in these battle our ppl helped every group, they helped British, Japan and also they helped Burmese but later on the Burmese ppl lied to our Karen people
4) Furthermore, because of the intrinsic geological condition of Japan, not to let appearances fool you, another earthquake-tsunami is imminent, not a question of “if” it happens but “when”. Keep this in mind.
3) Choose another tour destination because the radiation level is still high around Japan and the Japanese government is not forthright about the severity of the nuclear accident. If you must go for business or work, don’t forget to bring your daily dose of iodine pills, good luck.
2) Don’t marry a Japanese person; if you do, try not to have any children because they are carrying a radiation mutated gene, resulting from the two well deserved American A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force a quick surrender of Japan ending WWII, and the recent earthquake-tsunami triggered nuclear accident at Fukushima.
1) Don’t buy Japan’s cancer causing radiation polluted products, especially food. The Japanese government lied about the safety of their exported food products.
You still remember the former European colonies all gained their independences a few years after WW2 ? You think it was a coincidence ? Thank again !
It was Japan's gallant fight inspired other Asian people to struggle for their independences. Although Japan fell victim of too many enemies, it did fulfill its political agenda which was to free the Asians from Western colonial rules.
Japan was victim of WW2, by no means it was a loser.
By looking at Asia today, you know who the losers are.
@TheSalmonfan to free asians from western colonialism and to impose what ? terror , geniocide,rape ,torture?who the hell are you kidding?japan was not the victim of ww2 it was tha cause !and yes japan lost , lost big time. as you said look at japan today
@leojdroffaws3 The real losers of WW2 are the enslaved Chinese and N Koreans who each one of them has got a leash on his or her own neck. Japan, on the other hand has re-built & re-emerged an even stronger country economically. We're a better country to live in than USA today.
Terror, genocide, rape, and torture? Are you talking about Mao Zedong of China who murdered 80 millions Chinese that's greater than what Hitler and Stalin did combined ? Well said indeed.
@TheSalmonfan china did not sign a unconditional surender.china was doing fine til the commies took over . and that doesn't white wash the jap war crimes . and a better country to live in lol what a load of horse shit .ppl the world over want to come to america disney land , eadable underware,we can own guns , best porn,what does japan have ....raw fish wow can't wait to go thare
@leojdroffaws3 Americans can own guns ? So what? Does it improve their quality of life in any meaningful way? In fact, It's responsible for those crime-laden & drug-laden neighborhoods in the States. Thank God, we don't have that. And don't say 'We can own guns' as you're not an American. You're just another stupid Chinese who's suffering from infeiority complex & pretending to be an American. Time for you to stop masturbating and come back to live in the reality.
@TheSalmonfan think again you little yellow bastard our guns here in america protect us from godzilla and commie para troopers. every body in the world wants to move to japan . lol ha ha ha ha you tv is just shit.super happy fun time show !i did fly trough toko your ppl are more rude and aragont than the french.hell look at japan today can't even shut down your own nuke's crying out to the world save us help us . ya japan is such a winner ha ha ha . who r u kidding
@leojdroffaws3 Nice try you fake American. Go fool someone else, not me...I lived in the states for many years..college educated. And I've never seen nor heard of any commie para troopers anywhere in America. Where are they? Hiding in your stinky closet?
But I do know the existence of those crime-laden & drug-laden neighborhoods in every American city and I've frequently heard of 8 or 9 years old kids committed crimes with guns in the states.
@TheSalmonfan of corse we don't have commie para troopers we have guns and crimes and drugs aren't caused by guns they are caused by niggers and i would rather be in a american getto than the finest palace in japan . japan loljapan world power lol have fun glowing in the dark tojo .
I think you will find that the overall goal of Japan was a massive Japanese empire...
Gallant fight, of starving POWs and civis to death, torturing their victims and just basically breaking every single rule and article of war known on a daily basis beyond that of any nation for a good 800 years?
Looking back from today, imperialism was such an evil thing. Don't forget, Imperial Japan was merely a small potato comparing to other imperial powers such as Britain or France.
Rules? I guess there was no rules then when the Europeans colonized large parts of N & S America, and Australia, wiped out most of the aboriginal inhabitants?
At least Japan treated its colonial subjects far better than the Eurpoeans did to their own colonial subjects.
I have never seen this clips before.I thank you for this true event in history. We as a Burmese People never got a chance to learn the true history of our country under the military regime. I felt so sadden when I watch the ending part of that was destroy my home town Mandalay.
