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strangefolk t1_ixurjrt wrote

Reply to comment by Independent_Buy5152 in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

>Didn't they know that there were prisoners on board?

No, they just look like transport ships.

Imagine finding out later you attacked and killed a few thousand of your own people.

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