Die Like The Carp!
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good.
In one of the most audacious mass escapes of the Second World War, over a thousand Australian prisoners of war held in the brutal Japanese camp at Cowra, New South Wales, hurled themselves at the wire in a desperate, suicidal breakout on the night of 5 August 1944. Die Like the Carp! chronicles this extraordinary event through meticulous research and firsthand accounts, reconstructing the chaos, courage, and tragedy of a night that left hundreds dead and shook the foundations of the Pacific War's prisoner experience. Harry Gordon brings the authority of an acclaimed Australian journalist to this gripping narrative, drawing on interviews with survivors, Japanese guards, and official records to present a story that is as much about cultural collision as it is about desperation and bravery. The title itself — drawn from a Japanese military exhortation to die with honour rather than face the shame of surrender — illuminates the tragic misunderstanding at the heart of the Cowra breakout. Gordon's account stands as the definitive record of an event that Australia has never quite been able to forget.
Author: Harry Gordon
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good.
In one of the most audacious mass escapes of the Second World War, over a thousand Australian prisoners of war held in the brutal Japanese camp at Cowra, New South Wales, hurled themselves at the wire in a desperate, suicidal breakout on the night of 5 August 1944. Die Like the Carp! chronicles this extraordinary event through meticulous research and firsthand accounts, reconstructing the chaos, courage, and tragedy of a night that left hundreds dead and shook the foundations of the Pacific War's prisoner experience. Harry Gordon brings the authority of an acclaimed Australian journalist to this gripping narrative, drawing on interviews with survivors, Japanese guards, and official records to present a story that is as much about cultural collision as it is about desperation and bravery. The title itself — drawn from a Japanese military exhortation to die with honour rather than face the shame of surrender — illuminates the tragic misunderstanding at the heart of the Cowra breakout. Gordon's account stands as the definitive record of an event that Australia has never quite been able to forget.