$26.83
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
27 July 2022
Summary
The riveting story of the missing piece of Australia’s World War II history, told by bestselling historian Mat McLachlan.
During World War II, in the town of Cowra in central New South Wales, Japanese prisoners of war were held in a POW camp. By August 1944, over a thousand were interned and on the icy night of August 5th they staged one of the largest prison breakouts in history, launching the only land battle of World War II to be fought on Australian soil. Five Australian soldiers …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733647628 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733647626 |
| Author: | Mat McLachlan |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Mat McLachlan
Mat McLachlan is one of Australia’s leading battlefield historians and media presenters in the history space. He is also the author of Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide and The Cowra Breakout, and the founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, which sends thousands of Australians to visit battlefields around the world each year.
As a media presenter, Mat is a regular on TV and radio and in print. He produces and hosts three of the leading history podcasts in Australia: Living History, BattleWalks and Pete & Gary’s Military History. He appears regularly as a history expert on all major Australian television and radio networks, and reaches over five million viewers on YouTube each year.
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