Bushido
The Japanese had years of combat experience and fought to the death no surrender by the Bushido code of the warrior and this earned them respect as an enemy
The code of Bushido is directly translated as "the way of the warrior". It was the code which became the standard living protocol for the Japanese soldier. The code itself does not state that prisoners are to be executed immediately. Many Japanese officers and soldiers believed and were told that in order to meet the standards of the warrior, they must not hesitate to kill the enemy. Therefore prisoners were executed to prove that they were worthy of being called warriors. Also the Japanese did not believe in surrender and as such, it was thought that all prisoners were lowly cowards who were too scared to meet their deaths. This was a bit at odds with Western ideas about surrender.
Chivalry
The initial purpose of the samurai warrior in Japanese society was to protect and serve their feudal lords, maintain order, and uphold the code of honor known as Bushido.
commit suicide rather then surrender
The Japanese had years of combat experience and fought to the death no surrender by the Bushido code of the warrior and this earned them respect as an enemy
The code of Bushido is directly translated as "the way of the warrior". It was the code which became the standard living protocol for the Japanese soldier. The code itself does not state that prisoners are to be executed immediately. Many Japanese officers and soldiers believed and were told that in order to meet the standards of the warrior, they must not hesitate to kill the enemy. Therefore prisoners were executed to prove that they were worthy of being called warriors. Also the Japanese did not believe in surrender and as such, it was thought that all prisoners were lowly cowards who were too scared to meet their deaths. This was a bit at odds with Western ideas about surrender.
Fight to the death surrender was dishonor to the warrior code
it was more honorable to die than surrender
The Bushido code taught that it was more honorable to die than to surrender.
Chivalry
The initial purpose of the samurai warrior in Japanese society was to protect and serve their feudal lords, maintain order, and uphold the code of honor known as Bushido.
the Bushido code was a Japanese honour code, where the Japanese would commit suicide instead of surrendering. the did not believe in surrender and were taught to take their own lives as apposed to disobeying their honourable code. the Japanese therefor did not respect POW that surrendered and so treated them terribly, killing most of them.
The way of the warrior
commit suicide rather then surrender
The Warrior's Code was created in 2004.
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