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Okinawa, Japan 25: WW2 Peace Memorial

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The Battle of Okinawa in WW2 devasted the island. Over 100,000 Okinawan civilians were killed in the fighting. Today a very fitting peace memorial sits in southern Okinawa.

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  • This is a very humbling vid, IMO...thank you for sharing it.

  • @sh382 It's hard to believe that so much tragedy occurred there and now Japan is one of the most peaceful nations on earth.

  • FACT: Okinawans WERE NOT given a choice to cooperate or not to cooperate to Japanese Imperial Army. They were forced to cooperate against their will and die for Japan and the emperor. Okinawan families were instructed to murder-suicide their own family by using the grenade distributed by Japanese Army in case they were to be captured by Americans. Japanese merely sacrificed Okinawans to delay the attack on mainland Japan.

  • @valley818west I'm sorry that you still feel so much hurt from this tragedy.

  • you people need to know that the americans did bad things to the okinawans not just the japanese, yes the japanese did worse but its was reported that 10,000 okinawan women were raped by american soldiers, theres good and bad guys one both sides so please dont think the u.s were saints they did some bad things in the war but not all of them did it, i respect the soldiers in world war 2.

  • @gamergeektwo Thanks for your input.

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  • Sort of.

    The "Japanese" people you mentioned were Ryukuan villagers that threw themselves off cliffs because the JAPANESE army told them to.

    That, combined with the brutal & ferocious attack from the americans almost killed 1/3rd of the entire population of Okinawa !!!

    btw - "Japanese" suicides statistics DON'T include Ryukuans as,

    1: Ryukuans are not Japanese.

    2: Ryukuans DO NOT have a similar culture of suicide to Japan.

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  • @gamergeektwo There are many estimates, just because 10,000 is the highest dosen't necesarilly mean that is the official figure. That being said, there is a very good chance it could be true.

  • @ImperialPimp ryukuy islands is Japanese island (okinawa etc.)

  • @tehatemachine you can be brutal but still just

  • @ScreenHackTV HOW THE FUCK WHERE WE BRUTAL? all we did was sanctioned japan, then they attacked us with the lead influence on germany.

  • @ImperialPimp maybe america wouldnt have to be so brutal if japan didnt try and take over the world

  • Still have to visit this place.

  • Correct me if I'm wrong, and I don't mean to call anyone out but weren't there over 100,000 deaths for Japanese soldiers? Bill Sloan seemed to quote in his book that there were well over 100,000 deaths by Japanese soldiers not including the Okinawans that fought along side them.

  • @AgileHProductions Agreed.

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