Word: shirodasukitai
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yangtze north of Shanghai; the rest, 42,000, stayed aboard waiting for an all-clear signal, while Japanese men-of-war made demonstrations along the shore. When the Japanese made their main landing in force, the first 700 men ashore, led by 70 picked troops who formed a shirodasukitai ("White Band of Death"), swept the first Chinese aside, pushed on towards what they thought was the second defense line of the Chinese. As soon as they reached it, hidden mines were exploded and those Japanese who were not blown to bits were wiped out by sheets of machine-gun fire...
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