Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Japanese class B and C war criminals in the Pacific War were tried by a military court in Shanghai, China, and a Japanese general was executed in public. The executioner shot a bullet into the back of the head with a pistol, and the condemned man became a corpse lying on the execution site.

 Japanese class B and C war criminals in the Pacific War were executed by Japanese generals after a military trial at a military court in Shanghai, China. At an open-air execution site in Shanghai, the condemned were strapped to their backs with a stupa, a grave marker for the dead with the war criminal's crimes written on it. The Chinese public clamored around the kneeling Japanese general. The executioner aimed a pistol at the back of the Japanese general head.




  







 During World War II, the Allies established the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Class A Japanese war criminals. Other trials for Class B and C war criminals were held in Shanghai, Jinan, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Taiwan, Manila, Singapore, Yangon, Saigon, and Khabarovsk. The total number of various Japanese war criminals indicted by the Allies was about 5,423, and those sentenced were about 4,226, of which about 941 were executed. By February 1949, about 145 Japanese war criminals had been sentenced to death. Military tribunals were also established in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, and about six people were executed in the U.S., 21 in the U.K., and five in Australia.

 While the Tokyo Trials tried Class A war criminals after the Pacific War, the Yokohama, Manila, Rabaul, Singapore, Shanghai, Guangdong, and other war zones tried Class B and C war criminals, military tribunals for those who committed atrocities against non-combatants (including POWs), a common war crime. Many of the Class B and C war criminals, including Generals Yamashita Bokufumi and Honma Masaharu, who were held responsible for their management as commanders, and others who were accused of committing atrocities, were harshly treated without satisfactory protection and procedures under the law, and those sentenced to death were executed in the penitentiary. Japanese generals sentenced to death were executed in the penitentiary.

  Although there were unavoidable aspects to the atrocities committed by the Japanese military, such as the testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses, were used as evidence without examination. It is undeniable that some of those executed or imprisoned were innocent, partly due to misunderstandings caused by mistaken identity and customs, and partly due to accusations of personal grudges.

   Class BC war criminals are war criminals who are categorized as "common war crimes" or "crimes against humanity" under the ordinances of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and the Ordinances of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which were promulgated by the Allied Powers. Those who were considered war criminals and charged with crimes were referred to as "Class A war criminals" under Paragraph A. Those charged with crimes against peace were referred to as "Class A war criminals" under Paragraph B. Japanese Class BC war criminals were tried by GHQ in 49 military courts around the world, including Yokohama and Manila. It was estimated that there were about 5,700 defendants and about 1,000 were sentenced to death.











  At the execution site in Shanghai, the executioner fired a bullet into the back of the head with his pistol, and then fired all the bullets he could muster at the Japanese general condemned prisoner. The executed prisoner became a corpse lying on the execution site.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

On the Korean War, Marine patrol closes in on a Korean hut in search of a Communist sniper offering stubborn resistance in front-line action, September 24, 1951. The feet of an enemy casualty are visible in the doorway. Defense Department photo, Marine Corps.

朝鮮戦争において、1951年9月23日に、国連軍は朝鮮半島の38度線の北に数km前進し、約3週間にわたって北朝鮮軍と交戦した。9月24日、アメリカ軍の海兵隊は最前線で頑強に抵抗する共産軍の狙撃兵を探すために、朝鮮人の小屋に迫って掃討した。小屋の入り口には殺害された北朝鮮軍の戦死者の死体の下肢が見えた。

 1951年9月13日に「ブラッディ・リッジ」の北隣の尾根である「ハートブレイク・リッジ」の戦いは、38度線の北側でアメリカ軍第2歩兵師団によって開戦した。約30日間にわたる戦闘の末、1951年10月15日に、3745人の死傷者を出しながら、この地域はアメリカ軍によって確保された。両軍とも多大な損害を被ったため、朝鮮戦争で国連軍が行った最後の大規模な攻撃となった。

 1951年4月11日にトルーマン大統領は、マッカーサー元師を解任した。朝鮮戦争は膠着状態が続いて、朝鮮半島の領土の交換はほとんど行われなかった。1951年7月10日に、国連軍と北朝鮮軍は開城で休戦交渉を開始することに合意した。休戦交渉は8月22日に共産党軍によって打ち切られた。その後、アメリカ軍の第8軍の防御態勢を改善するため、一連の限定的な目標攻撃を開始した。朝鮮半島の中東部のアメリカ軍の第X軍団と韓国軍の第1軍団は、カンザス線への攻撃を有利にする陣地から、北朝鮮軍を追い出すため、カンザス線から約8km〜約11km上方の地形目標(ブラッディーリッジやハートブレイクリッジなど)を目指して戦った。1951年10月最終週までに、これらの目標は確保された。朝鮮半島の38度線沿いで血みどろの膠着状態が続く中で10月25日に、板門店の新しい場所で共産党代表団と国連代表団による休戦交渉が再開された。




On July 5, 1863, in the American Civil War, the bodies of slain Confederates were collected for burial at the edge of Rose Woods, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  On July 5, 1863, during the American Civil War, slain Confederate corpses were collected for burial at the edge of Rose Woods, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. These Confederate corpses were presumed to be those of Georgia or South Carolina regimental soldiers who fought in and around Rose Woods on July 2, 1863. They were part of the cost of the horrific engagement at Chancellorsville. The Confederacy's greatest loss was Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson. Hundreds of bodies of dead soldiers from both armies were burned in the night in a burning thicket in the wilderness.

 This is one of a series of photographs taken by war photographers Timothy O'Sullivan and Alexander Gardner near the edge of Rose Woods on July 5 or July 6, 1863. The bodies of the soldiers closest to Boulder lay in shallow graves. The photographers' darkroom wagon can be seen in the background. The photo of the Confederate dead at Rose Woods in Gettysburg shows a row of several men lying face down waiting to be buried, with about three more lying face down.

 The body groups were accumulated for burial before the Confederates retreated. Decomposing and bloated corpses were collected. Often a curved bayonet was used as a hook at the end of the rope that dragged the decomposing and bloated bodies to the final resting place in the cemetery. During the dragging, the pants of the corpses came down. Just before the Confederate soldiers were about to bury the bodies, the burial was left incomplete and a sudden order was given to retreat.

 The Battle of Gettysburg, which broke out between July 1 and July 3, 1863, was the largest land battle fought in North America. At Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Confederate General Robert Lee, had about 75,000 men. The Union Army of the Potomac, led by General George C. Meade, had an estimated 93,000 men. The Battle of Gettysburg resulted in the loss of approximately 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, or missing.



Monday, November 27, 2023

On the Eastern Front of World War II, German army identification badges were removed from Croatians of the Croatian Legion who were killed in action and fell to the ground during the German siege of Stalingrad.

  On the Eastern Front of World War II, German military identification badges were removed from Croats of the Croatian Legion who were killed in action and on the ground during the German siege of Stalingrad. The Croats fought as part of the 100th Jaeger Division as a non-German unit. The Croatian Legion was the only foreign unit to fight with the Germans in the Battle of Stalingrad.

 The Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was established on April 10, 1941, in the ruins of the destroyed Kingdom of Yugoslavia under German and Italian patronage. Two months later, shortly after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Kingdom of Croatia was not involved in the war. On June 23, the day after the start of Operation Barbarossa, Croatian fascist Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić (Ante Pavelić) officially informed Führer Hitler that he would send troops to the Eastern Front, which was accepted. The bulk of the Croatian Independence Army remained on Croatian territory to fight Tito's partisans.

