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II. School for War.Section II depicts the purposeful and careful molding of Japanese children into soldiers.
JAPANESE GENERALS can make or break the, government. Climbing to power by starting the war in Manchuria in 1931, they cast the die for fascism. Tojo stands at the near end.
DISCIPLINE and conformity to a set pattern show in this primary schoolroom.
NATIONALIST indoctrination pays off in welcoming parade for Chinese puppet.
NAVAL STUDENTS bow three times each morning: to the shrine, to the emperor, and to their parents. Each bow symbolizes a prayer of love and respect for its object.
JAPANESE MARINES are crack troops. Their skill, physical stamina, and their blind devotion to duty make them especially tough to rout from the Pacific islands.
FANATICISM in warfare may be a sort of release.,from the rigid restraints imposed on the ordinary Japanese in everyday life. He is the world's most wanton soldier. |