World At War: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow 2 of 5

[teslagod2003]

@DaiJonesful i see no reason to argue with someone who only see things on 1 side,perhaps if you will try to see the other side,i may argue with you,but since you are as hypocrite as many western people,good luck with your love of violence and full hatred...

[OneWorldHistory]

@DaiJonesful

Well said my friend.

One of the supreme lessons the World War (WWI WWII) taught humanity is the folly of continued vengence against the children of perpetrators of violence. It is a perpetual cycle, too often displayed by fervent nationalists on YTube.

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -Isaac Asimov-

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy." -M.L. King-

[teslagod2003]

@OneWorldHistory its just sad that the most violent people in the world had become uncontested because of ww1 n ww2,they teach violence is bad n wrong,but they are the real violent people,who only learned 1 thing in the recent wars...

they can do whatever they want nothing would or could stop them in their very very selfish will...

[DaiJonesful]

@teslagod2003 Thoroughly agree. I see them as barbaric for what they did too. But war, real war, is not a board game. One man is asked to kill another. There is no humane way to do that. There just isn't. Now I believe Japan were a bunch of war criminals. I think they are shameful in their denials. Thoroughly shameful. But they made the right decision in not prosecuting. It would never have ended. War is dirty, messy and disgusting. No-one wins, and only injustice succeeds. They made it stop.

[lakerfan198126]

we did win the way you stupid, smiling, animal Jap!!

[woolvett22]

the pacific is such the minor leagues of world war 2

[DaiJonesful]

@woolvett22 What does that mean? It wasn't the NFL. And to be honest, if the Japanese had managed to win superiority of the Pacific sea, this could have turned out very differently. I really disagree with your comment. There was nothing minor about the Pacific war at all. The fighting was just a fierce. It was very important.

[scorkungen]

Yes, scary Japanese guy. Peculiar food habits too.

[teslagod2003]

@scorkungen try to become a jap to know the japs,not judging people through propagandas...

[s0rr0ws0uls]

getting malaria would've been horrible. Hard to imagine what these soldiers truly went through.

[tripper85]

are all these japanese and germans soldiers being interviewed in jails? i mean their all prob either executed or sent to prison for good

[pix042]

No, they would not all have been executed or jailed. Only a few would have been dealt with in that way. The common German or Japanese fighting man would have been respected by the allies after the war. As one Japanese soldier says in this, it is kind of weird, though, that a surrendering tommy says to his captor "we will win the war" when he has just surrendered! Yet it is true! His side DOES win the war.

[DaiJonesful]

@tripper85 - In modern war, people like us are not involved. And so we say stuff like this. But this unimaginable horror was felt by all, and terribly, and everyone wanted to move on - even the lawyers. Who wants to drag this up to the maximum. Everyone was following orders - despite the variations in evil deeds, the were all culpable. Who knows what unimaginable crimes we are all capable when pushed. War bring out extreme violence in previously good men, pushed to fight to the death.

[teslagod2003]

@DaiJonesful oh,really,if only they would consider prosecuting war criminals during war,it would be avoided,but since they are "very important" for the cause of war,they were never prosecuted nor punished well...

[DaiJonesful]

@teslagod2003 But you write this from the comfort of your chair. To most people, they really did want to move on. The prominent criminals were targeted, but to go after everyone means that they will all spend the rest of their lives reliving a war that EVERYONE just wants to move on from. As I wrote, War brings out extreme violence in previously good men, pushed to fight to the death. It is easy to see things from 2010, but this took place in 1945. We can only see it from their persepective.

[DaiJonesful]

@tripper85 . Besides, with such huge numbers, where do you stop prosecuting? Remember Versailles? That punished the Germans harshly, and look where it got us. It didn't do anything to the climate of "moving on", and allowed a large proportion of Europe to be victimized. So in WW2 we looked the other way. And today I have free speech, so it has obviously worked. Seeing as I am the direct benefactor of that policy, I am not going to scoff at it. They wanted peace, and they did what they had to do.

[woolvett22]

what not the soldiers your stupid man pick up a book

[DaiJonesful]

@woolvett22 Sorry, I couldn't make any sense of your comment, or what point you were trying to make.

[woolvett22]

by your logic if the us loses in iraq/afghanisan they should be imprisoned?

[teslagod2003]

@woolvett22 nope,they should be tortured to death and their country reduced to dusts,for waging war in the name of greed...

[DaiJonesful]

@teslagod2003 In a previous post, you claim that schools teach you that all violence is bad. But now you think the US soldiers should be tortured to death. I think you have yet to formulate your opinions into something that makes clear sense for you. War, unfortunately, is exceptionally complicated. The culpability lies with the offending nation, not the individuals involved on the ground.

It may seem unfair, but that is war. Indeed, how do you define who "won" in Iraq, Vietnam etc etc etc.

[disamjisa]

@teslagod2003 Tortured to death? Utter barbarity. I'm surprised someone can reach the age of 28 and still be living the adolescent fantasy you appear to be from your comments.

[lifes40123]

@disamjisa lol u made that dude shut his mouth up

[Noid111]

Those white soldiers are mostly British soldiers. There were the odd Aussie and Kiwi but they were not there in force. The hats were borrowed from the Anzac style tho.

This series mentions Indian soldiers but they have not been given the credit where it is due. Even the Gurkhas hardly get a mention.

[Lachausis]

Well, there was definitely at least one documentary, quite a long one, that mentions Gurkha soldiers all the time. Can't remember the name though. I think they generalized in this documentary. The soldiers represented the British empire, not themselves. So I believe it's better in this short documentary. But still they were mentioned, so better than nothing

[askjiir]

Scary Japanese guy .....

[dom274]

A lot of that footage must have been of Australian soldiers as they were wearing slouch hats? Or were slouch hats part of the British Uniform as well? Does anyone know?

[davos44]

Slouch Hats were only worn by the Australians, You will see the British wear their Helmets in some scenes. But yeah we (Australia) were there the whole time :)

[parabat7]

Slouch hats were also worn - causing great confusion at Alamein - by South African forces from German South-West Africa - today's Namibia (a beautiful country).