My father was a Chindt in the secret mission behind japanese lines 1943 he was a wireless operator. he died aged 80 but aged 76 wrote a book about these times and i think he is the only foot soldier to have written about what it was like on the ground. he was not able to write about it for 40 years due to the official secrets act. As a family we have the 300 page book and at present I am putting back on the computer to see if it could be edited for posteriyt and the message it holds.
My father was a Chindt in the secret mission behind japanese lines 1943 he was a wireless operator. he died aged 80 but aged 76 wrote a book about these times and i think he is the only foot soldier to have written about what it was like on the ground. he was not able to write about it for 40 years due to the official secrets act. As a family we have the 300 page book and at present I am putting back on the computer to see if it could be edited for posteriyt and the message it holds vanessagee
Moving stuff...I am hoping to make a film soon with members of the Burma Star Association (I have my father's Burma Star with me now - he was in the Chindits). I would very much like to include clips from your excellent film if possible.
My uncle, Major James Penhaligon (a Cornishman) was there, and was killed in action a week before VJ Day. I use his name as my writing name, in my book, "Speak Swahili, Dammit!" James was only 34 years old when he died. There were so many personal tragedies in the war, many never written about. Even the King's African Rifles, in General William Slim's Far East Army suffered heavy losses - and I knew survivors in Geita, Tanganyika, where I grew up. Great guys! I heard lots of horror stories.
Funny thing is, Gen. Aung San and his army fought along side the Japanese. Immediately switched side after Mandalay fell. Myanmar history would have turned out differently if Gen Slim wouldn't accept the deal with Gen. Aung San. Well, I guess strategically thinking, the deal saved so many lives. If Gen. slim had to push toward Rangoon without Gen. Aung San help it would be so much harder and cost him so many more lives. Indeed, he's a good commander.
Great footage and accompanying sound, JB. Looking for more footage especially the Dimapur Kohima area. My dad was with the 745th Railway Operating Battalion. Thanks for this great stuff!
SaitoYoshida Bullshit the Japanese army slaughtered millions of Chinese and other Asian people, you used Slaves to build railways, used Chinese women as sex tools for the army, there was only 100.000 British and Burmese soldiers in the hole burma campaign over 300.000 Japanese and you got a handing Japan can only win battles by not even officially declaring war sneaking up on countries when the British got reinforcements and learned to fight in Jungles the Japanese were cut down easily.
If you haven't read it, I recommend Viscount Slim's memoir of the conflict - Defeat Into Victory. Also George McDonald Frasier's account of the battle in the trenches - Quartered Safe Out Here.
@SaitoYoshida Are you some kind of joke? Do you have any idea how cruelly your nations troops treated PoW's and civilians alike? You must be a troll, that is by far and a way the most idiotic post I've ever seen on YT. It's a damn good thing your lot were bested in the jungles of Burma and a damn good thing your wretched troops were chucked straight out of India.
@SaitoYoshida Bullshit everybody knows about Japanese atrocities but the Japanese, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to stop the Japanese, any moral person would have done the same.
@grandtheftvideo You proclaim yourself to be "moral" even when you commit immoral acts. Its amazing you do not see your own contradictions. That is why we Japanese control the high ground in this argument and why you are so frustrated.
@SaitoYoshida It seems you Japanese are not just subhuman, but illogical as well. There's nothing immoral about killing a pig if you need to eat, similarly there's nothing immoral about killing those that commit crimes. You Japanese have no high ground in any argument, and the world knows it. That's why we're still occupying your country, you people simply can't be trusted for anything.
@grandtheftvideo I see. You are not only an American, you are a stupid American. It is getting harder and harder to recognize the truly stupid ones. The only foreign troops in Japan are here by our invitation - look it up.
@SaitoYoshida Lol the last time you Japanese slighted Americans, we kicked your ass good, I see you idiots are making same mistake again. The invitation is just a formality, to make it look better to the international community, maybe you should dig deeper and find out the truth next time.
@SaitoYoshida I've been reading the comments here. The sanctimonious tone used by these Europeans and Americans is beyond belief. They conveniently call their genocide as bringing civilization and your war killing as murder. Had Japan won the war, Britain would constantly be apologizing to India for looting, famine and imperialism. Since Japan lost, these hypocrites expect you to take all the blame. Bloody hypocrites. Their end will come one day.
@lalitadityamuktapida Europeans and Americans never look at their own behavior. They only judge the behavior of others. That is also why few listen to them anymore. If they knew how the World laughs at them they would be amazed.
