Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ToneUnderAttack1945.jpg# by Hotrico Tags:Combat FootageConflicts 5 comments From 1 March 1944, *Tone* was assigned to [commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Indian_Ocean_raid_(1944)). On 9 March, *Tone* sank the British freighter [*Behar*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Behar_(1943)&action=edit&redlink=1), taking aboard 108 survivors against orders. Of the survivors, 32 were disembarked as prisoners of war at Batavia. [Admiral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral) [Naomasa Sakonju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomasa_Sakonju) aboard the cruiser [*Aoba*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Aoba), ordered that the remaining prisoners be “disposed of”, and they were taken out to sea and beheaded. (Following the war, Sakonju was executed for [war crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime), including the murder of these prisoners, while the former commander of *Tone*, [Captain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(naval)) [Haruo Mayazumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haruo_Mayazumi&action=edit&redlink=1), was sentenced to seven years imprisonment). Just another ‘Fun Fact’. What on Earth was the IJN doing raiding in the Indian ocean in 1945?! Insane, and I would imagine those sailors knew it Look at the size of those explosions compared to the farmhouses! Completely absurd. My nickname is Tone. My girlfriend became Chikuma Stern section looks completely twisted Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
From 1 March 1944, *Tone* was assigned to [commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Indian_Ocean_raid_(1944)). On 9 March, *Tone* sank the British freighter [*Behar*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Behar_(1943)&action=edit&redlink=1), taking aboard 108 survivors against orders. Of the survivors, 32 were disembarked as prisoners of war at Batavia. [Admiral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral) [Naomasa Sakonju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomasa_Sakonju) aboard the cruiser [*Aoba*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Aoba), ordered that the remaining prisoners be “disposed of”, and they were taken out to sea and beheaded. (Following the war, Sakonju was executed for [war crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime), including the murder of these prisoners, while the former commander of *Tone*, [Captain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(naval)) [Haruo Mayazumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haruo_Mayazumi&action=edit&redlink=1), was sentenced to seven years imprisonment). Just another ‘Fun Fact’.
What on Earth was the IJN doing raiding in the Indian ocean in 1945?! Insane, and I would imagine those sailors knew it
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From 1 March 1944, *Tone* was assigned to [commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Indian_Ocean_raid_(1944)). On 9 March, *Tone* sank the British freighter [*Behar*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Behar_(1943)&action=edit&redlink=1), taking aboard 108 survivors against orders. Of the survivors, 32 were disembarked as prisoners of war at Batavia. [Admiral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral) [Naomasa Sakonju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomasa_Sakonju) aboard the cruiser [*Aoba*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Aoba), ordered that the remaining prisoners be “disposed of”, and they were taken out to sea and beheaded. (Following the war, Sakonju was executed for [war crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime), including the murder of these prisoners, while the former commander of *Tone*, [Captain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(naval)) [Haruo Mayazumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haruo_Mayazumi&action=edit&redlink=1), was sentenced to seven years imprisonment).
Just another ‘Fun Fact’.
What on Earth was the IJN doing raiding in the Indian ocean in 1945?! Insane, and I would imagine those sailors knew it
Look at the size of those explosions compared to the farmhouses! Completely absurd.
My nickname is Tone. My girlfriend became Chikuma
Stern section looks completely twisted