This is the horrific story of the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp during the closing years of World War II. Only six Australians survived, and details the bungled rescue attempt, where almost all the men died because of mistakes within the senior ranks.
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Seller: solisjbooks, Port Kembla, NSW, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Revised and updated edition. Seller Inventory # 007960
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Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised edition reprinted. 3rd Revised edition reprinted 2003 Large Soft Cover SIGNED by Lynette Ramsay Silver very good book, corners and edges lightly rubbed,crease to rear cover. Contents bright and clean. No inscription. 400 pages with index. 8 Appendices. Maps. Illustrations. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 0018703
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Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Lynettes Ramsay Silver, through painstaking research and interviews with survivors, as well as a study of Japanese records, has pieced together a detailed and highly readable account of the lives and ultimate fate of Sandakan's POWs. She tells a totally gripping and horrifying tale, not only of the prisoners, but the reasons why they, and their story, became World War 2's most deadly secret. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003161
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