@SaitoYoshida Unfortunately lot of people listen to them. And nobody laughs at them. Facts are facts. in today's world, they are top dogs. On the whole my experience is that Americans and Canadians are very decent people. I can't say the same for the Brits or Aussies. I think it will take a catastrophic military defeat for them introspect a little more. Till then we have no option but to grin and bear it while they preach to us with their sanctimonious holier than thou attitude
@lalitadityamuktapida The American system is destroying itself. America is full of dependents. They may win a war because they kill more civilians but they lose in the end because they cannot manage their own country. Most wars in the last 100 years have been to reverse English imperialism. America makes the mistake of helping English try to hold on to their tyranny.
@SaitoYoshida : What you said is a joke. Aung San, father of modern Burma, fooled by Japanese lie of liberation of Burma, first cooperated with Japanese and led Burmese Independence Army to fight against the Allied. But two years later, having seen what the Japanese did in Burma. he knew there would be no independence under Japanese occupation. He turned around and fought with the Allied against Japanese.
Given time, Indian would have reached the same conclusion if they had been "liberated".
The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
My grandpa was going to fight in this campaign, but got malaria in madagascar and so couldn't go. It might have actually saved his life. RIP grandpa 1911-2000
NEVER FORGET: Manila Massacre, Alexandra Hospital massacre, Sook Ching Massacre, Kalagong massacre, Laha massacre, Banka Island massacre, Parit Sulong massacre, Palawan massacre, Nan King Massacre, Three Alls Policy, Changi? Prison, Hellships, Bataan Death March, Death Railway, Mass killings, Human experimentation and biological warfare, Use of chemical weapons, Preventable famine, Torture of POWs, Cannibalism, Forced labor, Comfort women, Looting STILL NO APOLOGY
@germanyforever40 Yep, we should make people say sorry for things done by people of their nation about 70 years ago...so what country are you from, and what have you said sorry for?
@germanyforever40 Ask the Japs to apologise after the Brits apologise to the Indians and Africans for colonialism. The only reason Japan is being demonised is that they lost the war. Had the Japs won, we would be hearing and believing how the Japs were such wonderful people who liberated humanity from the clutches of European imperlism and how the brits and Euros(except Germans and italians) are simply Satan's hordes.
My uncle spent the best years of his life fighting in burma with the SEAC,He had his 19 20 21 22 birthday in the jungle,He was dead at 27,And the youth of today think they have it tough.
My grandad served in Burma. He was a british soldier. I'm half english half swedish. He ended up as a pow. Survived the war but with heavy mental scares. God bless him!
my great grndfarther fought, and died in this war.
My grndfather told me the full story, about how the queen sent letters to every able man in pakistan, to fight under her majesty.
I am a pakistani, and the only history we share with the brits was WWII.
My grndfather also told me tht my great great grndmother, rcived a letter personaly frm her majesty to infrm her tht all 4 of her sons had been killed during batle, i have their medals and helmets, nd the original signed letter frm her majesty
o really so if all 4 sons of your great great grandmother died then how come your here?you had 4 posible grandfathers and they all died so therefore there was noone to have your mom or dad therefore no one to have you
People did have children before they went to war poxlfaza. Show some respect for the people who post here, and for their families. Do try and resist being a jackass.
@robnjo69 If you read raheemfaroos post, English is not his first language. If he got some words wrong, be a little forgiving - he lived in a country that would have known very little of england in those days (if anything at all), so the sex of a monarch in such a foreign country would not be readily known in those days. Easy to mix up that information through the generations. I'm inclined to be lenient to his errors under the circumstances.
My Father, Walter R. Paschal was sent to Merrill Marauders as a reinforcement. He was an engineer working on the Ledo road before that. He never talked of his time with Merrill either. Other than saying it was tough. God bless our soldiers.
My grandfather too fought in Burma from early 1943 - Sept 1945. Like some of the other postings state he rarly speaks of it. The British destroyed 3 Japanese armys in Burma - 15th, 28th and 33rd. God bless those "forgotten" veterans.
My grandad seved in Burma for 4 years i think. He never told me much, I don't think many veterans did but he did tell me that he had to shoot a dying Japanese soldier in a paddy field. Apparently the memory haunted him for the rest of his life
Read some books on the Burma war .. Japanese army of over 75,000 killed and totally destroyed with a total defeat of the Japanese ... This was called the forgotten war .. Many Americans died fighting in Burma ..
