The sinking of the Lisbon Maru : Britain's forgotten wartime tragedy /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©2006.
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| Summary: | 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 previously studied in any depth, the sinking of the Lisbon Maru was the most costly American on British ""Friendly Fire"" incident of the Second World War. Of the 4,500 of Hong Kong's garrison who perished during the war, 1,000 died directly or indirectly from this sinking. From American, British, H. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789882203662 9882203663 9789888083138 9888083139 1283016745 9781283016742 9786613016744 6613016748 |