From The Bush To Changi And Back
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From The Bush To Changi And Back
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Author : John Nevell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
From The Bush To Changi And Back written by John Nevell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Prisoners of war categories.
The Changi Brownlow
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Author : Roland Perry
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-07-31
The Changi Brownlow written by Roland Perry and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with History categories.
This is the moving, powerful and surprising story of a group of Australian POWs who organise an Australian Rules Football competition under the worst conditions imaginable - inside Changi prison. After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, created an Australian Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches. The final game of the one and only season was between ‘Victoria’ and the ‘Rest of Australia’, which attracted 10 000 spectators, and a unique Brownlow Medal was awarded in this unlikely setting under the curious gaze of Japanese prison guards. Meet the main characters behind this spectacle: Peter Chitty, the farm hand from Snowy River country with unfathomable physical and mental fortitude, and one of eight in his immediate family who volunteered to fight and serve in WW2; ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, the Brownlow-medal winning little man with the huge heart; and ‘Weary’ Dunlop, the courageous doctor, who cares for the POWs as they endure malnutrition, disease and often inhuman treatment. Changi Brownlow is a story of courage and the invincibility of the human spirit, and highlights not only the Australian love of sport, but its power to offer consolation in times of extreme hardship.
The Faraway War
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Author : Richard Aldrich
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-11-27
The Faraway War written by Richard Aldrich and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with History categories.
Following the illuminating first-hand revelations about the war in Europe and the Middle East compiled in Witness to War, Richard Aldrich now taps into another huge variety of diarists to explore the Second World War in the Pacific. From the dramatic bombing of Pearl Harbor to the devastating moment when the atomic bomb was dropped upon Hiroshima, the war is brought to life through the diaries of people on all sides, with events recorded as they happened and drawn into a chronological account of the war by Aldrich's expert month-by-month commentary. The Faraway War offers a stunning and diverse range of diaries, focusing both on ordinary people, some of whose diaries are published here for the first time, and on more celebrated figures such as Evelyn Waugh, Charles Lindbergh, Harry Truman and Joyce Grenfell. With this second volume Richard Aldrich now completes the picture that he began with Witness to War, by creating an intimate and illuminating portrait of a whole world ravaged by war.
Boredom Is The Enemy
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Author : Amanda Laugesen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Boredom Is The Enemy written by Amanda Laugesen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with History categories.
War is often characterised as one percent terror, 99 per cent boredom. Whilst much ink has been spilt on the one per cent, relatively little work has been directed toward the other 99 per cent of a soldier's time. As such, this book will be welcomed by those seeking a fuller understanding of what makes soldiers endure war, and how they cope with prolonged periods of inaction. It explores the issue of military boredom and investigates how soldiers spent their time when not engaged in battle, work or training through a study of their creative, imaginative and intellectual lives. It examines the efforts of military authorities to provide solutions to military boredom (and the problem of discipline and morale) through the provisioning of entertainment and education, but more importantly explores the ways in which soldiers responded to such efforts, arguing that soldiers used entertainment and education in ways that suited them. The focus in the book is on Australians and their experiences, primarily during the First World War, but with subsequent chapters taking the story through the Second World War to the Vietnam War. This focus on a single national group allows questions to be raised about what might (or might not) be exceptional about the experiences of a particular national group, and the ways national identity can shape an individual's relationship and engagement with education and entertainment. It can also suggest the continuities and changes in these experiences through the course of three wars. The story of Australians at war illuminates a much broader story of the experience of war and people's responses to war in the twentieth century.
Missing Years
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Author : STU. LLOYD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Missing Years written by STU. LLOYD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Secrets Of Singapore
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Author : Lesley-Anne Tan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Secrets Of Singapore written by Lesley-Anne Tan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Airports categories.
The Sportsmen Of Changi
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Author : Kevin Blackburn
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2012
The Sportsmen Of Changi written by Kevin Blackburn and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Australian prisoners of war playing sport, at times with their captors, does not fit the picture embedded in the popular imagination of horror and suffering in Japanese POW camps during WWII. But incredibly, sport flourished amidst the hellish conditions in these camps. The Sportsmen of Changi is a moving account of diggers for whom sport was not just a means to boost morale and an escape from a dreadful reality, but a way of feeling human in the face of inhuman suffering. Captives played Aussie Rules football at the infamous Changi Prison, and tennis on the Burmese side of the Burma-Thailand Railway. They played soccer, cricket, baseball or basketball and sometimes their prison guards even joined in for a game. And there were many elite sportsmen in these ranks who were intent on reviving their sporting careers after returning home at war s end. What did sports in captivity mean to these soldiers? Did it prove that they were still tough fighting men despite defeat? Or was it their one link to normalcy, a poignant attempt to instil order in a maelstrom of humiliation, disease, violence and despair? The Sportsmen of Changi considers these questions with clarity, delving into the diaries of prisoners and other historical evidence overlooked until now."
Dignity Grace Of Ageing
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Author : Ee Heok Kua
language : en
Publisher: Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2007
Dignity Grace Of Ageing written by Ee Heok Kua and has been published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Aging categories.
Singapore Sling Shot
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Author : Andrew Grant
language : en
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Release Date : 2009-02-01
Singapore Sling Shot written by Andrew Grant and has been published by Monsoon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-01 with Fiction categories.
In book two in the Daniel Swann series, former British agent Daniel Swann is living in semi-retirement in Hong Kong when he receives a call for help from his old friend Thai drug lord Sami Somsak. Sami’s stepbrother and his family have been murdered, and Sami’s brainchild, the $6-billion Intella Island project, Singapore’s largest offshore construction, is in jeopardy. When Swann attempts to retrieve vital evidence hidden in Fort Siloso, a bloody gun battle erupts on Sentosa island, and staid, quiet Singapore becomes a raging battlefield. Chinese Triads, a ruthless Colombian drug cartel and a shipping container holding $2 billion dollars converge on Singapore as Swann and his associates battle to save the Intella Island project and seek their revenge on Singapore’s unscrupulous Thomas Lu—the man they call The Undertaker.
The Changi Camera
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Author : Tim Bowden
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-09
The Changi Camera written by Tim Bowden and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-09 with History categories.
In THE CHANGI CAMERA, acclaimed author Tim Bowden presents a unique record of one Australian soldier's experience of the fall of Singapore, captivity in Changi, and enduring the hell of the Thai-Burma Railway. George Aspinall was a keen photographer and, even in the very worst of conditions, he managed to take photos, process them, and so preserve for later generations the reality of incarceration. Along with George's own memories of those years, Tim Bowden has written a gripping and authoritative overview of what happened in Changi and on the Railway. This powerful narrative and unique collection of almost one hundred photographs combine to give us a raw and graphic account of just what George and thousands of his fellow Australians endured.