My dad was in Burma WW2 he was in the Army and all i know is what he told me about carrying a Burp gun and he was a Sgt. i have several photo's of him in jungle.. i believe his squad had something to do with communication.. anyone out there help me?
Amazing archival footage. Thanks for posting this! Imagine the intrepid cameramen lugging around their heavy equipment and film cans in the hot jungle.
My Grandfather is in this video... he is the clean shaven guy behind the mule.... He was a Captain major in the british Chindits... Thankyou for posting
That is brilliant I am really pleased somebody has recognized one of there relatives. I would like to honour the memory of your grandfather in the veterans section of my web site there is a link in ABOUT THIS VIDEO. Look for the poppy to find the veterans section its bottom left of the page and see what you think . If you like the idea let me know.
I have checked the site and think it is a great idea... I don't have much information about my Grandfather, which I would love to have... His name was Alexander (or Mac) McNeil, Served under Wingate. I will try and see If I have some pictures and then scan and post...
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Down with evil Anglos and their 500 yrs rule on earth.
Up with hundred of millions of Anglos trap in eternal hell.
Ha ha ha ha!
JaneSanFrancisco 5 days ago
3 Japs stumbled onto this video.
Furtraderrim 1 week ago
in these battle our ppl helped every group, they helped British, Japan and also they helped Burmese but later on the Burmese ppl lied to our Karen people
kawthablay100 2 months ago
4) Furthermore, because of the intrinsic geological condition of Japan, not to let appearances fool you, another earthquake-tsunami is imminent, not a question of “if” it happens but “when”. Keep this in mind.
TectonicPower 8 months ago
3) Choose another tour destination because the radiation level is still high around Japan and the Japanese government is not forthright about the severity of the nuclear accident. If you must go for business or work, don’t forget to bring your daily dose of iodine pills, good luck.
TectonicPower 8 months ago
2) Don’t marry a Japanese person; if you do, try not to have any children because they are carrying a radiation mutated gene, resulting from the two well deserved American A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force a quick surrender of Japan ending WWII, and the recent earthquake-tsunami triggered nuclear accident at Fukushima.
TectonicPower 8 months ago
TRUTH ABOUT JAPAN:
1) Don’t buy Japan’s cancer causing radiation polluted products, especially food. The Japanese government lied about the safety of their exported food products.
TectonicPower 8 months ago
You still remember the former European colonies all gained their independences a few years after WW2 ? You think it was a coincidence ? Thank again !
It was Japan's gallant fight inspired other Asian people to struggle for their independences. Although Japan fell victim of too many enemies, it did fulfill its political agenda which was to free the Asians from Western colonial rules.
Japan was victim of WW2, by no means it was a loser.
By looking at Asia today, you know who the losers are.
TheSalmonfan 1 year ago
@TheSalmonfan to free asians from western colonialism and to impose what ? terror , geniocide,rape ,torture?who the hell are you kidding?japan was not the victim of ww2 it was tha cause !and yes japan lost , lost big time. as you said look at japan today
leojdroffaws3 11 months ago
@leojdroffaws3 The real losers of WW2 are the enslaved Chinese and N Koreans who each one of them has got a leash on his or her own neck. Japan, on the other hand has re-built & re-emerged an even stronger country economically. We're a better country to live in than USA today.
Terror, genocide, rape, and torture? Are you talking about Mao Zedong of China who murdered 80 millions Chinese that's greater than what Hitler and Stalin did combined ? Well said indeed.
TheSalmonfan 11 months ago
@TheSalmonfan china did not sign a unconditional surender.china was doing fine til the commies took over . and that doesn't white wash the jap war crimes . and a better country to live in lol what a load of horse shit .ppl the world over want to come to america disney land , eadable underware,we can own guns , best porn,what does japan have ....raw fish wow can't wait to go thare
leojdroffaws3 11 months ago
@leojdroffaws3 Americans can own guns ? So what? Does it improve their quality of life in any meaningful way? In fact, It's responsible for those crime-laden & drug-laden neighborhoods in the States. Thank God, we don't have that. And don't say 'We can own guns' as you're not an American. You're just another stupid Chinese who's suffering from infeiority complex & pretending to be an American. Time for you to stop masturbating and come back to live in the reality.
