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Loading... Prisoners in Rabaul: Civilians Surviving Japanese Captivity: 1942:1945by Gordon Thomas
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"Within hours of the Japanese invasion of Rabaul in 1942, Gordon Thomas and a party of civilians surrendered themselves and became prisoners.Thomas and several others were put to work for the enemy, operating Rabauls commercial freezer and ice plant. Most of the other civilian and army men imprisoned in the town were doomed when they were put aboard the Japanese ship, Montevideo Maru, to be sent to Japan. On 1 July the ship was torpedoed by a US submarine off the Philippines with the loss of 1,186 lives.The four men at the freezer were left behind and spent the next three years under Japanese rule but not in a camp.They were under open arrest in a building near their work but were not free to roam too far.This book is a window into Rabaul during the bomb blasted years of 1942-1945 and a rare view of the Japanese soldiers in their own backyard, stripped of ceremonial veneer and artificial smiles. Here is a very interesting study of the Japanese and of civilian prisoner experience in the Second World War." --Publisher description.Thom No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.547252099585History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Prisoners of war; medical and social services Prisioner-of-War CampsRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |