The Chichijima incident (also known as the Ogasawara incident) occurred in late 1944. Japanese soldiers killed eight American airmen on Chichi Jima, in...
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Chichijima (父島) is the largest and most populous island in the Japanese archipelago of Bonin or Ogasawara Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km (150 mi)...
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of the Japanese garrison in Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands, and was later tried and executed for the Chichijima incident, a war crime involving torture...
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Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands). This event is now known as the Chichijima incident. The book documents the backgrounds of several American airmen who...
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II, Japanese soldiers ate the livers of killed Americans in the Chichijima incident. Many Japanese soldiers who died during the occupation of Jolo Island...
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(PDF). www.cythere-critique.com (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2024. "Incident Summary for GTDID: 199406270007". www.start.umd.edu. "Courts ignore reasonable...
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Japanese Lieutenant General convicted for his involvement in the Chichijima incident, executed by the United States Gunkichi Tanaka, Japanese soldier...
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Japanese war crimes (category Incidents of cannibalism)
nations, notably during the Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific Wars. These incidents have been referred to as "the Asian Holocaust", and "Japan's Holocaust"...
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during World War II like Bangka Island massacre, Nanjing Massacre, Chichijima incident that if Japan was to successfully colonize China, it would bring...
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ditch where they later died. Another well-documented case occurred in Chichijima in February 1945, when Japanese soldiers killed and consumed five American...
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settled by the American Nathaniel Savory, who landed on the island of Chichijima and formed the first colony there. In 1837, an American businessman in...
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Minamidaitōjima 31 75 2,107 Okinawa Shikotan N 247 412 2,100 Hokkaido Chichijima 23 326 2,000 Tokyo Nagashima, Yamaguchi 14 314 2,000 Yamaguchi Kōzu-shima...
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Tori-shima Udonejima Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) Mukojima Rettō Chichijima Hahajima Mukojima Kazan Rettō (Volcano Islands) Nishinoshima Kita Iwo...
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2002, and one in 2003. However, the number of such incidents rose to four in 2004. These incidents have drawn protests from Japan. Jon Van Dyke, a law...
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Misawa (I) Takao (I) Tainan (I) Tōkō Yokohama Patrol / Defensive unit Chichijima Chinkai Kure Kushimoto Maizuru Okinawa Ōminato Saeki Sasebo Tateyama Toyohashi...
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Kanrin Maru (category Maritime incidents in 1871)
Illustration of Kanrin Maru c.1860 Illustration of Kanrin Maru entering Chichijima port c.1861 Members of the Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860)...
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grade) on August 1, 1944. During an attack on a Japanese installation in Chichijima, Bush's aircraft successfully attacked several targets but was downed...
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territories vary significantly from those of the city. The climate of Chichijima in Ogasawara village is on the boundary between the tropical savanna climate...
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surgery and rehabilitation. However, he kept a limp all his life from this incident. During his recovery, he read many books, painted pictures and wrote poetry...
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described by Heinrich von Kittlitz in 1830 based on specimens collected on Chichijima in the Bonin Islands. Kittlitz placed the species in the bulbul (family...
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landed on the Allied-controlled section of the island (South Field) without incident and was serviced, refueled and departed. In all, 2,251 B-29 landings on...
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List of shipwrecks in June 1944 (category Maritime incidents in June 1944)
and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands (26°59′N 143°13′E / 26.983°N 143.217°E / 26.983;...
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List of shipwrecks in July 1944 (category Maritime incidents in July 1944)
auxiliary transport was damaged and beached near the shore of Sakaiura Beach, Chichijima, Ogasawara Bonin Islands (17°28′N 144°19′E / 17.467°N 144.317°E / 17...
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) (category Maritime incidents in 1951)
covering the carriers of TF 58 as they attacked targets around Tokyo and on Chichijima between 16 and 25 February to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing Iwo...
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List of shipwrecks in May 1944 (category Maritime incidents in May 1944)
and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of Chichijima (28°20′N 138°57′E / 28.333°N 138.950°E / 28.333; 138.950) by the submarine...
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List of shipwrecks in February 1944 (category Maritime incidents in February 1944)
and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 120 miles (190 km) north north west of Chichijima, Bonin Islands (28°49′N 141°13′E / 28.817°N 141.217°E / 28.817; 141...
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USS Grayback (SS-208) (category Maritime incidents in February 1944)
her first ship, the 3291-ton cargo ship Ishikari Maru off Port Lloyd, Chichijima, Bonin Islands. Grayback's second war patrol met with a dearth of targets...
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depth 22.0 km December 21, 2010 7.4 Mw 0 Bonin Islands earthquake 父島近海地震 Chichijima-kinkai Jishin 26°51′58″N 143°44′20″E / 26.866°N 143.739°E / 26.866;...
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Japanese destroyer Asanagi (category Maritime incidents in May 1944)
destroyer was torpedoed and sunk 200 miles (320 km) west-northwest of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands at coordinates 28°20′N 138°57′E / 28.333°N...
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List of shipwrecks in March 1942 (category Maritime incidents in March 1942)
torpedoed and sunk eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Port Lloyd, Chichijima, Bonin Islands (27°05′N 142°05′E / 27.083°N 142.083°E / 27.083; 142...
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