The Australians treated the Japanese well in POW camps and gave them better food and water than the Japanese gave them, better shelter, medical attention, clothing and cigarettes.
Japanese made extensive use of labor forces composed to both prisoners of war and local peoples.
Possibly the POW Camp in Bataan, as that was one of the first POW camps for the allies, and one of the first experiences for Japanese forces on the handling of Prisoners of War.
Try this book for information: "Prisoners of the Japanese-POWs of World War in the Pacific." (1996); By Gavan Daws. ISBN 0-6881-4370-9.
Their belief systems were breeded into them from the time they were young. Brutality and cruelty was nothing new to the Germans. They did the same thing in World War 1. The Japanese had it taught to them from the time they were young too. The Japanese have a strong honor code (which does not have our ideas of honor) they followed. Their code compelled them to treat people badly. Trust me, the USA did do their own method of re-training their ideals, values and honor systems.
They were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. Australian prisoners of the Japanese were not.
The Australians treated the Japanese well in POW camps and gave them better food and water than the Japanese gave them, better shelter, medical attention, clothing and cigarettes.
They treated them very well
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When the war ended.
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Japanese made extensive use of labor forces composed to both prisoners of war and local peoples.
Edward Weary Dunlop.