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1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Three weeks after Imperial Japan's surrender, five men dressed in baggy khaki uniforms stared at the camera. They and two colleagues were the only survivors out of the 210 Allied airmen which Imperial Japan had imprisoned in "paradise." Joining them were 18 British soldiers, the only survivors of 600 of their countrymen similarly but separately imprisoned. Another 10,000 Allied soldiers and civilians were also imprisoned on the South Pacific island of New Britain. More than half died before liberation. What motivated such inhumane treatment? This book's quest for an answer traces the genesis. |
| Contents |
The world between wars -- The emperor's sword and shield -- Riding the tiger -- Roosevelt on a tight rope -- The empire strikes -- America unites -- Fortifying paradise -- Setting the stage "down under" -- Paradise besieged -- Paradise destroyed -- Surviving paradise -- Free at last! -- Reflections -- Epilogue -- Appendices. A. SWPA POWs; B. SWPA Allied POWs -- C. SWPA Allied POWs transferred to Japan -- D. SWPA POWs who died in captivity -- E. SWPA POWs executed -- F. SWPA airmen not POWs or unidentified -- G. SWPA abbreviations and aircraft list |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisoners of war -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Japan.
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Bushido.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul.
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Australasian & Pacific history. |
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Second World War. |
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Prisoners of war. |
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Atrocities |
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Bushido |
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Military campaigns |
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Prisoners of war |
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Japan https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkT7GyCmyjxytDfqk6Yfq |
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Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRFKdMRVty4tmQTg4Tdp |
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Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtMpm8kHkQktQ4RxDXyBP |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1527570967 9781527570962 (OCoLC)1258782356 |
| ISBN |
1527575462 (electronic book) |
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9781527575462 (electronic bk.) |
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1527570967 |
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9781527570962 |
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