War crimes and the Japanese military, 1941-1945

战争罪行和日本军队，1941 年至 1945 年

• 批准号: DP150100906
• 负责人: Prof Sandra Wilson
• 金额: $ 9.68万
• 依托单位: Murdoch University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-06-08 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150100906
• 关键词: War; crimes; Japanese; military; 1941

During the Second World War, Japanese military forces in Asia and the Pacific committed extraordinary atrocities against prisoners-of-war, civilian internees and local populations. These atrocities shocked Japan's Western enemies, not least because Japanese military behaviour in the early 20th century had been celebrated as remarkably humane. This project seeks to explain Japanese wartime brutality, identifying the specific circumstances in which it occurred and considering the particular wartime context. It challenges the prevalent explanation of Japanese wartime violence which locates the causes of brutality in deeply rooted aspects of Japanese national culture. This research is expected to contribute to understandings of war and violence.

第二次世界大战期间，日本在亚洲和太平洋地区的军事力量对战俘、平民囚犯和当地民众犯下了非同寻常的暴行。这些暴行震惊了日本的西方敌人，尤其是因为日本在20世纪初的军事行为曾被誉为非常人道。这个项目试图解释日本战时的暴行，找出它发生的具体情况，并考虑到特定的战时背景。它挑战了对日本战时暴力的流行解释，这种解释将暴行的原因定位在日本民族文化根深蒂固的方面。这项研究有望有助于理解战争和暴力。