The Cowra Breakout
The Cowra Breakout
1S | 4E
04/16/1985
7.0
1. Episode One
0.0
4/16/1985
2. Episode Two
0.0
4/17/1985
3. Episode Three
0.0
4/22/1985
4. Episode 4
0.0
4/23/1985
Overview
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
