Prisoner of the Turnip Heads: The Fall of Hong Kong and the Imprisionment by the Japanese
George Wright-Nooth; Mark Adkin
ISBN 10: 0304352349 ISBN 13: 9780304352340
Verlag: Cassell, 2000
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It took endurance beyond belief. On Christmas Day, 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese Army, and George Wright-Nooth--along with many other British soldiers and personnel stationed there--became their prisoner. This is their shocking story, captured in Wright-Nooth's secret diary, kept at great risk. What unfolds is the horrifying tale of near starvation, cruel beatings, and massacres. The term "turnip heads" comes from the nickname that the Chinese called the Japanese, their long-time enemies.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: George Wright-Nooth CPM QPM was born in Kenya in 1917 where his father was an army officer. In 1938 he trained at the Metropolitan Police College in Hendon before being posted to Hong Kong. When the Japanese invaded Hong Kong in 1941 he was imprisoned at Stanley for four years. After the war he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry.
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Titel: Prisoner of the Turnip Heads: The Fall of ...
Verlag: Cassell
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
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