 The Ustashe unit sent to fight the Soviet Red Army consisted of Croatian volunteers. To fight the Soviet Red Army, the Croatian Legion's 369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment of up to 4,000 men was formed. The core consisted of Croats, including many Bosnian Muslims. in early October 1941, the Croat Legion arrived in Ukraine and joined the Soviet offensive of the Southern Army Group. on September 27, 1942, the Croat Legion invaded Stalingrad as part of the German 100th Jäger Division. invaded Stalingrad.

 The Croatian Legion invaded toward the regiment's positions, crawling through the huge trenches that remained after the bombing. Soviet bombers dropped phosphorus bombs and many soldiers were burned alive. The invasion was carried out while sweeping through each building one by one. After a fierce winter battle, the Croatian Legion was virtually obliterated, and those who survived were taken prisoner by the Soviets.



Sunday, November 26, 2023

Paramedics carry the body of a man killed by a Russian rocket attack on a food market in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on a stretcher on September 6, 2023. About 17 civilian Ukrainians were killed and 33 wounded.

  Paramedics carry the body of a man on a stretcher after he was killed by a Russian military rocket attack at a food market in the center of the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka (Kostiantynivka) on September 6, 2023. Russian missiles tore through an outdoor market in eastern Ukraine, killing about 17 civilian Ukrainians and wounding about 33 others. Kostiantynivka is close to the front lines around Bakhmut, a heavily contested area and frequently crowded with Ukrainian military personnel.

 Russian missiles struck Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, turning the outdoor market into a searing, charred ruin littered with corpses. There was the wreckage of the market, and near a car engulfed in flames, charred corpses burned in the street, clothes and all. Bodies lay in front of the burning market. Behind a stall selling fresh parsley, rescuers found a woman in plain clothes covered in blood. Paramedics examined the pulse and performed an autopsy on a woman killed in a Russian rocket attack on a food market in Konstantinovka. As firefighters tried to extinguish the flames, paramedics donned tourniquets and rushed to get the casualty into an emergency vehicle using stretchers and blankets. Posters and tarps were used to cover the dead. Residents who watched shed tears and comforted each other.

 A large explosion in the middle of a busy thoroughfare shattered glass in a nearby building as pedestrians ran for cover. As firefighters responded on the scene, there was a raging fire and thick black smoke billowing from charred cars and buildings. The explosion left blood spatter on the floor, burning cars, destroyed buildings, and paramedics transporting dead bodies. According to Ukrainian prosecutors, about 30 pavilions, 20 stores, administrative buildings, apartments, and power lines were damaged. Shortly after Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Kiev with more than $1 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Russian forces launched a missile attack.














Warning: Paramedics carry on a stretcher the body of a man who was killed after a Russian rocket attack on the food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, September, 6, 2023.(AP Photo/ Evgeniy Maloletka)

Saturday, November 25, 2023

He is a 38-year-old male atomic bomb survivor. He is recovering from radiation sickness of A-bomb disease about 3 months after the atomic bomb was dropped. He showed necrosis of the oral gums and mandible.

  He is a 38-year-old male atomic bomb survivor. He is recovering from A-bomb radiation sickness. He was photographed approximately 3 months after the atomic bomb was dropped. He showed necrosis of the gums and mandible in the oral cavity.

 Ulceration of the mucous membranes, including gingivitis, stomatitis, and pharyngitis, was common in more severe cases of A-bomb disease. Clinical manifestations were similar to those of leukopenia. It was customarily accompanied by hemorrhagic diarrhea, which was difficult to assess because in many cases it was due to contagious inflammation. Petechiae may appear on the mucous membranes at the onset of gingivitis. However, skin hemorrhage appeared much later. Based on the data collected in Hiroshima, most cases occurred within a radius of about 1.5 km from the hypocenter.

 The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Group was formed on November 3, 1944, under orders from President Roosevelt. President Truman ordered an investigation into the effectiveness of air raids against Japan on August 15, 1945. The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Group for the war against Japan consisted of about 300 civilians, 350 officers, and 500 enlisted men. Starting in early September 1945, about a month after the atomic bombs were dropped, branches were established in Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, with Tokyo as the base. The materials collected by the survey team were transferred to a permanent government agency, which conducted on-site surveys in the A-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for approximately 10 weeks from October to December 1945. The survey team collaborated with other survey organizations such as the Joint Conference on Atomic Bomb Surveys of Japan, the Anglo-Japanese Survey Mission to Japan, and the Japanese Naval Technical Survey Mission to Japan.

 There was no record of the cause of death of those who died immediately after the atomic bombs exploded. Radiation does not cause death immediately, and deaths from exposure to the atomic bombs are caused by other factors of injury. The Hiroshima Prefectural Health Bureau estimated that about 60% were burns (flash or fire burns), about 30% were falling debris, and about 10% were other injuries. Other estimates were that about 50% were due to burns and about 50% were other physical injuries.

 For survivors very close to the hypocenter who suffered neither flash burns nor secondary injuries, A-bomb sickness developed within two to three days, causing hemorrhagic diarrhea and acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal mucosa. Some died within two to three days of developing A-bomb sickness. Most of the survivors died about a week later. The Japanese investigators had difficulty in proving significant changes in the blood in survivors who died within a short period of time.



Friday, November 24, 2023

The fighting between the Japanese and Chinese forces during the Sino-Japanese War's continental penetration campaign was harsh. Many soldiers of the army were killed and wounded in battle. Chinese troops transported their dead and wounded soldiers on stretchers to a newly established field hospital in Guangxi Province.

 The fighting between the Japanese and Chinese armies during the Sino-Japanese War's Continental Strike was harsh. Many soldiers of the army were killed and wounded. For this reason, the Chinese army built more field hospitals one after another. Even so, it was impossible to fully accommodate the dead and wounded soldiers. They transported the dead and wounded soldiers on stretchers to the newly established field hospitals in Guangxi Province. A Chinese military nurse was watching over them. Chinese battle-wounded soldiers who arrived on foot waited in front of the field hospital for treatment procedures.

 In the battle of Guilin and Liuzhou, the Japanese 11th Army planned to attack Guilin. The distance between the two cities was 120 kilometers, and the Chinese dispatched forces had planned to have the 23rd Army invade Liuzhou since the planning of Operation No. 1, but the plan was not activated. The 11th Army was determined to attack Guilin, and its plan was decided on October 5, 1944.

 The Japanese 11th Army was the main force in the Guilin campaign, while the 23rd Army checked the Chongqing Army from the flank. The 104th Division under the 23rd Army invaded Guangxi Province on October 14 to check the Chinese Chongqing Army. The Japanese occupation of airfields in the Tanzhu Plain also posed a threat to the Chinese forces, and the 22nd Division, which invaded Wulin in mid-October, remained in air defense bunkers under heavy bombardment by American bombers.

  On October 26, the 11th Army received orders to attack Guilin and ordered the 3rd and 37th Divisions to launch. On November 4, the Takeshita Battalion of the 34th Infantry Regiment broke through the rain and began cooking in the highlands of Shuren, working tirelessly and without sleep. The Chongqing troops fired on this fire with American-made 10mm howitzers for the first time.

