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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783830503321

Autore

Havers R. P. W (Robin Paul Whittick), <1967, >

Titolo

Reassessing the Japanese prisoner of war experience : the Changi POW camp, Singapore, 1942-5 / / R.P.W. Havers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-78877-4

0-429-23149-0

1-135-78878-2

0-203-42301-1

1-280-02260-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/7252/095957

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

Prisoners of war - United States

Prisoners of war - Great Britain

Prisoners of war - Australia

Prisoners of war - Singapore - Changi

Changi (Singapore) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Preface; List of abbreviations; Life at the Changi prisoner of war camp, Singapore, 1942  5; Surrender and captivity: 15 February 1942; Initial POW adjustments to captivity: March  August 1942; The Selarang barrack square incident; Changi: September 1942  September 1943, part I; Changi: September 1942  September 1943, part II; Return from the railway: September 1943  May 1944; Changi gaol: May 1944  September 1945; Conclusions: bowed but not broken; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the history of the Changi Prisoner of War camp at Singapore between the surrender in 1942 and the eventual liberation by British forces in September 1945. It discusses the forms of POW resistance to the Japanese.