Japan's Holocaust

History of Imperial Japan's Mass Murder and Rape During World War II

By: Bryan Mark Rigg PhD, Andrew Roberts - foreword

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Japan's Holocaust combines research conducted in over eighteen research facilities in five nations to explore Imperial Japan's atrocities from 1927 to 1945 during its military expansions and reckless campaigns throughout Asia and the Pacific. This book brings together the most recent scholarship and new primary research to ascertain that Japan claimed a minimum of thirty million lives, slaughtering more than Hitler's Nazi Germany. Japan's Holocaust shows that Emperor Hirohito not only knew about the atrocities his legions committed, but actually ordered them. He did nothing to stop them when they exceeded even the most depraved person's imagination, as illustrated during the Rape of Nanking as well as many other events. Japan's Holocaust will document in painful detail that the Rape of Nanking was not an isolated event during the Asian War but rather representative of how Japan behaved for all its campaigns throughout Asia and the Pacific from 1927 to 1945.

Mass murder, rape, and economic exploitation was Japan's modus operandi during this period, and whereas Hitler's SS Death's Head outfits attempted to hide their atrocities, Hirohito's legions committed their atrocities out in the open. Moreover, whereas Germany has done much since World War II to atone for its crimes and to document them, Japan has been disgraceful with its reparations for its crimes.

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Holocaust is not just about the Jews.

Our historical knowledge of the atrocities that occurred in the southpacific, by the Japanese during WWII, doesn't begin to tell the whole story. It is very difficult for decent civilized moral people to hear what is in this book. Even more difficult to understand is how the government leaders in Japan have failed to take ownership of the atrocities that their military, and the society at-large (at that time) accepted the animalistic behavior towards ALLl races, especially other Asians.

If only half of what is written is true, than they should be ashamed. At least the people of Germany were decent enough to admit and accept responsibility for the actions of the Nazis.

Couldn’t finish

I just couldn’t get past the author’s clear bias, which given the topic is understandable. His constant histrionic expression of that bias however is not appropriate in a historical study. It bordered on almost racist in its expression. Given many of the terms he used I found myself trying to determine when this book was written. I would have expected to have been written in the late 40s or 50s.

I would have thought that a PhD would approach such an important topic with solemnity and a scholarly approach. In this the book failed miserably. In fact, I found his choice to state so clearly his option ruined this book, which is sad. The topic needs to be addressed, but in a self disciplined and scholarly manner.

On the upside the narration was good.