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 ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Twitch ► https://twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/knowingbetteryt Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- Special Thanks to Suibhne: https://www.youtube.com/c/suibhne https://twitter.com/SuibhneOfficial The Animated History of China - https://youtu.be/YP1qjTzxQNE --- 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 - https://youtu.be/CTAnJTB9roI https://mic.com/articles/134715/why-do-millennials-love-faux-incest-porn-so-much https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/china-criticises-japan-after-shinzo-abe-honours-war-criminals-as-martyrs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9930041/Japan-PM-dismisses-WWII-war-crimes-trials-as-victors-justice.html --- Video Credits - history of japan - bill wurtz - https://youtu.be/Mh5LY4Mz15o history of the entire world, i guess - bill wurtz - https://youtu.be/xuCn8ux2gbs Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to God Bless America - Guardian News - https://youtu.be/zAux_lN9rIg 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/1jcvqMMO1nEfhMpRsyO2HmSsNqyIL1Ezl12onCrLSWuU/edit?usp=sharing Music Credits - "Furious Freak" and "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe --- Hashtags: #history #japan #china #korea #war #warcrimes #tokyo #beijing #nanking #worldwar2 #military #worldwar #empire #sorry #tradewar