Many atrocities afflicted numerous individuals and groups through the entire globe during WWII. People are generally aware of the horrors that dictators like Hitler and Stalin inflicted after Europe during this dark time in our history; even so, few are aware of other groups which were targeted and suffered because of this of the axis countries getting power. Japan, a significant player during this war, aligned itself with Germany to seize ability in the Pacific. As Imperial Japan grew more robust, it began occupying nations in the region, including the Korean peninsula.