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The damned: the Canadians at the battle of Hong Kong and the POW experience, 1941-45

By Nathan M Greenfield

Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, War, World War II

Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Summary

Fall, 1941. Almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at Hong Kong, but in the seventeen day battle for the colony following the attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered… grievous losses. The second part of their story describes how the Canadians survived the horrendous conditions of Japanese POW camps. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and strong language. 2010.

Title Details

ISBN 9781554682195
Publisher HarperCollins Canada
Copyright Date 2010
Book number 2423733

Audio details for CELA title

Narrator George Thompson
Duration 18 hours 21 minutes 9 seconds
Audio producer CNIB, 2011.

Braille details for CELA title

Volumes 15
Braille code EBAE
Braille producer CNIB, 2011.
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