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From the back cover: The survivors of the Railway of Death tell the true story of its dramatic sequel.
Thousands of British and Australian prisoners of war died building the notorious Burma-Thailand railway. Their croppling task eventually over, an even worse fate awaited two thousand of those who survived. Crammed into the forward holds of two troopships bound for Japan, they were one week out of Singapore when American submarines struck. Plunged into the shark-infested South China Sea, the men had to fight their guards for raft space and then, during four long, agonizing days, to battle agsint thirst, hunger and madness in a desperate bid for survival. The novel The Bridge over the River Kwai captured the indomitable spirit of the men held prisoner by the Japanese. Return from the River Kwai chronicles the reality of their individual acts of heroism in the face of enormous adversity.
Thousands of British and Australian prisoners of war died building the notorious Burma-Thailand railway. Their croppling task eventually over, an even worse fate awaited two thousand of those who survived. Crammed into the forward holds of two troopships bound for Japan, they were one week out of Singapore when American submarines struck. Plunged into the shark-infested South China Sea, the men had to fight their guards for raft space and then, during four long, agonizing days, to battle agsint thirst, hunger and madness in a desperate bid for survival. The novel The Bridge over the River Kwai captured the indomitable spirit of the men held prisoner by the Japanese. Return from the River Kwai chronicles the reality of their individual acts of heroism in the face of enormous adversity.
