“DEATH On The HELLSHIPS.” Prisoners At Sea In The Pacific War. By Gregory F. Michno. Though the Japanese treatment of prisoners of war during World War II has been written about before, only with this detailed chronicle will readers come to appreciate the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. It is a disturbing story; many believe the Bataan Death March pales by comparison. Survivors describe their ordeal in the Japanese hellships as absolute worst experience of their captivity. Greg Michno draws on American, British, Australian, and Dutch POW accounts as well as Japanese convoy histories, recently declassified radio intelligence reports, and a wealth of archive sources to present for the first time a detailed picture of what happened. More than 126,000 Allied prisoners were transported in hellships with more than 21,000 fatalities. 2001 first edition Hardback with dust jacket. Jacket is wrapped in clear protective plastic. 366 pages, 20 black and white photos, several maps, appendix, and an index. Small 1 by 1-1/2 inch light colored stain on the bottom of page 37, readability of text is not effected.
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Wake Island – By James P.S. Devereux
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