News from World War II

There seems to be a lot happening on the World War II front this week:

• Japan is searching for six mass graves containing their soldiers killed in a battle on the Aleutian island of Attu.
  

  Attu was one of the deadliest conflicts in the Pacific in terms of the percentage of troops killed. Japanese troops invaded Attu and the neighboring island of Kiska in June 1942, in the only occupation of U.S. land during the war. No one was living on Kiska, but the Japanese captured a small Aleut community when they seized Attu. Almost half of the 45 residents taken to Hokkaido, Japan, died during internment.
  
  American forces arrived at Attu the following May, waging a 19-day campaign before they retook the island. Most of the fighting was hand-to-hand combat in 120 mph winds, driving rain and dense, damp fog.
  
  Of an estimated 2,500 Japanese troops on Attu, only 28 were taken prisoner. The others died in battle or committed suicide with their own grenades.
  
  American deaths numbered about 550 among more than 15,000 troops. The dead were temporarily buried at two cemeteries on the island, then exhumed and reburied in locations designated by their families.

• An unexploded WWII bomb was found near a tube station in London, causing the line to be shut down for a while.
• A Mark5 tank was found buried under a road near Chartres. It was said to be in "near perfect condition". You can be the judge of that, but I must say that if that was the description on eBay, I would have something bad to say about the seller.