Japanese Occupation Filipino war veterans would describe it life under the Japanese was anything but peaceful. Thousands of them stood witness to oppression and suffering through the years of colonial occupation under Japan. All their stories were spoken against a backdrop of violent subjugations‚ each one bringing back old wounds and reliving some of their worst nightmares. For most Filipinos‚ it was a harsh and fearsome reality filled with terror and abuse. Never in the history of the Philippines
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How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905‚ responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? The Russo- Japanese War‚ although an important rationale for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution ‚ was caused by many other problems which made a foundation for the War as well as the Revolution. Due to the War the economy suffered‚ adding on to the problems that Russia was already facing from a lack of preceding modernization‚ making this very important as the majority were affected causing
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War Crimes “Were the Nuremberg Trials fair?” To me‚ it’s a both “yes” and “no” type of answer. The Nuremberg trials being fair is because the accused were represented by lawyers and they were allowed to argue their defense in a public court‚ the trials not being fair because the accused weren’t allowed to use “I was a soldier following orders” as a defense. This all leads to a dialectical sort of answer‚ bouncing between the fair and unfair. In a sense the trials were as fair as they could possibly
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War Crimes: Freedom or Justice “No crime without law”‚ is a statement that was agreed upon for every power- wielding country across the globe1. Any discretion would normally result in the United Nations International Court of Justice to bring down the iron fist and resolve the situation in any way that they feel fit. Recently‚ there has been another method to solve disagreements throughout the world‚ not with petty crimes‚ but war crimes. War crimes are offenses that undermine the previously amended
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Japanese Comfort Women It is estimated that between one and two hundred thousand female sex slaves were forced to deliver sexual services to Japanese soldiers‚ both before and during World War II. These women were known as comfort women and the Imperial Conference‚ which was composed of the emperor‚ representatives from the armed forces and the main Cabinet ministers‚ approved their use by Japanese soldiers. (Walkom) The term "comfort women" refers to the victims of a "premeditated systematic plan
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for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press‚ 2010. Illustrations‚ maps. 664 pp. $65.00 (cloth)‚ ISBN 978-0-8047-6206-9. Reviewed by Roger H. Brown (Saitama University) Published on H-War (December‚ 2012) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey The Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 was immense both in its scale and consequences. Nevertheless‚ Western military histories of World War II have focused overwhelmingly on the campaigns of the
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Philippine-Japanese relations span a period from the 17th century to the present. Relations between Japan and the Philippines date back to at least the late Muromachi period of Japanese history‚ as Japanese merchants and traders had settled in Luzon even before the Spanish colonization. Especially in the area of Dilao‚ a suburb of Manila was a Nihonmachi of 3000 Japanese around the year 1600. The term probably originated from the Tagalog term ’dilaw’‚ meaning ’yellow’‚ this describes their general
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Essay War Crimes Trials War crimes trials are trials of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law. The records of the war crimes trials after World War 2 provide some of the most comprehensive formulations of the concept of war crimes. After the devastating amount of crime committed during World War 2‚ the law was the only way to seek justice on the accused war criminals. In order to seek justice for these war crimes‚ many
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went to war with the Empire of Japan over Manchuria‚ Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula. For the Tsar and his advisers a quick and crushing war would gain public support and unite all the country behind the common goal of beating the Japanese. Causes of Russo-Japanese War In 1868 the Meiji dynasty was restored to power in Japan and they reasserted a sphere of influence over eastern Asia. Prior to World War I‚ the Empire of Japan fought the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). The war revolved
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Imperial Japanese Army had a reputation during and after World War II as being the most hated enemy the allied western forces had encountered. This partly stems from acts of brutality committed by the IJA that are both infamous and synonymous with the wars fought in Asia and the pacific‚ and partly because of their alien philosophies and attitudes which are deeply embedded in the psyche of the Japanese soldier and which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War II. This
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