To whoever posted this Newsreel..OMG Thankyou...at the 51 to 57 second mark that is my father in the middle of the screen behind the POW with the Canteen ...making the hand gestures and chewing gum. We have searching for this clip for 68 years.
Just to let you know the POW in the center of the screen, pointing his fingers at the 51 to 57 second Mark is my Grandfather...Nick J. Cristiano. He is 90 years young and still with us....Brett C.
+Brett Cristiano My uncle was in a segregated unit in Italy during the war. He told me some things but I never got around to getting his whole experience and stories from him and now he is gone. I struggled to piece together what little I could. If you have a chance to, get a camera, a cellphone or something and get his stories now while he is here you wont regret it!!
ROBERT J KIS Only imbeciles do not care to learn from the sacrifices of our relatives so that today we, could appreciate and taste freedom. Btw, you sound like a covidiot
MacArthur was a genius. The post-war rebuilding of Japan was a tremendous American success story. Turned from a dreadful enemy to trusted ally in almost unheard of time.
Mc Arthur was a military failure. He was in New Guinea as the totally incompetent leader of Aussies. Yet after his bragging about Buna the Yanks ran and the worn-out Aussie militia came in and sorted out the sons of arse-land.
That hospital ship shown at 2:07 to 2:14 is the BENEVOLENCE which was sunk in 1950 after being when rammed by a freighter in heavy fog somewhere west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I won't forget anytime soon seeing the American POW with every single finger having been broken. And some fingers that have been partially cut off. I'm wondering if Doctors were ever able to any surgery for him to ever have use of his hands. To think; just one of millions severely tortured or murdered.
Not executing Hirohito was purely political. One, by letting him remain the spiritual leader of Japan kept the country peaceful and two, Hirohito was anti-communist and more than anything, his dislike for the communists made him an important ally to the West.
My Grandfather told me stories of being a Berber in the French Army. The stories of torture and despair among civilians by the hands of Nazis. These footages MUST BE SAVED, we must never forget the atrocities commited by those who call themselves "Man of God".
Yep. And notice how when given the choice between the USA and Russia, both Japan and Germany surrendered to the Americans. The countries stuck with living under the USSR ... try to point out one of them that prospered like Japan and Germany did. If today's kids knew anything about history, they'd give up their love for communism.
They should kill them all....But that Bloody America gave them even work and protection in America while American families & other countries gave up their sons...because they could tell the American governments HOW they killed so many people....and more....Even that German Nazi Werner von Braun who used slave labour in Germany was the man who brought the Americans finally to the Moon...that's a more important thing than the more than 50milion people who died in that war!!!...And don't forget that America came as riches out off the war(BIG business)together with the so called Neutral Swiss...who lend money to everybody...also to the German so they could keep on going....and the so called Neutral Sweden who sold steel to the Germans and Allies...how neutral can you be....in my believes wars are set up by governments because its BIG business!!!.
lance22me Having been to Japan many times, I could not agree with you more. I recall loosing my wallet in Osaka on a holiday, a very kind hotel manager gave me enough yen until I could get to our consulate the next day, that was many years ago before the net.
@@roelofpaas334 Got any ideas how small business, or no business, would have managed to beat Hitler and Hirohito, genius? It is precisely because America had big, massive businesses in place that we defeated the Axis, dummy.
We had to "bear the unbearable" on that one. The one guarantee that the Nipponese would stand down was agreeing to Hirohito retaining his throne and him addressing his subjects to surrender. "Bear the unbearable" as he said. Besides, Tojo was calling all the shots in the war. Hirohito wasn't an aggressive guy, quite weak in fact, not some badass samurai type and really didn't get involved in what f#ckery Tojo was up to or get in his face on how he was conducting the war. He should have, since Tojo was sending the entire country to destruction. Hirohito could've stopped Tojo, just told him to commit seppuku, but was too weak willed and clearly a total pussy. You're the emperor, act like one you wuss.
The emperor didn't hang but over 900 others did. The new constitution was completely created by US occupiers & forced through; military leaders had to surrender all over Asia in person with all weaponry destroyed; all forces abandoned their posts to return home to much unemployment, homelessness & near starvation; the empire was dismantled with hegemony limited to the home islands; & MacArthur ran occupied Japan for 4 years & controlled the emperor's movements. Most of us know that is defeat.
