1944 ⟶ Palawan Massacre of American POWs
Japanese defenders in Palawan in the Philippines kill over 1...
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1942
1943
1944
1945
🔪 Banka Island Massacre
The Japanese commit the Banka Island Massacre in which they open fire on Australian military nurses, killing 21.⟶
Pacific TheaterWar CrimesMassacreAustralian NursesBanka IslandJapanese AtrocitiesWorld War II
🏃 POW Escape from Davao Penal Colony
The only large-scale escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Japanese in the Pacific takes place when ten American POWs and two Filipino convicts break out of the Davao Penal Colony on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The escaped POWs were the first to break the news of the infamous Bataan Death March and other atrocities committed by the Japanese to the world.⟶
PhilippinesDavao Penal ColonyPOW EscapeBataan Death MarchWar CrimesJapanese AtrocitiesPacific TheaterPrisoner of WarAtrocities
🔪 Homfreyganj Massacre
The Japanese kill 44 suspected spies in the Homfreyganj massacre.⟶
HomfreyganjmassacreJapanese atrocitiesespionageAndaman Islandswar crimescivilian casualtiesAsiaPacific Theater
💔 American Troops Massacre German POWs at Chenogne
American troops kill dozens of German POWs at Chenogne⟶
War CrimesPOWsMassacreChenogneUS TroopsWestern FrontHuman RightsCombatantsAtrocitiesMilitary Justice
