Lynette Ramsay Silver
Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence
- ISBN 13:
- 9781863514248
- author:
- Lynette Ramsay Silver
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Sally Milner Publishing Ptyltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 25.2 x 18.2 x 3.4 cm
- Genre:
- History, World History, World War II 1939-1945, Second World War, History / Military / World War II, Military History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Sandakan A Conspiracy of Silence by Lynette Ramsay Silver is a harrowing account of the lives and ultimate fate of the prisoners of war held at Sandakan POW camp in British North Borneo during World War II. In August 1945, as Allied forces celebrated Japan's surrender, only six survivors remained out of 2434 prisoners who had been sent to work on airfield construction in Singapore. The prisoners endured frequent beatings and were subjected to other forms of punishment, with many dying from malnutrition, maltreatment, disease, or being killed during brutal death marches. The Allied forces' failed rescue attempt in April 1945 was attributed to gross incompetence and faulty intelligence, leading to a policy of willful suppression of the truth. Through meticulous research and interviews with survivors, Lynette Silver has pieced together a detailed and readable account of this tragic period in history, shedding light on the atrocities committed at Sandakan POW camp.
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