The Cowra Breakout
Not Rated
Starring: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith
Writer: N/A
Release Date:
April 16, 1985
April 16, 1985
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
7.0 / 10
Creator:
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Overview
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
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