Comments by "Steven O\x27Brien" (@stevenobrien557) on "History vs. Hollywood" channel.

  1. Japanese troops (not just officers) were frequently left armed to secure order over the populations. This pissed off quite a few locals in Indonesia, Malaya and Vietnam.
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  2. They kept many surrendered Japanese armed and patrolling local populations while they were still sorting out the reoccupation. Caused a lot of bitterness in the European colonies.
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  3. They weren't, German high command reported in the Battle of France after action report that the troops were not as good as what they had the previous war.
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  4. A number of men serving under him didn't like him. His favouritism with unpopular officers like Nixon and Spiers was a big part of it.
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  5. They frequently were as they were expected to help keep order. You would freak out if you found out about the Japanese keeping their weapons in the SEA colonies as they were being reclaimed by the European nations.
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  6. There was no surrender at the end of First World War. That was part of the problem.
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  7. ​ @allangibson8494  you don't know what you are talking about in regard to sidearms. One thing where a panzer officer would really, really want his sidearm to work is if he was trapped in a burning tank.
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