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For anyone not familiar with the history, the Nanking Massacre (a.k.a. the Rape of Nanking) is a good starting point. That was part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, which by that point was more or less another stage for WWII.

At Nanking, the Japanese soldiers had civilian kill contests, committed mass rape and burned villages, in the absence of any sort of military resistance.

That's not to say that there isn't a larger context in which to view the conflict, but without question, the Japanese army at Nanking was cruel, brutal and inhumane to the extreme.

What's your thoughts on /r/yishansucks ?

That's a lot like holocaust denial, and simply not worth paying attention to.

Did people in the camps talk much about the war? Was there an easy way to follow it? What was the general sentiment toward the Pearl Harbor attacks, and later, toward the Nuclear bombings in Japan?