Japan's gestapo : murder, mayhem and torture in wartime Asia / by Mark Felton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felton, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan. Rikugun--Military police--History.

Japan.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Asia.

World War, 1939-1945.

War crimes--History--20th century.

War crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book opens by explaining the origins, organisation and roles of the Kempetai apparatus, which exercised virtually unlimited power throughout the Japanese Empire. The author reveals their criminal and collaborationist networks, which extorted huge sums of money from hapless citizens and business. They ran the Allied POW gulag system which treated captives with brutality and a complete lack of mercy.Other Kempetai activities included biological and chemical experiments on live subjects, slave labour, including 'Comfort Women' drawn from all races.Their record of reprisals against military an

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Big Brother; Chapter Two: Organ of Terror; Chapter Three: Slaves for the Emperor; Chapter Four: Bridge House; Chapter Five: Resistance is Futile; Chapter Six: Double Tenth; Chapter Seven: Sex Slaves; Chapter Eight: Slaughter of the Innocents; Chapter Nine: Asian Auschwitz; Chapter Ten: The Bomber Boys; Chapter Eleven: Kempeitai Kamikazes; Chapter Twelve: Leave No Survivors; Chapter Thirteen: End Game; Chapter Fourteen: Bearing the Unbearable; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781844684441

184468444X

OCLC:

797915616