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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
Tony Banham
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Description for The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
Almost 2,000 British Prisoners of War were aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru when an American submarine torpedoed and sank her in October 1942. This book tells the story of those men, from the fighting in Hong Kong, through the sinking, and - for some - to liberation and beyond.
Almost 2,000 British Prisoners of War were aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru when an American submarine torpedoed and sank her in October 1942. This book tells the story of those men, from the fighting in Hong Kong, through the sinking, and - for some - to liberation and beyond.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789888083138
SKU
V9789888083138
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-1
About Tony Banham
Tony Banham is a long-term resident of Hong Kong, having arrived in the 1980s. He has been studying the Battle of Hong Kong for well over a decade and has written on the subject, aided in the production of numerous television documentaries, and helped many children of veterans in their researches into their fathers' war years. His first book on the topic, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, was jointly published by Hong Kong University Press and the University of British Columbia Press in 2003.
Reviews for The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
a well-composed, far-ranging story, ... a carefully researched book International History Review