Retsdon Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Got there late yesterday because of a logistics mess-up and didn't get to see much, but I'm changing my plan for the reverse journey to have a whole day. But I did get to see the cemetery in the town. It's sobering to see so many graves of men in their prime. And what's so saddening is that they didn't die in battle but were basically worked and starved to death. I didn't know there were so many Dutch there. They have their own section and the graves number in the hundreds. https://ibb.co/album/d51h8v Struggling to upload pictures, but hopefully the link above might work.... Edited June 14, 2018 by Retsdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Dutch were captured in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), a lot were civilians, hundreds of thousands were interned/imprisoned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I I have been to this and a number of the CWG cemeteries in Asia. I also went to the Remembrance day service at Kranji Cemetery in Singapore a few times. All very moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 i am busy reading Eric Lomas's epic ,'Railway Man' half way through and the treatment both physical and mental can only be described as brutal in the extreme. How anyone survived the cruel punishment and forced labour on top of a starvation diet is nothing short of a miracle. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchthepigeonmutley Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Anyone know if any Japanese were brought to justice after the war? Top Nazi's were brought to book at Nuremberg, but what about the brutal Japanese for what they did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 9 hours ago, catchthepigeonmutley said: Anyone know if any Japanese were brought to justice after the war? Top Nazi's were brought to book at Nuremberg, but what about the brutal Japanese for what they did? I seem to remember most of them committed hari-kari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 10 hours ago, catchthepigeonmutley said: Anyone know if any Japanese were brought to justice after the war? Top Nazi's were brought to book at Nuremberg, but what about the brutal Japanese for what they did? Yes the author of my earlier post goes on to say that the two Japenese who beat and murdered two POWs were later hanged, so there were at least some war crime trials. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 hour ago, dead eye alan said: I seem to remember most of them committed hari-kari. Not surprised. Having worked over there a few times, I used to wonder how in Gods name any of them survived in that heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, dead eye alan said: I seem to remember most of them committed hari-kari. According to Max Hastings, surprisingly few Japanese committed seppuku, compared to the number of Germans who committed suicide in the face of the Russian onslaught. Similarly, comparatively fewer Japanese were arraigned for war crimes as against the Germans. Apparently the Americans wanted to let bygones be bygones Edited June 16, 2018 by amateur Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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