The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy
Synopsis:The book tells the tragedy of the 2,000 British Prisoners of War aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine in October 1942. It narrates a most costly American on British 'Friendly Fire' incident of the Second World War which has never been studied in depth.
ISBN:9789888083138
Language:English
Author:Tony Banham
Author Biography:Tony Banham is a long-term resident of Hong Kong, having arrived in the 1980s. He has been studying the Battle of Hong Kong for well over a decade and has written on the subject, aided in the production of numerous television documentaries, and helped many children of veterans in their researches into their fathers' war years.
