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Death On Hellships .. [AN 101.102 Book] | |
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Death On Hellships | £23.99
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This detailed chronicle of the Japanese treatment of POWs during World War II reveals the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. Survivors describe their ordeal in the Japanese Hellships as the absolute worst experience of their captivity. Crammed by the thousands into holds of ships, moved from island to island and put to work, they endured all the horrors of the prison camps magnified tenfold. Gregory Michno draws on American, British, Australian and Dutch POW accounts as well as Japanese convoy histories, recently declassified radio intelligence reports , and a wealth of archival sources to present for the first time a detailed picture of what happened. His findings are startling.
More than 126,000 Allied prisoners were transported in the Hellships with more than 21,000 fatalities. While beatings, starvation, and disease caused many of the deaths, the most, Michno reports, were caused by Allied bombs, bullets, and torpedoes. He further reports that this so-called friendly fire was not always accidental - at times high-level decisions were made to sink Japanese ships despite the presence of POWs. His careful examination of the role of U.S. submarines in the sinkings and the rescue of POWs makes yet another significant contribution to the history of the Pacific war.
By Gregory F. Michno
Hardback. 228 x 153mm
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