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Geneva Convention
The Geneva Convention in 1929 was held to mellow out the punishments that were used on prisoners. These guidelines for what was humane and inhumane would not be followed however during WWII, where the Japanese tortured their POWs in awful ways. -
Boiling
Boiling is a type of torture where the victim is placed in a tun of boiling water and the victim is boiled alive. Before they die, they will be covered in painful burns and scabs from the water. They will also have a hard time breathing because of the steam. -
Water Torture
Water torture stemmed from Eastern Asia and was soon used around the world as a way to get people to crack. It is where a victim is chained up and placed under a pipe the is dripping slowly. The victim is not fed for days. The dripping soon makes the victim go insane. -
X-Rays
Prisoners were used as science experiments, as they were placed in X-Ray machines until the radiation became too much for the body to handle. The victim would be placed in the machine over and over again. -
Crucifixion
Prisoners were nailed onto trees or large boards or walls until they died. They would not be fed or given water until their death. -
Decapitation
Prisoners would have a bag put over their head, and their head would be cut off by the Japanese soldiers -
Cannibalism
During the war, Japanese soldiers ate prisoners alive as a form of torture and a form of food for the soldiers. The prisoners suffered from a lot of pain before dying from blood loss. -
Impalement
Prisoners were slowly and painfully impaled on growing bamboo shoots. This process took quite a while and was extremely torturous. The victims were then left in the woods for animals to feed off of. -
Freezing
In this form of torture, prisoners were frozen until they were extremely close to death. But, right before they died, the Japanese soldiers would take the crippled bodies and strip them to the bone. The prisoners would soon die of blood loss, hunger, and/or hypothermia. -
More Water Torture
This is where prisoners had pipes and/or tubes stuck down their throat in a very painful way. They were then placed under a faucet with the water on. The water was left running until it flowed out of the prisoner's nose. This torture gave the victim a sense of drowning, and it was extremely painful. -
Burning
This is where the prisoners were burned alive. They were either taken outside and set on fire or they were placed in a chamber that was set on fire. The victim would suffer serious burns before dying from either lack of oxygen or burns. -
Hanging
Hanging is usually a fairly common form of torture, however the Japanese way is a little but different. In this case, soldiers would hang people by their limbs, thumbs, or even tongues, and simply leave them hanging until they died. -
Dissection
Japanese soldiers would assault women, forcibly impregnate them, and then dissect them alive. These dissections were then used for science and other experiments. -
Removing Organs
Japanese doctors removed organs from the human body while the patients were awake and alive. These organs were vital organs such as the brain and the heart. They also removed organs such as the limbs, stomach, and liver. -
Cutting Off Tongues
If a prisoner seemed to talk too much, Japanese soldiers would cut out their tongues. The prisoners were given no medication either, so the process was very painful -
High pressure changes
During the war, Japanese soldiers terminated prisoners by locking them in high pressure chambers. While in the chambers, the prisoners would begin to lose their breath and become light headed. They would then get dizzy, for the chambers were also spinning, and the prisoners were given no food or water. -
The plague
The plague was a type of torture where Japanese soldiers used diseases to infect their prisoners. The prisoners would then be beaten and bruised as the soldiers whipped them and hit them. The prisoners would be given no medications, food, or water while they were sick. -
Injection
In this form, prisoners were injected with extremely unsafe and unhealthy liquids. For example, animal blood was used most often. The animal blood was sent through the prisoners blood stream and they would become infected with many different diseases. They would soon suffer a painful death. -
Experiments
Japanese soldiers and scientists used their prisoners for endless science experiments. Many of these were extremely painful and torturous -
More Hanging
Prisoners were beat, tortured, and then hung. The bodies were used for more experiments.
