Shocking images document the brutal treatment of British prisoners of war in Japan during World War II, showcasing starvation, torture, and the sadistic guards who inflicted those horrors.
Harrowing pictures have revealed the ordeal of British troops taken to horrific prison camps in Japan at the end of the Second World War. The shocking photos show the prisoners of war reduced to skin and bone after being starved and brutally beaten by their captors until they were freed following the fall of Japan in 1945.
Other heinous images depict the horror hundreds of starving prisoners suffered, with some wearing false legs having undergone amputations, brought about either from being tortured or through contracting tropical diseases. Also pictured are some of their sadistic guards, including one who was known as the Black Prince and another dubbed Dr Death. They were all later hanged for their crimes. \The Black Prince was notorious camp commandment Lieutenant Usuki, who handed out beatings to men who worked on the Death Railway in Burma and beheaded one British PoW in full view of his colleagues for trying to escape. Another depicted is brutal Sergeant Seiichi Okada, who was called Dr Death. He carried out water torture on the detainees which included pumping gallons of water into their mouths through a hose and then jumping on their swollen stomachs. Also shown is a notorious Korean guard dubbed the Mad Mongrel. \The photographers were brought in by Allied troops to document the poor condition of the prisoners to use as evidence in potential future war crimes trial. Pictures show some of the artificial limbs used by British prisoners of war after losing arms and legs during their horrific time at Japanese camps. \The photos also shows a notorious Korean guard dubbed the Mad Mongrel. \ During the war, Japan captured nearly 140,000 Allied military personnel from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States. But it failed to follow the Geneva Convention rules of war governing prisoner treatment which led to tens of thousands of Allied PoWs enduring barbaric conditions in which they were starved, brutalised and used as forced labour. Many were ordered to help construct railways, roads and airfields while others endured savage conditions in coal mines, shipyards and factories. One of the most notorious examples was the construction of the Burma or Death Railway. Of the 60,000 Allied servicemen forced to work on the railroad, more than 12,000 died from maltreatment, sickness and starvation. \The Pacific War in the Second World War was fought over a vast area encompassing the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia. It began in December 1941 when Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Singapore and Hong Kong as well as U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the Philippines. More than 50,000 British forces personnel surrendered to the Japanese between the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 and March 1942 when the vast territories of the Dutch East Indies surrendered. Pictures show some of the artificial limbs used by British prisoners of war after losing arms and legs during their horrific time at Japanese camps \ A further 50,000 Allied troops were captured on 15 February 1942, when Singapore fell. These prisoners of war were used as slave labour by their captors over the next three and a half years; almost one in three died due to untreated disease, malnutrition and brutality. Many civilians were also interned and forced into labour
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