• norbert@kbin.social
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      Yeah a lot of people might not be aware just how heinous Japans actions were in The Second Sino-Japanese War (the Chinese War of Resistance) in the lead-up to Asias involvement in WWII.

      The Rape of Ninjing and Unit 731 are just two of the atrocities we know of.

      Implying that Japan is now “back for more” and with frens this time is indeed pretty dark.

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        I think that’s probably true - Japan has such a sanitized reputation now (which, frankly, isn’t entirely deserved), and most people probably don’t ever take a history class after high school, so a lot of people probably genuinely don’t know how bad it was. I did a little over 3 years of an undergrad history major and never heard a word about it. The only reason I know anything about it is because my AP US History teacher in high school told a few of us about it after a class on WWII. I had nightmares about some of the pictures for a few nights. I see why they don’t generally teach it to kids.

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          Let me correct you, only otakus didn’t known. Japan is known to be worst than germany in thoses old times

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        Yeah a lot of people might not be aware just how heinous Japans actions were in The Second Sino-Japanese War

        Or at a thousand other points in their history with China.

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        I only recently learned about Unit 731 and I wish I hadn’t. It’s that fucking bad. Shit keeps me up at night if I allow myself to think about it.

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          The funny thing about John Rabe is that he was probably the only Nazi in any sort of power after The Night of the Long Knives to think they were still a socialist party, because he was off chilling in China and everyone forgot about him.

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        Yeah a lot of people might not be aware just how heinous Japans actions were in The Second Sino-Japanese War

        Unless if you’re from Asia.

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      Lol imagine being so edgy that NCD says “pump the brakes bruh.”

      Apparently this is more controversial than mommy milkers on an airplane.