The brutality of Japan’s Imperial Army during WW2 is well-documented – less well-known perhaps is that her Imperial Navy could be equally barbaric. The Behar Massacre is one infamous example – where 69 prisoners from the British Merchant ship MV Behar were decapitated. All in the name of expedience.
Even though the atrocity was investigated in a war crimes trial after the war (and later covered in a few books), accurate information about the number, identity and
