The man inside : ... the bloodiest outbreak
Apthorpe, Graham2017
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Total copies: 1
The War in the Pacific has turned; thousands of the previously invincible Japanese soldiers are now being captured in New Guinea and interned at the Cowra Prisoner of War Camp. Unlike other POWs, the traditional Japanese Bushido Code and their fanaticism leaves them ill-equipped for surrender and imprisonment. Ashamed, subdued and sullen, one man, Second Lieutenant Maseo Naka is an exception. Through the insights of those around Naka, together with new research including the personal accounts of Australian interrogators, the author shows how this handsome loner provided the impetus for the dramatic events in the early hours of August 5, 1944 where hundreds of Japanese soldiers stormed the Camp defences for honour, or death!
Main title:
The man inside : ... the bloodiest outbreak / Graham Apthorpe.
Author:
Apthorpe, Graham, author
Imprint:
Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2017.
Collation:
viii, 181 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181)
ISBN:
9781925520491
Dewey class:
940.54729445940.5425
Language:
English
Subject:
Naka, MaseoAustralia. Army. Cowra Military Camp (1941-1947)World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, AustralianPrisoners of war -- JapanPrisoners of war -- New South Wales -- CowraPrisoner-of-war escapes -- New South Wales -- CowraCowra (N.S.W.) -- History -- 20th centuryCowra (N.S.W.) -- History, Military
BRN:
506004