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This week, we'll look at diamonds from Angola, we'll look at how they enabled the enslavement of a people and fueled the civil war that came soon after.
We'll even look at the aftermath of the conflict and how, after all these years, Angola still struggles with corruption, thanks, in part, to the diamond industry.
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In the middle of 1935, the Zhong Ma fortress was destroyed; In its place, something bigger and even more sophisticated emerged: Ping Fan. The Togo unit was also expanded and merged with the Kwantung Army. It would soon evolve into Unit 731 and would spread fear and terror in East Asia.
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Published 03/23/22
In early 1932, Ishii and the Kwantung Army drove into a village in Northeast China and gave the villagers living there three days to evacuate. What they erected in that village would haunt Chinese society for years to come.
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Published 03/16/22