VJ Day

The often overlooked and forgotten part of the Second world war was the conflict in the pacific

Which ended 70 years ago today
Lest we forget
We remember 

50,000 servicemen 

A quarter died in captivity. The rest returned home sick and damaged.

12500 or so died just in captivity 

The average prisoner received less than a cup of filthy rice a day. The amount was so meagre that gross malnutrition led to loss of vision or unrelenting nerve pain.

• Tenko was the Japanese command for roll call