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

Author:   Mark Felton
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781848840942


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 September 2010
Format:   Hardback
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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 houses 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 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 saved if Mountbatten had been permitted to proceed with his liberation plans. AUTHOR: Dr Mark Felton gained a BA in History and English at Anglia University, Cambridge. He holds an MA and PhD in American History, both at the University of Essex. He currently lives and works in China with his wife and son, where he teaches at Shanghai University. He has contributed to many historical periodicals and is the author of Yanagi: The Secret Underwater Trade between Germany and Japan, 1942-1945, The Fujita Plan: Japanese Attacks on the United States and Australia during the Second World War, Slaughter at Sea and The Coolie Generals. SELLING POINTS: . Sensational and shameful new evidence about the US enforced delay in rescuing allied POWs after Japan's surrender . Reveals how scores of POWs died unnecessarily due to Allied relief being prevented from arriving, due to General MacArthur's hubris and arrogance . The Japanese used the delay to cover up evidence of atrocities . Written by the acknowledged expert on Far Eastern war crimes and POW treatment ILLUSTRATIONS 16 pages of b/w plates *

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Author:   Mark Felton
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:   Pen & Sword Military
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781848840942


ISBN 10:   1848840942
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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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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