A young Comfort Battalion girl interviewed by a British officer, 1945, Yangon, Myanmar
Comfort Battalions - During World War II, this was the name given to Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese women who were forced to work in military brothels ("comfort stations") to satisfy Japanese soldiers. Estimates of the number of "comfort women" range from 20,000 (Japanese data) to 410,000 (Chinese data). One-fourth of them survived to the end of the war because the living conditions were appalling; they served 20 to 30 soldiers a day.
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