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CONTENT : IN DECEMBER 1941 THE ' FASON ' AN ITALIAN MERCHANTMAN SHIP, WAS TORPEDOED OFF THE COAST OF GREECE BY THE BRITISH SUBMARINE ' PORPOISE '. ABOARD THE ITALIAN SHIP WERE SOME 2000 PRISONERS TAKEN IN NORTH AFRICA. OF THESE, 500 WERE KILLED, INCLUDING 45 NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, A FURTHER 117 KIWIS DIED WHEN ANOTHER ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE, THE ' TURBULANT ', SANK THE PoW SHIP 'NINO BIXIO'.
THESE TWO EVENTS PROVIDE THE NUCLEUS OF " NO HONOUR NO GLORY ".
AUTHORS: SPENCE EDGE & JIM HENDERSON PUBLISHER: COLLINS AUCKLAND - SYDNEY
1st EDITION - 1988 ISBN 0 00 217208 9
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