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The Cowra Breakout
The Cowra Breakout

The Cowra Breakout (1985)

120 min / Australia

Summary

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.

1 Season

Status

Ended

Rating

7 with 2 votes
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Casting

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