The Sumatra Railroad
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The Sumatra Railroad
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Author : Henk Hovinga
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Sumatra Railroad written by Henk Hovinga and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Railroads categories.
The Sumatra Railroad
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Author : H. Hovinga
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The Sumatra Railroad written by H. Hovinga and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
This is the gripping historical tragedy of the 220 km railroad that bored its way through the hot, humid Sumatran jungle during World War II. The railway was commissioned by Japan and built with the blood and tears of Allied prisoners of war and press-ganged Javanese romushas. Henk Hovinga interviewed nearly one hundred former railroad workers and did painstaking archival research. The result is a moving book, richly illustrated with numerous authentic drawings of life in the internment camps, charts and photographs.
Prisoners Of The Sumatra Railway
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Author : Lizzie Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-12-14
Prisoners Of The Sumatra Railway written by Lizzie Oliver and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-14 with History categories.
Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupation. It is also the first study to be undertaken of the life-writing of POWs held captive by the Japanese during the Second World War, and the transgenerational responses in Britain to this period of captivity. This book brings to light previously unpublished materials, including: · Exceptionally rare and detailed diaries, notebooks and letters from the railway · Memoirs from Sumatra, including detailed recollections and post-war statements written by key personnel on the railway, such as Medical Officers and interpreters · Remarkable original artwork created by POWs on Sumatra · Contemporaneous photographs taken inside the camps Employing theories of life-writing, memory and war representation, including transgenerational transmission, Lizzie Oliver focuses particularly on what these documents can tell us about how former POWs tried to share, preserve and make sense of their experiences. It is a wholly original study that is of great value to Second World War scholars and anyone interested in 20th-century Southeast Asian history or war and memory.
Death And Deprivation On The Forgotten Sumatra Railway
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Author : James H. Banton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-09-15
Death And Deprivation On The Forgotten Sumatra Railway written by James H. Banton and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James Henry Banton was born in Burton on Trent in 1920. He worked as a driver of a steam locomotive used to transport beer and supplies to breweries around the town. When war broke out Jim joined the RAF, eventually becoming a Leading Aircraftsman as part of the RAF’s ground crew. During this time Jim had met the love of his life Dorothy Mason. Jim didn't know that when he left Gladstone Dock in Liverpool he would not see home or his family including Dorothy for another four and a half years. Eventually posted to the Far East he was captured by the Japanese in the hills on the island of Java. Used as slave labour, starved, beaten and witnessing death on a daily basis he was later put to work on the building of the Sumatra Railway. The Far East Prisoners of war became known as the Forgotten Army, however there has been little reference paid to the Sumatra Railway compared with other theatres of WW2. With this in mind the prisoners who worked on the Sumatra Railway could be considered to be the ‘Forgotten of the Forgotten Army’. In August 1945 the world celebrated victory in Europe, however for the FEPOW’s the war dragged on. As parts of the world were trying to return to normality Jim and his colleagues were being made to dig their own graves in the Sumatra jungle. The FEPOW’s lives hung in the balance as orders had been issued to murder all POW’s should mainland Japan be invaded by the Allies. This book is Jim’s story and it is hoped it will also be a reminder not only of the sacrifice of the Forgotten Army but also highlight the suffering of the ‘Forgotten of the Forgotten Army’ – The Sumatra Railway POW’s.
Traces Of War
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Author : Jan Banning
language : en
Publisher: Trolley Press
Release Date : 2005
Traces Of War written by Jan Banning and has been published by Trolley Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Dutch photographer Jan Banning has interviewed and photographed 24 of the survivors of the Burma and Sumatra railways. The haunting images in this book show them as they worked, naked from the waist up. The words elicit, with a matter-of-fact disinterest, the misery of their constant understanding of death.
Pow On The Sumatra Railway
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Author : Christine Bridges
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2022-08-11
Pow On The Sumatra Railway written by Christine Bridges and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Geoffrey Lee (always known as Geoff) joined the RAF on his 20th birthday in June 1941. He left Liverpool on a troop ship in December 1941, with no idea where he was going. He eventually arrived in Java, where he was captured by the Japanese, along with many others. During his time in captivity, he survived several camps in Java, Ambon and Singapore and three hell ship journeys. After being washed ashore in Sumatra, (as a ferry he was being transported on blew up), he was then recaptured and suffered sheer hell as a slave on the Sumatra Railway. Enduring bouts of malaria, beri beri, tropical ulcers and a starvation diet was bad enough, but this was exacerbated by the searing heat and extreme cruelty meted out to the prisoners by the Japanese and Korean guards. Geoff miraculously survived, weighing just 6 stone when he arrived back in Liverpool in December 1945. After his release he found he had difficulty in convincing people where he had been as no one had heard of the “Sumatra Railway”, only the other one, thousands of miles away in Burma. Letters to newspapers were returned as ‘Just another Burma Railway story’. The Ministry of Defence, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and The Imperial War Museum had no records of POW’s building a railway in Sumatra. So began Geoff’s journey, his aim... to prove to the establishment what he already knew to be true. This is Geoff's story of his captivity, release, and subsequent efforts in achieving his aim.
Railroad Of Death
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Author : John Coast
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
Railroad Of Death written by John Coast and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with Burma-Siam Railway categories.
The experiences of a British officer captured by the Japanese in Singapore, who worked on the Bangkok-Moulmein railway.
Programs Of Japan In Sumatra With Biographies
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Author : United States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Analysis Branch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Programs Of Japan In Sumatra With Biographies written by United States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Analysis Branch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Indonesia categories.
River Kwai Railway
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Author : Clifford Kinvig
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books
Release Date : 1992
River Kwai Railway written by Clifford Kinvig and has been published by Potomac Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the building of the Burma-Siam Railway, this book examines the episode in its strategic, logistic and manpower contexts. Its purposes, planning, construction and ultimate contribution to Japan's overall strategy are assessed from the perspective not only of the Japanese soldiers and the Allied prisoners, but also of the Burmese and Indian labourers whose plight has less frequently been considered.
Report On The Use Of Metal Railroad Ties And On Preservative Processes And Metal Tie Plates For Wooden Ties
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Author : Edward Ernest Russell Tratman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Report On The Use Of Metal Railroad Ties And On Preservative Processes And Metal Tie Plates For Wooden Ties written by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Railroad ties categories.