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Title: The Endless Battle
Condition: New
Author: Andy Flanagan
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
EAN: 9781773100050
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781773100050
ISBN-10: 177310005X
Item Height: 196mm
Item Length: 139mm
Item Weight: 256g
Item Width: 12mm
Language: English
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Subtitle: The Fall of Hong Kong and Canadian POWs in Imperial Japan
Type: Paperback
Topic: Military History
Release Date: 12/09/2017
Release Year: 2017
Description: Shortlisted, 2018 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical WritingSuggested Reading by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative AssociationNear the end of October 1941, a few hundred soldiers from New Brunswick were among the 1,975 Canadian troops who set sail from Vancouver to reinforce the British Colony of Hong Kong. Within two short months, after a hard-fought but disastrous battle against the Imperial Japanese Army, the island fell to the invaders on Christmas Day, and its defenders were ordered to surrender by the governor of Hong Kong. The survivors were taken captive.Based on the first-hand accounts of the author's father, Andrew "Ando" Flanagan, a rifleman from Jacquet River, NB, The Endless Battle explores the Battle of Hong Kong and its long aftermath, through the eyes of the soldiers. During their captivity, the POWs endured starvation, forced labour, and brutal beatings. They lived in deplorable conditions and many died from illness. But the soldiers stuck together, bound by their cameraderie, loyalty to King and Country, and collective desire to sabotage the Japanese war effort.Writing intimately and sensitively about the lingering effects of the trauma of the soldiers held in captivity, Andy Flanagan shows both the heroism of individual soldiers and the terrible costs of war.The Endless Battle is volume 24 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.

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