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Survivor on the River Kwai

Author : Reg Twigg
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241965101
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Survivor on the River Kwai written by Reg Twigg and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of Reg Twigg, one of the last men standing from a forgotten war. Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the worst military defeat in modern British history - the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. What followed were three years of hell, moving from one camp to another along the Kwai river, building the infamous Burma railway for the all-conquering Japanese Imperial Army. Some prisoners coped with the endless brutality of the code of Bushido by turning to God; others clung to whatever was left of the regimental structure. Reg made the deadly jungle, with its malaria, cholera, swollen rivers, lethal snakes and exhausting heat, work for him. With an ingenuity that is astonishing, he trapped and ate lizards, harvested pumpkins from the canteen rubbish heap and with his homemade razor became camp barber. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Reg's story is unique. Reg Twigg was born at Wigston (Leicester) barracks on 16 December 1913. He was called up to the Leicestershire Regiment in 1940 but instead of fighting Hitler he was sent to the Far East, stationed at Singapore. When captured by the Japanese, he decided he would do everything to survive. After his repatriation from the Far East, Reg returned to Leicester. With his family he returned to Thailand in 2006, and revisited the sites of the POW camps. Reg died in 2013, at the age of ninety-nine, two weeks before the publication of this book.

Survivor on the River Kwai

Author : Reg Twigg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750539630
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Survivor on the River Kwai written by Reg Twigg and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, building the Burma Railway for the Japanese. Beaten, tortured, starving and forced to watch his comrades die, Reg fights for his survival.

Long Way Back to the River Kwai

Author : Loet Velmans
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 161145185X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Long Way Back to the River Kwai written by Loet Velmans and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astounding memoir of a World War II veteran who spent three and a half years in the slave labor camps made famous by The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Bridge Over the River Kwai

Author : Pierre Boulle
Publisher : Ishi Press
ISBN 13 : 9784871876483
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Bridge Over the River Kwai written by Pierre Boulle and published by Ishi Press. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnificent story of Colonel Nicholson, who built the perfect bridge - for the enemy. On its publication in France, this brilliant novel was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve. Since its appearance in the USA and its presentation as a film, this compelling story has been awarded a succession of prizes in both the fields of entertainment and literature. This is a historical novel. It is based in part on factual events. It was made into the greatest movie ever made. Although hard to believe, the book is based on actual real historical events, except that vastly more people died building the real bridge and the railroad to the bridge than are shown in the movie. The book and movie have slightly different names. The book is "The Bridge Over the River Kwai." The movie is "The Bridge On the River Kwai." In Thailand, they call it the River Kwae.

The Forgotten Highlander

Author : Alistair Urquhart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628731508
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Highlander written by Alistair Urquhart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on the notorious “Death Railway” and building the Bridge on the River Kwai. Subsequently, he moved to work on a Japanese “hellship,” his ship was torpedoed, and nearly everyone on board the ship died. Not Urquhart. After five days adrift on a raft in the South China Sea, he was rescued by a Japanese whaling ship. His luck would only get worse as he was taken to Japan and forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later, he was just ten miles from ground zero when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In late August 1945, he was freed by the American Navy—a living skeleton—and had his first wash in three and a half years. This is the extraordinary story of a young man, conscripted at nineteen, who survived not just one, but three encounters with death, any of which should have probably killed him. Silent for over fifty years, this is Urquhart’s inspirational tale in his own words. It is as moving as any memoir and as exciting as any great war movie.

Sam Spiegel

Author : Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068483619X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Sam Spiegel written by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography is the story of how a bankrupt refugee without a studio managed to produce several of the greatest films of all time: "The African Queen, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai, " and "Lawrence of Arabia." Film credits aside, Sam Spiegel led a flamboyant and uncompromising life, and the full story has never been told--until now. of photos.

Building the Death Railway

Author : Robert Sherman La Forte
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842024280
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Building the Death Railway written by Robert Sherman La Forte and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1993 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generosity amid the greatest cruelty, Building the Death Railway gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.

Ship of Ghosts

Author : James D. Hornfischer
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307490882
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Ship of Ghosts written by James D. Hornfischer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Son, we’re going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from James D. Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno.

