By the end of World War II about 600 thousand Japanese soldiers and officers have been held captive in thousands of prison camps on a territory, stretched from Kamchatka in the East, across Urals to European part of USSR in the West and Yenisei Basin in the North.
The History Chapters not only hold Japanese Army sound victories but also atrocities of defeat that I intend to tell about to the new generation. I decided to draw these pictures in memory of those of my comrades-in-arms, who were not destined to return home…

(…)Youngsters of my generation, influenced by fascist’s ideology, ignorant of death have been turned into so called “lethal killing machines”. This should never do again!!! However we had a fond belief in that we were risking our lives for our country.

  • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This is really great! I love these small illustrations from a common soldier’s POV. It really shows common humanity regardless of ethnicity, government, etc., as well as the suffering we all inflict on each other.

  • Wrufieotnak@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Thank you for sharing it. It is interesting to see how he doesnt seem to hold too much ill will towards the USSR and is pretty positive towards everyone. I’m mostly interested to hear if his experience with other gender roles changed his own position after coming back to Japan.