The sinking of the Lisbon Maru : Britain's forgotten wartime tragedy

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banham, Tony, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lisbon Maru (Ship)
1939-1945
Geschichte 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Military operations, Naval > American
Military operations, Naval > Submarine
Prisoners of war
Shipwrecks
Marine
Pazifikkrieg > 1941-1945
Lisbon Maru
Schiffsuntergang
Britischer Kriegsgefangener
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Abbreviations; Dramatis Personae; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1
  • Introduction; 2
  • The Loss of Hong Kong; 3
  • Prisoners of War: Hong Kong, 1942; 4
  • The Ship: Lisbon Maru; 5
  • The Boat: USS Grouper; 6
  • "Hot, Straight and Normal!": 1 October; 7
  • "Abandon Ship!": 2 October, a.m.; 8
  • The Long Swim: 2 October, p.m.; 9
  • Survival and Death: 3 and 4 October; 10
  • Shanghai: 5 and 6 October; 11
  • Back at Sea: 7 to 9 October; 12
  • Japan: 10 October; 13
  • Prisoners of War: Japan, 1942 to 1943; 14
  • Prisoners of War: Japan, 1944 to 1945; 15
  • Liberation; 16
  • Reunion.

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