| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Note |
Includes chronology. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index. |
| Contents |
The scourge of humanity -- Case study of Hell -- A diabolical plan -- Men of destiny -- Best laid plans -- 'Extract digit' -- Stabbed in the back -- Death march -- Tiderace -- Aftermath and retribution. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945 and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945. The delay handed the Japanese a golden opportunity to set their house in order before Allied war crimes investigators arrived. After 14 August groups of Allied POWs were brutally murdered. Vast amounts of documentation concerning crimes were burned ahead of the arrival of Allied forces. POW facilities and medical experimentation installations were either abandoned or destroyed. Perhaps the greatest crim. |
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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Military leadership.
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Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979.
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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
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Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan.
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Prisoners of war -- Southeast Asia.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Felton, Mark, 1974- Final betrayal. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2010 9781848840942 (DLC) 2010549484 (OCoLC)697807696 |
| ISBN |
9781844684786 (electronic bk.) |
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1844684784 (electronic bk.) |
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9781783370481 (electronic bk.) |
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1783370483 (electronic bk.) |
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