Ambon: The truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ambon: The truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roger Maynard
SeriesHachette Military Collection
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreTrue War and Combat Stories
Prose - non-fiction
Australia, New Zealand & Pacific history
Second world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780733636622
ClassificationsDewey:940.5472598
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Australia
Imprint Hachette Australia
Publication Date 9 August 2016
Publication Country Australia

Description

'a compelling account of one of World War II's most brutal prisoner of war camps' DAILY TELEGRAPH In February 1942 the Indonesian island of Ambon fell to the might of the advancing Japanese war machine. Among the captured Allied forces was a unit of 1150 Australian soldiers known as Gull Force, who had been sent to defend the island - a strategy doomed from the very beginning. Several hundred Australians were massacred in cold blood soon after the Japanese invasion. But that was only the start of a catalogue of horrors for the men who survived: incarcerated, beaten and often tortured by their captors, the brutality they endured lasted for the next three and a half years. And in this hellhole of despair and evil, officers and men turned against each other as discipline and morale broke down. Yet the epic struggle also produced heroic acts of kindness and bravery. Just over 300 of these gallant men lived to tell of those grim days behind the barbed wire. In AMBON, survivors speak of not just the horrors, but of the courage, endurance and mateship that helped them survive. The story of AMBON is one of depravity and of memories long buried - but also the triumph of the human spirit. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.

Author Biography

Roger Maynard is a former BBC reporter and correspondent for THE TIMES, THE INDEPENDENT and CNBC. A past president of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Australia, he has been a journalist for nearly five decades. He is the author of six books of true crime and military history. For more information visit www.RogerMaynard.com.au

Reviews

a compelling account of one of World War II's most brutal prisoner of war camps - DAILY TELEGRAPH