Maritime Legacy

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Legacy written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Maritime Legacy Peter N. Davies was a British economic historian with interests in the port of Liverpool, sea-based trade with West Africa, the Canary Islands and Japan, the international fruit trade and the military history of the River Kwai campaign in World War II. He was an Emeritus Professor in the School of History at the University of Liverpool, England. How you will benefit (I) Insights about the following: Chapter 1: Peter Davies (economic historian) Chapter 2: The Bridge on the River Kwai Chapter 3: Burma Railway Chapter 4: Hellfire Pass Chapter 5: Kanchanaburi Chapter 6: Kanchanaburi province Chapter 7: Three Pagodas Pass Chapter 8: Khwae Noi River Chapter 9: Mawlamyine Chapter 10: Pakokku Chapter 11: Philip Toosey Chapter 12: Kyaukphyu Chapter 13: The Bridge over the River Kwai Chapter 14: Thanbyuzayat Chapter 15: Gordon Smith (British Army officer) Chapter 16: Siam-Burma Death Railway Chapter 17: Arthur Moon Chapter 18: Clifford Kinvig Chapter 19: Tamarkan Chapter 20: Konkoita Chapter 21: Nong Lu Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information about Maritime Legacy.

Death's Railway

Author : Gerald Reminick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Death's Railway written by Gerald Reminick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Adventures of Eddie Fung

Author : Judy Yung
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295802057
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Eddie Fung written by Judy Yung and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. In this moving and unforgettable memoir, Eddie recalls how he, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown, reinvented himself as a Texas cowboy before going overseas with the U.S. Army. On the way to the Philippines, his battalion was captured by the Japanese in Java and sent to Burma to undertake the impossible task of building a railroad through 262 miles of tropical jungle. Working under brutal slave labor conditions, the men completed the railroad in fourteen months, at the cost of 12,500 POW and 70,000 Asian lives. Eddie lived to tell how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life.

1000 Days on the River Kwai

Author : Cary Owtram
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473897823
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book 1000 Days on the River Kwai written by Cary Owtram and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British officer recounts his harrowing years as a POW in Thailand, including his time as the camp commandant, in this WWII memoir. Colonel Cary Owtram served with the 137th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, and the 11th Indian Infantry Division in Malaysia. After being captured by the Japanese in Singapore, he was transported to the infamous Burma railway. He went on to spend the next three and a half years in grueling captivity in Thailand, first in Ban Pong Camp and then Chungkai Camp—one of the largest POW camps in the region. Owtram was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, making him responsible for his fellow prisoners—a heavy responsibility added to the general deprivation and hardship suffered by all. During that time, Owtram kept a secret diary in which he recorded the brutal experience of surviving day to day and attempting to deal with their harsh and unpredictable Japanese captors. It is not only the prisoners who suffered, but also their families at home. The postscript by Owtram’s daughters vividly demonstrates the agonies of doubt and worry that loved ones went through and the effect of the experience on all.

Railroad of Death

Author : John Coast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905802937
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Railroad of Death written by John Coast and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original, classic account of the "River Kwai" railway

The Thailand-Burma Railway, 1942-1946: Documents, post-war accounts, maps, and photographs

Author : Paul H. Kratoska
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415309561
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Thailand-Burma Railway, 1942-1946: Documents, post-war accounts, maps, and photographs written by Paul H. Kratoska and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Souls of the River Kwai

Author : Bill Reed
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 184884199X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Lost Souls of the River Kwai written by Bill Reed and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the moving story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity. Unlike so many (it is said that one Commonwealth POW died for every sleeper laid) Bill lived to tell the tale. Indeed it is remarkable that this story has not been told before, so graphic are Bill's memories of the hardships and horrors. The book goes on to describe how the experiences of those years have affected his life since.

The Bridge Builder's Story: A Novel

Author : Howard Fast
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315481197
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Bridge Builder's Story: A Novel written by Howard Fast and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparativists evaluate democratization by looking at regimes in the transition and consolidation phases of democracy without considering the essence of democracy. This book argues the need to consider democracy as a combination of rights and virtues, and that problems of democraticization are those of balance.

The Second World War Through Soldiers' Eyes

Author : James Goulty
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473875064
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Second World War Through Soldiers' Eyes written by James Goulty and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What was it really like to serve in the British Army during the Second World War?Discover a soldier's view of life in the British Army from recruitment and training to the brutal realities of combat. Using first-hand sources, James Goulty reconstructs the experiences of the men and women who made up the 'citizen's army'. Find out about the weapons and equipment they used; the uniforms they wore; how they adjusted to army discipline and faced the challenges of active service overseas.What happened when things went wrong? What were your chances of survival if you were injured in combat or taken prisoner? While they didn't go into combat, thousands of women also served in the British Army with the ATS or as nurses. What were their wartime lives like? And, when the war had finally ended, how did newly demobilised soldiers and servicewomen cope with returning home?The British Army that emerged victorious in 1945 was vastly different from the poorly funded force of 865,000 men who heard Neville Chamberlain declare war in 1939. With an influx of civilian volunteers and conscripts, the army became a citizens force and its character and size were transformed. By D-Day Britain had a well-equipped, disciplined army of over three million men and women and during the war they served in a diverse range of places across the world. This book uncovers some of their stories and gives a fascinating insight into the realities of army life in wartime.