How did Amelia Earhart die?

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Question: How did Amelia Earhart die?
Position‹3 of 4›: Amelia Earhart was captured by the Japanese military

This entry describes the theory that Amelia Earhart was captured by the Japanese military. It notes that Pacific tensions with Japan were high as World War II loomed, and holds she was seized and executed after crashing—a claim historians regard as unproven.

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Amelia Earhart was captured after crashing and executed by the Japanese military
Instead of crashing near Howland or Gardner Islands, Earhart and Noonan mistakenly navigated their way into the Japanese South Seas Mandate where they were captured.