My friend Says in the book Flyboys The Japenese ate The Us POWs I dont Think They did
And Im Sorry if i offended any one
2006-12-21 14:34:35 · 7 answers · asked by Clayton M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Many written reports and testimony collected by the Australian War Crimes Section of the Tokyo tribunal and investigated by prosecutor William Webb (the future judge-in-chief) indicate that Japanese soldiers committed cannibalism on prisoners. According to historian Yuki Tanaka, "cannibalism was often a systematic activity conducted by whole squads and under the command of officers". [9]
Pakistani POW Hatam Ali testified that "At this stage, the Japanese started selecting prisoners and everyday 1 prisoner was taken out and killed and eaten by the soldiers. I personally saw this happen and about 100 prisoners were eaten at this place by the Japanese. The remainder of us were taken to another spot 50 miles away where 10 prisoners died of sickness. At this place, the Japanese again started selecting prisoners to eat. Those selected were taken to a hut where their flesh was cut from their bodies while they were alive and they were thrown into a ditch where they later died." [10]
Indian POW Havildar Changdi Ram testified that "(On 12 November 1944) the Kempei Tai beheaded the pilot. I saw this from behind a tree and watched some of the Japanese cut flesh from his arms, legs, hips, buttocks and carry it off to their quarters... They cut it in small pieces and fried it." [11]
Apart from written orders referring to cannibalism, the Japanese sources provide testimonies such as the one given by Major Matoba to the US Military Commission of August 1946 convened by the Navy commander of Guam and Marianna islands which refer to meat of an American soldier served for supper to General Tachibana of the 307 Infantry Battalion on 25 February 1945. [12]
2006-12-22 13:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is well documented and sometimes Japanese soldiers ate each other. In some cases the prisoners had flesh cut off them when they were still alive. After the war Lt. Gen. Yoshio Tachibana was sentenced to death for eating an allied airman on Chichi Jima. In a case like that it was more of a ritual to eat one's enemy than sheer lack of food. In other case it just because the Japanese supply lines had been cut and they had nothing else to eat.
2006-12-22 01:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read "Fly Boys" by the same guy that did "Flags of our Fathers", it tells story of Chichi Jima cannibalism on US Naval Aviators. Also references some occurrences in China by Japanese officers.
2006-12-21 23:44:15 · answer #3 · answered by bigbro3006 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I have read the following book and in none of them has thet ever been in there.
2006-12-21 23:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by robert b 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes they did, but they always started the dinner with a civilised dish of fried sweet . sour pork.
2006-12-21 22:39:01 · answer #5 · answered by love t 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they didn't. The Japanese have very strict taboos about that.
2006-12-21 22:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yep, sushi anyone?
2006-12-21 22:54:56 · answer #7 · answered by northstar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