Was told that when liberated from their prison camp......our prisoners took the guards rifles/fixed bayonets and gave the guards their bayonets back to commit suicide with.......most did exactly that.....sure saved trials....!
148 Koreans were convicted of Class B and C war crimes, 23 of whom were sentenced to death including Korean prison guards who were particularly notorious for their brutality during the war. Justice Bert Röling, who represented the Netherlands at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, noted that "many of the commanders and guards in POW camps were Koreans - the Japanese apparently did not trust them as soldiers - and it is said that they were sometimes far more cruel than the Japanese."
I’ve heard that the Koreans were given a choice between joining the army or being camp guards. Since Koreans were themselves treated poorly by Japan, most probably expected to be cannon fodder in the army, so they chose to be guards. Unfortunately, many chose brutality, perhaps to impress their Japanese officers, perhaps because they knew no better.
I think this is one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situations. Like being forced to kill your spouse or be killed yourself. Some situations thrust on you during war are lose-lose propositions. Then afterwards, you have the victors condemning you for the no-win decisions you had to make. Bottom line is that during a war, you do everything you can just to stay alive.
almost all my immediate family members were hurt deeply by the freaking japanese imperialist aggressors. If you know my father well , probably you will know me too, We can forgive and move on, but we will never forget .
My father walked the streets of Tokyo the day after surrender. He never said much about the war, but that left a horrible impression on him to the point that I will always remember it too. God Bless those men for their courage.
If only their damned government would finally come out and apologize for their war atrocities. The people are fine. It's their government I have issues with.
Good video. Although, this video makes it appear that change happened immediately, it did not. It took years to fully change Japan and rid them of their evil military leaders.
You don't turn an entire country around overnight. On the other hand, their "evil military leaders" were executed within two years (other than that damned Hirohito). In history terms, that is "immediately."
@@yahwehsonren Thanks to Emperor Hirohito`s authority, the United States could administer Japan successfully after the war. Otherwise Japanese would be very rebellious, and Japan would be in the hollow of Communists` hands.
MrEjidorie Although the cunts still refuse to apologise for their shitcunt behaviour. Don’t teach their children the truth. Arseholes. Fuck all criminals were executed. Fuck them, their ancestors and their offspring. Their xenophobic self importance lives on. Cunts.
What's gotta suck is you were captured but presumed dead. The war department pays off your widow from your insurance so she hooks up with someone else and blows the money. Then she gets a telegram, great news he is alive after all.
There was certainly some of that, along with a few Dear John letters, but all told, just about all of the GI servicemen came out of WWII hating war and never wanted to see it again. They knew far better than anyone else about the horrors of war. Those guys were the best ever! I miss them all!
@ Neil Manhard, Ronnie, Mark ; You're being kind of silly.......interpreting things without knowing the attribution.... Maybe they "disliked" the video for the simple fact that..... they DID NOT liked it. Maybe to express that they were against these atrocities. Maybe the footage was not what they expected. You'll never know what the reason was. The same goes for the "like" or thumb up..... Maybe people loved the footage of the starving men ( because they have a sadistic inclination).
The United Nations didn't prosecute the Emperor because he was like a god to the Japanese people and felt they would get a lot more cooperation out of the people, if some symbol of power was left so they would have dignity.A crushed people won't be as helpful to rebuild.
@ Tamotsu Tsuyoshikami Did YOU ever hear of the USMC. My dad took part in killing about 50,000 Japanese. He certainly had no apologies for the use of the nukes. People that I know who have been in Japan say they are the most racist people they have ever seen.
+crosstimbers2 I've been in Japan for a year now and was here for 6 years in the 1990s. I haven't seen any people dressed in white sheets, or signs in buses, toilets, restaurants saying certain races can't sit here etc. I have seen plenty of Japanese married to Iranians, Sri Lankans, Australians, Polish, German people and so on.
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quite a bit of Japanese culture was destroyed in the process, but a lot of Japanese lives were saved. We should leave it to them to decide if it was good or bad.
But Japan entered into the war thinking that America could not touch them. (Russia was a different matter!) Then on April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle's Raiders flew over Tokyo, which proved their assumption to be completely wrong. That's when they started losing their culture. And buildings. And homes. And lives. Etc.
Could never have happened. First, Japan only wanted to rule Asia, from eastern Russia down to New Guinea, plus Pacific islands. Second, the American people would never surrender to any enemy.
