Singapore and The Thailand Burma Railway

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II
Cover of the book Singapore and The Thailand Burma Railway by Lt. Col. Alfred E. Knights, Arena Books
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Author: Lt. Col. Alfred E. Knights ISBN: 9781909421127
Publisher: Arena Books Publication: January 14, 2013
Imprint: Arena Books Language: English
Author: Lt. Col. Alfred E. Knights
ISBN: 9781909421127
Publisher: Arena Books
Publication: January 14, 2013
Imprint: Arena Books
Language: English

This book presents one of the most vivid descriptions of day-to-day life in a Japanese POW labour camp to have appeared so far. The story follows the experiences of the Norfolk Territorial Regiment from 1942 to 1945, under the command of Lt. Col. Knights, during and aftrer the fall of Singapore.

     Many will recollent having seen the film, The Bridge on The River Kwai. It tended to finctionalise certain matters of fact. This book, drawn directly from a memoir only recently uncovered, reveals that the Japnese designed railway was successfully completed with the forced labout of Allied troops in conjunction with Chinese and Malay captives.

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This book presents one of the most vivid descriptions of day-to-day life in a Japanese POW labour camp to have appeared so far. The story follows the experiences of the Norfolk Territorial Regiment from 1942 to 1945, under the command of Lt. Col. Knights, during and aftrer the fall of Singapore.

     Many will recollent having seen the film, The Bridge on The River Kwai. It tended to finctionalise certain matters of fact. This book, drawn directly from a memoir only recently uncovered, reveals that the Japnese designed railway was successfully completed with the forced labout of Allied troops in conjunction with Chinese and Malay captives.

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