The Emperor's Irish Slaves: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Second World War

by Robert Widders

More than 650 Irish men and women faced unimaginable horrors as prisoners of the Imperial Japanese Army. "The Emperor's Irish Slaves" reveals their harrowing true story.Sister Mary Cooper perished in a Japanese prison camp, succumbing to starvation, brutality, and tropical diseases.Timothy Kenneally and Patrick Fitzgerald made a desperate escape attempt from a slave labour camp on the Burma Railway. Caught, tortured, and crucified,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520810040
• ISBN13: 9781520810041
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"