TheSalmonfan 10 months ago
@TheSalmonfan think again you little yellow bastard our guns here in america protect us from godzilla and commie para troopers. every body in the world wants to move to japan . lol ha ha ha ha you tv is just shit.super happy fun time show !i did fly trough toko your ppl are more rude and aragont than the french.hell look at japan today can't even shut down your own nuke's crying out to the world save us help us . ya japan is such a winner ha ha ha . who r u kidding
leojdroffaws3 10 months ago
@leojdroffaws3 Nice try you fake American. Go fool someone else, not me...I lived in the states for many years..college educated. And I've never seen nor heard of any commie para troopers anywhere in America. Where are they? Hiding in your stinky closet?
But I do know the existence of those crime-laden & drug-laden neighborhoods in every American city and I've frequently heard of 8 or 9 years old kids committed crimes with guns in the states.
TheSalmonfan 10 months ago
@TheSalmonfan of corse we don't have commie para troopers we have guns and crimes and drugs aren't caused by guns they are caused by niggers and i would rather be in a american getto than the finest palace in japan . japan loljapan world power lol have fun glowing in the dark tojo .
leojdroffaws3 10 months ago
@TheSalmonfan
I think you will find that the overall goal of Japan was a massive Japanese empire...
Gallant fight, of starving POWs and civis to death, torturing their victims and just basically breaking every single rule and article of war known on a daily basis beyond that of any nation for a good 800 years?
MitchofSmeg 10 months ago
@MitchofSmeg
Looking back from today, imperialism was such an evil thing. Don't forget, Imperial Japan was merely a small potato comparing to other imperial powers such as Britain or France.
Rules? I guess there was no rules then when the Europeans colonized large parts of N & S America, and Australia, wiped out most of the aboriginal inhabitants?
At least Japan treated its colonial subjects far better than the Eurpoeans did to their own colonial subjects.
TheSalmonfan 10 months ago
@TheSalmonfan
Your an idiot, arrogant, ignorant, but still an idiot. Do some research, study some history. You poseur, in regard to Imperial factions.
arriviste2020 1 month ago
I have never seen this clips before.I thank you for this true event in history. We as a Burmese People never got a chance to learn the true history of our country under the military regime. I felt so sadden when I watch the ending part of that was destroy my home town Mandalay.
mcsgg 1 year ago
My father was a Chindt in the secret mission behind japanese lines 1943 he was a wireless operator. he died aged 80 but aged 76 wrote a book about these times and i think he is the only foot soldier to have written about what it was like on the ground. he was not able to write about it for 40 years due to the official secrets act. As a family we have the 300 page book and at present I am putting back on the computer to see if it could be edited for posteriyt and the message it holds.
vanessagee 1 year ago 2
@vanessagee I would like to read that. Have a look at my website in the veterans section if you would like to remember your father there let me know.
jbmilitarycollector 1 year ago
@jbmilitarycollector The link is in the information about this vidio.
jbmilitarycollector 1 year ago
@jbmilitarycollector i would like people to remember my dad sargent joseph george rendle
georgestratton1 2 months ago
@vanessagee i`d like to read your fathers book please let me know when its published
unclemort1960 4 months ago
@vanessagee
My grandpa fought in the Burmese Jungle against the Japanese. He was in the Army Airforce. Merrill's Marauders.
mouth19821 1 week ago
My father was a Chindt in the secret mission behind japanese lines 1943 he was a wireless operator. he died aged 80 but aged 76 wrote a book about these times and i think he is the only foot soldier to have written about what it was like on the ground. he was not able to write about it for 40 years due to the official secrets act. As a family we have the 300 page book and at present I am putting back on the computer to see if it could be edited for posteriyt and the message it holds vanessagee
vanessagee 1 year ago
Moving stuff...I am hoping to make a film soon with members of the Burma Star Association (I have my father's Burma Star with me now - he was in the Chindits). I would very much like to include clips from your excellent film if possible.
Best wishes, Peter, SE London
Pitsku 1 year ago
@Pitsku Please do. Looking forward to seeing the end result.
jbmilitarycollector 1 year ago
My uncle, Major James Penhaligon (a Cornishman) was there, and was killed in action a week before VJ Day. I use his name as my writing name, in my book, "Speak Swahili, Dammit!" James was only 34 years old when he died. There were so many personal tragedies in the war, many never written about. Even the King's African Rifles, in General William Slim's Far East Army suffered heavy losses - and I knew survivors in Geita, Tanganyika, where I grew up. Great guys! I heard lots of horror stories.
speakswahilidammit 1 year ago
i see a lot of gurkha solders!!!
nuk3m3vil 1 year ago
Funny thing is, Gen. Aung San and his army fought along side the Japanese. Immediately switched side after Mandalay fell. Myanmar history would have turned out differently if Gen Slim wouldn't accept the deal with Gen. Aung San. Well, I guess strategically thinking, the deal saved so many lives. If Gen. slim had to push toward Rangoon without Gen. Aung San help it would be so much harder and cost him so many more lives. Indeed, he's a good commander.
