Ramri Crocodile Massacre
On the 11th of April 1880, a momentous event took place as the legendary U.S. Army General William T. Sherman stood before a massive crowd of 10,000 graduates from the Michigan Military Academy. In a mere three words, he encapsulated the profound reality of war, declaring, "War is Hell." Rarely, if ever, has such a multifaceted and complex subject been summarized with such succinctness. Those three words reverberated through history, echoing the death, destruction, and chaos that have plagued humanity through the ages. The flying bullets, exploding shells, screams of the dying, and the eerie silence of the dead all contribute to the inescapable notion that war is akin to Hell itself. In his 14th-century masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri envisioned the underworld as a vast pit with nine concentric rings, each representing a different level of suffering. As the damned descended further into the spiral of damnation, the torment intensified. If we draw inspiration from Dante's Doom spiral and consider war as Hell, then the Battle of Ramri Island, also known as the Ramri Massacre, finds its place in the ninth and most nightmarish circle of the Underworld.