The Cowra Breakout
1985·Show
·4Episodes in1Season·
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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.
Historical War DramaPrisoner of WarMass EscapeTense & TragicHuman ConflictSurvival StoryAustralian HistoryConsequences of WarGritty Realism
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