Talk:Harukaze/@comment-86.216.97.191-20160528144046

"However, the convoy was ambushed by US submarines which led to the sinking of 9 out of the 12 transport ships including the ship Arisan Maru carrying about 1800 POWs. After the war Japan was prosecuted for leaving most of the POWs to die."

From what I can read, the blame is mostly on the US. While they didn't let the prisoners escape the ship while it was sinking, I don't think you can really blame them given the situation. The crew had better to do at the time, unfortunately.

Well, it was quite the mistake, but you can't really blame the US either, considering the mess this war was.

Mostly, it's an horrible way to die. Poor people...