In 1944, on the Pacific island of Chichi Jima, Japanese officers sat down to a sake-fueled feast where human liver was served. The island’s 25,000-strong garrison had been cut off by American…
By 1944, the war in the Pacific had turned decisively against Imperial Japan, and the consequences were felt most brutally in the stomachs of its soldiers. The vast distances of the theater, combined with the relentless patrols of American submarines that sank cargo vessels with ruthless efficiency, choked off the supply lines to far-flung garrisons. … Read more