JaJaHead 1 year ago
Great footage and accompanying sound, JB. Looking for more footage especially the Dimapur Kohima area. My dad was with the 745th Railway Operating Battalion. Thanks for this great stuff!
WHLRYDR 1 year ago
SaitoYoshida Bullshit the Japanese army slaughtered millions of Chinese and other Asian people, you used Slaves to build railways, used Chinese women as sex tools for the army, there was only 100.000 British and Burmese soldiers in the hole burma campaign over 300.000 Japanese and you got a handing Japan can only win battles by not even officially declaring war sneaking up on countries when the British got reinforcements and learned to fight in Jungles the Japanese were cut down easily.
mastercheff1216 1 year ago
If you haven't read it, I recommend Viscount Slim's memoir of the conflict - Defeat Into Victory. Also George McDonald Frasier's account of the battle in the trenches - Quartered Safe Out Here.
TheLushie 1 year ago 2
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Japan soldiers fight with honor and fight to liberate Indian people. Our men badly outnumbered by England and allies.
SaitoYoshida 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida They didn't treat their prisoners of war with honour and they where empire building the same as everyone els.
jbmilitarycollector 1 year ago 6
@SaitoYoshida
Honor? The Rape of Nanking was honor?
TheLushie 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida Are you some kind of joke? Do you have any idea how cruelly your nations troops treated PoW's and civilians alike? You must be a troll, that is by far and a way the most idiotic post I've ever seen on YT. It's a damn good thing your lot were bested in the jungles of Burma and a damn good thing your wretched troops were chucked straight out of India.
Talbot6832 1 year ago
@Talbot6832 Japan fight to liberate East Asia. Japanese atrocities created by Americans and English to hide their own atrocities.
SaitoYoshida 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida Bullshit everybody knows about Japanese atrocities but the Japanese, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to stop the Japanese, any moral person would have done the same.
grandtheftvideo 1 year ago
@grandtheftvideo You proclaim yourself to be "moral" even when you commit immoral acts. Its amazing you do not see your own contradictions. That is why we Japanese control the high ground in this argument and why you are so frustrated.
SaitoYoshida 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida It seems you Japanese are not just subhuman, but illogical as well. There's nothing immoral about killing a pig if you need to eat, similarly there's nothing immoral about killing those that commit crimes. You Japanese have no high ground in any argument, and the world knows it. That's why we're still occupying your country, you people simply can't be trusted for anything.
grandtheftvideo 1 year ago
@grandtheftvideo I see. You are not only an American, you are a stupid American. It is getting harder and harder to recognize the truly stupid ones. The only foreign troops in Japan are here by our invitation - look it up.
SaitoYoshida 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida Lol the last time you Japanese slighted Americans, we kicked your ass good, I see you idiots are making same mistake again. The invitation is just a formality, to make it look better to the international community, maybe you should dig deeper and find out the truth next time.
grandtheftvideo 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida I've been reading the comments here. The sanctimonious tone used by these Europeans and Americans is beyond belief. They conveniently call their genocide as bringing civilization and your war killing as murder. Had Japan won the war, Britain would constantly be apologizing to India for looting, famine and imperialism. Since Japan lost, these hypocrites expect you to take all the blame. Bloody hypocrites. Their end will come one day.
lalitadityamuktapida 1 month ago
@lalitadityamuktapida Europeans and Americans never look at their own behavior. They only judge the behavior of others. That is also why few listen to them anymore. If they knew how the World laughs at them they would be amazed.
SaitoYoshida 1 month ago
@SaitoYoshida Unfortunately lot of people listen to them. And nobody laughs at them. Facts are facts. in today's world, they are top dogs. On the whole my experience is that Americans and Canadians are very decent people. I can't say the same for the Brits or Aussies. I think it will take a catastrophic military defeat for them introspect a little more. Till then we have no option but to grin and bear it while they preach to us with their sanctimonious holier than thou attitude
lalitadityamuktapida 1 month ago
@lalitadityamuktapida The American system is destroying itself. America is full of dependents. They may win a war because they kill more civilians but they lose in the end because they cannot manage their own country. Most wars in the last 100 years have been to reverse English imperialism. America makes the mistake of helping English try to hold on to their tyranny.
