What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 0.85° S, 169.54° E
- Description
- 1945 Japanese massacre of civilians
Placed at the island its title names, Ocean Island.
Ocean Island massacre
1945 Japanese massacre of civilians
The Ocean Island massacre occurred on 20 August 1945 when between 150 and 200 civilians were killed in a mass execution by members of a Japanese naval garrison unit. The civilians, all originally inhabitants from other parts of the Gilbert Islands, had been brought to Ocean Island as slave labour.
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