General Tojo Part 2: Terror in China

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Major General Hideki Tojo takes command of the secret police - the Kempeitai. The Imperial Japanese Army invades China and terrorises the civilian population. Kempeitai operatives set up a secret lab where they carry out horrific medical and weapons experiments. This is only the beginning. Before long, Prime Minister Tojo will ready the nation for war with the United States. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today on Good Different News, reality TV star admits it's nothing like reality, and more
0:06.6	good news just in at Suzuki.
0:08.7	With tech packed in and two years free servicing until the 31st of March, get great cars
0:13.3	like the Swift, S-Cross and Vitara at prices you wouldn't expect.
0:17.2	Join us next time for more good news, hopefully.
0:20.2	Search Suzuki Cars, Suzuki, Good Different.
0:23.4	Offer applies to UK Private Retail purchases from participating Suzuki dealer terms and exclusions
0:30.4	apply C-Cars.Susuki.co.uk.
0:33.0	From the early 30s, arguably, Japan expects to have to go to war with the United States.
0:39.2	And by 1939, Tojo is convinced that war is unavoidable.
0:43.6	He now accepts the inevitability.
0:45.9	If you look at the total number of deaths in all factors caused by Japan and China in the
0:51.3	second world war, the figure could easily be between 20 and 30 million.
0:55.6	They held on site thousands of people, men, women and children.
0:58.9	There are many parallels to what the Germans are doing in Auschwitz.
1:01.9	Nobody's ever made a film about it.
1:03.4	It would be the worst horror film you could ever imagine.
1:06.0	They really plumb the absolute deaths of human cruelty in the name of science.
1:10.8	It's 1935, and Hideki Tojo's rise to power in Japan is picking up ahead of steam.
1:28.4	He's been tasked with identifying those behind a gruesome military assassination, the
1:33.3	Izawa incident, and bringing the conspirators to justice.
1:38.8	The assassin, a young lieutenant colonel, is promptly arrested and put to death by firing
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NOISER, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NOISER and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.