SaitoYoshida 1 month ago
@SaitoYoshida Bollocks
ThePeterlockhart 1 year ago
@SaitoYoshida : What you said is a joke. Aung San, father of modern Burma, fooled by Japanese lie of liberation of Burma, first cooperated with Japanese and led Burmese Independence Army to fight against the Allied. But two years later, having seen what the Japanese did in Burma. he knew there would be no independence under Japanese occupation. He turned around and fought with the Allied against Japanese.
Given time, Indian would have reached the same conclusion if they had been "liberated".
ctchou11 1 year ago
The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
shaunrobertsonable 1 year ago
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The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
shaunrobertsonable 1 year ago
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The Indians didn't want them there, the Burmese didn't want them there and the Chinese certainly didn't appreciate the genocide inflicted upon them by the Jap invaders
shaunrobertsonable 1 year ago
my great uncle was a chindit n i feel great pride when i say this
mrmaxy45 1 year ago
A unfortunate forgotten battle, we must remember events like this which are not in the mainstream media
levee343 1 year ago
My grandpa was going to fight in this campaign, but got malaria in madagascar and so couldn't go. It might have actually saved his life. RIP grandpa 1911-2000
Linkage1992 1 year ago
Nothing goes better with tuxedo junction than burning scarred battlefields, amirite?
OniLunchbox 1 year ago
Google "Japanese War Crimes"
NEVER FORGET: Manila Massacre, Alexandra Hospital massacre, Sook Ching Massacre, Kalagong massacre, Laha massacre, Banka Island massacre, Parit Sulong massacre, Palawan massacre, Nan King Massacre, Three Alls Policy, Changi? Prison, Hellships, Bataan Death March, Death Railway, Mass killings, Human experimentation and biological warfare, Use of chemical weapons, Preventable famine, Torture of POWs, Cannibalism, Forced labor, Comfort women, Looting STILL NO APOLOGY
germanyforever40 2 years ago 12
Well said, I totally agree.
jbmilitarycollector 2 years ago
@germanyforever40 Yep, we should make people say sorry for things done by people of their nation about 70 years ago...so what country are you from, and what have you said sorry for?
popepious11 1 year ago
@germanyforever40 yh y no apology, if i ever see a jap i will ask him or her
mrmaxy45 1 year ago
@germanyforever40 Ask the Japs to apologise after the Brits apologise to the Indians and Africans for colonialism. The only reason Japan is being demonised is that they lost the war. Had the Japs won, we would be hearing and believing how the Japs were such wonderful people who liberated humanity from the clutches of European imperlism and how the brits and Euros(except Germans and italians) are simply Satan's hordes.
lalitadityamuktapida 1 month ago
My uncle spent the best years of his life fighting in burma with the SEAC,He had his 19 20 21 22 birthday in the jungle,He was dead at 27,And the youth of today think they have it tough.
fiesta1100 2 years ago
I hate war. so sorrow stories. i love the old songs in this clips.
richiesaw 2 years ago 4
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xxxwormholesxxx 2 years ago
my great grandpa was an indian soldier in burma.
dopey41 2 years ago
Can anyone confirm if it's Wingate at the 1:37 minute?
Tamileh 2 years ago
Yes it is.
jbmilitarycollector 2 years ago
Thank you. This film is great history.
Tamileh 2 years ago
@Tamileh Yes its Wingate
ThePeterlockhart 1 year ago
My grandad served in Burma. He was a british soldier. I'm half english half swedish. He ended up as a pow. Survived the war but with heavy mental scares. God bless him!
Sweden80Here 2 years ago
my great grndfarther fought, and died in this war.
My grndfather told me the full story, about how the queen sent letters to every able man in pakistan, to fight under her majesty.
I am a pakistani, and the only history we share with the brits was WWII.
My grndfather also told me tht my great great grndmother, rcived a letter personaly frm her majesty to infrm her tht all 4 of her sons had been killed during batle, i have their medals and helmets, nd the original signed letter frm her majesty
raheemfaroo 2 years ago 11
o really so if all 4 sons of your great great grandmother died then how come your here?you had 4 posible grandfathers and they all died so therefore there was noone to have your mom or dad therefore no one to have you
poxflaza 2 years ago
People did have children before they went to war poxlfaza. Show some respect for the people who post here, and for their families. Do try and resist being a jackass.
islandsylph 2 years ago
But how long had HIS majesty King George been a woman? I'm afraid that Mr Raheemfaroo may be trelling a few porkys!!!!
