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"Yuki no Shingun" ( ja, 雪の進軍, 3=The Snow March) is a Japanese ''
During the Battle of Weihaiwei, the Imperial Japanese Army experienced heavy snow and low temperature, while being under-equipped with water, food and fuel. Nagai reflected in his song the hardship Japanese soldiers experienced and their discontentment about the war. The song, which was popular at the time of its publication and is described by scholars to have an upbeat melody, was said to be favoured by Ōyama Iwao. It was also taught and sung in Japanese schools during the late Meiji period.
Nagai's song was later widely referred to by soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the
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is the Japanese term for military music. While in standard use in Japan it applies both to Japanese songs and foreign songs such as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", as an English language category it refers to songs produced by the Empire of Jap ...
'' composed in 1895 by Imperial Japanese Army musician who reflected his experience in the Battle of Weihaiwei during the First Sino-Japanese War. The song was banned in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was used in the 1977 film '' Mount Hakkoda''.
Background
During the Battle of Weihaiwei, the Imperial Japanese Army experienced heavy snow and low temperature, while being under-equipped with water, food and fuel. Nagai reflected in his song the hardship Japanese soldiers experienced and their discontentment about the war. The song, which was popular at the time of its publication and is described by scholars to have an upbeat melody, was said to be favoured by Ōyama Iwao. It was also taught and sung in Japanese schools during the late Meiji period.
Nagai's song was later widely referred to by soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast ...
. The discontentment about the war expressed in the song were viewed as antagonistic to Japanese militarism and prohibited by the Imperial Japanese Army, though the effectiveness of the order was in doubt.
Lyrics
In popular culture
*The 1977 film '' Mount Hakkoda'' used "Yuki no Shingun" and associated this song with the Hakkōda Mountains incident. *The Japanese version of the 2005 video game ''Destroy All Humans!
''Destroy All Humans!'' is an open world action-adventure video game franchise that is designed as a parody of Cold War-era alien invasion films. ''Destroy All Humans!'' and ''Destroy All Humans! 2'' are available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, ...
'', released in 2007, referred to the first two lines of the song.
*The 2012 anime '' Girls und Panzer'' shows Yukari Akiyama and Riko "Erwin" Matsumoto singing the song during a reconnaissance march through the snow, and the anime's sequel films '' Girls und Panzer der Film'' and ''Girls und Panzer das Finale
, alternatively ''Girls und Panzer: The Final Chapter'', is a six-part Japanese animated film series and a sequel to ''Girls und Panzer'' (2012) and '' Girls und Panzer der Film'' (2015). Produced by Actas and distributed by Showgate, the film ...
'' use the melody as a leitmotif for the Imperial Japanese Army-themed Chi-Ha-Tan Academy.
References
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