Surviving The Burma Death Railway
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Surviving The Burma Death Railway
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Author : Guus Fonteijn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-15
Surviving The Burma Death Railway written by Guus Fonteijn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-15 with categories.
Diary of a Dutch, Jewish prisoner on the Thai-Burma railway during WWII. This is a harrowing account of forced labour in the jungle under horrific conditions of privation and disease.
Last Man Out
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Author : H. Robert Charles
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2006-11-15
Last Man Out written by H. Robert Charles and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-15 with History categories.
An American Marine recounts his ordeal as a World War II POW forced by the Japanese to build the railway immortalized in The Bridge on the River Kwai. From June 1942 to October 1943, more than 100,000 Allied POWs who had been forced into slave labor by the Japanese died building the infamous Burma-Thailand Death Railway, an undertaking immortalized in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. One of the few who survived was American Marine H. Robert Charles, who describes the ordeal in vivid and harrowing detail in Last Man Out. The story mixes the unimaginable brutality of the camps with the inspiring courage of the men, such as a Dutch Colonial Army doctor whose skill and knowledge of the medicinal value of wild jungle herbs saved the lives of hundreds of his fellow POWs, including the author. Praise for Last Man Out “A remarkable story, long overdue, of the treatment of POW’s captured by Japan.” —Arthur L. Maher, USN, Senior officer to survive sinking of the USS Houston, POW of the Japanese in World War II “In World War II, to move materials and troops from Japan to Burma by avoiding the perilous sea route around the Malay Peninsula, the Japanese military built a railroad through the jungles of Thailand and Burma at great human cost to its prisoner laborers. Last Man Out is an effective addition to the history of this tragedy.” —Library Journal
Last Man Out
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Author : H. Robert Charles
language : en
Publisher: Motorbooks
Release Date : 2006-11-01
Last Man Out written by H. Robert Charles and has been published by Motorbooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From June 1942 to October 1943, more than 100,000 Allied POWs who had been forced into slave labor by the Japanese died building the infamous Burma-Thailand Death Railway, an undertaking immortalized in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." One of the few who survived was American Marine H. Robert Charles, who describes the ordeal in vivid and harrowing detail in Last Man Out. The story mixes the unimaginable brutality of the camps with the inspiring courage of the men, including a Dutch Colonial Army doctor whose skill and knowledge of the medicinal value of wild jungle herbs saved the lives of hundreds of his fellow POWs, including the author.
Surviving The Death Railway
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Author : Barry Custance Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Surviving The Death Railway written by Barry Custance Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labor by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not to be horrified and moved by their stoic courage in the face of inhuman brutality, appalling hardship and ever-present death. While Barry Custance Baker was enduring his 1000 days of captivity, his young wife Phyllis was attempting to correspond with him and the families of Barry's unit. Fortunately these moving letters have been preserved and appear, edited by their daughter Hilary, in this book along with Barry's graphic memoir written after the War. Surviving the Death Railway's combination of first-hand account, correspondence and comment provide a unique insight into the long nightmare experienced by those in the Far East and at home. The result is a powerful and inspiring account of one of the most shameful chapters in the history of mankind which makes for compelling reading.
Surviving The Death Railway
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Author : Hilary Custance Green
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-08-31
Surviving The Death Railway written by Hilary Custance Green and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with History categories.
The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the Burma Railway have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not to be horrified and moved by their stoic courage in the face of inhuman brutality, appalling hardship and ever-present death.While Barry Custance Baker was enduring his 1000 days of captivity, his young wife Phyllis was attempting to correspond with him and the families of Barrys unit. Fortunately these moving letters have been preserved and appear, edited by their daughter Hilary, in this book along with Barrys graphic memoir written after the War. Surviving the Death Railways combination of first-hand account, correspondence and comment provide a unique insight into the long nightmare experienced by those in the Far East and at home. The result is a powerful and inspiring account of one of the most shameful chapters in the history of mankind which makes for compelling reading.
Survival On The Death Railway And Nagasaki
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Author : Jim Brigginshaw
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-06-30
Survival On The Death Railway And Nagasaki written by Jim Brigginshaw and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-30 with History categories.
This is a remarkable and unique story of Jim Brigginshaw. Having been captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in 1942, Jim was first sent to work in Burma, to build what has become known as the Death Railway. Unlike many of his comrades, Jim survived this ordeal, only to be transferred to Nagasaki, Japan, where he was sent to work in the mines of Sendryu.Jim describes how the conditions in the 'Hell pits of Sendryu' were even worse than those experienced in Burma, but were ultimately the reason why he survived the war. On the 9th August 1945, the Americans, dropped the second nuclear bomb on Nagaski. Jim was fortunately underground at the time, but through this book re-lives the harrowing aftermath of the attack when the ground shook violently.
Burma Railway Medicine
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Author : Geoffrey V. Gill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Burma Railway Medicine written by Geoffrey V. Gill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Prisoners of war categories.
The 'Death Railway' was very well named. More correctly called the Burma or Thai-Burma Railway, it was a major project during Allied Far East imprisonment under the Japanese. Over 60,000 prisoners worked on its construction, the majority of whom were British, and some 20 per cent died before release in 1945. Working conditions were appalling, the climate inhospitable, and food supplies grossly inadequate, making the POWs terribly vulnerable to a plethora of tropical infections and syndromes of malnutrition. No medical care was given by their Japanese captors, and it fell to the Allied POW doctors and medical orderlies to treat the sick, which they did with little in the way of medical equipment or drugs.
A Thousand Cups Of Rice
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Author : Kyle Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
A Thousand Cups Of Rice written by Kyle Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
A Thousand Cups of Rice by Kyle Thompson, is an intimate account of what happened to this American teenager when he and his battalion of field artillery men were captured early in the war, and spent three and one half years under the heel of Imperial Japanese Army. This small group of mostly Texas National Guardsmen along with hundreds of thousands of Allied POWs and Asian coolie laborers were forced to undergo inhuman mental and physical stress while constructing the 265-mile "Death Railway" through the jungles of Burma and Thailand, and before it was completed in late 1943, more than 100,000 of them had been killed or died of horrible diseases. The heartless Asian monsoon contributed to these deaths, but mostly they were caused by long hours of hard labor, an extreme shortage of food, and little or no medical treatment for the numerous jungle diseases that struck these laborers.
The Thailand Burma Railway 1942 1946 Voluntary Accounts
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Author : Paul H. Kratoska
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
The Thailand Burma Railway 1942 1946 Voluntary Accounts written by Paul H. Kratoska and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Hellfire
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Author : Bill Toon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Hellfire written by Bill Toon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.