Japan would never have had the resources to rule America from 5500 miles away. Ruling a little island or two from 2,000 miles away? Sure. But a country the size of America? You jest!
The Japanese surrender was such a relief! Although innocent Japanese Civilians were killed and homeless in the a-bomb blasts, and the Americans having a big party to celebrate was pretty mean, the war was over and men in the war could reunite with their loved ones. And then there's Discord, Lord of Chaos, messing with people's minds to make them think he's a guy named Harry Truman.
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To whoever posted this Newsreel..OMG Thankyou...at the 51 to 57 second mark that is my father in the middle of the screen behind the POW with the Canteen ...making the hand gestures and chewing gum. We have searching for this clip for 68 years.
Thanks for sharing that Nick!
+Nick Cristiano Italian origins I presume.
+Nick Cristiano Have you got any of his stories you can tell us?
Fantastic..
God Bless your Father
There were so many POW'S who lived through captivity , rescued only to die at or near home from their ordeal, May they RIP!!!!
Just to let you know the POW in the center of the screen, pointing his fingers at the 51 to 57 second Mark is my Grandfather...Nick J. Cristiano. He is 90 years young and still with us....Brett C.
+Brett Cristiano Have you got any of his stories you can tell us?
+Brett Cristiano My uncle was in a segregated unit in Italy during the war. He told me some things but I never got around to getting his whole experience and stories from him and now he is gone. I struggled to piece together what little I could. If you have a chance to, get a camera, a cellphone or something and get his stories now while he is here you wont regret it!!
@ROBERT J KIS i care and thousands of care , you miserable p o s.
@ROBERT J KIS A lot of us care, only lowlife scumbag morons wouldn't care about this history, their sacrifice, their stories.
ROBERT J KIS
Only imbeciles do not care to learn from the sacrifices of our relatives so that today we, could appreciate and taste freedom. Btw, you sound like a covidiot
MacArthur was a genius. The post-war rebuilding of Japan was a tremendous American success story. Turned from a dreadful enemy to trusted ally in almost unheard of time.
Mc Arthur was a military failure. He was in New Guinea as the totally incompetent leader of Aussies. Yet after his bragging about Buna the Yanks ran and the worn-out Aussie militia came in and sorted out the sons of arse-land.
That hospital ship shown at 2:07 to 2:14 is the BENEVOLENCE which was sunk in 1950 after being when rammed by a freighter in heavy fog somewhere west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I won't forget anytime soon seeing the American POW with every single finger having been broken. And some fingers that have been partially cut off. I'm wondering if Doctors were ever able to any surgery for him to ever have use of his hands. To think; just one of millions severely tortured or murdered.
In my mind I find the bastard who broke his fingers and put a bullet through his brain.
Not executing Hirohito was purely political. One, by letting him remain the spiritual leader of Japan kept the country peaceful and two, Hirohito was anti-communist and more than anything, his dislike for the communists made him an important ally to the West.
How could those POWs not get revenge right then and there?!
My Grandfather told me stories of being a Berber in the French Army. The stories of torture and despair among civilians by the hands of Nazis. These footages MUST BE SAVED, we must never forget the atrocities commited by those who call themselves "Man of God".
thank you so much,GEN. DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR
Now Japan is in the top 5 in economic power in the world. It seems that every country we rebuild after a war does well economically.
Yep. And notice how when given the choice between the USA and Russia, both Japan and Germany surrendered to the Americans. The countries stuck with living under the USSR ... try to point out one of them that prospered like Japan and Germany did. If today's kids knew anything about history, they'd give up their love for communism.
ITALY seems to defy that observation.
@@kerentolbert5448 Because Italy itself overthrow it's fascist Government. It was not in the complete control of Americans.
What a pity that Emperor Hirohito escaped from the trial after WWii！He was the head of one of the three axis。
They should kill them all....But that Bloody America gave them even work and protection in America while American families & other countries gave up their sons...because they could tell the American governments HOW they killed so many people....and more....Even that German Nazi Werner von Braun who used slave labour in Germany was the man who brought the Americans finally to the Moon...that's a more important thing than the more than 50milion people who died in that war!!!...And don't forget that America came as riches out off the war(BIG business)together with the so called Neutral Swiss...who lend money to everybody...also to the German so they could keep on going....and the so called Neutral Sweden who sold steel to the Germans and Allies...how neutral can you be....in my believes wars are set up by governments because its BIG business!!!.
lance22me
Having been to Japan many times, I could not agree with you more. I recall loosing my wallet in Osaka on a holiday, a very kind hotel manager gave me enough yen until I could get to our consulate the next day, that was many years ago before the net.
