本帖最后由 dragondick 于 2012-5-26 04:47 编辑
(Ben-gor, Please allow this announcement to use this Corner until I have finished uploading the links.)
I have posted a series of documentary videos with the above title under blow-water. This documentary consists of 40 episodes, each of about 30', it is a very interesting, educational video.
I shall upload the links gradually so that you can enjoy them slowly with the whole family.
(國殤 - NATIONAL MEMORIAL. If the translation is not correct, please let me know)
At an early age, I have been brain-washed re “對鏡整衣冠,讀史知興亡”, I am therefore addicted to studying history, particularly events in the last 100 years.
As we approach the 75th anniversary of “7/7 Incident, 七七事變”, I researched & stumbled upon a rare documentary (40 episodes each of about 30”, totalling 20 hours’ of viewing), which is entitled 國殤, the closest translation which I can come up is The National Memorial.
THIS IS A RARE FIND. It can be enjoyed by the whole family, particularly if you are interested in history, or events which affected the lives of every Chinese in the last 100 years. I urge you to view the videos, & save them for future reference.
This documentary started by touching briefly on events which weakened the Ching Dynasty, the rise of Imperial Japan & its plan, based on “Tanaka’s Referendum田中奏摺”, to form an East Asia Mutual Prosperity Circle 東亞共榮圈with Japan in the centre, prospering on human resources &, natural resources from China & all of S. E. Asia. To achieve this goal, then China must be conquered in the first place.
This led to the 1st Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭, then the 2nd Sino-Japanese War with 蘆溝橋事變 as the curtain raiser.
The Documentary then dwell in depth on various events during the the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, e.g. The defense of Shanghai, 淞沪会战 The Si-an Incident, 西安事變 The Fall & Rape of Nanking, 南京大屠殺 The battle of Hsu-zhou, 徐州會戰 Duel along the Yangtze, 長江兩岸之會戰 The battle of Chang-sha, 長沙會戰 The Burma Road, 滇緬公路 Unit 731, Using Chinese as Human Guinea Pigs For Studying & Refining Bacterial & Biological Weapons
It also explained why the Nationalist Government was initially reluctant to engage the Japanese military, because it was like a 19th century army fighting a 20th army, on top of that, there was no Chinese Air Force to speak of, the goal was therefore limited engagement to give time for Government & civilians to move the country’s limited assets to the Western part of the country; dubious allies; Japan’s bacterial & biological warfare; it also interviewed surviving Chinese soldiers, army officers, government officials, Japanese soldiers, bacterial lab technicians, etc., etc.
Without viewing these videos, we will have no idea of the hardship which our grandparents endured, the sacrifices which they made; the unspeakable crimes & atrocities (The Rape of Nanking is only one of many) committed by the Japanese army on the Chinese people. Be forewarned that you will shed tears!
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