Prisoner of Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoner of Japan write by Sir Harold Atcherley. This book was released on 2013-04-19. Prisoner of Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the course of the Second World War, more than a quarter of a million European and American soldiers were taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies and the Pacific. They went on to suffer years of deprivation and brutality, most of them failing to survive at all. Harold Atcherley was fortunate enough to be one of the survivors. Throughout his time as a prisoner, from the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942 until 14th September 1945, he kept a diary, which he was able to bring home with him. This book is based on that diary, along with other diaries and official documents. The original diary can now be viewed at The Imperial War Museum, London. He was fortunate enough to count among his friends and comrades the celebrated artist Ronald Searle, whose drawings have been used to illustrate his text; they give a far better impression of what life was like for a POW of the Japanese than mere words can, though neither words nor pictures could ever convey the appalling stench of disease and death on such a massive scale.
Prisoners of the Empire
Prisoners of the Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of the Empire write by Sarah Kovner. This book was released on 2020-09-15. Prisoners of the Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.
Prisoners of the Japanese
Prisoners of the Japanese - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of the Japanese write by Gavan Daws. This book was released on 2007-05. Prisoners of the Japanese available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A devastating portrait of the suffering of Japanese-held POWs in the Second World War.
Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun
Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun write by Frank Fujita. This book was released on 1993. Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During his time as a POW, Frank "Foo" Fujita kept a diary of daily happenings, embellished with drawings of life in the camp. He secreted the diary in the walls of his barracks, as the practice was forbidden. That diary forms the basis of these memoirs. Fujita's memoirs are also unique in that he was one of the fewer than nine hundred Americans taken prisoner on the island of Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita's account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the "Lost Battalion" of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish this memoir from others. At one point while a POW in Japan, Fujita was forced to be part of the Japanese radio group broadcasting propaganda. After the war, he testified at some of the war crime trials in San Francisco, and the diary on which this book is based was used as evidence in those trials.
Prisoner of War
Prisoner of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoner of War write by Michael P. Spradlin. This book was released on 2017-06-27. Prisoner of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. He lied about his age to enlist. Now he'll have to lie about everything else to survive! Survive the war. Outlast the enemy. Stay alive. That's what Henry Forrest has to do. When he lies about his age to join the Marines, Henry never imagines he'll face anything worse than his own father's cruelty. But his unit is shipped off to the Philippines, where the heat is unbearable, the conditions are brutal, and Henry's dreams of careless adventuring are completely dashed.Then the Japanese invade the islands, and US forces there surrender. As a prisoner of war, Henry faces one horror after another. Yet among his fellow captives, he finds kindness, respect, even brotherhood. A glimmer of light in the darkness. And he'll need to hold tight to the hope they offer if he wants to win the fight for his country, his freedom . . . and his life. Michael P. Spradlin's latest novel tenderly explores the harsh realities of the Bataan Death March and captivity on the Pacific front during World War II.
