在世界历史九年级上册知识点汇总中，英国著名历史学家马克·费尔顿揭露了日本海军在二战中犯下的战争罪行，指出其残暴程度甚至超过纳粹德国海军。然而，这些曾经实施过屠杀的日本水兵大多数未受到应有的惩罚，其中一些现在仍然活着。
马克·费尔顿形象地将日本海军比喻为“深渊中的怪兽”，他们不仅对盟军水兵进行了残酷虐杀，还对无辜的平民百姓下手。在他的研究中，他提到，日本海军在二战期间故意杀害了2万多名盟军水兵和无数平民，而这些行为严重违反了《日内瓦公约》。
根据马克·费尔顿的记录，Japanese sailors committed atrocities such as throwing survivors into the sea to be eaten by sharks, bludgeoning them to death with hammers, stabbing them with bayonets, beheading them, hanging them, drowning them or burning them alive. Even more horrifically, some Japanese naval doctors performed medical experiments on live prisoners of war.
These documents show that at least 125,000 British sailors and 7,500 Australians were killed by the Japanese navy during World War II. The sinking of the British ship "Behar" is a typical example. On March 9th l944,"Behar" was sunk by the Japanese heavy cruiser "Ligun", and all captured British crewmen were locked below deck. After ten days at sea, they were taken to the stern of "Ligun", where they were beaten in the stomach and then decapitated one after another before being thrown overboard.
The commander who ordered these killings escaped punishment after the war.
Another terrible story told by Mark Felt is about James Burls's experience on board HMS Tjisalak. On March 26th l944,HMS Tjisalak sank after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine I-18 off Australia's coast while en route from Melbourne to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Survivors including Burls were pulled aboard I-18 where they were systematically killed one by one; some had their heads cut off but left half-alive before being tossed overboard others had their heads split in two before being dropped into spinning propellers.
Some Japanese soldiers laughed as they killed while another took photos of it all for posterity
Burls managed to escape his fate only because he broke free from his bonds just as he was about to be executed; he jumped into water but was shot multiple times before making it back onto an inflatable raft which eventually saved him along with an Indian sailor who also survived this ordeal
In total twenty-two survivors ended up tied together at I-18's stern when she dived deep underwater killing everyone attached
The main perpetrator – Captain Inoue Shinsui - became a hero in Japan later in life and never faced trial despite having been responsible for hundreds dead men floating on rafts
This kind of brutality had direct connections within Japan's high command Mark Felt points out that around March 20th l943 Japan issued orders encouraging its navy “to keep constantly attacking enemy ships” This led directly to actions like those carried out by submarine I-137 which sank four British merchant ships and one Royal Navy ship every time firing machine guns into any survivor still alive
After WW2 's end ,I-137' s captain received eight years imprisonment but served only three He claimed that what happened during war was fair game under rules set forth then But no matter how brutal this sorta action — even against Red Cross marked rescue vessels — there are limits—because there exists something called international law That’s why so many people died: Because those responsible could not see beyond their own beliefs Their actions ignored basic human rights They denied humanity itself