The Japanese Occupation of Asia and German Gas Chambers (Patreon)
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This week Spartacus breaks down the Japanese occupation methods in their newly conquered territory in Southeast Asia. In Burma, the rapidly advancing Japanese forces have triggered a refugee crisis. Columns of fleeing civilians are strafed by Japanese planes, and as many as thirty percent are critically ill. Their situation is only made worse when vital supplies of water and food are looted from refugees by Japanese military forces. In Europe, Germany is also waging a war against humanity within its own recently conquered territories. In German occupied Poland mass murder by poisonous gas begins at the camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor.
The sheer scale of human suffering can be too difficult for our minds to comprehend, and each individual story is often lost to pure statistics and numbers. To even begin understanding the horrors which unfolded we need to try and look at each atrocity on a smaller scale. Because of this, when this series is completed it will be the longest documentary ever produced on crimes against humanity in the Second World War. To do all of this requires a great deal of resources, which is why we're so grateful for all of you in the TimeGhost Army. Without your support this project of remembrance would not be possible. Thank you, and never forget.