World At War: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow 3 of 5

[able506]

damn wish i could find this in it entirety

[santiken]

Die for the Emperor?...to heck with him, he was a cowardly wimp. You great fighting men of Japan should have respected your own life. We should have teamed up against Hitler and kicked the crap out of him in less than 6 months.

[sheskiefry]

my grandfather served in the Lushai Levies attached to the Lushai brigade during the imphal campaign and the retaking of Burma campaign. He was then in the Burma army after '48. Old man's still alive and still has a 1911 holster with that original rusty ass colt magazine. Hope i see him one more time before he passes.

[pastuso1bc]

Their training was to die for the emperor. Our soldiers' training was to kill the enemy and survive another day to kill the enemy again. A dead soldier cannot fight for the emperor again. That is one of many reasons why the Japanese lost.

[pacbizkit]

my grandad was a glider pilot in ww2 n he almost got sent on a mission 2 burma to b droped behind enemy lines, by himself, with a portable radio thing, then report bak abowt enemy movements lol thank god it was cancelled

[elperugrande1954]

fucking japanese mother fuckers..we should kill all of you...maybe the next..

[TheBelovedButterfly]

03.00 what the hell does the old turd mean: "who else would come to "give" us entertainment?" They didn't "give"! half a million girls and women (sometimes pre-pubescent) were forced into prostitution in every land the Japanese occupied. They were raped up to 35 times per day, and 75% of them died, from beatings, perverted sex acts, disease, or botched abortions. Most of them were left infertile - all of them have never recovered, emotionally.

[faeembrugh]

Old army joke: 'We're the Forgotten Army!'

'Forgotten, mate - no one's even bloody heard of us!

[nonfictionone]

my grandad fought the japs. he hated them all his life. He would not drive in a japanese car. Weird; until he told you what the japs did in the 1940's in the war. inhuman.

[pix042]

This series was made when Vera Lynn was just plain Vera Lynn. She became Dame Vera Lynn shortly afterwards. Our friends and next door neighbours in Sunningdale were the Baders (Douglas Bader of Battle oif Britain fame and his wife and children). One night Dame Vera Lynn came for dinner and she was most insistent that her erstwhile commoner friends should address her as DAME Vera Lynn!

[parabat7]

Douglas Bader and Thelma (died about 1973-75)had no children and he was 63 when he married Joan Murray who was herself in her mid-fifties. There are no Bader children. I knew him from 1940 (I was with COSACC & Fortitude) and when he worked for Shell.

I first met Dame Vera Lynn - June 1942 as she was visiting a hospital for TORCH and Dieppe wounded. I have met her many times in private and public fora with no instance of her insistence of how she was addressed

You are making this all up.

[teslagod2003]

@nonfictionone ???and it is human to deny a country its very needs in trades?they waged war because they pushed so far they could no longer just negotiate or be a democratic nation,if things has to be forced,they no matter what happens or the cost,it must be done,for the better good of their people...

[Lotmack]

First get a apology from Japanese government for sadistic and brutal atrocities during ww2, example for Unit 731. No apologies no nothing, they wont even admit it ever existed. Imperial Japanese army even eat whole villages of people in the pacific islands. So thats kinda not cool. Definetely shame on you producers for not throwing japan for dogs.

[woolvett22]

who cares why do people think human life is so valuable when time and time again history has shown us it isnt only when you let go of that can you truly live

[teslagod2003]

@woolvett22 yes,its true,death comes to all...why get angry and mad when people die?why live in hatred coz of death?whether they like it or not,people dies...

[teslagod2003]

@Lotmack people full of hatred ang anger,while not admiting their own faults and not being punished for it is just a great hypocracy that our world has now...

they paid their sins with many lives of their own that they sacrificed during the invasion of their island,they are willing to go to end of their civilization,just to prove they waged war for reasonable cause and it is those profiteers and abusive people who should apologize and be punished ofr their own crimes...

[damoosebelly]

The imperialist Japanese perpetrated a great deal of heinous acts against people as they set about their goals of conquest in Asia. However, these things need to be kept in historical perspective. Thornfox is right...history is meant to inform us of triumphs and failures in the past so that we can learn from them, not so that we can hold grudges against future generations for their predecessors' mistakes or atrocities.

[StyxPhobos]

Very true, but surely an official recognition of the atrocities committed by the Japanese, and a subsequent apology, is part of the healing process?

[teslagod2003]

@damoosebelly so it means that the japs should stop being ver disciplined people?it is thru their religion and brutality they became the most disciplined people in the world.the main lesson that the japs learned in ww2 is to love their country and people more,and keep on struggling till the goal is done...

ever wondered why japs keep crying in any sports they are,win or lose,they cry...

it is their strong will and determination,thru great discipline and hard wor...

[Thornfox]

Shame on the documentary producers, you mean. They should've gone into more detail. That being said, don't blame modern Japan for the old one.

[maverick41218]

I don't think you can put that much blame on the producers... there was ton of material to cover in 26 episodes... I think people should realize already that the Japanese people today are not those of the 1940s.

[teslagod2003]

@maverick41218 well they are almost the same though,the diffirence is that they dont wage wars nor wanted wars anymore...

they are still the same arrogant,selfish,crybaby,and someone who has no use of family but to continue ther lineage or their will...

[dannidandannikins]

@teslagod2003 speaking as someone who lives in japan and speaks almost fluent japanese, I have to inform you that you are full of shit. If you want to give yourself some kind of recuperative enema for your congested intellect, try thinking if all Englishmen or Americans share some particular character trait... obviously they don't; so why do you think the japanese do?

[teslagod2003]

@dannidandannikins huh?what have i said to make you say such thing?

[teslagod2003]

@Thornfox yes i agree,tough i dont like these japs myself,why the heck live in hatred?if you'll only live in hatred,then dont live anymore,you are no use in this world,but an another "hitler" who'd pursue utter vengeance and destruction of those you hate...

[Vyssevysse]

@Thornfox Optimistically, I'd like to agree with this.  Realistically,however, the problem I see here is that the events that occurred in the past, have left irremovable stigmas and traumas that are still in effect today. Not to mention, that there are still many beneficiaries of these atrocities that feel they should be exempt from blame,

which in turn, worsens the residual resentment.

In the grand scheme of things, WW II might as well have been yesterday.

[turr520]

Korean "comfort girls" were forced into service. Shame on you, japanese...

[woolvett22]

also who cares its only human life theres only what 6,806,900,000 of us we should kill each other, we are already ruining our planet which will eventually kill us i say we just kill ourselves in sweet wars

[turr520]

Hmm..okay...How many have you killed so far? Come on. Do your part! Don't just talk the talk...

[woolvett22]

actually i have three confirmed kills in afghanistan serving with the first hussars candian armoured reserves dickbag

[andykrin]

i don't believe you and it's spelled Canadian

[woolvett22]

couldn't care less and yeah a spelling error makes me a liar

[andykrin]

bull sh#t

[woolvett22]

just because you are weak dont assume others are

[turr520]

3?! That's it? How long did you serve? You must be such a bad aim 'cause 3 is pathetic considering how many bullets you wasted. At this pace, we'll never get to "6,806,900,000"... Again, don't just talk the talk. Killing merely 3 AND bragging about it only shows how weak and insecured you are... ^^

[turr520]

Yes, just because you're such a weak aim, don't assume others are.