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Why Has History Forgotten World War II's Largest Prison Break, Which Claimed the Lives of More Than 200 Japanese POWs? image

A 2014 photo of Teruo Murakami, the last survivor of the Cowra breakout. He died in 2023 at 103. (Peter Rae / Sydney Morning Herald / Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

 

Why Has History Forgotten World War II's Largest Prison Break, Which Claimed the Lives of More Than 200 Japanese POWs?

During the 1944 Cowra breakout, over 900 prisoners attempted to escape from an Allied camp in Australia. The uprising resulted in the deaths of 234 Japanese men and 5 Australians

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