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My Life as a POW of the Japanese 1942-1945
- British Soldier's Account of His Horrific Three and a Half Years as a Japanese POW on Java During World War II
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Summary
Arthur Charles gives a personal account of his time as a POW on Java, including the use of secret radios and how he survived a firing squad. He depicts amazing resilience, resourcefulness, and even moments of humour amid the horror of captivity, where he suffered terrible mistreatment and deliberate efforts to humiliate. He managed to learn skills from other POWs such as contract bridge, chess, shorthand, and even English law.
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- Morag Janet Davies
- 18-12-20
to the point
loved it . just over an hour long. amazing. easy listen. well written. Great oversight
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- Morag Bocking
- 24-07-22
Nice wee life in a prison camp
Thank you for sharing your story and the hardship you suffered during WW2, this possibly is just the tip you share but thank you Arthur.
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- Khalid
- 30-04-24
Hard time
A very good and sobering story of life of a prisoner of war. A typical cruel treatment of Japanese soldiers . Pleasant ending
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- Michael
- 26-01-23
Marvellous
Short, sweet, candid, and unreservedly, British.
A pleasure to listen to, with no graphic content. If you are worried about that.
Lest we forget
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- Anna
- 30-06-24
Confusing
I listened to the audio version of this book. I found the narrator challenging to listening too. There was a robotic aspect to this speech which was quite disconcerting.
Given the title I was expecting some graphic depictions of torture and maltreatment. But I am happy to report this wasn't the case. Unless those where left out? It all comes across as being very civilised. Ok being 'slapped about the ears', bedbugs and lack of food aren't great but compared to the gas chambers and medical experiments as well as beating and bedbugs it sounds ok. I don't know maybe it was the robotic voice was getting to me.
I can't help but wonder if this accurately captures the horror. Or if it has been edited either by the author or a third party.
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- hampshire shopper
- 02-04-22
Interesting but I didn’t like the narration
This was an interesting account but I found the narration very annoying. It was either monotonous or had a annoying uplilt in sentences
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- Anonymous User
- 29-07-22
brilliant
brilliant loved it narrator was great really made the story plenty of detail 😀
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- allan isaacs
- 08-11-21
A tale of courage and endurance. Beautifully read
A tale of courage and endurance.
Beautifully read. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Can't wait to. Listen again.
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- Mook
- 02-07-24
Should never be forgotten!!
A sobering listen, really makes you take stock of the terrible hardships suffered by our brave troops in World War 2!!
Even if you aren't in to History, you really need to listen to this.
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- Jimmy's ghost
- 07-09-21
great story
Valuable first hand account of the POW in WWII. Short but well written. Narrator excellent. Straightforward proper narration.
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