Japanese sadism towards POWs

13th March 1945: Growing attacks by Allied planes show the tide of war is turning - but POWS on Taiwan suffer as a consequence

A nugget of copper ore held by the Imperial War Museum, London. 'This copper ore was mined by F B Taffs at Kinkaseki, Taiwan. He smuggled the copper ore out by hiding it in his bottom. The POWs were given a quota of a trolley to be filled in a day, if this was not completed, those failing would be thrashed with mining hammers.'

Across the territory occup…