Final Betrayal: Mountbatten, Macarthur and the Tragedy of the Japanese Pows
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Final Betrayal: Mountbatten, Macarthur and the Tragedy of the Japanese Pows
Final Betrayal: Mountbatten, Macarthur and the Tragedy of the Japanese Pows

Final Betrayal: Mountbatten, Macarthur and the Tragedy of the Japanese Pows

By
Mark Felton (Author)  

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This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945 and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945. The delay handed the Japanese a golden opportunity to set their house in order before Allied war crimes investigators arrived. After 14 August groups of Allied POWs were brutally murdered. Vast amounts of documentation concerning crimes were burned ahead of the arrival of Allied forces. POW facilities and medical experimentation installations were either abandoned or destroyed. Perhaps the greatest crimes were continuing deaths of Allied POWs from starvation, disease and ill-treatment after the Japanese surrender.The blame rests with the American authorities, and particularly General MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific. MacArthur expressly forbade any Allied forces from liberating Japanese occupied territories before he had personally taken the formal Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Vice Admiral Lord Mountbatten, Commanding Allied forces in Southeast Asia, protested against this policy, believing that pandering to MacArthur's vanity and ego would mean condemning many starving and sick prisoners to death. Deaths among British and Commonwealth POWs were significant as opposed to American POWs who were already largely liberated in the Philippines and elsewhere.MacArthur's and the American leadership's obsession with sidelining the British in Asia cost hundreds of British and Commonwealth lives, hundreds and hundreds of lives, that otherwise would have been saved if Mountbatten had been permitted to proceed with his liberation plans. 16 pages of B&W plates
Born in Colchester in 1974, Dr Mark Felton is the author of numerous World War II related titles with emphasis on Japan and the Japanese involvement during the war.He currently lives in China where he teaches at Fudan University.
  • Contributor: Mark Felton
  • Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
  • ISBN13: 9781848840942
  • Number of Pages: 224
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x243mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Release Date: 2010-09-20
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Born in Colchester in 1974, Dr Mark Felton is the author of numerous World War II related titles with emphasis on Japan and the Japanese involvement during the war.He currently lives in China where he teaches at Fudan University.

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