When the Montevideo Maru sank in the South China Sea during World War II, it was carrying hundreds of prisoners, most of them Australian.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
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Benjamin B. Ferencz, Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor, Dies at 103
In addition to convicting prominent Nazi war criminals, he crusaded for an international criminal court and for laws to end wars of aggression.
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A WWII Pilot Saved His Crew. It Took 80 Years to Identify His Remains.
Lt. William B. Montgomery flew a B-24 Liberator toward the British coast after it was hit in June 1944. Historians credit him for saving the lives of seven crew members.
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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88
With his powerful novels and essays, Mr. Oe became a prominent target of the right wing as he tried to ensure that Japan learned the lessons of its 20th-century militarism.
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Japan Buries Memories of Its Last War and Worries About Another
As survivors of the Tokyo firebombing fade away, Japan reassesses its longstanding pacifism.