| 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.
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.
