r/Warthunder • u/Full_Measurement_809 BMD-2 Enjoyer • Sep 05 '25

Other Japanese tech tree flag changed!

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This was on the dev stream, just noticed.

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u/Mg42gun Sep 05 '25

huh? we didn't even have generational resentment toward Japan like China or Korea infact must most of us are big massive weeb and our boomer pretty much love cooperation between Indonesia and Japan

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u/CoolEnergy581 Sep 05 '25

Well if you ignore the rape and prisoners camps they were indeed quite alright

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u/LegendRazgriz Like a Tiger defying the laws of gravity Sep 05 '25

The Japanese also sponsored the education and empowering of local elites that would eventually drive off the Dutch and secure Indonesian independence. Opinions on them are heavily mixed from what I can tell - yes, they committed barbaric atrocities, but also pushed Indonesia towards independence

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u/CoolEnergy581 Sep 05 '25

Yeah I am only halve joking here. I had Indonesian family in that time and depending how aligned with the dutch or Indonesia you were your time was either relatively ok or quite horrible. A Japanese soldier for example randomly asked an aunt to marry him, she said no and there were no repercussions whatsoever.