Jinguashi, Taiwan, Aug 13, 2025 (AFP) - 'Nobody else knew': Allied prisoners of war held in Taiwan

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2025-08-13

In a small urban park in Taiwan, more than 4,000 names are etched into a granite wall -- most of them British and American servicemen held by the Japanese during World War II. The sombre memorial sits on the site of Kinkaseki, a brutal prisoner of war camp near Taipei and one of more than a dozen run by Japan on the island it ruled from 1895 until its defeat in 1945. For decades, little was known of the PoW camps, said Michael Hurst, a Canadian......

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