<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Japanese forces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ambon" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ambon">invade the island of Ambon</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.