RUDN Journal of World History (Sep 2011)
The System of Ideological Training of Japanese Soldiers in the 30-40s of the 20th Сentury
Abstract
This article deals with the ideological bases of the Japanese soldiers from the 30s of the XXth century until the end of World War II. The article considers the education of Japanese soldiers and officers, the social hierarchy in the armed forces of Japan, the attitude towards life and death, the attitude to an armed enemy, to a prisoner of war and civilian population in occupied territories.
