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The Brutality of the Pacific War: Fighting to the Death in Tulagi
3:22:15 - 3:23:07 (00:52)
Mike Edson explains the conduct of the Japanese during the Pacific War, where they would fight to the last man. A lieutenant colonel estimated that they had one battalion of about 450 men on the Tulagi island.
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