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Cowra breakout - Wikipedia The Cowra Breakout occurred on 5 August 1944, when 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war escaped from a POW camp near Cowra, in New South Wales, Australia It was the largest prison escape of World War II, as well as one of the bloodiest
Cowra breakout | History Facts | Britannica Cowra breakout, (August 5, 1944), mass escape by nearly 400 Japanese prisoners of war from a prison camp in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia It was the largest prison break staged during World War II
Cowra breakout - Australian War Memorial On the night of the breakout three Australian soldiers were killed and another three were wounded Privates B G Hardy and R Jones, who were overwhelmed while manning a machine gun post, were posthumously awarded the George Cross
Cowra Breakout in Australia during World War II - Anzac Portal About half of them were merchant navy POWs In the early hours of a frosty morning, on 5 August 1944, they broke out of the camp It was the biggest mass escape in World War II and one of the bloodiest in history The escapees clambered over dead bodies and barbed wire
The Cowra Breakout | Discover | The Great Escape | Visit Cowra At 1 50 am on the clear moonlit night of August 5, 1944, the largest Prisoner of War breakout in modern military history occurred at Cowra More than 1000 Japanese prisoners launched a mass ‘suicide attack’ on their guards, Australian soldiers of the 22nd Garrison
Cowra breakout, 1944 | naa. gov. au On 5 August 1944, Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) housed in the detention camp in Cowra, New South Wales staged a breakout Armed with improvised weapons including baseball bats and sharpened mess knives, they stormed the perimeter fences and overcame the machine gun posts
From the Archives, 1944: True story behind the Cowra breakout On August 5, 1944, 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from Camp 12 near Cowra, in the Central West The breakout resulted in the death of 231 prisoners and 4 Australian soldiers