Prisoners of the Empire
Title | Prisoners of the Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Kovner |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 067473761X |
Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.
Prisoners of the Japanese
Title | Prisoners of the Japanese PDF eBook |
Author | Gavan Daws |
Publisher | Pocket Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-05 |
Genre | Prisoners of war |
ISBN | 9781416511533 |
A devastating portrait of the suffering of Japanese-held POWs in the Second World War.
Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun
Title | Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Fujita |
Publisher | University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781574411317 |
During his time as a POW, Frank "Foo" Fujita kept a diary of daily happenings, embellished with drawings of life in the camp. He secreted the diary in the walls of his barracks, as the practice was forbidden. That diary forms the basis of these memoirs. Fujita's memoirs are also unique in that he was one of the fewer than nine hundred Americans taken prisoner on the island of Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita's account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the "Lost Battalion" of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish this memoir from others. At one point while a POW in Japan, Fujita was forced to be part of the Japanese radio group broadcasting propaganda. After the war, he testified at some of the war crime trials in San Francisco, and the diary on which this book is based was used as evidence in those trials.
Taken Captive
Title | Taken Captive PDF eBook |
Author | Ooka Shohei |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1996-04-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The harsh conditions, the daily routines that occupy a prisoner's time, and above all, the psychological struggles and behavioral quirks of captives forced to live in close confinement are conveyed with devastating simplicity and candor. Throughout, the author constantly probes his own conscience, questioning motivations and decisions. What emerges is a multileveled portrait of an individual determined to retain his humanity in an uncivilized environment.
Prisoner of Japan
Title | Prisoner of Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Harold Atcherley |
Publisher | Mereo Books |
Total Pages | 307 |
Release | 2013-04-19 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1909304557 |
In the course of the Second World War, more than a quarter of a million European and American soldiers were taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies and the Pacific. They went on to suffer years of deprivation and brutality, most of them failing to survive at all. Harold Atcherley was fortunate enough to be one of the survivors. Throughout his time as a prisoner, from the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942 until 14th September 1945, he kept a diary, which he was able to bring home with him. This book is based on that diary, along with other diaries and official documents. The original diary can now be viewed at The Imperial War Museum, London. He was fortunate enough to count among his friends and comrades the celebrated artist Ronald Searle, whose drawings have been used to illustrate his text; they give a far better impression of what life was like for a POW of the Japanese than mere words can, though neither words nor pictures could ever convey the appalling stench of disease and death on such a massive scale.
The Real Tenko
Title | The Real Tenko PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Felton |
Publisher | Grub Street Publishers |
Total Pages | 326 |
Release | 2010-03-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1848849664 |
The author of Children of the Camps delves into the harrowing true stories behind the TV drama: the fate of women held in Japanese captivity during WWII. This book details the treatment of Allied servicewomen, female civilians, and local women by the Japanese occupation forces, including the massacres of nurses (such as that at Alexandra Hospital, Singapore), disturbing atrocities on both Europeans and Asians, and accounts of imprisonment. It reveals how many ended up in Japanese hands when they should have been evacuated. Also covered are the hardships of long marches and the sexual enslavement of white and native women (so called “Comfort Women”). The book is a testimony both to the callous and cruel behavior of the Japanese and to the courage and fortitude of those who suffered at their hands. “This well-researched book has to be read.” —UK Ministry of Defence “The story of the Allied medical staff who were caught in Japan’s wave of terror during the Second World War . . . briefly follows the fate of Australian nursing survivors as they try to rebuild their shattered lives.” —Soldier Magazine “Accounts of Japanese brutality towards Allied prisoners of war are quite well known, but the fate of the tens of thousand[s] of Allied women and children who fell into their hands is not so familiar (at least since memories of the TV drama Tenko have faded). This harrowing account should go some way towards redressing that balance . . . an important piece of work looking at an aspect of the Second World War that should not be forgotten.” —HistoryOfWar.org
Lost Childhood
Title | Lost Childhood PDF eBook |
Author | Annelex Hofstra Layson |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 124 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781426303210 |
The author recounts her childhood experiences as a Japanese prisoner during World War II.