  On October 28, the Chongqing Army began retreating in front of the 58th Division. The 58th Division's first-line troops began a pursuit. The 40th Division began its advance into Guilin. The 40th Division attacked from the south of Guilin, was counterattacked by the Chinese forces, and conversely, was forced to fight an uphill battle and was ordered to attack from the eastern front.

 On November 4, a night attack on Qixingyan was launched to capture Guilin City, the largest operation of Operation Xianggui. The Chinese forces began to respond with guns and mortars from within their positions. The Japanese used flamethrowers, but were met with fierce defenses by the Chongqing troops, and the bloody battle continued until the morning of November 8. The Chinese protested that the Japanese had used poison gas.

  On November 9, a general attack on Guilin by the 58th Division broke out. The Japanese forces, mainly 42 field guns, and from the air, the 5th Air Force gun-bombed the city. The Chongqing Army responded violently, and even boldly bombarded Japanese tanks. The Japanese troops succeeded in rushing into Guilin City through the Shuidongmen Gate, and the castle was plunged into a state of confusion. The urban battle began, in which it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. After a day and a half of fierce fighting, Guilin was secured by the 11th Army. The number of casualties on the Japanese side was unknown. Chinese casualties numbered approximately 5,600 dead and over 13,000 prisoners of war. The Japanese occupied Guilin and Liuzhou, and took all the U.S. military air bases in southwestern China, the objective of "Operation I."



Thursday, November 23, 2023

Cape Chersoneze in the Crimean offensive, the area in front of and behind the walls that were breached by Soviet forces on May 12, 1944, was littered with helmets, rifles, bayonets, and other weapons and equipment, from the thousands of dead German soldiers on the ground.

  Cape Chersoneze in the Crimean offensive was destroyed by Soviet troops on May 12, 1944, and the area in front of and behind the walls was filled with thousands of shell craters and scorched by Soviet artillery fire. Hundreds of German vehicles lay on the ground. The ground was littered with helmets, rifles, bayonets, and other weapons and equipment from thousands of dead German soldiers. Soviet soldiers accumulated the remnants of the German army in large piles. The ground was also littered with scraps of documents, including photographs of German soldiers, personal papers, maps, and personal letters. The sea around the lighthouse, which was almost entirely filled with corpses and left in ruins, was littered with the corpses of German soldiers and the remains of rafts at the tip of Cape Chersonezh.

 On the Eastern Front of World War II, the Crimean Offensive (April 8-May 12, 1944) was an offensive by the Soviet Red Army against German-controlled Crimea. The Soviet Red Army's Fourth Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of the South Ukrainian Army Group, consisting of the Wehrmacht and the Romanian Army. The German and Romanian forces suffered considerable losses while withdrawing from the Crimean offensive.


 On May 5, 1944, Soviet forces launched a general assault on their base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Soviet forces liberated Sevastopol on May 9 after about four days of heavy fighting. About 30,000 remnants of the defeated German 17th Army fled to Cape Chersoneze in the Crimea. In pursuit of the Germans, the frontline troops were assigned the Soviet Army's 19th Tank Corps, which immediately invaded the defensive line covering Cape Chersoneze. The Germans stoutly defended themselves so that they could be relieved from the waters of the Black Sea. The Soviet Black Sea Fleet, front-line artillery, and air units prevented the Germans from evacuating. Raising their forces, the Soviet front line troops broke through the last German defenses on Crimean land and defeated them on May 12. Ultimately, some 21,000 German soldiers were captured at Cape Chersoneze, and large quantities of weapons and armaments were captured.

 On May 12, 1944, Soviet artillery and the 10th Rifle Corps of the 51st Army opened fire on the Germans at Cape Chersoneze. After the bombardment, the Soviet troops broke through the German defenses. By 7AM, units of the 51st Soviet Army controlled the entire coast of Streetskaya Bay, Kruglaya Bay, and Kamishevaya Bay. The Soviet Coastal Army and 19th Tank Corps cleared the Germans from Cape Chersoneze by 10 A.M. By 12 A.M. on May 12, the last German resistance at Cape Chersoneze was crushed, ending the Strategic Offensive in the Crimea, which had lasted from April 8 to May 12, 1944. Soviet forces broke through the Perekop isthmus in the Sevastopol area, the Kerch Peninsula, and the deeply stratified defenses of the German Army, defeating the German 17th Field Army. During the Crimean offensive, Soviet forces lost approximately 17,754 men killed and 67,065 wounded in action. German troops lost about 31,700 killed and 33,400 wounded. Romanian troops lost approximately 25,800 killed and 5,800 wounded.



 

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

On the Western Front of World War II, in November 1944, the bodies of German artillerymen killed by Allied bombing remained on the site of a German battery on the Dutch island of Warkelen.

   The body of a German artillery soldier killed by Allied bombing remains on the site of a German battery on the Dutch island of Warkelen in November 1944 on the Western Front of World War II. The German soldiers were killed while seated on their gun emplacements, and on November 1, 1944, British Special Forces landed in the village of Westkapelle in order to collapse German coastal batteries overlooking the Schelde River. In an amphibious assault (Operation Infatuate), the German coastal batteries collapsed and by November 8 all German resistance on Warkelen Island had ceased.

 The Battle of Walcheren Causeway (Operation Vigor) was the Battle of Suhelde between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, the 52nd British (Lowland) Infantry Division, and the German 15th Army Corps from October 31 to November 2, 1944. This battle was the first of many battles that took place on and around the island of Walkeren during the Battle of Scheldt. It was also the second major battle fought over the terrain known as the Sloedam during World War II.

 Located at the mouth of the Schelde River in the Netherlands, Warkelen Island was an island that allowed the use of Antwerp's deep-water harbor located upstream. In May 1940, during World War II, fighting between the Dutch and German forces took place and the Germans occupied the island. from October 31 to November 2, 1944, fighting broke out again at the Battle of Warkelen Causeway, a battle on the banks of the Schelde River. on October 3, 1944, the Allied air forces bombed the breakwater at West Capel, causing the flooding of Warkelen Island. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division broke through east of South Beveland and approached Warkelen Island on October 31, 1944. The lead elements of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, whose assault boats were crippled in the deep mud of Slough Strait, had their only line of fire at the Warkelen Causeway, about 40 meters wide.

 From South Beland to Walcheren Island, there was a land bridge of about 1.6 km. Canadian Black Watch troops dispatched a company on the night of October 31, but were stopped by the Germans. The Calgary Highlanders sent two companies to establish a bridgehead on Warkelen Island in a second attack. The Calgary Highlanders suffered 64 casualties and were eventually repulsed by the Germans. The Maisonneuve Regiment relieved the Calgary Highlanders troops and others on the causeway. The 1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders of the British 52nd Infantry Division followed.

 On November 1, 1944, British Special Forces landed at the village of West Capel to collapse German coastal batteries overlooking the Schelde River. In an amphibious assault (Operation Infatuate), the German coastal batteries collapsed and by November 8 all German resistance on Warkelen Island had ceased. About 160 Allied troops were killed or wounded and about 60 more Germans were killed.



Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Suspects in an attempted coup were publicly executed by firing squad in Lago, Nigeria, Africa, on March 11, 1976; 32 of the suspects involved in the February 13 coup attempt were executed by firing squad.

   Suspects in the attempted coup were publicly executed by firing squad in Lago, Nigeria, Africa, on March 11, 1976.Thirty-two of the suspects involved in the February 13, 1976 coup attempt were executed by firing squad.

