1. Prisoners of War
In later stages of the war some of the prisoners were shifted further North into Southeast Asia, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and Japan itself. ... One in three Australian prisoners of war had died, making this prisoner of war ordeal responsible for more than half the deaths of the entire war. The Prisoners of war had a rather dramatic effect for the war effort and for the victim's families back home as very limited contact or reassurance was made by the Japanese Soldiers. ... In the Malayn campaign Australians managed to hold up the Japanese advance to great effect. ... This was mainly...
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