Are german and japanese proud of there brave veterans?

Question

Are german and japanese proud of there brave veterans.

i know if i were german i would be extremly proud of the sacrafice and bravery of my countries veterans.

i feel sorry for the brave soldiers and generals who fought against incredible odds and nearly pulled it off, but was overlooked cause of the murder and holocaust by the nazi regime.

do they have big marches and memorials over in berlin and tokyo?

Answer 1

I think all countries are proud of their veterans.

Answer 2

I've already answered your other similar question in length. It seems you did not read it. But once again, no I am not proud on the soldiers who fought for Hitler, on the contrary.

No, there are no big marches in Berlin. And there is a very big memorial in Berlin, that is for the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.

There is a big mistake in your logic. You say the sacrifice of the German soldiers was overlooked because of the murder and Holocaust of the Nazi regime. But you know these weren't things that happened at the same time coincidentally. First, the Holocaust was only possible because the German army conquered all these countries. The vast majority of Holocaust victims was not from Germany. Second, German soldiers themselves committed horrible crimes against civilians and POWs. The German army was a tool of the Nazi regime.

And once again, I am very glad that they were defeated and I wish it had happened earlier. These "incredible odds" were the good people who fought Nazism.

Answer 3

Speaking from the Japanese perspective, the Japanese prefer to think the Second World War never happened. It was so cataclysmic as far as defeat went, with thousands dead, cities burned to ash. Most of the Imperial Japanese Army never came back home. A lot of them took their lives in shame over the surrender, rather than return.

The Imperial Japanese Navy is more or less blameless - it had very little to do with atrocities because of its role on the oceans actually fighting instead of looting and raping. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku is revered as a compassionate hero (which he was). Very few other figures in real life were anywhere near as decent as him ("Letters from Iwo Jima" profiles a few other noble Japanese).

But the others ... especially the ones who committed atrocities, and were executed after the Tokyo trials, those are preferred forgotten. Very few care for Japanese war dead other than their direct families. No parades, very few memorials. Those memorials do not commemorate heroism, they pray for the release of their souls.

By the way, the site where the Tokyo trials took place in Ikebukuro is now a department store and amusement park. That is how far historical amnesia has set in Japan.

Answer 4

They should be proud of their (not there) brave veterans. I know there is a special shrine in Japan for their war dead. Didn't you read in the paper about the big flap when P.M. Abe went to the shrine to pay his respects?
A lot of Japanese soldiers committed atrocities during WWII, but certainly not all of them. A common thread in the autobiographies of American War Heroes was a respect for the tenacity and fearlessness of the German and Japanese fighters. Of course, our warriors did not hesitate to kill as many of them as possible, but compared to the Communist Chinese, they had a knew the Japanese and Germans were a much more superior fighting group.

Answer 5

You don't have to go overseas to answer that one. Are Southerners proud of the men who died defending slavery?
You still see the Stars and Bars.

The Germans used to be darn well embarrassed when SS Panzer Divisions would hold thier reunions. The Japanese had the same problem.

Should we blame American troops for the Torture prisons the CIA runs in Eithiopia or the thousands of Taliban prisoners executed by General Dotsum in Afghanistan on our behalf?
A lot of brave soldiers die for lousy causes

Answer 6

I am sorry to disappoint you. I am a German-American. But I am not proud of what my country in military way's has done. Especially looking back to WWII and it's outcome of the Holocaust. I do not think that there is anything to be proud of . I am only proud of my dear beloved Grandfather, who stood up against the Nazi Party, to say:" The only person I will serve will be God my Lord." Therefore standing up it brought him three years in a Russion prison camp . He survived the odds to live and be 92 years old. For that I am proud but the rest I am not proud of.

Answer 7

I am sure they rever there veterans just like we do and they have every right to do so. The soldiers of that time from Germany and Japan all thought they were doing the right thing for there country and there leaders. Just as the Allies thought they were doing the right thing for there country and there leaders.

Answer 8

i live in germany and yes we have many memorals for the soliders that died . they still deserve it even if they fought for something that is wrong.they still died for their country and deserve a memorial rather bad or good. many did not know the extent of ww2 till it was over. that and here if a boy is over 18 he is still obligated to join the army to this day unless he is attending college or has other good reason not too.

we have many memorials in honor of ww2 period it is against the law here to deny the holocost ever happend. so that history does not repeat itself again. there are many marches that go on at the concentration camps in mid april to rember thoes who died also too

think about it the winner determins wrong and right in war

Answer 9

You do? How nice! Are you aware that those in charge in Japan during the war would kill a prisoner of war, cut out his liver, cook it and eat it? Are you aware that women in occupied countries of Korea and China, as well as American and the British women who were living there, were put into prostitution to service the Japanese soldiers? Have you ever heard of the "Rape of Nanking" wherein about a 100,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese including living babies who were thrown up in the air and caught on bayonets for sport?

No, there are no parades for these people, though there may be a few memorials left. People, particularly in Germany are very ashamed of what their grandfathers did in the name of war. Japanese tend to pretend that it just didn't happen.

Maybe you should learn just a tiny bit of history before you dismiss the murder, and mehem and the Holocaust so easily.

Answer 10

I would hope they did because as some (can not say all here) a solider cannot be blamed for fighting for what he believes in no matter how ludicrous what they believe is which is why I respect even confederate solders.

You may hate them for their beliefs but you have to respect them for standing up for them.
~~~~Me


EDIT:And please nobody condone me as beliveing or even sympathizing with the Germans all I tried to say is that.......well I do not know how to word it so I will give up trying to justify myself........

EDIT 2.5: What the person below me is talking about should not be even memorialized, that is cowardice but fighting (not killing babies ) is what I think she meant.

Answer 11

All countries are proud of their Vets. Doesn't matter what the cause was, it was their bravery and devotion that is to be honored.