Guests of the emperor :: the secret history of Japan's Mukden POW camp /

In World War II, over 36,000 American men, mostly military but some civilian, were thrown into Japanese POW camps and forced to labor for companies working for Japan s war effort. At Japan s largest fixed military prison camp, Mitsubishi s huge factory complex at Mukden, Manchuria, more than 2,000 A...

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1. Verfasser: Holmes, Linda Goetz (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:In World War II, over 36,000 American men, mostly military but some civilian, were thrown into Japanese POW camps and forced to labor for companies working for Japan s war effort. At Japan s largest fixed military prison camp, Mitsubishi s huge factory complex at Mukden, Manchuria, more than 2,000 American prisoners where subjected to cold, starvation, beatings, and even medical experiments, while manufacturing parts for Zero fighter planes. Those lucky enough to survive required the efforts of an OSS rescue team and a special recovery unit to make it home alive. Holmes, who spent two decades t.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781612513829
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