EPISODE
The Cowra Breakout - Season 1
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.
20 September 1960, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1949, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1957, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
29 April 1940, Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
1957 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
January 30, 1976 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
