The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy | 
 enlarge | Author: Tony Banham
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1577241
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 9622097715
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.547252
EAN: 9789622097711
ASIN: 9622097715
Publication Date: March 31, 2007
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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. This was the most costly American-on-British "friendly fire" incident of the Second World War. From American, British, Hong Kong, and Japanese sources, this work reconstructs the fateful voyage of the Lisbon Maru, and the experiences of the captives, the captors, and those on board the submarine that sank her.
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