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Playing the Victim | Historical Revisionism and Japan
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Nazi Germany always seems to be our go-to villain whenever we depict World War 2, despite the fact that Imperial Japan killed just as many people. Japan also seems to be portrayed as a victim of the war rather than one of the main aggressors. Why is that? Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ►   / knowingbetter   Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ►   / knowingbetteryt   Twitch ►   / knowingbetteryt   Facebook ►   / knowingbetteryt   Instagram ►   / knowingbetteryt   Reddit ►   / knowingbetter   --- Special Thanks to Suibhne:    / suibhne     / suibhneofficial   The Animated History of China -    • The Ancient Empire | Animated History...   --- Chang, I. (1995). The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. New York: Basic Books. https://amzn.to/2PHVwC4 Hillenbrand, L. (2010). Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Random House. https://amzn.to/2WyjeP6 How a melancholy egg yolk conquered Japan - Vox -    • How a melancholy egg yolk conquered J...   https://mic.com/articles/134715/why-d... https://www.theguardian.com/world/201... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl... --- Video Credits - history of japan - bill wurtz -    • history of japan   history of the entire world, i guess - bill wurtz -    • history of the entire world, i guess   Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to God Bless America - Guardian News -    • Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to...   Westworld Season 2 Episode 4 - Riddle of the Sphinx (2018) Dark Knight Rises (2012) Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 9 - Blackwater (2012) Flowers of War (2011) Unbroken (2014) The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at The Hollywood Palladium (2017) Photo Credits - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j... Music Credits - "Furious Freak" and "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat   / thatcatnamedpoe   --- Hashtags: #history #japan #china #korea #war #warcrimes #tokyo #beijing #nanking #worldwar2 #military #worldwar #empire #sorry #tradewar

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