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Never Surrender: Dramatic Escapes From Japanese Prison Camps (Hardcover)
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Never Surrender: Dramatic Escapes From Japanese Prison Camps (Hardcover)
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While there have been many fine books covering escapes from German
POW camps (The Wooden Horse, Great Escape, Colditz etc), the
exploits of those POWs in Japanese captivity have been strangely
neglected - until now. Of the tens of thousands of Allied personnel
captured by the victorious Japanese during late 1941 and early 1942
only a small number of brave souls attempted to escape to freedom
rather than suffer brutality, starvation and very possibly death as
POWs. Escapers faced challenges far more daunting than those in
German hands. They were Westerners in an alien, hostile land; the
terrain and climate were extreme; disease was rife; their physical
condition was weak; there was every chance of starvation and
betrayal and, if captured, execution was a near certainty and the
harshest punishment inevitable. The author draws on escape attempts
from Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Borneo, China by
officers and men of the British, Commonwealth and US armed forces.
Few ended in freedom but all are examples of outstanding, desperate
courage. This is an inspiring and uplifting book that demonstrates
the best and worst of human spirit.
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