Their story begins in the fall of 1941, when almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at Hong Kong. In the seventeen-day battle for the colony following the Japanese attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story - how the Canadians survived the horrid conditions of the Japanese POW camps - lasts three and a half years. Despite the circumstances, the surviving Canadians remained unbowed and unbroken. Theirs is ...
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Their story begins in the fall of 1941, when almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at Hong Kong. In the seventeen-day battle for the colony following the Japanese attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story - how the Canadians survived the horrid conditions of the Japanese POW camps - lasts three and a half years. Despite the circumstances, the surviving Canadians remained unbowed and unbroken. Theirs is a story of determination and valour, of resilience and faith."--pub. desc.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1554682193. DJ and boards shows light shelf wear, remainer dot on top page edges.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 462 pages; "The Damned tells the largely unknown saga of Canada's first land battle of the Second World War--fought in the hills and valleys of Hong Kong in December 1941--and the terrible years the survivors of the battle spent as slave labourers for the Empire of Japan."
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; [The true story of the Canadian defeat at Hong Kong and the harrowing POW experience. ] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. "The Damned tells the largely unknown saga of Canada's first land battle of the Second World War-fought in the hills and valleys of Hong Kong in December 1941--and the terrible years the survivors of the battle spent as slave laborers for the Empire of Japan."
