For many allied troops in the Far East capture by the Japanese Imperial Army led to appalling treatment and forced labour on the Burma railway. The cruelty meted out to British and Americans was nothing compared to those Chinese and Philipinos. But what was the cause of this brutality? Was it the Japanese warrior code, or something inherent in Japanese culture?
Joining today is historian Danny Orbach as he examines the causes of Japanese treatment of POWs and civilians during the Second World War.
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