The Cowra Breakout
Overview
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
Cast
Details
| Status: | Ended |
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| First Air Date: | 1985-04-16 |
| Last Air Date: | 1985-04-23 |
| Networks: | Network Ten |
| Production: | Kennedy Miller Productions |
