Victory in defeat : the Wake Island defenders in captivity /

Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941. The highly regarded military historian Gregory Urwin spent decades researching what happened and now offers a revealing look at the U.S. Marines,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Naval Institute Press, 2011.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Wake Island > Biography.
Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > China > Shanghai.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Wake Island.
History.
History
Prisonniers de guerre > Wake > Biographies.
Bataille de Wake, Wake, 1941.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Camps d'internement > Chine > Shanghai.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Wake.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
Internment camps
Prisoners of war
China > Shanghai
Japan
United States
Wake Island
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. "issue in doubt": the siege of wake island; 2. "the emperor has ... presented you with your lives" the shock of capture; 3. "very odd people indeed" the first twenty-four hours in captivity; 4. "the japanese continue to treat us with respect" a deceptively gentle transition to POW life; 5. "a real hell ship" from wake island to yokohama on the nitta maru; 6. "never had i felt so desolate or so weary"from murder at sea to despair on land; 7. "the most painful days we spent in prison camp" hitting bottom at woosung.

Similar Items