BANZAI, YOU BASTARDS!
by Jack Edwards
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st UK. 1991
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. This book takes the lid off one of the great untold stories of World War II. Allied prisoners of war on Taiwan faced starvation, beatings, torture, slave labour. There was an additional terror on Taiwan known as the 'hell mine' of Kinkaseki where the prisoners slaved underground in conditionss of extreme danger to dig the copper ore... Black boards, red title to spine. B/w photos.
Foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.
ISBN: 028563027X
Stock no. 1828492
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- TAIWAN
- COPPER