 The 1976 Nigerian Coup Attempt was an attempted military coup in Nigeria on February 13, 1976. A faction of military officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suwa Dimka attempted to overthrow the government of General Murtala Mohammed (who took power in a coup in July 1975).

  General Mohammed was assassinated in Lagos along with his aide, Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa. Mohammed's car was ambushed by army soldiers led by Dimka in Ikoyi on the way to the Dodan barracks. The coup attempt was suppressed by Nigerian government forces a few hours later.

  After a nearly three-week manhunt, Lieutenant Colonel Dimka was arrested on March 6, 1976, near Abakaliki in southeastern Nigeria. Following a court-martial, 38 military and civilians, including Lt. Col. Dimka, were sentenced to death by firing squad. Dimka and six other co-conspirators were shot to death on May 15, 1976. General Mohammed was succeeded as Nigeria's head of state by Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo.


 In border disputes since the early 1960s, many African colonies have transitioned to independent states with the cooperation of the Commonwealth. In Nigeria, Africa's largest nation, the transition to the Commonwealth was almost as smooth as it initially appeared on the outside. Even Nigeria, the centerpiece of Britain's democratic export, was embroiled in a long and bloody civil war as early as 1965. Demonstrating the problems of political integration and nation-building in the African context, the 1970s ended with military rule, a hallmark of most independent states; from 1966 to 1993, seven military coups broke out in Nigeria; from 1967 to 1970, the Biafra Civil War broke out; from 1979 to A second republic was established until 1983.



Monday, November 20, 2023

In the Rwandan civil war in Africa, the bodies of approximately 500 Tutsi civilians killed by Hutu militiamen on June 17, 1994 lie scattered inside a Catholic church in Nyamata.

    Bodies of about 500 Tutsi civilians killed by Hutu militias on June 17, 1994 lie scattered inside a Catholic church in Nyamata, Rwanda, Africa, during the Rwandan civil war. The Rwandan civil war broke out on April 7, 1994, and about 10,000 Tutsi civilians took refuge in the former Catholic Church in early April 1994. However, Hutu militiamen cut a hole in the brick wall and fired grenades inside; between April 14 and April 19, 1994, approximately 10,000 people were killed in the Nyamata church compound alone. Behind the church is a mass grave where approximately 45,308 genocide victims were buried.

 Hutu militias stormed the church and shot people inside it with machetes. Altar scarves are still covered in blood. After the massacre, many Tutsi civilians were also killed in the surrounding areas. Around 50,000 corpses were buried in graves around the Nyamata church building, located about 30 km south of the capital, Kigali. Holes in the walls and bullet holes in the ceiling remain. The only items left behind by the victims were their clothes and identification cards. The IDs, which identified whether they were Tutsi or Hutu, had special significance.

 The Rwandan genocide broke out between April 7 and July 15, 1994, during the Rwandan civil war. Over a period of about 100 days, the ethnic Tutsi minority and some moderate Hutus and Twa were killed by armed Hutu militias. The Tutsi death toll was estimated at approximately 500,000 to 800,000. The scale and brutality of the genocide shocked the world. No country intervened to forcibly stop the killings. Most of the victims were killed in their own villages and towns, many by neighbors and fellow villagers. Hutu gangs sought out and massacred victims hiding in churches and school buildings. Hutu militias killed victims with machetes and rifles. Sexual violence was rampant, and it was estimated that approximately 250,000 to 500,000 women were raped during the genocide.



Saturday, November 18, 2023

On November 13, 2023, a Palestinian was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian territory. A mother wails beside the body of her victimized child in a hospital in Khan Younis.

On November 13, 2023, a Palestinian was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian territory. A mother, a relative of Baraka and Abu Reda, weeps beside the body of her victimized child in a hospital in Khan Younis. 

 At al-Ahli Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, completely surrounded by Israeli forces on the 38th day of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, patients cried out for help from medical personnel as they ran out of food, water and fuel. Al-Shifa Hospital ran out of fuel in the hospital on November 13, putting premature babies in imminent danger of death. Five premature babies have already died in the past few days.

 Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, was declared closed on November 11 after Israeli forces intensified their shelling of the area and ground forces continued the siege since November 10; on November 13, stray dogs ate dead civilians in the hospital yard; since November 10, Israeli snipers and tanks have been firing at the hospital compound at close range, Since November 10, Israeli snipers and tanks have been firing at close range from the hospital facility, and no one is allowed in or out of the hospital. The hospital facility has no water or electricity, and has run out of food and fuel. There is only one outlet for anesthesia equipment and nothing but life-saving treatment. Incubators for premature infants require large amounts of electricity. Premature infants are immunocompromised and require complete isolation to prevent infection. Because of the power outage, premature infants were also moved to regular beds. There is no place to move or bury the bodies. The corpses are a source of infections, epidemics, and other diseases; eight Palestinian patients have died since the morning of November 13. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also reported on November 10 that the situation in the closed Gaza Strip is very bad and inhuman. There are about 600 inpatients and 37 infants in the Al-Shifa Hospital facility, and the doctors are not evacuating the abandoned. The hospital has no electricity, no water, no food, and if the ventilators do not work, the patients will die within hours.

 Israeli forces also attacked ambulances transporting patients to the hospital. There are many dead bodies in front of the hospital as well as wounded, but they cannot be brought inside the hospital. Several people leaving al-Shifa Hospital were killed, bombed, and killed by snipers. Assurances are given to wounded patients and medical teams inside Al-Shifa Hospital that if they evacuate the patients first, the medical personnel will also be evacuated. al-Quads Hospital became the only hospital that still provided medical services in the besieged area. Israeli shelling of Gaza over the past 38 days has killed 11,240 Palestinians, including 4,630 children and 3,130 women, Gaza authorities announced.


















Warning: A woman mourns a child and other family members by their bodies at a hospital, following Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 13 November 2023 (Reuters)

A Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped and exploded on August 6, 1945, and a boy was exposed to severe burns on his face and arms. Immediately thereafter, he was transported to the Hijiyama National School relief station and admitted there.

   A Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped and exploded on August 6, 1945, and a boy was exposed to severe burns on his face and arms. Immediately thereafter, he was transported to and admitted into the relief station of Hijiyama National School. Hijiyama National School was located approximately 2.8 km southeast of the hypocenter and escaped the fire. Immediately after the atomic bombing, injured Hiroshima citizens were evacuated, and the school became one of the 13 relief centers declared by Hiroshima Prefecture on August 7.

 From August 8, Hijiyama National School became an evacuation center for lost children, especially small children, children who were not in diapers, children who had suffered severe burns, and children who had been seriously injured. The victimized children were rescued by four or five teachers and members of the local women's club.

 At night, the children woke up crying, saying, 'Mom, I want to go to the latrine. Inside the dark relief station, another child woke up and started crying. The child had diarrhea from the atomic bombing and could not wait long for the latrine, soiling herself on the way. The child soiled his bed without waking up. The next morning, blankets and mosquito nets soiled with bloody excrement were hastily washed by hand, dried in the sun, and used again in the evening. The small children who absorbed large amounts of radiation lost their hair due to alopecia, continued to suffer from diarrhea, grew thinner by the day, and finally died of atomic bomb sickness. They were cremated one after another in a corner of the schoolyard, and unleashed military dogs ransacked the corpses, waiting for the next incineration.

