To End All Wars a 2001 war film an autobiography of Scottish captain Ernest Gordon, of him soldiers held captive by the Japanese in Burma.

tubitv.com/ ^ | 2001 | Brian Godawa; Ernest Gordon

[Churchillspirit]

"Burma did not mean squat to anyone in Europe......"

Not so. My uncle was a British army medic during WW11. Served in Burma. Had stories about local people begging to be given a lift in an ambulance, offering handfuls of rubies.

[robowombat]

True, I am sure. But check a map. What possible difference did it really make to the UK or USA or, considering the huge distances, India itself, who controlled Burma for a few years.

[daniel1212]

The Japs were brutal beyond belief. They deserved Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And to this day they’re unrepentant about what they did. Worse yet subsequent generations of young Japanese are totally ignorant of what their fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers did during WW2.

And since it was much that of a Asian cult, then once its deity-emperor conceded defeat and humiliating if honorable submission to the West - but not to its general faith (implicit state sanction of the latter actually not helping) - then while largely keeping its strong family government - which the US proceeded to lose - it converted its militancy to industrial output (not needing a large defense budget helping), even conquering to a substantial degree the automotive US monopoly, thus regaining self-respect.

You can defeat a man or country physically, but only God can change them spiritually, which requires a contrite repentant heart, (Ps. 34:18) but which man resists more than physical defeat even though that is what obtains victory thru conversion to the risen Lord Jesus.

For its part the US, having overcome much affliction and adversity, has succumbed to the most lethal test, that of affluence, and is headed toward a dictatorship, as most people will accept such over the increasing anarchy (in which we have less security than the 60's despite the spectre of nuclear war with its bomb shelters then, but the family unit and the degree of Biblical spirituality was much stronger) and economic insecurities.

[Churchillspirit]

That question could be asked about lots of areas of conflict.

[jmacusa]

In order to secure the surrender of the Japanese The United States was compelled to allow these barbarians to keep their Emperor.

Over the years the insulting, horrendous denial of the thousands of Asian women known as ''comfort women'', women forced into prostitution to satisfy the Japanese Army is particularly egregious.

[robowombat]

That is completely true.

[daniel1212]

In order to secure the surrender of the Japanese The United States was compelled to allow these barbarians to keep their Emperor. Over the years the insulting, horrendous denial of the thousands of Asian women known as ''comfort women'', women forced into prostitution to satisfy the Japanese Army is particularly egregious.

Which is real though China uses this to justify its hostility against Japan, which I surmise will suffer at its hands.