The Cowra Breakout
A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War
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3 votes
July 1, 1984
4h 10m
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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