70th Anniversary of Cowra break out

TarJak · 08-05-14, 03:23 AM

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...eakout/5647156

Today marks 70 years passing from the mass POW breakout in Cowra a rural town in New South Wales Australia.

In the early hours of August 5, 1944, more than 1,100 Japanese POWs tried to escape from the camp armed only with sticks and rocks. The POWs rushed the barbed wire laying on mattresses to allow their comrades to run over the flattened fences.

A total of 359 made it out and 231 of them were killed in the following days.

08-05-14, 03:23 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	70th Anniversary of Cowra break out http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...eakout/5647156 Today marks 70 years passing from the mass POW breakout in Cowra a rural town in New South Wales Australia. In the early hours of August 5, 1944, more than 1,100 Japanese POWs tried to escape from the camp armed only with sticks and rocks. The POWs rushed the barbed wire laying on mattresses to allow their comrades to run over the flattened fences. A total of 359 made it out and 231 of them were killed in the following days.