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River Kwai Railway
Using recently released Japanese material, together with accounts from the prisoners themselves, this book offers a record of the the building of the railway over the River Kwai.
Churchill's Crusade
The story of Britain's invasion of Russia at the end of the First World War has remained largely untold. Although not its initial architect, its chief advocate, was the passionately anti-Bolshevik, Winston Churchill. Churchill's Crusade is the first complete account of a unique military operation - one which, if it had succeeded, would have changed the history of Russia, Europe and the World.
Scapegoat
This biography evaluates General Percival in the context of his military service as well as his generalship during the critical Malayan campaign and the surrender of Singapore. It also covers his years as a POW of the Japanese & his post-war activities.
Maritime Legacy
Who is Maritime Legacy Peter N. Davies was a British economic historian with interests in the port of Liverpool, sea-based trade with West Africa, the Canary Islands and Japan, the international fruit trade and the military history of the River Kwai campaign in World War II. He was an Emeritus Professor in the School of History at the University of Liverpool, England. How you will benefit (I) Insights about the following: Chapter 1: Peter Davies (economic historian) Chapter 2: The Bridge on the River Kwai Chapter 3: Burma Railway Chapter 4: Hellfire Pass Chapter 5: Kanchanaburi Chapter 6: Kanchanaburi province Chapter 7: Three Pagodas Pass Chapter 8: Khwae Noi River Chapter 9: Mawlamyine Cha...
Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire
During the Pacific War the Japanese government used a wide range of methods to recruit workers for construction projects throughout the occupied territories. Mistreatment of workers was a major grievance, both in widely publicized cases such as the use of prisoners of war and forced Asian labor to construct the Thailand-Burma "Death" Railway, and in a very large number of smaller projects. In this book an international group of specialists on the Occupation period examine the labor needs and the recruitment and use of workers (whether forced, military, or otherwise) throughout the Japanese empire. This is the first study to look at Japanese labor policies comparatively across all the occupied territories of Asia during the war years. It also provides a graphic context for examining Japanese colonialism and relations between the Japanese and the people living in the various occupied territories.
Prisoners of the Home Front
Little is known of the internment of German prisoners of war, civilians and merchant seamen on Canadian soil during the Second World War. In the midst of the most destructive conflict in human history, almost 40,000 Germans were detained in twenty-five permanent internment camps and dozens of smaller work camps located across Canada. Five of these permanent camps were located on the southern shores of the St. Lawrence River at Farnham, Grande Ligne, Ile-aux-Noix, Sherbrooke, and Sorel in the province of Quebec. Martin Auger’s book provides a fascinating insight into the internment operation in southern Quebec. The study examines the organization and day-to-day affairs of internment camps, ...
Maritimes Erbe
Wer ist Maritimes Erbe? Peter N. Davies war ein britischer Wirtschaftshistoriker mit Interesse am Hafen von Liverpool, dem Seehandel mit Westafrika, den Kanarischen Inseln und anderen Japan, der internationale Obsthandel und die Militärgeschichte des Fluss-Kwai-Feldzugs im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Er war emeritierter Professor an der School of History der University of Liverpool, England. Wie Sie profitieren werden (I) Einblicke in Folgendes : Kapitel 1: Peter Davies (Wirtschaftshistoriker) Kapitel 2: Die Brücke am Kwai Kapitel 3: Burma-Eisenbahn Kapitel 4: Höllenfeuerpass Kapitel 5: Kanchanaburi Kapitel 6: Provinz Kanchanaburi Kapitel 7: Drei-Pagoden-Pass Kapitel 8: Khwae Noi River Kapitel 9: ...
