| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Series |
Australian History Ser |
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Australian History Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- About This Book -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Prelude: Kuronbo -- Chapter 1 Brothers in Arms -- Chapter 2 To War -- Chapter 3 The Fall -- Chapter 4 Captured -- Chapter 5 Changi -- Chapter 6 Adam Park -- Chapter 7 C Force -- Chapter 8 Kobe -- Chapter 9 Kawasaki -- Chapter 10 Sickness -- Chapter 11 Hunger -- Chapter 12 Violence -- Chapter 13 News -- Chapter 14 Santa -- Chapter 15 Fire -- Chapter 16 Ikuno -- Chapter 17 Yoshi -- Chapter 18 Liberation -- Chapter 19 Osaka -- Chapter 20 Justice -- Chapter 21 Home -- Roll of Honour -- Acknowledgments |
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Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of C Force - the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war shipped from Singapore to Japan in November 1942. These men worked in the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe before the American firebombing campaign razed the city, and then the infamous Fukuoka coal mine before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought World War II to an end. When the Japanese seized most of South-East Asia in early 1942, they captured 22,000 Australian military personnel. More than a third would die over the next three years from malnutrition, disease and violent abuse. The horrors of the Thai-Burma Railway and Sandakan are well documented. Less well known is the fate of the 3800 Australians sent to work as slave labourers in the factories and mines of mainland Japan. The Emperor's Grace is a compelling story of hardship, heroism and endurance - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit - told for the first time from the unpublished diaries, memoirs and personal accounts of the men who survived.--Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2021) |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australians
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Prisoners of war -- Japan
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Australians -- Japan
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
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Australians
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Prisoners of war
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1922464058 |
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9781922464040 |
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192246404X |
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9781922464057 |
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