@@roelofpaas334 Got any ideas how small business, or no business, would have managed to beat Hitler and Hirohito, genius? It is precisely because America had big, massive businesses in place that we defeated the Axis, dummy.
We had to "bear the unbearable" on that one. The one guarantee that the Nipponese would stand down was agreeing to Hirohito retaining his throne and him addressing his subjects to surrender. "Bear the unbearable" as he said. Besides, Tojo was calling all the shots in the war. Hirohito wasn't an aggressive guy, quite weak in fact, not some badass samurai type and really didn't get involved in what f#ckery Tojo was up to or get in his face on how he was conducting the war. He should have, since Tojo was sending the entire country to destruction. Hirohito could've stopped Tojo, just told him to commit seppuku, but was too weak willed and clearly a total pussy. You're the emperor, act like one you wuss.
The emperor didn't hang but over 900 others did. The new constitution was completely created by US occupiers & forced through; military leaders had to surrender all over Asia in person with all weaponry destroyed; all forces abandoned their posts to return home to much unemployment, homelessness & near starvation; the empire was dismantled with hegemony limited to the home islands; & MacArthur ran occupied Japan for 4 years & controlled the emperor's movements. Most of us know that is defeat.
Hola, hay posibilidades de que se, traduzca en español ? GRACIAS
Was told that when liberated from their prison camp......our prisoners took the guards rifles/fixed bayonets and gave the guards their bayonets back to commit suicide with.......most did exactly that.....sure saved trials....!
...or guilt finally realized!
148 Koreans were convicted of Class B and C war crimes, 23 of whom were sentenced to death including Korean prison guards who were particularly notorious for their brutality during the war.
Justice Bert Röling, who represented the Netherlands at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, noted that "many of the commanders and guards in POW camps were Koreans - the Japanese apparently did not trust them as soldiers - and it is said that they were sometimes far more cruel than the Japanese."
I’ve heard that the Koreans were given a choice between joining the army or being camp guards. Since Koreans were themselves treated poorly by Japan, most probably expected to be cannon fodder in the army, so they chose to be guards. Unfortunately, many chose brutality, perhaps to impress their Japanese officers, perhaps because they knew no better.
I think this is one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situations. Like being forced to kill your spouse or be killed yourself. Some situations thrust on you during war are lose-lose propositions. Then afterwards, you have the victors condemning you for the no-win decisions you had to make. Bottom line is that during a war, you do everything you can just to stay alive.
thank
almost all my immediate family members were hurt deeply by the freaking japanese imperialist aggressors. If you know my father well , probably you will know me too, We can forgive and move on, but we will never forget .
I hear ya!
My father walked the streets of Tokyo the day after surrender. He never said much about the war, but that left a horrible impression on him to the point that I will always remember it too. God Bless those men for their courage.
Japan is a great ally of the US. It's easy to forgive a beaten people.
If only their damned government would finally come out and apologize for their war atrocities. The people are fine. It's their government I have issues with.
Good video. Although, this video makes it appear that change happened immediately, it did not. It took years to fully change Japan and rid them of their evil military leaders.
You don't turn an entire country around overnight. On the other hand, their "evil military leaders" were executed within two years (other than that damned Hirohito). In history terms, that is "immediately."
Execute the emperor.....atonement what a joke.
Well that will made japan fight to death
@@yahwehsonren Thanks to Emperor Hirohito`s authority, the United States could administer Japan successfully after the war. Otherwise Japanese would be very rebellious, and Japan would be in the hollow of Communists` hands.
MrEjidorie Although the cunts still refuse to apologise for their shitcunt behaviour.
Don’t teach their children the truth. Arseholes.
Fuck all criminals were executed. Fuck them, their ancestors and their offspring.
Their xenophobic self importance lives on. Cunts.
What's gotta suck is you were captured but presumed dead. The war department pays off your widow from your insurance so she hooks up with someone else and blows the money. Then she gets a telegram, great news he is alive after all.
