Ham, Paul
Sandakan
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784164348
- author:
- Ham, Paul
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Black Swan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 672
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.7 x 4 centimetres (0.4
- Genre:
- History,World History, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sandakan tells the harrowing story of the Borneo Death Marches of 1944-5. In 1942, British and Australian prisoners were transferred to a jungle camp at Sandakan, on the east coast of North Borneo, after the fall of Singapore. The Japanese Army subjected them to brutal treatment, including beatings, forced labour, torture, and imprisonment in bamboo cages.
The Allied bombing of coastal towns in late 1944 prompted the Japanese to abandon the camp and move the prisoners 250 miles inland to Ranau. The journey became known as the Sandakan Death marches, with only six survivors out of over a thousand prisoners who set out on the epic marches. This book is both their story and the story of those who fell.
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