1 Season
4 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.
- Year: 1985
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- Studio: Network Ten
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- Cast: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith