, it did happen and what’s wrong with including that storyline if some of the soldier’s profiled had families that were interned? Japanese americans served with distinction and honor in both campaigns of the pacific (their service in the pacific as part of the M.I.S. continues to be one of the more amazing untold stories of the pacific war). Same thing with the Black Americans; yes it points out the racism they went through but it also shows how they fought valiantly and were accepted by their comrades.
This documentary spends plenty of time documenting the cruelty and savagery of the japanese soldiers in places like bataan and in the island hopping campaigns. In fact, as we progress along the pacific island hopping campaign, we are constantly being reminded that these are fanatical people (even highlighting the mass suicides of japanese civilians on saipan and the japanese soldiers that would kill them if they did not commit suicide). The point is that invading japan would be astronomical in terms of casualties, therefore the atomic bomb was totally justified (not exactly a liberal viewpoint IMHO).
Maybe it’s just me but this documentary does an excellent job of pointing out the intricacies of what went on in that time period. It also shows that the World War 2 generation was indeed the greatest; our current spoiled generation would have a hard time comprehending the brutality and savagery these brave men and women had to go through to liberate the world from evil.
The word "concentration camp" was DEFINITELY used, multiple times, and that use of the term was never corrected or qualified, either. You must have missed it. The term Nisei Americans was, on the other hand, not used, to my recollection.