The Cowra Breakout
7.01985 · 1 season
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.
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Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- April 16, 1985
- Last air date
- April 23, 1985
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode runtime
- 2h
- Network
- 10
- Original language
- EN
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