The Comfort Women: Sex Slaves of the Japanese Imperial ForcesOver 100,000 women were victims of forced prostitution - Japanese military prostitution - during World War II. Unlike other war atrocities, the surviving comfort women were too ashamed to tell their stories, playing into the hands of a determined Japanese government cover-up. However, nearly 50 years after the war, the women began to speak up, scholars delved into archives, a key Japanese official confessed and the story came out, ultimately forcing the Japanese government to admit the truth. |
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X | 19 |
Sex in a war zone | 39 |
The Shanghai Regulations and their variations | 55 |
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The Comfort Women: Sex slaves of the Japanese Imperial Forces George Hicks No preview available - 1995 |
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