Tag: War Crimes

• Screams in Silence: The Rape of Nanking and the World’s Indifference

  

  June 10, 2025

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• Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and the Końskie Massacre. September 12, 1939.

  

  September 12, 2024

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• Former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo Attempts Suicide. September 11, 1945.

  

  Image: General Hideki Tojo lies semiconscious, limp in a chair with a gaping bullet wound just below the heart after a botched attempt to kill himself as American soldiers surround his house. September 11, 1945. On September 11, 1945, former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo attempted suicide as American soldiers arrived at his home…

  September 12, 2024

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  1940s, event & history, Execution, Hideki Tojo, History Daily, Imperial Japanese Navy, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese Prime Minister, Suicide Attempt, United States, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial

• Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944.

  

  Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944. With German forces withdrawing in France, and Paris on the cusp of liberation, the Nazis continue their brutal treatment of the civilian population. On August 24, 1944, the village of Buchères (10800) near Troyes was to experience a day of horror. The previous evening, FFI fighters set up a…

  August 25, 2024

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• The Le Paradis Massacre occurred when Germany’s SS Death’s Head Division savagely murdered 97 members of the Royal Norfolk Regiment after they flew the white flag after running out of ammunition in the French village of Le Paradis. May 27, 1940.

  May 27, 2024

  1940s, Executions, France, History Daily, Le Paradis Massacre, Royal Norfolk Regiment, SS Death’s Head Division, War Crimes, World War II

  1940s, Executions, France, History Daily, Le Paradis Massacre, Royal Norfolk Regiment, SS Death’s Head Division, War Crimes, World War II

• Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was Sentenced to Death By the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. He Was Declared Guilty of Seven Counts of War Crimes and Was Condemned to Death by Hanging. November 12, 1948.

  Image: General Hideki Tojo lies semiconscious, limp in a chair with a gaping bullet wound just below the heart after a botched attempt to kill himself as American soldiers surround his house. September 11, 1945. (Public Domain). On this day in history, November 12, 1948, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death by…

  November 12, 2023

  1940s, Hideki Tojo, Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, War Crimes, World War II

  1940s, Hideki Tojo, Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, War Crimes, World War II