Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence

Title: Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence
Author: Lynette Ramsay Silver
Description: This is the horrific story of the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp during the closing years of World War II. Only 6 Australians survived, and details the bungled rescue attempt, where almost all the men died because of mistakes within the senior ranks.
No. of pages: 400pp
Cover type: Paperback
Trim size: 235 x 155mm
Colour type: B/W
Series:
Imprint: Sally Milner Publishing
ISBN: 978 1 86351 245 9
RRP: A$39.99

Contents

Last hope, last bastion. Selarang. To Sandakan. White coolies. Living dangerously. Comings and goings. Disaster. Japanese justice. For the duration. A plan evolves. To Ranau. Annihilate then all. As the situation dictates. And then there were six. And leave not any traces? A most regrettable business. Chronological sequence events. Apendixes: We will remember them. In the footsteps of the dead. Nominal rolls. Burial table. Recovery of relics. Corrupted names. Wanted or convicted war criminals. Bibliography and subject references. Index.
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