The sinking of the Lisbon Maru : Britain's forgotten wartime tragedy /

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Almost 2,000 British Prisoners of War were aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru when an American submarine torpedoed and sank her in October 1942. This book tells the story of those men, from the fighting in Hong Kong, through the sinking, and for some, to liberation and beyond. Although never...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Banham, Tony, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Lisbon Maru (Ship)
1939-1945
Geschichte 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain.
Prisonniers de guerre > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations sous-marines.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales américaines.
Naufrages > Pacifique, Océan.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Military operations, Naval > American.
Military operations, Naval > Submarine.
Prisoners of war.
Shipwrecks.
Marine
Pazifikkrieg > 1941-1945
Lisbon Maru
Schiffsuntergang
Britischer Kriegsgefangener
Great Britain.
Pacific Ocean.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Abbreviations; Dramatis Personae; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1
  • Introduction; 2
  • The Loss of Hong Kong; 3
  • Prisoners of War: Hong Kong, 1942; 4
  • The Ship: Lisbon Maru; 5
  • The Boat: USS Grouper; 6
  • "Hot, Straight and Normal!": 1 October; 7
  • "Abandon Ship!": 2 October, a.m.; 8
  • The Long Swim: 2 October, p.m.; 9
  • Survival and Death: 3 and 4 October; 10
  • Shanghai: 5 and 6 October; 11
  • Back at Sea: 7 to 9 October; 12
  • Japan: 10 October; 13
  • Prisoners of War: Japan, 1942 to 1943; 14
  • Prisoners of War: Japan, 1944 to 1945; 15
  • Liberation; 16
  • Reunion.

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