Il 02/04/2012 18:19, a425couple ha scritto:

That site also has this,,, ahh 'irritating' story, "18 March 1944:
Departs Batavia. While enroute to Singapore, Rear Admiral Sakonjo
complies with the Imperial "disposal" policy concerning POWs. He orders
the beheading of each of the remaining 72 captives aboard TONE." (from
British SS BEHAR)

I was under the impression that all were beheaded on TONE....

----- "Postwar, the British try and convict Sakonjo as a war criminal,
then execute him at Hong Kong."
(IMHO, Aoba is interesting 'hard luck' story, as gradually over years,
damage reduced her from good CA cruiser, to slower, to limping, to
floating AA battery, to non-floating 'decoy target'

The war scars and wear & tear of Aoba is in se one of most interesting
story of luck (not hard) and (apologies to Gene...) embodiement of
Japanese spirit on IJN ships

Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.

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Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.