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Podcast: True Blue History Podcast
Episode:

True Blue History - Cowra Breakout with Mat Mclachlan
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:38:10
Publish Date: 2021-12-07 19:00:00
Description:

The largest mass escape of prisoners-of-war in modern military history occurred on Australian soil during the Second World War. Attempting to overcome the disgrace of captivity 1,104 Japanese prisoners-of-war escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp in Cowra, New South Wales. Mat McLachlan shares insights about the Cowra Breakout and what Prime Minister John Curtin later called ‘a suicidal disregard for life’.

Presenter: Adam Blum

Guest: Mat McLachlan

Editor: Kyle Watkins

Academic Adviser: Margaret Strike
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