@@Merlinsbigbeard When you look at the bigger picture, the vast majority of things that the Imperial Japanese did (exception unit 731) were very much in line with what was common in most of the world for most of history. Remember, only 100 years prior to WW2, the Japanese were living the same as they had in the 1500's. And all of the abuse of prisoners, wartime r*pe, purging civilians, and pillaging were all common across the world including Europe until close to WW1. General Sherman did many of the same things to the Confederacy as the IJA did to east Asia. And the colonial empires of Britain and France were all built on the same actions that the IJA were emulating. That of course doesn't change the fact that we in the modern world today would prefer if all those things didn't' continue, just as our great grandfathers did.
@@ColinTherac117 yeah a lot of people act like Imperial Japan was unique in its evil, when thought Europeans did the same, if not worse, just 100-50 years earlier.
My Great Uncle, Corporal William Lee McMillan, was captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He was with Company M, 4th Marine Regiment. He survived nearly three years as a POW of the Japanese. Both he and several hundred civilian and military POWs are liberated at Old Bilibid Prison in Manila in February 1945. By then ulcers had rendered him virtually blind, and Malaria paralyzed him from the waist down. Through months of surgeries and physical rehabilitation he recovered a little bit physically. The Navy rated him as 100% disabled at his discharge.
Mentally he was wrecked. His only marriage ended in divorce in two years, I think. The marriage produced one child, sadly the child died in a year. Uncle Bill would spend days at a time in the basement drinking. Couldn't keep a job. To compound his problems, his nephew, my grandfather, who also served in the War, and in the occupation of Japan, came home with a Japanese bride! It fractured the family. Many members were cold, or even outright hostile to Grandma. Surprisingly, there are two exceptions. One was one of Grandpa's brothers, Thomas, and the other was Uncle Bill himself. Grandma described him as a quiet man, who never called her names, belittled or blamed her for what happened to him, nor did he even raise his voice at her, but he wouldn't stay in the same room with her for very long.
Respect to both your great-uncle and grandfather. And no blame at all to your great uncle for not liking your grandmother. What those men who were POWs of the Japanese went through is horrific, fully as bad as the experiences of German death camp survivors. I hope he is at peace now.
My mother was the same way as some of your family. Her dad died on Okinawa. She never forgave the Japanese for that. They took her father and changed her life. In her later years she was better but when we went to Okinawa to see his name on the wall. It was rough for her.
Sorry to here that many soldiers and their families from that time and today definitely give in to that hatred but if read more of Louis that he too almost wife but he found true love through Jesus Christ and not only did it saved his marriage but he was able to forgive his monster but also preached God's Word to them and many of them were saved now it might be to late for your Uncle or the other family members during but through the Love of Jesus Christ can pierce even the strongest of hatred the same hatred that has divided your family , Jesus Christ can make whole again .
I respectful all men except the Japanese I'm sorry for what you great uncle and you great grandfather for what they went through no-one should go through something like the Japanese did to POWS my great great grandfather fought in WW2 but I don't think he was a POW at all
My grandfather was taken at the fall of Bataan. He ended up in Kawasaki camp. They were finally liberated at the end of the war. The ptsd became really bad in the last couple of months of his life. Multiple times he would run away from home in pajamas and no shoes (January). One difference between him and this scene is, when he was rescued, he stood 6ft and weighed 60 something pounds. By that time he was so sick and weak that he had to be taken to hospital in China, then back to the United States.
@@Jaffacall3251 They have. Multiple times. They apologize almost religously. Of course the radicals and extremists that lived back then never apologized. But Japanese politicians acknowledge it. Also Japan has internet. Their youth acknowledge their atrocities, no different to America acknowledging their atrocities.
Apparently all the effort that went into finding (and convincing) Japanese holdouts after the war was wasted. It seems all that was needed was for an enemy plane to fly over the jungles and islands once and flash a light.
