
"WW2: Unearthing Taiwan's forgotten prisoner of war camps" Topic
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Tango01  | 11 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…" More here
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Choctaw | 12 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  | 12 Dec 2024 11:13 a.m. PST |
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Tango01  | 12 Dec 2024 1:37 p.m. PST |
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