| The Hard Way: Surviving Shamshuipo POW Camp 1941-45 Contributor(s): Ebbage, Major John (Author), Robertshaw, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0752460641 ISBN-13: 9780752460642 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011486677 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.8" W x 7.7" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The diary of the inhabitant of a notorious POW camp reveals shocking breaches of the Geneva convention while highlighting the incredible ingenuity and resourcefulness of Allied soldiersMajor Vic Ebbage was a Colonel with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, serving in Hong Kong in 1941, when his garrison was attacked by the Japanese Army. He was captured and taken prisoner to the notorious Hong Kong death camp, Shamshuipo, where he was held from December 30, 1941 to August 1945. His story is an extraordinary one of survival against all the odds, as well asa story of how a group ofmen worked together to improve conditions in the camp for their fellow prisoners. They were offered nothing by their captors but the constant commandto "improvise," which they learned to do by recycling salvaged materials into everything from homemade nails, cooking pots, and plates, to surgical instruments, beds, and nesting boxes. His diary demonstrates how individuals can work together in an almost unimaginable adversity to improve life for their fellow people, and how imagination and innovation can flourish in even the worst conditions. This story is a model of care, humanity, and inventiveness." |