No, what happened is the pow's didn't believe the war was over, so a b29 did a flyby to prove that the war was over because nobody was shooting at it or running
Maybe the POWs would’ve been treated better if they stopped stealing the Japanese hair conditioner, everyone’s covered in dirt head to toe but their hair shines like polished chrome
Seeing That Beautiful Flying Fortress Fly Over Brought Tears To My Eye's. Knowing How Grateful And Happy These Men Felt Just Seeing That Was An Amazing Feeling
Keep in mind, that discipline in the Imperial Japanese Army was pretty brutal. NCO's and officer's frequently slapped, punched and beat lower ranked personnel, often in a savage manner. Guarding POW's was considered a less honorable duty, it was also recognized as 'cushy' job that front-line troops regarded with contempt. Camp guards and officers would take out their frustration and anger on hapless POW's and civilian internees, POW's were regarded as creatures without honor or any rights their captors had to respect.
Having had only very basic gruel and rice to eat for soo many months. Those rations dropped would have caused many a problem to their guts!. Great film though...
I had an uncle who was captured at the fall of Singapore. He said they survived not on the meagre rations from the Japanese, but on the fruit that grows wild in tropical zones, plus anything else they could forage or steal.
Exactly, just look at the Chilean Miners whom received food after 30+ days, the Doctors had to be very careful as to not have their bodies react to high protein sugar carbs etc…so I’m not sure what cans of what they dropped….
Many of those cans came with a way to easily open them up without it. You can look up the ration and food cans they gave to soldiers and see it. It was a pretty cool design.
The flashing red light under the left wing was blinking in Norse code. In the book, it says the guy who calls out the war is over was a radio operator and read the light as morse
someone else mentioned Morse-code on the wing-lights. But another indication would be that you'd never see a bomber that size flying that low over 'enemy' territory, without every gun opening up on it. The only reason the Japanese didn't send a flight of fighters after the bomber that dropped the first Bomb is purely because it was flying 'alone', and they thought it was a Civilian aircraft. A bomber flying as low as that one was, by itself, would have been easily known to be a military bomber and attacked had the country still been fighting.
@sathingtonwilloughby3741 as the grandson and great grandson of WW2 vets, it makes me wonder why people in this country still buy Toyota and Mitsubishi! They made the bombs that bombed pearl harbor!!
LOL ACCURATE. They wouldv spent billions and wouldv thrown LIVES tryna save Britney Griner. Speaks volumes about our state sanctioned religion of celebrity worship. Control the pseudo-religions, controll the people. Our ancestors warned of the merger of state and religion.
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The fact and the way that soldier took his bayonet off the gun was amazing and smart 😂
Wait why I’m confused
They had been ordered by the officer behind them, probably ordered by the emperor to surrender.
I liked the nuance that he looked relived he didn’t have to kill anyone. Not all Japanese prison guards were evil or, more accurately, willingly evil
@@Merlinsbigbeard When you look at the bigger picture, the vast majority of things that the Imperial Japanese did (exception unit 731) were very much in line with what was common in most of the world for most of history. Remember, only 100 years prior to WW2, the Japanese were living the same as they had in the 1500's. And all of the abuse of prisoners, wartime r*pe, purging civilians, and pillaging were all common across the world including Europe until close to WW1. General Sherman did many of the same things to the Confederacy as the IJA did to east Asia. And the colonial empires of Britain and France were all built on the same actions that the IJA were emulating.
That of course doesn't change the fact that we in the modern world today would prefer if all those things didn't' continue, just as our great grandfathers did.
@@ColinTherac117 yeah a lot of people act like Imperial Japan was unique in its evil, when thought Europeans did the same, if not worse, just 100-50 years earlier.
My Great Uncle, Corporal William Lee McMillan, was captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He was with Company M, 4th Marine Regiment. He survived nearly three years as a POW of the Japanese. Both he and several hundred civilian and military POWs are liberated at Old Bilibid Prison in Manila in February 1945. By then ulcers had rendered him virtually blind, and Malaria paralyzed him from the waist down. Through months of surgeries and physical rehabilitation he recovered a little bit physically. The Navy rated him as 100% disabled at his discharge.
Mentally he was wrecked. His only marriage ended in divorce in two years, I think. The marriage produced one child, sadly the child died in a year. Uncle Bill would spend days at a time in the basement drinking. Couldn't keep a job.
To compound his problems, his nephew, my grandfather, who also served in the War, and in the occupation of Japan, came home with a Japanese bride! It fractured the family. Many members were cold, or even outright hostile to Grandma.
