A young woman writing a thank you note to her boyfriend in the Navy for the skull of a Japanese soldier that he sent, 1944
rarehistoricalphotos.com
A rare and disturbing picture, so much about this is still a mystery. We don’t know what became of the skull—or, indeed, what became of the young woman herself, or the man who sent it to her …
  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    21 days ago

    Turns out if you dehumanise your enemies completely, war crimes happen.

    Although the japanese mostly just mutilated you when you were alive.