robnjo69 1 year ago
@robnjo69 If you read raheemfaroos post, English is not his first language. If he got some words wrong, be a little forgiving - he lived in a country that would have known very little of england in those days (if anything at all), so the sex of a monarch in such a foreign country would not be readily known in those days. Easy to mix up that information through the generations. I'm inclined to be lenient to his errors under the circumstances.
islandsylph 1 year ago
Didn't it cross your mind that that great great grandmother had daughters too? Gosh.
nastykurtbadboy 2 years ago
My Father, Walter R. Paschal was sent to Merrill Marauders as a reinforcement. He was an engineer working on the Ledo road before that. He never talked of his time with Merrill either. Other than saying it was tough. God bless our soldiers.
raykmond 2 years ago
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!
LordWellington15 2 years ago 3
My grandfather too fought in Burma from early 1943 - Sept 1945. Like some of the other postings state he rarly speaks of it. The British destroyed 3 Japanese armys in Burma - 15th, 28th and 33rd. God bless those "forgotten" veterans.
JasperLee23 2 years ago 3
My grandad seved in Burma for 4 years i think. He never told me much, I don't think many veterans did but he did tell me that he had to shoot a dying Japanese soldier in a paddy field. Apparently the memory haunted him for the rest of his life
TalonMercenary 2 years ago
My uncle served in Burma with the Royal Navy, god bless the veterans, thanks for posting.
marmaloon 2 years ago
my uncles from pakjistan served about 4 of them, and countless relatives
ilikebeubz 2 years ago 2
Good combat footage ... Japanese lost the war in Burma 75,000 killed ....
fsstogre 2 years ago
they definitely didn't lose the war cause of Burma if that's what your sayin
NJRocks281 2 years ago
Read some books on the Burma war .. Japanese army of over 75,000 killed and totally destroyed with a total defeat of the Japanese ... This was called the forgotten war .. Many Americans died fighting in Burma ..
fsstogre 2 years ago
Yes but 75,000 men wasn't nearly the entire Japanese fighting force.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
I think the Japs lost the war the moment they dropped bombs on America... like awkening the beast from its slumber:)
HeilJohanson88 2 years ago
This War is known as the soldiers war........... loads of them got VC's including 5 gurkhas....
khana66 3 years ago 2
Hard time for the Wingate's "Chindit".
slomoschon2000 3 years ago
Is It Type 99? 0:29
AandGPlayground 3 years ago
Ah...:) the old vickers machine gun...
HeilJohanson88 3 years ago
My dad was in Burma WW2 he was in the Army and all i know is what he told me about carrying a Burp gun and he was a Sgt. i have several photo's of him in jungle.. i believe his squad had something to do with communication.. anyone out there help me?
BigsbyDude 3 years ago
great footage
ramberghini 3 years ago
is there a vid about philippines?
impalabeeper 3 years ago
General Slim is the unsung Hero of Britain's Far Eastern campaign.
Talbot6832 3 years ago 3
Amazing archival footage. Thanks for posting this! Imagine the intrepid cameramen lugging around their heavy equipment and film cans in the hot jungle.
kurthanson2005 3 years ago 2
Wingate a true hero.
barkingbasher 3 years ago 5
I absolutely agree. What a pity that he died without fulfilling what could have been a great military future.
Tamileh 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing this fantastic piece of history. I didn't know Wingate was captured on film: it's great. And fantastic to hear Slim.
SportHunter007 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing this fantastic piece of history. I didn't know Wingate was captured on film: it's great. And fantastic to hear Slim.
SportHunter007 3 years ago
My Grandfather is in this video... he is the clean shaven guy behind the mule.... He was a Captain major in the british Chindits... Thankyou for posting
vincerevalmori 3 years ago 2
Hi vinserevalmori
That is brilliant I am really pleased somebody has recognized one of there relatives. I would like to honour the memory of your grandfather in the veterans section of my web site there is a link in ABOUT THIS VIDEO. Look for the poppy to find the veterans section its bottom left of the page and see what you think . If you like the idea let me know.
jbmilitarycollector 3 years ago
I have checked the site and think it is a great idea... I don't have much information about my Grandfather, which I would love to have... His name was Alexander (or Mac) McNeil, Served under Wingate. I will try and see If I have some pictures and then scan and post...
vincerevalmori 3 years ago
That's great I will PM you.
jbmilitarycollector 3 years ago
Not seen any video of the battle for Burma before.Thanks for shareing.
swbono 4 years ago