Operation Kingfisher
The cancelled rescue mission that sacrificed Sandakan POWs to the Death Marches
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2023
Summary
The chain of events that led to the death of over 2,500 Prisoners of War – one of Australia’s worst wartime tragedies – the cancellation of the rescue mission Operation Kingfisher.
Finally, the true story of why the Sandakan POWs of World War II were not rescued despite a fully planned and resourced operation – including men, aircraft and naval vessels – all equipped to carry out the rescue mission. There have been several published theories on Operation Kingfisher which explore if th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922896681 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922896683 |
| Author: | Gary Followill |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Imprint: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 155mm x 234mm |
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Gary Followill
Gary Followill is a successful business owner of an international agricultural import/export company, turned military historian and writer. He has a lifelong interest in history and, in 2010, commenced a Master of Art degree in Military History at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Operation Kingfisher follows years of research at archives in Australia, Great Britain, and the United States of America. Gary uses previously unseen and recently released archival files to find the real story of the cancellation of the Sandakan POW rescue mission – Operation Kingfisher. His findings are completely different from previous theories on the reason over 2,500 POWs lost their lives on the Death Marches. The key to his findings was a file contained in the UK Archives and released in 2016 – the information within gave him the ‘smoking gun’ to confirm his theory.
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