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Massacres in World War II

  • Manila massacreOn the 10th of February 1945, citizens of Manila ran for safety from suburbs burned by Japanese soldiers. General Tomoyuki Yamashita had insisted on a…
  • Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern GaliciaIn 1931, the Polish census recorded that Ukrainian language was spoken by 52% of inhabitants in Eastern Galicia and 68% in Volhynia.
  • Sook ChingOn the 15th of February 1942, British and Commonwealth forces surrendered to an outnumbered Japanese army. This event marked Britain's largest surrender in…