We know that the Japanese army in World War II brought great suffering to the countries of the Far East. At the same time, brutal and murderous Japanese soldiers created one after another. Bloody massacre. In Nanjing, China, Manila in the Philippines, and many small islands in the solar ocean, the Japanese massacred soldiers and civilians who laid down their arms. And those who survived the Holocaust, after a long period of suffering, can finally report these atrocities to the whole world at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
During World War II, Vivian was an accompanying nurse in the Australian Army. In 1942, she worked as a nurse in a field hospital in Singapore. Singapore was a very important target for Japan's attack on Southeast Asia. After defeating 80,000 Anglo-Australian troops, Vivian and 66 other nurses returned to the country by boat. Unfortunately, he was attacked by Japanese troops on the way, and all the people on board landed on the nearby small island of Bangka, which was then under British rule.
A few days later, the island was populated by many civilians and British soldiers. At the same time, Japanese troops also occupied the island and soon discovered the refugees. In desperation, there were more than 300 people, 22 of whom were Vivian and others, and the sisters also surrendered to the Japanese army. At that time, the sisters set up a makeshift Red Cross rescue tent on the beach.
According to international practice, they deserved preferential treatment as prisoners of war, but the frenzied Japanese army slaughtered them with bayonets and machine guns to satisfy their desire to kill. Vivian was lucky enough to barely survive without hitting the point.
A few days later, she was discovered by the Japanese army and sent to prisoner-of-war camps on other islands, where she spent the most horrific three years of her life. Here, Vivian not only had to endure the torture of the Japanese army every day, but also witnessed the Japanese army repeatedly torture and kill British and Australian prisoners of war. The double blow of physical and psychological almost made this girl collapse.
On the eve of Japan's defeat, the Japanese army guarding them carried out a mass murder of all British and Australian prisoners of war. Vivian hid behind two Australian soldiers and barely survived. She again became one of the victims of the Japanese massacre. The only survivor.
After the war, the Allies established the Far East Military Tribunal. As Australia's first witness to Japanese war crimes, Vivian went to court to identify Japanese soldiers. When Australian soldiers heard Vivian tell the court on the radio about the massacres on Gbarngka Island and the prisoner-of-war camps, he suffered atrocities and various acts of violence and torture by the Japanese army three years later.
They were absolutely furious, especially the Australian soldiers who retreated from Singapore. When they learned that their comrades had been so abused by the Japanese army, they cried and wanted to take revenge on the Japanese army, but were eventually stopped by the officers. This turned into a massive massacre of prisoners.
However, it was later discovered that the unit that massacred the refugees from Bangka Island was the 229th Wing of the Japanese 14th Division. The force has a record of killing civilians in many places. In the ensuing Battle of Guadalcanal, they were completely annihilated by American and Australian forces, and none of them survived. It was an indirect punishment for this unit, and it also avenged the civilian deaths under the Japanese sabers.