Author: SPURLING, KATHRYN.
Title: Abandoned And Sacrificed The Tragedy of the Montevideo Maru.
Description: 8vo; pp. 303; bibliography, acknowledgements, about the author; stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy. (London. Sydney. Auckland), New Holland, (2017). Personal stories of the Australian soldiers and nurses who served in New Britain, the account of pre-war Rabaul and its local inhabitants, and analysis of the decisions made by the military leadership of the day, the author crafts a compelling narrative and commentary. Together the stories and observations build inexorably to their heartbreaking conclusion - the defeat of Rabaul, the massacre of Australian soldiers and local volunteers and other civilians, and the terrible loss of over 1000 souls on the Japanese POW ship, Montevideo Maru, ant the hands of a US submarine.
Keywords: Autralian military history Battle of Rabaul Montevideo Maru World War II second World War Montevideo Maru Japanese POW ship
Title: Abandoned And Sacrificed The Tragedy of the Montevideo Maru.
Description: 8vo; pp. 303; bibliography, acknowledgements, about the author; stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy. (London. Sydney. Auckland), New Holland, (2017). Personal stories of the Australian soldiers and nurses who served in New Britain, the account of pre-war Rabaul and its local inhabitants, and analysis of the decisions made by the military leadership of the day, the author crafts a compelling narrative and commentary. Together the stories and observations build inexorably to their heartbreaking conclusion - the defeat of Rabaul, the massacre of Australian soldiers and local volunteers and other civilians, and the terrible loss of over 1000 souls on the Japanese POW ship, Montevideo Maru, ant the hands of a US submarine.
Keywords: Autralian military history Battle of Rabaul Montevideo Maru World War II second World War Montevideo Maru Japanese POW ship
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 108378
- Book number: 108378