Surprisingly, there are two exceptions. One was one of Grandpa's brothers, Thomas, and the other was Uncle Bill himself. Grandma described him as a quiet man, who never called her names, belittled or blamed her for what happened to him, nor did he even raise his voice at her, but he wouldn't stay in the same room with her for very long.
Respect to both your great-uncle and grandfather. And no blame at all to your great uncle for not liking your grandmother. What those men who were POWs of the Japanese went through is horrific, fully as bad as the experiences of German death camp survivors. I hope he is at peace now.
My mother was the same way as some of your family. Her dad died on Okinawa. She never forgave the Japanese for that. They took her father and changed her life. In her later years she was better but when we went to Okinawa to see his name on the wall. It was rough for her.
Sorry to here that many soldiers and their families from that time and today definitely give in to that hatred but if read more of Louis that he too almost wife but he found true love through Jesus Christ and not only did it saved his marriage but he was able to forgive his monster but also preached God's Word to them and many of them were saved now it might be to late for your Uncle or the other family members during but through the Love of Jesus Christ can pierce even the strongest of hatred the same hatred that has divided your family , Jesus Christ can make whole again .
Was he your great uncle or great great uncle, because you said his nephew was your grandfather
I respectful all men except the Japanese I'm sorry for what you great uncle and you great grandfather for what they went through no-one should go through something like the Japanese did to POWS my great great grandfather fought in WW2 but I don't think he was a POW at all
My grandfather was taken at the fall of Bataan. He ended up in Kawasaki camp. They were finally liberated at the end of the war. The ptsd became really bad in the last couple of months of his life. Multiple times he would run away from home in pajamas and no shoes (January). One difference between him and this scene is, when he was rescued, he stood 6ft and weighed 60 something pounds. By that time he was so sick and weak that he had to be taken to hospital in China, then back to the United States.
And the coward camp commander ran away and was in hiding for years.
Based wattanabe
Never apologized for his actions either
@@laughs150 The entire island of Japan has never apologized for their actions
All bully's are cowards !
@@Jaffacall3251 They have. Multiple times. They apologize almost religously.
Of course the radicals and extremists that lived back then never apologized. But Japanese politicians acknowledge it.
Also Japan has internet. Their youth acknowledge their atrocities, no different to America acknowledging their atrocities.
I love how well cut and styled all their hair is
Japanese barbers must have been great 👀
they would usually shave the heads of POWs. they didnt give a damn if the prisoners got lice, but it could spread to the guards.
its a movie
@@Bearbok Its sarcasm
Apparently all the effort that went into finding (and convincing) Japanese holdouts after the war was wasted. It seems all that was needed was for an enemy plane to fly over the jungles and islands once and flash a light.
No, what happened is the pow's didn't believe the war was over, so a b29 did a flyby to prove that the war was over because nobody was shooting at it or running
For some reason people name this scene as “Japan Surrenders”
“The war is finally over, I can’t wait to see my family in Hiroshima”
Yikes....
Well you can't see Hiroshima Either.
Totally deserved
Me: Should I tell him?
The war ended because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki otherwise the Japanese would have fought to the last man, woman and child.
“The war is OVERR!!”
Japan: so anyways, I started blasting.
Pows: THE WAR IS OVER!!!
Japan: we won
Pows: 🗿
Covered in dirt from head to toes, but all clean shaven.
Maybe the POWs would’ve been treated better if they stopped stealing the Japanese hair conditioner, everyone’s covered in dirt head to toe but their hair shines like polished chrome
Maybe it’s grease/grime? 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That sound of planes ❤❤❤❤
Just watching the Japanese guard removing his bayonet from his gun and putting it back in his belt was strange...he wanted to be done too.
1:11 Goosebumps scene 🔥
Seeing That Beautiful Flying Fortress Fly Over Brought Tears To My Eye's. Knowing How Grateful And Happy These Men Felt Just Seeing That Was An Amazing Feeling
Nice detail that there were some short kings alluding that they were the ball gunners
Such an incredible story
The fact that Louie returning to Japan to forgive Watanabe he still couldn’t find him
Keep in mind, that discipline in the Imperial Japanese Army was pretty brutal. NCO's and officer's frequently slapped, punched and beat lower ranked personnel, often in a savage manner. Guarding POW's was considered a less honorable duty, it was also recognized as 'cushy' job that front-line troops regarded with contempt. Camp guards and officers would take out their frustration and anger on hapless POW's and civilian internees, POW's were regarded as creatures without honor or any rights their captors had to respect.
