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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-02-24 20:38:31.

Original Title: TIL: Towards the end of WW2, 222 students and their teachers at a girl’s highschool in Japan were falsely briefed that were gonna be working for a safe Red Cross hospital. In reality, they were sent to the front lines to perform amputations and crude surgeries in cave hospitals. 211 students died.