I agree completely. This kind of fiction usually motivates me to go out and do my own research too! I love reading this thread and seeing the extra facts our community has discovered about Malaysia and WWII
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It is refreshing to read about other places that were affected by the war.
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I agree. I have sometimes wondered why a war that only involved the western world countries was called a World War. More and more, I am realizing my social studies did not give me the full scope of the war. There were many atrocities committed by and against many different countries. This series woke me up to many countries involved in WWII for a variety of reasons that I had never heard about. So for that, I thank Greg Kater.AntoineOMEGA wrote: ↑10 Oct 2019, 08:46 This Novel is really unique because I had no clue Malaysia was part of WW2.
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Yes, me too. This book really provided another fresh perspective of the WWII that i somehow knew but never thought about much. Thanks to this book, I did some research on Malayan history which was cool. I really appreciate historical events and I'm glad the book gave me one.
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Yes, I had to look that one up. There are a lot of horror stories about the Kempeitai, the Japanese SS. No wonder Japan allied with Germany during WWII. The philosophies had so much in common. I wonder if thoughtless loyalty has always lead to repression.LinaMueller wrote: ↑08 Oct 2019, 18:10 I didn't know anything about the Japanese Kempeitai before reading this book. Greg Kater seems to know a lot about history.
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Yes, that's really interesting!
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I agree about the setting not being often talked about. I've read and heard about stories and countries after WWII, but I never did know about Malaysia's status back then and their plight. This book has shed some amazing light on the culture and the history of the place. I think I would like to know more about the natives' experiences and stories during the WWII and even postwar. I think it would be interesting!
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Yes same here. This book was really a great learning experience about Malaysia's history. I really appreciate the author for doing his research as it was interesting and I really enjoyed researching fore about Malaysia's post WWII condition.Karina Nowak wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 10:38 I didn't even know that Malaysia was apart of the second World War. It does make sense given Japan's motives at the time which extended to all Asian countries not just the popular ones in movies, like China. However, I never knew any details about Malaysia's specific struggle during and after the war which this book brings to light.
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