The Burma-Thailand Railway Of Death
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most harrowing chapters of the Second World War comes alive in The Burma-Thailand Railway of Death, a first-hand account by E.R. Bon Hall, an Australian prisoner of war forced to labour on the infamous 415-kilometre railway line built by the Imperial Japanese Army at an almost unimaginable human cost. Hall chronicles his brutal captivity alongside tens of thousands of Allied POWs and Asian labourers, detailing the savage working conditions, rampant disease, starvation, and systematic cruelty that claimed the lives of over 100,000 men — earning the line its chilling moniker, the Death Railway. Written with the raw honesty of a survivor, Hall's account stands as both a personal testament and a historical document of profound importance, illuminating the resilience of the human spirit against the machinery of war and imperial brutality. His unflinching prose strips away any romanticised notion of wartime endurance, presenting instead the grim reality of cholera-ridden jungle camps and the camaraderie forged in desperation. For those who seek to understand the true cost of the Pacific Theatre — paid not on the battlefield but in the mud and misery of the Thai-Burmese jungle — this is an essential and deeply moving document of survival.
Author: E.R. "Bon" Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Graphic Books
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most harrowing chapters of the Second World War comes alive in The Burma-Thailand Railway of Death, a first-hand account by E.R. Bon Hall, an Australian prisoner of war forced to labour on the infamous 415-kilometre railway line built by the Imperial Japanese Army at an almost unimaginable human cost. Hall chronicles his brutal captivity alongside tens of thousands of Allied POWs and Asian labourers, detailing the savage working conditions, rampant disease, starvation, and systematic cruelty that claimed the lives of over 100,000 men — earning the line its chilling moniker, the Death Railway. Written with the raw honesty of a survivor, Hall's account stands as both a personal testament and a historical document of profound importance, illuminating the resilience of the human spirit against the machinery of war and imperial brutality. His unflinching prose strips away any romanticised notion of wartime endurance, presenting instead the grim reality of cholera-ridden jungle camps and the camaraderie forged in desperation. For those who seek to understand the true cost of the Pacific Theatre — paid not on the battlefield but in the mud and misery of the Thai-Burmese jungle — this is an essential and deeply moving document of survival.