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The Himeyuri students (ひめゆり学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai, Lily Princesses Student Corps), sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the Okinawa Daiichi (First) Girls' High School [] and Okinawa Shihan Women's School [] formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
Sakamoto was heavily involved during World War II and helped rescue more than 4000 children. Shortly before the war, she earned her degrees and licenses in Osaka, and returned to her parents' village of Tanabe shortly afterward. She then began working for the National Health Insurance.
The Japanese military before and during World War II committed numerous atrocities against civilian and military personnel. Its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, prior to a declaration of war and without warning killed 2,403 neutral military personnel and civilians and wounded 1,247 others.
Pages in category "Nurses killed in World War II" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Japan used Indochina to launch part of its invasion of Malaya; this and attacks on Pearl Harbor and other British and American territories sparked the Pacific War, bringing World War II to Indochina. [137] During the Japanese occupation, Indochinese communists established a base in Cao Bằng Province, but most of the resistance to Japan and ...
Japanese civilians killed in World War II (24 P) D. Deaths by American airstrikes during the Bombing of Tokyo (7 P) H. Hibakusha (1 C, 72 P) M.