The Butcher of the High Seas: The Captain Who Massacred Survivors.

Описание: The survivors made it off their sinking ships. They should have been safe.

Then I-8 surfaced. And Captain Ariizumi gave the order.

📊 THE I-8 ATROCITIES:
• Commander: Tatsunosuke Ariizumi
• Submarine: I-8 (Type J3)
• Period: 1943-1944
• Area: Indian Ocean
• Method: Organized execution of shipwreck survivors
• Known victims: Crews of Jean Nicolet, Tjisalak, others
• Survivors: Very few — left to tell the story

🎯 DOCUMENTED MASSACRES:
• SS Jean Nicolet (July 2, 1944): ~100 crew, 23 survivors
• Tjisalak (March 26, 1944): ~98 aboard, 5 survivors
• Additional incidents with incomplete documentation

⚖️ THE CRIMES:
• Pulling survivors from water after torpedo attacks
• Binding hands behind backs
• Methodical execution: shooting, bayoneting, beheading
• Throwing bound men overboard to drown
• Commander supervising from conning tower

❓ THE MYSTERY:
• Ariizumi allegedly committed suicide August 1945
• No body ever recovered or verified
• Crew claimed burial at sea
• Some historians question official account
• Never faced war crimes tribunal

👤 TATSUNOSUKE ARIIZUMI:
• Born: 1892, Japan
• Career: Imperial Japanese Navy submarine officer
• Commands: I-8, later Submarine Division 1 (I-401)
• Status: Priority target for Allied war crimes investigators
• Fate: Officially suicide, August 1945 (unverified)

🔍 THE SUBMARINES:
• I-8: Likely sunk east of Okinawa, March 1945; wreck not located
• I-401: Captured, scuttled off Hawaii 1946; remains found 2013

📚 SOURCES:
• Survivor testimonies from Jean Nicolet and Tjisalak
• Allied war crimes investigation records
• Japanese naval records
• Post-war historical research

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