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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2024 4:10 p.m. PST

"Surrounded by rolling hills, Jinguashi is a picturesque former mining town on Taiwan's north-eastern coast. But beneath the lush foliage and distant ocean views lies a dark and forgotten chapter in history.

Jinguashi was the location of Kinkaseki camp, one of more than a dozen prisoner of war (POW) camps, where around 4,350 Allied soldiers were held captive during World War Two.
Taiwan was a Japanese colony at the time and the soldiers – who were captured by the Japanese military between 1942 and 1945 – were forced to work in copper mines under appalling conditions…"


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Choctaw12 Dec 2024 6:53 a.m. PST

The barbaric Japanese of WWII richly deserved everything they received in order to end the war and crush them as a military power.

Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP12 Dec 2024 11:13 a.m. PST

Choctaw +1.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP12 Dec 2024 1:37 p.m. PST

Choctaw + 2

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