There was certainly some of that, along with a few Dear John letters, but all told, just about all of the GI servicemen came out of WWII hating war and never wanted to see it again. They knew far better than anyone else about the horrors of war. Those guys were the best ever! I miss them all!
Mr Jeep,that is exactly what happens.You are walking point with that statement!
And then the Government made the freed POW pay the insurance money back.
I did not see any body kneeling at the flag ceremony, NFL was not represented I guess.
And master of f***all.
Who are the 65 people that "disliked" this video? I guess they wanted Japan to win the war. Too bad they weren't in any of the Japanese POW camps.
Just proves we still have idiots among us
@@ronniebishop2496 Good 1 Neil.
@ Neil Manhard, Ronnie, Mark ; You're being kind of silly.......interpreting things without knowing the attribution.... Maybe they "disliked" the video for the simple fact that..... they DID NOT liked it. Maybe to express that they were against these atrocities. Maybe the footage was not what they expected. You'll never know what the reason was. The same goes for the "like" or thumb up..... Maybe people loved the footage of the starving men ( because they have a sadistic inclination).
Crazy how it was 200k in that camp
0:13 Face of Churchill lol
The United Nations didn't prosecute the Emperor because he was like a god to the Japanese people and felt they would get a lot more cooperation out of the people, if some symbol of power was left so they would have dignity.A crushed people won't be as helpful to rebuild.
Utter shame to the Japanese that massacred thousands of people in Manila, they should have prosecuted Hirohito.
if you win you write your story
@ Tamotsu Tsuyoshikami Did YOU ever hear of the USMC. My dad took part in killing about 50,000 Japanese. He certainly had no apologies for the use of the nukes. People that I know who have been in Japan say they are the most racist people they have ever seen.
+crosstimbers2
I've been in Japan for a year now and was here for 6 years in the 1990s. I haven't seen any people dressed in white sheets, or signs in buses, toilets, restaurants saying certain races can't sit here etc.
I have seen plenty of Japanese married to Iranians, Sri Lankans, Australians, Polish, German people and so on.
Nonsense Videos Japan ナンセンス ビデオ ジャパン Did you see any liars when you looked in the mirror? Because that is what you are.
You mean I'm a mirror? Wow!
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Thank You USA
Nice that there are still some people around who understand the sacrifices these fantastic guys made for other countries. In their names, I thank you!
True, the Japanese people were and are far better off then before the war.
The gaiety of the streets,wisky,rum,beer.Nice
When I think about a god I think on some great, powerful majesty, not Hirohito...The japanese paid the price of worshipping A FALSE GOD.
And if America doesn’t change we’ll be facing the same disaster.
2:14 this the surrender of Cebu 1945
The Japanese never had any honour!!!
quite a bit of Japanese culture was destroyed in the process, but a lot of Japanese lives were saved. We should leave it to them to decide if it was good or bad.
But Japan entered into the war thinking that America could not touch them. (Russia was a different matter!) Then on April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle's Raiders flew over Tokyo, which proved their assumption to be completely wrong. That's when they started losing their culture. And buildings. And homes. And lives. Etc.
i wonder what would Japan had done to US had they won the war
Could never have happened. First, Japan only wanted to rule Asia, from eastern Russia down to New Guinea, plus Pacific islands. Second, the American people would never surrender to any enemy.
Public Selfies everywhere?
Japan would never have had the resources to rule America from 5500 miles away. Ruling a little island or two from 2,000 miles away? Sure. But a country the size of America? You jest!
The Japenese were very lucky to lose. Like naughty children they have to be educated and directed, but it's all for their own good.
philipm06 yeah, I really wanted to hear the children screaming before vaporizing.
The wind rises 風が立ちる
Would do anything to see Japan surrender once in a life time
For Japanese good food
God Give Americans Victory,But cautions,Those Victory God gives to Americans as long as they remember God and pray and humble themselves to God
BANJAI.
waste every limey&yankee 😱
Then the communist will come
propaganda crap
@lance22me Japan's democratic institutions, their economic success, freedoms and their alliance with the West is the evidence for this narrative.
The Japanese surrender was such a relief! Although innocent Japanese Civilians were killed and homeless in the a-bomb blasts, and the Americans having a big party to celebrate was pretty mean, the war was over and men in the war could reunite with their loved ones. And then there's Discord, Lord of Chaos, messing with people's minds to make them think he's a guy named Harry Truman.
if you win you write your story