Book, Cambridge, Australia's forgotten prisoners: Civilians interred by the Japanese in World War Two, 2007

Physical description

Ill, bib, index, notes, p.207.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

The Japanese captured 1500 Australian civilians during World War II. They spent the war interned in harsh, prison-like camps throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Civilian internees - though not members of the armed forces - endured hardship, privation and even death at the hands of the enemy." "This book tells the stories of Australian civilians interned by the Japanese in World War II. By re-creating the daily lives and dramas within internment camps, it explores how captivity posed different dilemmas for the men, women and children held there.

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