  On August 8, two days after the atomic bombing, Hijiyama National School became the "Hijiyama Lost Children Camp" for orphans (called "lost children" at the time). At one time, about 200 children were housed there, but many of them died there of atomic bomb-related illnesses. The atomic bombing brought unprecedented chaos, and relief began for children whose guardians were not known to be alive or dead; by September 2, a total of 91 children (including 36 girls) were accepted, of which 40 were 0-5 years old, 47 were 6-12 years old, and 4 were 13 years old or older. Of these, 18 were taken in by their parents, 14 by relatives, etc. A total of 32 were taken in, but 9 died in the atomic bombings due to acute radiation injury from the bombs.



Friday, November 17, 2023

At the end of World War II, during the Battle of Zelow Highlands on the Eastern Front, a wounded and critically ill Soviet soldier was surrounded by allied Soviet soldiers, while a Soviet soldier sitting next to him looked on.

   During the Battle of Seelow Heights on the Eastern Front at the end of World War II, a wounded and critically injured Soviet soldier was surrounded by Soviet Red Army soldiers, while a Soviet Red Army soldier sitting next to his comrade looked on with concern.

 The battle broke out over four days from April 16 to April 19, 1945. About one million soldiers of the First White Russian Army stormed from the Berlin entrance to the Zerow Heights, defended by 100,000 soldiers of the 9th Wehrmacht. The battle of the Zöllow Heights was often part of the Battle of Oder-Neisse. One of several crossings of the Oder-Neisse River by the Soviet Red Army, the Zerow Heights was the scene of fierce fighting. The German positions were finally crushed by Soviet troops on April 19, opening the way to Berlin.

 At 3:00 a.m. on April 16, the Soviets began a massive bombardment of German positions with artillery and Katyusha rockets. The bulk of the bombardment attacked the German first line of defense in front of the high ground. The Germans anticipated the bombardment and withdrew most of their troops to the second line of defense on the plateau. The Soviets were severely hampered in their invasion by swamps in the valley, canals, and other obstacles, and the Soviets soon began taking heavy losses from the German anti-tank guns on the high ground; on the morning of April 17, a massive artillery barrage began, signaling a new Soviet invasion of the Zerow Highlands. The German positions on the Zerow Heights were further damaged by the Soviet advance to the south, and on April 18 the Soviets launched another offensive and began to break through the German lines, at great cost. German positions collapsed and the Germans began to retreat westward toward Berlin. The road to Berlin was opened and the Soviet forces began a rapid advance toward the capital, Berlin.

 In the battle of the Zerow Highlands, the Germans lost about 12,000 dead and the Soviets suffered more than 30,000 casualties. The last organized German defense between the Soviets and Berlin was virtually eliminated. The Zerow Highlands were the last German defenses, and there were no longer any German troops standing in the way of the Soviet Red Army, which had only about 90 kilometers to go to Berlin. The Soviet forces invading the west besieged the German capital Berlin on April 23 and began the final battle of the Battle of Berlin; Berlin fell on May 2, and World War II in Europe ended five days later with the unconditional surrender on May 7.



Thursday, November 16, 2023

On the Eastern Front of World War II, in January 1942, the bodies of Soviet soldiers killed in the Battle of Tropets Holm were piled up. The Battle of Holm was formulated as Nazi Germany's propaganda, with German soldiers being canonized as heroic fighters.

  In January 1942, on the Eastern Front of World War II, the bodies of Soviet soldiers killed in the Tropets Holm siege piled up. After the German defeat at Leningrad, the invading Soviet forces kept the German troops at Holm under siege for about three months. The Soviet Red Army surrounded the German 16th Army, and the Luftwaffe supplied the German 16th Army until the siege was lifted on April 21.

 The Tropets Holm Offensive broke out on January 18, 1942, when Soviet partisans attacked the German-occupied transportation hub of Cholm. A few days later, the Soviet Red Army surrounded the town of Holm and its German garrison, which was resupplied by the Luftwaffe for over three months before a German relief offensive in May 1942 brought the German garrison back into contact. During the Tropets Holm Offensive, the Germans were surrounded for the first time on the Eastern Front by Soviet units for an extended period of time.

 During the Tropets Holm Offensive, heavy artillery fire continued to inflict heavy losses, and on May 1, 1942, about 100 German soldiers and 600 Soviet soldiers were killed; on May 3, the Soviets again lost several hundred men and 13 tanks; on May 18, Soviet troops withdrew from the southeastern sector; on June 8, the northeastern sector was occupied by German troops. On June 8, the Germans occupied the northeastern part. After the conclusion of the offensive, which lasted from January 18 to June 8, 1942, the Germans lost about 1,550 men killed and 2,200 wounded. The Soviet forces suffered approximately 25,000 casualties. Later, on February 21, 1944, the German garrison occupying Holm surrendered in a major offensive by the Soviet Red Army.

 The Battle of Holm was formulated as a heroic battle for German soldiers as propaganda for Nazi Germany. It was used for propaganda purposes in the months following its conclusion. Soldiers who participated were awarded the Holm Shield Medal and General Scherer's Knight's Iron Cross with an oak leaf. The Wehrmacht's official newspaper, Die Wehrmacht, conducted interviews with several combat participants and published many articles. It included the pictorial report "Kampfgruppe Scherer - 105 Tage eingeschlossen" by Richard Mook, a member of the War Press Corps who took approximately 2,500 photographs between the siege and the escape. 



Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The bodies of Armenian victims of the October 30, 1895 massacre were interred on November 2 in a communal grave in the Gregorian Cemetery in Erzurum, Turkey, as the congregation looked on.

   The bodies of Armenian victims of the October 30, 1895 massacre were buried on November 2 in a communal grave in the Gregorian cemetery in Erzeroum, Turkey, as the congregation looked on. Armenians arrived at the deep trench with heavy burdens on their backs and handed over the bodies to their comrades. On all sides of the large communal cemetery, there were crowds of Armenians staring anxiously at the graves of the graves. A large trench communal cemetery was dug to bury the bodies of about 350 Armenians. No funerals were held at all.

 A line of dead Armenian genocide victims buried in the mass grave at the Armenian cemetery in Erzurum was formed: four men laid the bodies in the ground, while others with shovels stood by. Mourners lined the communal cemetery, and tall trees could be seen behind them. Along the northern wall, in a row about 6 meters wide and 45 meters long, lay 321 massacred Armenian corpses.

 The Erzurum massacre was sparked by Ottoman soldiers, and local Muslims joined in the slaughter. Turkish soldiers actively enforced the massacre of Armenians in and around Erzeroum, Turkey. Armenian stores and houses were looted. Approximately 60,000+ Armenians were massacred. Not only in Ezeroum, but also in Trebizond, , Erzingian, Hassankare, and numerous other places, Christian Armenians were crushed like grapes.

 William Sachtleben witnessed the aftermath of the massacre and took photographs of the victims in the Armenian cemetery. He wrote three long and detailed letters to the massacre, which were published as unsigned correspondents in the London Times on November 16 and 27 and December 9. The Hamidian massacre, also known as the Armenian Genocide, was a massacre of Armenians that broke out in the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1890s. Estimates of the number of victims ranged from about 100,000 to 300,000, with about 50,000 orphans. Although the massacres were primarily aimed at Armenians, some 25,000 Assyrians were also killed, deployed in indiscriminate anti-Christian pogroms such as the Diyarbekir massacre. 


