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Australian POW's - Officers of B and E forces as prisoners of the Japanese at Sandakan and Kuching, World War 2.

This is the first full-length account of the experiences of a unique group of 145 Australian officers who were held prisoner by the Japanese at Sandakan, and later at Kuching, from 1942 to 1945.Sandakan is one of the least known – and least commemorated – of WWII wartime atrocities. The officers were separated from their men in October 1943 in order to lessen their influence over them, after a radio and intelligence network was uncovered in the camp. Uniquely, they were the only officers who were required by the Japanese to undertake heavy manual labour along with the other ranks over an extended period of time (twelve months).This is not a story of atrocities, although torture, beatings and abuse did occur. It is, rather, a story of the struggle to survive with ever diminishing resources, and the determination to maintain morale by reading, studying and the unearthing of musical and acting talents.Educational activities organised by the officers helped to inspire the will to live and were far more comprehensive than those of any other group of POWs. After the war these former POWs held frequent reunions where, despite the brutality and trauma they had suff.

Forward by Professor Hank Nelson - Metric Conversions - Preface - Prologue - Guests of the Emperor - A Time of Leisure - Not a bed of Roses - Slowly Dying - Down the River to the Sea - The fate of their Captors - Home at Last - Rogues Gallery - Notes - Sources - Index - Acknowledgments
 
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SKU:9780733622397
Quantity:- out of stock -
Author/s: Michelle Cunningham
Book Size(cm): 23 x 15
Condition: NEW
Format: Softcover
Pages : 237
Printing &/or Publishing Information: Hachette Australia
Printing Year: 2007 Reprint
Military Campaign: World War II (Kuching, Sandakan)
History Of: Sandakan & Kuching ( Officers of B & E Forces )
ISBN: 9780733622397
Weight:0.40 kg
Price:$ 0.00
 

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