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AWP-59-ANZAC Day Special: The Cowra POW Escape
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:11:57
Publish Date: 2017-04-24 14:30:00
Description:

On 5 August 1944, Japanese prisoners of war staged a breakout from the detention camp in Cowra, New South Wales. Armed with improvised weapons including baseball bats and sharpened mess knives, they stormed the perimeter fences and overcame the machine gun posts. In all 231 Japanese prisoners were killed during the escape attempt. Four Australian soldiers were also killed in the breakout
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