Sandakan 1942–1945
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the darkest and most harrowing chapters of the Second World War unfolded in the jungles of British North Borneo, where thousands of Allied prisoners — the majority of them Australian — were subjected to forced labour, systematic starvation, and brutal death marches from the Sandakan POW camp between 1942 and 1945. Sandakan 1942–1945 chronicles this catastrophic episode with meticulous historical rigour, reconstructing the ordeal of men who endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of their Japanese captors, and honouring the memory of the 2,400 prisoners for whom no rescue ever came. Drawing on archival research, survivor testimony, and extensive fieldwork, the narrative pieces together a tragedy largely hidden from the Australian public for decades — a story of courage, camaraderie, and institutional failure that demands to be told.
Author: Richard Reid
Format: Paperback
Published: 2008, Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the darkest and most harrowing chapters of the Second World War unfolded in the jungles of British North Borneo, where thousands of Allied prisoners — the majority of them Australian — were subjected to forced labour, systematic starvation, and brutal death marches from the Sandakan POW camp between 1942 and 1945. Sandakan 1942–1945 chronicles this catastrophic episode with meticulous historical rigour, reconstructing the ordeal of men who endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of their Japanese captors, and honouring the memory of the 2,400 prisoners for whom no rescue ever came. Drawing on archival research, survivor testimony, and extensive fieldwork, the narrative pieces together a tragedy largely hidden from the Australian public for decades — a story of courage, camaraderie, and institutional failure that demands to be told.