Prisoners of the Empire

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Prisoners of the Empire

Author	: Sarah Kovner
File Size	: 52,9 Mb
Publisher	: Unknown
Language	: English
Release Date	: 15 September 2020
ISBN	: 9780674737617
Pages	: 337 pages

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Prisoners of the Empire by Sarah Kovner Book PDF Summary

Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.

Prisoners of the Empire by Sarah Kovner

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Prisoners of the Empire by Sarah Kovner

A pathbreaking account of World War II POW camps, challenging the longstanding belief that the Japanese Empire systematically mistreated Allied prisoners. In only five months, from the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the fall of Corregidor in May 1942, the Japanese Empire took prisoner more than 140,000 Allied servicemen and 130,000

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