我们被派去为天皇和皇室国家而死，每个人都装出一副深信不疑的样子。 但士兵们临死时，年轻的喊着母亲，年长的喊着孩子的名字。 我从未听到有人呼唤天皇和国家！'。

西崎信夫

'我们被派去为天皇和皇室国家而死，每个人都装出一副深信不疑的样子。 但士兵们临死时，年轻的喊着母亲，年长的喊着孩子的名字。 我从未听到有人呼唤天皇和国家！'。

也许日本的历史并不总是否认种族灭绝和极端民族主义的历史。 有许多士兵真正蔑视战争。

「雪風」に乗った少年 : 十五歲で出征した「海軍特別年少兵」 / "Yukikaze" ni notta shōnen : jūgosai de shusseishita "Kaigun tokubetsu nenshōhei"

Autores:西崎信夫著 ; 小川万海子編., 西崎信夫, 1927- author (Autor), 小川万海子 (Editor) / Nishizaki Nobuo cho ; Ogawa Mamiko hen, Nobuo Nishizaki (Autor), Mamiko Ogawa (Editor)

Nobuo Nishizaki:

'We were sent to die for the emperor and imperial nation, and everyone acted like we believed in it. But when the soldiers were dying, the young ones called out to their mothers and older ones called out their children's names. I never heard anyone calling the emperor and nation!'

Maybe Japan’s history hasn’t always been one of genocide denial and ultranationalism. There have been many soldiers who truly despised wars.