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Sunday, November 9, 2003
Asia During World War II
I don't mean to be especially depressing today, but I think this is important too. Now, the Holocaust was an atrocity to mankind, no one's arguing against that. The thing is, people know about and think about it often enough that it is not forgotten . . .
It's the other side of the world I wish I knew more about . . . . .
The Second World War started in 1933 for many people in Asia. Japanese expansion put plenty of Mainland Asian territories under occupation. Late that decade, things got especially worse . . .
This is what I ask for all of you here. I want you to look up information about Hong Kong in World War II. I want you to look up Nanking / Nanjing in World War II. Now, what happened to the oppressed in Europe was brutal, but some of the things that happened in China were just sickening! Civilian prisoners used for bayonet practice; mass executions; Chinese girls and women aged 8 to 80 being declared prostitutes . . . it was a horrible time.
The worst of it, though, was after the war. Now, there was the Nuremburg trials in Europe, where all the Nazi party leaders were tried for war crimes. Prisoners of war were paid compensation for any labours they undertook, and Germany apologized and made its peace with the world.
Japan, however, was a different story. Now, a military tribunal was set up in Asia to handle war crimes in the Pacific. However, things got messy when China became a Communist country . . . suddenly The US wasn't as willing to help them out, needed Japan as a Pacific ally, and the whole debacle of Nanking was quickly swept away . . . . . even now, Japan still has not officially acknowledged the existence of the war . . .
Now don't get me wrong, I hold no grudges against any people today and am indeed very intrigued by all things Japanese (my being here is a testament to that). I'm just saying - not only as the grandson of people who lived during these times, but as a human being - that these things must not be forgotten either.
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