The Japanese committed a lot of war crimes in World War II but cannibalism wasn’t one of them, though only because cannibalism wasn’t technically a war crime because no one thought to make a rule against it. Still, Imperial Japanese soldiers practiced cannibalism more than you would think, and NOT because of a lack of food. We talk about the instances Japanese soldiers ate Allied troops both as an act of psychological warfare and because they believed it would bring them strength. <br /><br />Subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/softcorehistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the Softcore History Patreon</a> for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. <br /><br />Rob Fox<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ </a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree </a><br /><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree </a><br /><br />Dan Regester<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/danregester/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ </a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/dan_regester" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/dan_regester</a>