トルコのエルズルム(Erzeroum)のグレゴリアン墓地に、会葬者たちが見守る中で、1895年10月30日に虐殺されたアルメニア人の犠牲者の死体が共同墓地に11月2日に埋葬された。アルメニア人が、重荷を背負って深い塹壕に到着し、死体を仲間に手渡した。大きな共同墓地の四方には、不安そうな顔で墓の墓を見つめるアルメニア人の群衆がいた。約350人のアルメニア人の死体を埋葬するために大きな溝の共同墓地が掘られた。葬儀はまったく行われなかった。

 エルズルムのアルメニア人墓地にある集団墓地に埋葬されたアルメニア人の虐殺犠牲者の死体の列ができた。4人の男が死体を地面に安置して、シャベルを持った他の男たちが立ち止まった。共同墓地には弔問客が列をなし、背後には高い木々が見えた。北側の壁に沿って、幅約6m、長さ約45mの列をなして、虐殺されたアルメニア人の死体321体が横たわった。

 エルズルムの虐殺は、オスマントルコ軍兵士によって勃発して、地元のイスラム教徒も虐殺に加わった。トルコ軍兵士は、トルコのエルゼロウムと周囲で、アルメニア人の虐殺に積極的に執行した。アルメニア人の商店や家屋は略奪された。約6万人以上のアルメニア人が虐殺された。エゼロウムだけでなく、トレビゾンド、、エルジンギアン、ハッサンカレ、その他多数の場所で、キリスト教徒のアルメニア人は、ブドウの実のように押しつぶされた。




 ウィリアム・サハトルベンは虐殺の余波を目撃し、アルメニア人墓地で犠牲者の写真を撮影した。虐殺に3通の長く詳細な手紙を書き、11月16日と27日と12月9日に、ロンドン・タイムズ紙に無署名の特派員として掲載された。ハミディアンの虐殺は、アルメニア人の虐殺とも呼ばれ、1890年代半ばにオスマン帝国にて勃発したアルメニア人の虐殺である。犠牲者の推定は約10万人から30万人で、約5万人の孤児を出した。虐殺は主にアルメニア人を狙ったが、ディヤルベキルの虐殺など、無差別の反キリスト教のポグロムに展開して、約25,000人のアッシリア人も殺害された。



Tuesday, November 14, 2023

An American prisoner of the Japanese found where he died at the Davao Penal Colony, in the Philippines. He was trying to get a drink of water from a deep sink in the surgical section of the hospital when he died. He was one of 75 victims found at the camp when it was liberated.

  The body of an American soldier captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War was found at the Dapecol POW camp in the Davao penal colony southeast of Mindanao, Philippines, which was liberated in May 1945. He died in a standing position while attempting to drink water from a deep basin in the hospital's surgical operating room. It was a tragic last drink of water for him in his final days. His body was one of 75 victims found when the POW camp in Davao was liberated.

 The body of a captured white American soldier was found at a Japanese POW camp in the Davao penal colony on the Philippine island of Mindanao during World War II. The corpse was taken by the U.S. military at the Davao penal colony on the island of Mindanao. The body was one of 75 bodies found inside the POW camp building at the Davao penal colony. The body of a white American male was presumed to have fallen to his death in a standing position while trying to get a drink from a deep basin in the hospital's surgical operating room.

 Approximately 75 unburied prisoners' bodies of varying degrees of decomposition were discovered at an evacuation center in Davao, Philippines, which was used by the Japanese as a POW camp. In the Pacific War, Japanese forces occupied Davao City on December 20, 1942. During the Philippine campaign in the Pacific War, about 2,000 American soldiers were held in a POW camp in Davao. Approximately 1,200 U.S. soldiers and 16,000 Filipino soldiers died there.

 In the fighting around Davao City from late April to mid-June 1944, the U.S. forces lost about 350 dead and 1,615 wounded. Japanese forces suffered about 4,500 dead and 30 prisoners of war. Heavy fighting also took place elsewhere in the state, with many more soldiers from both armies suffering horrific losses. By the time the Japanese forces withdrew from Davao, they were nearly decimated by the fighting.



Monday, November 13, 2023

During the Battle of the Green Islands in the Pacific War, about 120 Japanese soldiers were killed in action and wiped out. Bodies of Japanese soldiers killed by New Zealand and American troops littered the jungle.

  During the Battle of the Green Islands in the Pacific War, about 120 Japanese soldiers were killed in action and were annihilated. The bodies of Japanese soldiers killed by New Zealand and U.S. forces were scattered in the jungles of Green Island. Nissan Island, the largest of the Greenland Islands, also known as Green Island, was horseshoe-shaped. The remaining Japanese troops fought to the death, and were annihilated and crushed, with no one surrendering.

 The invasion of the Green Islands broke out from February 15 to February 20, 1944, when approximately 5,800 New Zealand and US allied troops landed on Green Island. The Green Islands are a small island located about 200 kilometers directly east of Rabaul and northwest of Buka Island. The Japanese force consisted of 12 naval observers and about 80 army personnel from Hitoshi Imamura's 8th Area Army, which had landed by submarine in early February. This small force was further augmented, reaching about 120 men. An air base was established in the Green Islands to bomb Kavieng on New Ireland Island. There was a Japanese naval lookout post in the Green Islands, and the southeast fleet in Rabaul, sensing signs of an Allied landing, hurriedly dispatched a squadron of Japanese land forces. In about three days of fighting, they were almost completely wiped out. The Japanese made a final counterattack on February 19.

 When the Allied forces landed on the coast on February 15 and set up positions, the Japanese forces around Shiroto Island resisted for a short time. The next day, February 16, New Zealand troops began to cross the island and invade inland. Around a church on the southern tip of the island near Tanaheran, they encountered a group of about 70 Japanese troops. The Japanese group was overrun in a few days by New Zealand troops supported by tanks, killing about 62 Japanese soldiers; further ground fighting took place on February 19, and on February 20, Green Island was finally declared safe and retaken from a completely outnumbered Japanese force of about 120 to 150 men. Although organized Japanese resistance ceased on February 23, mopping-up operations continued until the end of February. About 120 of the total Japanese soldiers were killed in all. Allied casualties were 13 killed and 26 wounded.



Sunday, November 12, 2023

On October 19, 2023, the bodies of seven small Palestinian children, wrapped in plastic and covered with sheets, were laid to rest in the morgue in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian civilians surrounded the bodies of the children.

   Palestinian civilians packed the morgue in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023. At the morgue, the bodies of seven small Palestinian children, wrapped in plastic and covered with sheets, were laid to rest. The bodies were surrounded by a crowd of Palestinian civilians. Blood stains were exposed on the faces of the dead children, who appeared to be sleeping. Palestinian civilians watched from the periphery as the bodies of children killed in the shelling of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces were laid to rest.  

 In the aftermath of the Israeli bombardment, Palestinian residents dug through piles of shattered concrete blocks with their bare hands to find the victims. A group of men digging through the rubble in the flatlands of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip in the Palestinian Authority found a Palestinian corpse first by hand and then another by hand. From the broken cement blocks and dust, they pulled up the body of 11-year-old Shira Hamdan. Her sister, 9-year-old Tila's body was pushed under it. According to Gaza health officials, an Israeli bomb attack on the night of October 17 destroyed about 15 homes in the area, killing at least 37 people.

