During World War II, the Japanese captured large areas in Asia and the Pacific. The Japanese became notorious in the occupied territories for their cruelty. Violence against women is only one aspect of their deeds.
Hundreds of thousands of them suffered. Naturally, most of them were Asians, mostly Chinese, Korean (although Korea was captured by Japan long before the start of World War II).
However, the bitter fate of the European women, captured by the Japanese during their invasion of European colonial possessions in 1942, did not escape. These women were mainly British, American, Australian and Dutch. Due to the fact that they account for a small part of the total number of victims, their fate is not as well known as the Asians. And now, point by point …
Hong Kong and Singapore
After the capture of Hong Kong in December 1941, Japanese troops massacred British military and medical workers. Especially at St. Stephen's Hospital. They did it in droves, right among or on the corpses of British soldiers. There were many Europeans in Hong Kong. All were herded into one place. The Japanese did not pay attention to the young age, nor to the presence of mothers.
Not everyone was left alive. The Japanese, of course, knew they had committed war crimes and covered their tracks.
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After the capture of Singapore, the Japanese unleashed terror, and this time British and Australian nurses at the Alexandria Hospital were injured. The wounded soldiers were killed.
New Guinea
On the island of New Britain, which has witnessed some of the toughest fighting in the Pacific theater of operations, the Japanese have attacked Australian nuns and other girls. After that, they also did not leave to live
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
The island of Java in the Dutch East Indies had a large number of white Europeans, about 150,000 different nationalities: Dutch, British, Australians, Swiss, Swedes, etc. Europeans from countries at war with Japan were herded into internment camps - in fact, concentration camps where they lived in absolutely nightmarish conditions and fierce attitude.
Dutch civilians in an internment camp.
Typical of the Japanese military, military brothels were organized wherever they went. Java is no exception. The Japanese put Dutch women and girls there against their will. With all the ensuing consequences. Europeans were considered prestigious, therefore they were intended for officers. They were mistreated.
These photos below, of course, not about Europeans, we could not find them. However, from the same topic, about the Japanese organization of their "joys".
The behavior of the Japanese military during World War II surpassed even the Nazis. At that time, the rape of enemy women was committed by all sides during the war. However, the difference between Japan and other belligerent countries is that it was sanctioned by the state and on an unprecedentedly large scale.