Having had only very basic gruel and rice to eat for soo many months. Those rations dropped would have caused many a problem to their guts!. Great film though...
That is true, when the prisoners in the Jewish prisoner of war camps were fed for the first time it killed them.
I had an uncle who was captured at the fall of Singapore. He said they survived not on the meagre rations from the Japanese, but on the fruit that grows wild in tropical zones, plus anything else they could forage or steal.
Exactly, just look at the Chilean Miners whom received food after 30+ days, the Doctors had to be very careful as to not have their bodies react to high protein sugar carbs etc…so I’m not sure what cans of what they dropped….
The war is over!🔥
if i am loius zamperini at the war end scene im gonna show middle finger to the bird
Hahahaha good one
The bird to The Bird.
I’m surprise that even when they saw the plane fly they ain’t kill our heros in sight! God bless our heros ❤ and kept them safe to the very end
All those cans of food that were dropped... I hope that someone remembered to include a few can openers...
You can open a can with a rock
Many of those cans came with a way to easily open them up without it. You can look up the ration and food cans they gave to soldiers and see it. It was a pretty cool design.
I suggest reading the book, 'The Forgotten Highlander' . The true story of a young Scotsman in WW11
Yes a really good read .
WW11? Damn must have lived under a rock
A great book, never caught the movie, but... Are all those prisoners clean shaven? Surely the movie wouldnt forget to make that mistake??
They were all uniformly covered with soot and then were all shaved and showered once the food was dropped. Mhmm?
Were there any retaliations by US POW's on their Japanese captors for their barbaric and cruel treatment after this scene depicted
Such a great movie
I watched this movie found it moving it dipcted the way pows were treated by the jspanese in real life during ww2
I think that would likely be beneath him, but who knows.
"We take you to undamaged city of Hiroshima to make glorious firebreak"
I would've kept the staff
Dang they're celebrating like they ain't been working and straving for months now
Never got to see the film, but the book was fantastic.
You say that like the film isn't available, it's on Australian Netflix, I am sure it is available anywhere online, legally or pirated.
Nice
The bravest
How does he know the war is over from a plane flying over?
Idk but maybe because the local DCA didn’t try to take down the plane. And the plane didn’t bomb anything. I suppose...
Star on the plane
The flashing red light under the left wing was blinking in Norse code. In the book, it says the guy who calls out the war is over was a radio operator and read the light as morse
someone else mentioned Morse-code on the wing-lights. But another indication would be that you'd never see a bomber that size flying that low over 'enemy' territory, without every gun opening up on it. The only reason the Japanese didn't send a flight of fighters after the bomber that dropped the first Bomb is purely because it was flying 'alone', and they thought it was a Civilian aircraft. A bomber flying as low as that one was, by itself, would have been easily known to be a military bomber and attacked had the country still been fighting.
The motion the plane made. That little tip to the side.
All this movie did was make me hate the Japanese.
@sathingtonwilloughby3741 as the grandson and great grandson of WW2 vets, it makes me wonder why people in this country still buy Toyota and Mitsubishi! They made the bombs that bombed pearl harbor!!
@@superstarreviews9937 try reading more books - by your rationale ford and chevy sales would be non existent in other parts of the world since then
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E=MC2 to all asians!
Dafuq dude
Watching this scene i can't help to think they were gonna be slaughtered just like countless other pows who never got this chance
Película para hombres con fe EN CRISTO...supo perdonar ..y su fe lo hizo grande..
if this were in modern times instead of saving pow's, the goverment would a drug addicted basket ball players
LOL ACCURATE. They wouldv spent billions and wouldv thrown LIVES tryna save Britney Griner.
Speaks volumes about our state sanctioned religion of celebrity worship.
Control the pseudo-religions, controll the people.
Our ancestors warned of the merger of state and religion.