 The men wrapped the children in flowery sheets and carried them to the back of a recovery truck. In a smaller truck, a body was cradled in the arms of one man still. The bodies were taken to the morgue, where they lay alongside a dozen other victims wrapped in funeral white cloths, and Palestinian families wept.

 The deaths of the children came as the war took a heavy toll on the overwhelmingly young population of the Gaza Strip. About half of the Gaza Strip's population of 2.3 million are children, many of whom were born during Israel's nearly 16-year strict blockade of the Gaza Strip. Now they have seen Israeli bombs destroy their neighborhoods.

 Palestinian health officials say more than 1,400 people were killed in Israel on October 7, when Israeli forces began shelling the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a Hamas terror attack that took more than 220 people hostage. At least 2,704 children were killed. An estimated 830 more children were still trapped in the rubble in the Gaza Strip. Of the 10,515 people killed in Gaza since the conflict began in the Strip, about 4,263 children have died, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on November 6.










Warning: Palestinians stand around the bodies of children killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in a morgue in Khan Younis, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)


Saturday, November 11, 2023

About seven years after the Hiroshima atomic bomb exploded on August 6, 1945, a mother died of leukemia stemming from atomic bomb disease at a mother-child treatment center in Motomachi, Hiroshima. The boys, orphaned children whose mothers died of A-bomb disease, mourned by offering incense at the memorial service.

  About seven years after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped and exploded on August 6, 1945, a mother died of leukemia resulting from the atomic bombing at a mother-child treatment center in Motomachi, Hiroshima. The mother died of A-bomb disease, and the remaining orphaned children, boys and girls, laid incense at the memorial service. The boys were about two years old when their mother was exposed to the bomb, and they had no knowledge or memory of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The damage caused by the atomic bomb was still continuing after the war.

 The Maternal and Child Dormitories are child welfare facilities that provide comprehensive support for women in single-mother households and other families raising children under the age of 18, including living, housing, childcare, and employment, so that they can live safely with their children and become self-reliant. The requirements for admission are women without a spouse or women in similar circumstances, mothers and children who have various problems in their lives and need support in raising their children. Under the Child Welfare Law, the Child Welfare Center is an institution for the purpose of admitting women without a spouse or women in equivalent circumstances and children under their care, protecting them, supporting their daily lives to promote their independence, and providing counseling and other assistance to those who have left the institution. 1998 In 1998, the name was changed from "Maternal and Child Dormitories" to "Maternal and Child Living Support Facilities" in accordance with the revision of Article 38 of the Child Welfare Law.

 In 1938, the Ministry of Health and Welfare was established and the Maternal and Child Protection Law was enacted. In 1949, the Diet passed a resolution to increase the number of nursing homes, mother-child dormitories, and day-care centers, and in 1947, there were 212 mother-child dormitories, and by 2023, there will be 215 mother-child living support facilities with a capacity of 4,000 children. In 2023, there were 215 mother and child living support facilities with a capacity of 4,441 families, and the current number of families was 3,135, showing a downward trend. At the end of the war, the overwhelming majority of families were bereaved mothers and children who had lost their homes due to the war or the death of their husbands in the war. The mother-child dormitories provided postwar measures and support for mothers and children in dire need of "a roof over their heads, a place to sleep, and a place to live," who had lost their husbands, homes, and families due to the war. In the postwar period, the number of "bereaved mothers and children" increased from "bereaved mothers and children" to "living mothers and children" due to divorce and other reasons, and the use of complex and diverse living issues increased from housing issues.



Friday, November 10, 2023

A U.S. Army soldier of Merrill's Marders stares at the body of a Japanese soldier he killed during the Battle of Burma, late February to early August 1944, a constant struggle against disease, leeches, insects, harsh terrain, and weather.

    A member of Merrill's Marauders of the U.S. Army look at the bodies of Japanese soldiers they killed in the Battle of Burma. Most of the Merrill Marauders personnel were skilled combatants who had volunteered for battle duty in Burma. Merrill Marauders members of the U.S. Army Combat Team fought with the Japanese as a spearhead battalion and entered the war deep behind Japanese lines. His time in combat in Burma was from late February to early August 1944, and his fight against the Japanese in Burma was a constant struggle against disease, leeches, insects, harsh terrain, and weather.

 At the Quebec Conference in August 1943, a decision was made to launch a long-range U.S. invasion behind Japanese lines in Burma to reopen the roads while destroying and disrupting Japanese supply lines and communications networks. President Roosevelt issued a presidential directive calling for volunteers for the dangerous mission. Approximately 3,000 U.S. soldiers responded to the call for volunteers. The unit's official name was the 5307th Composite Unit, and its code name was later given to the unit by its commander, Brigadier General Frank Merrill, who named it the Merrill Marters.

 Recruitment for the Merrill-Marters unit began on September 1, 1943 and disbanded on August 10, 1944. It was the U.S. Army's 5307th Mixed Force, organized and trained for long-range invasions to the rear in Japanese-controlled Burma. Approximately 2997 U.S. soldiers, commanded by Brigadier General Merrill, were referred to as Merrill's Raiders.


 Merrill's Raiders entered the war on February 24, 1944, in the first operation, with 2,750 men, and after the capture of Wallaubum on March 7, 1944, about 2,500 remained; in the second operation, from March 12 to April 9, 67 were killed and 379 were evacuated because of wounds and disease. The 5307th, reduced to about 2,000 men, was augmented by Chinese and Kachin native soldiers for the operation to take Myitkyina Airfield in the third operation on April 28. At the time of its seizure the unit was reduced by half to about 1,310 men; from May 17 to June 1 most of the troops suffered from sickness and were evacuated by air to hospitals in the rear. After the town of Myitkyina was occupied, about 200 of the original Galahad contingent remained.

 From February to May 1944, during Operation Marters, they worked closely with the 22nd and 38th Chinese Divisions to recapture northern Burma and to open the Ledo (Ledo) Road, which connected the Indian Railway Base to the old Burma Road to China. Kachin native soldiers were the militia that marched and fought through the jungle and over the mountains from the Hukaung Valley in northwestern Burma to Myitkyina on the Irrawaddy River. in five major battles and 30 smaller ones, Merrill Matters units clashed with Japanese 18th Division soldiers as they invaded. By invading in the rear of the main Japanese units, they disrupted supply lines and communications, paving the way for the southward advance of Chinese troops. The culmination of the Mater's campaign was the capture of Myitkyina Airfield, the only all-weather airfield in northern Burma, and the final victory for the 5307th Mixed Division, which was disbanded in August 1944. At the end of the operation, all members of the Marters' unit were evacuated to hospitals, suffering from tropical diseases, fatigue, malnutrition, and all manner of accumulations. 




Thursday, November 9, 2023

On February 1, 1968, just after the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War, the bodies of Viet Cong guerrillas killed by U.S. and South Vietnamese troops piled up around Tan Son Nhat Air Base in the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon.

  Bodies of Viet Cong (South Vietnam Liberation Front) guerrillas killed by U.S. and South Vietnamese troops piled up around Tan Son Nhat Air Base in Saigon, capital of South Vietnam, on February 1, 1968, just after the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War.   

