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The Cowra Breakout

1985 - 1985

7 / 10

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1 Seasons • 4 Episodes

    Overview

    In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

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