Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Mass Suicide in Okinawa

Morbidly afraid of being captured by Americans as a result of intensive Japanese military propaganda, many civilians chose suicide with hand grenades, knives and whatever weapons available.
From Ota, Masahide. The Battle of Okinawa: The Typhoon of Steel and Bombs. Tokyo: Kume Publishing Co., 1984.

 

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