 The Tet Offensive between the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong broke out on January 31, 1968. Tet (Vietnamese New Year), the explosion of firecrackers masked the sound of gunfire and provided an element of surprise to the Viet Cong offensive. South Vietnam's National Liberation Front (Viet Cong, NLF) forces and the People's Army of Vietnam (North Vietnamese Army) fought against the armies of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and its allies.On January 31, 1968, the Viet Cong (VC) launched the Tet Offensive The capital Saigon was the scene of the Tet Offensive. The capital Saigon was the center of the Tet Offensive. The complete capture of the capital Saigon was unintended and unrealizable. The 35 Viet Cong (VC) battalions attacked Saigon and temporarily offensive was launched at six points: the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) Joint Chiefs of Staff near Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the Independence Palace, the US Embassy, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Long Binh Navy Headquarters, and the National Radio Station.

 The attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, which housed the headquarters of the Vietnamese Air Force (RVNAF) and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) 7th Air Force, occurred in the early morning hours of January 31, 1968. Tan Son Nhat Air Base was one of the major air bases supporting offensive air operations within South Vietnam and ground operations of the U.S. Army and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Attacks by Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units were among the major assaults on Saigon in the first few days of the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was repulsed with heavy losses to the Viet Cong and Vietnamese People's Army (VC/PAVN), while only superficial damage was inflicted on six points. 



Wednesday, November 8, 2023

On the Eastern Front of World War II, the bodies of many German soldiers killed in action in February 1944, shortly after the siege of Leningrad was liberated, were left near Leningrad and covered with snow.

  On the Eastern Front of World War II, the bodies of numerous German soldiers killed in action in February 1944, shortly after the liberation of the Siege of Leningrad, were left in the vicinity of Leningrad and covered with snow.

 During the blockade of the Siege of Leningrad, Boris Kudoyarov, a battlefield reporter for Komsomolskaya Pravda, worked on the front lines with Soviet soldiers in Leningrad, a city besieged by German troops for nearly 900 days straight. Based on documentary and photographic works, Boris Kudoyarov created the Leningrad Cycle, a classic of military photographic reportage, describing the siege of Leningrad.

 Kudyarov's photographs include approximately 3,000 pictures dedicated to the blockade of Leningrad. The book presents a thematic overview of the horrific war that lasted approximately 900 days. He considered it his duty to photograph the events of the war as much as possible. Characteristic of his work were complex photographic solutions and verified compositional integrity, reflecting the essence of the war events depicted. It was a direct and natural response of the photographic press. Boris Kudyarov created details of the unparalleled courage of Leningrad's inhabitants and the horrific details of life under siege by the Germans at a time when death was commonplace.

  The Siege of Leningrad was an 872-day long military blockade conducted by German and Axis forces against the Soviet city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II, from September 8, 1944 to January 27, 1944. German troops suffered approximately 579,985 casualties. Soviet soldiers suffered approximately 1,017,881 dead, captured, or missing, and 2,418,185 were wounded and sick in action. About 1,042,000 Soviet civilians were killed, approximately 642,000 during the siege and 400,000 during the evacuation.

  The heavily fortified German resistance stronghold, surrounded on both sides, was stormed on the morning of January 17, 1944, and the German defenses collapsed; on January 27, the blockade was finally released after the Germans were overwhelmed and driven back; on January 27, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin officially declared the siege over. The Siege of Leningrad became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, with many casualties and the highest casualties.



Tuesday, November 7, 2023

On July 26, 1944, during the Battle of Guam in the Pacific War, approximately 2,500 Japanese soldiers were wiped out and killed in the carnage of American forces on the Orote Peninsula, and the bodies of hundreds of Japanese soldiers were scattered.

     On July 26, 1944, during the Battle of Guam in the Pacific War, approximately 2,500 Japanese soldiers were killed in action when they were wiped out in a killing spree by American forces on the Orote Peninsula. The bodies of hundreds of Japanese soldiers were scattered on the Orote Peninsula. The Japanese soldiers' contribution to the defense of Guam ended when they delayed the linking of two American landing parties and the opening of Apra Harbor for several days. The U.S. casualties to the Marines were approximately 153 dead and missing. The Battle of Guam broke out with the American landing on July 21 and ended on August 10. About 18,500 Japanese troops were killed in action and about 1,250 prisoners of war were captured. The U.S. forces lost approximately 2,124 killed in action and 5,676 wounded.

   On July 21, U.S. forces landed on both sides of the Orote Peninsula west of Guam to secure Apra Harbor. After heavy fighting, U.S. forces declared the Orote Peninsula under control on July 29, 1944. An estimated 3,000 Japanese soldiers were killed defending the Orote Peninsula. All Japanese soldiers were literally wiped out in a fierce flesh attack. The American forces suffered many casualties on the beaches where they landed. The U.S. forces had a difficult time capturing the Vertical Depth Camp, and the Japanese forces' stubborn resistance, which had the advantage of the terrain, led to a continuous back-and-forth offensive and defense. The Japanese forces launched a sortie from the Rikuchu position and repeatedly attacked the U.S. Marines in heavy night raids.

 On July 21, the U.S. forces began landing on Guam. In the Guam offensive, the American forces overwhelmingly outnumbered the Japanese. In the first day and night of fighting, the Japanese lost more than half of their soldiers, and on July 25, the Japanese forces burned their regimental flags and launched a night assault banzai attack on the American positions on the night of July 25. The Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties and finally lost their ability to fight, and on the night of July 30, they made a final banzai charge, crushed to pieces, and were annihilated.

     The U.S. Army's control of the Orote Peninsula resulted in the loss of about 95% of the approximately 3,500 Japanese troops. The number of U.S. Marine casualties is   unknown, but it was estimated at 200 to 300 dead and hundreds wounded. The Japanese fought a defensive battle while being pushed to the north. Attempts to withdraw Japanese forces from the Orote Peninsula were unsuccessful. Those who survived were trapped on the Orote Peninsula, and were in a desperate situation.



Monday, November 6, 2023

Approximately 100,000 Jews were murdered by the German SS Einsatzgruppen, local Lithuanian militia, police, and German national self-defense forces from July 1941 to August 1944 in Ponary, near Vilna, Lithuania, on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.

  During the Eastern Front of World War II, approximately 100,000 Jews were murdered by the German SS Einsatzgruppen, local Lithuanian militia, police, and German national self-defense forces in Ponary, near Vilna, Lithuania, on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. The bodies were exhumed in 1944 after the liberation of Vilna.

  The Ponary Massacre (Paneriai) was a massacre of up to 100,000 people, mostly Jews, Poles, and Russians, by German military intelligence, SS, and Lithuanian collaborators during World War II in Litauen, the headquarters of the Ostland Reich General Headquarters. The genocide was carried out from July 1941 to August 1944 near the railroad station in Ponari (now Paneriai), a suburb of Vilna in present-day Lithuania. Approximately 70,000 Jews were massacred in Ponary, up to about 20,000 Poles and 8,000 Soviet prisoners of war.

   On June 24, 1941, the Germans occupied Vilna, Lithuania. Beginning the following July, the German Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian auxiliaries killed thousands of Vilna's Jewish inhabitants at the killing fields in the Ponary (Paneriai) Forest southwest of Vilna By the end of 1941, the Einsatzgruppen had killed some 40,000 Jews in Ponary. By July 1944, some 75,000 people had been massacred in Ponary, the majority of them Jews.

  The Holocaust genocide began in July 1941 and was carried out immediately after Einsatzgruppen arrived in Vilna on July 2, 1941. In particular, a special platoon of 80 men from Ipatingasis Buri (Lithuanian Volunteers) carried out the massacre; in September, the Vilna Get was established and the massacre took place during the summer and fall of 1941.



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