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Japanese Monument

'Here died two brave Japanese sailors on 3 June 1942' reads the inscription on the memorial erected by the Japanese Embassy 30 years later. The sailors, aboard midget submarines, were part of a night attack on Diego Suarez harbour, damaging a British battleship and tanker and killing six men. The Japanese sailors ran into the hills but were caught by British soldiers.

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