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My Life as a POW of the Japanese 1942-1945

British Soldier's Account of His Horrific Three and a Half Years as a Japanese POW on Java During World War II

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My Life as a POW of the Japanese 1942-1945

By: Arthur Charles, Malissa Stockbridge - editor
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
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Arthur Charles gives a personal account of his time as a POW on Java, including the use of secret radios and how he survived a firing squad. He depicts amazing resilience, resourcefulness, and even moments of humour amid the horror of captivity, where he suffered terrible mistreatment and deliberate efforts to humiliate. He managed to learn skills from other POWs such as contract bridge, chess, shorthand, and even English law.

©2014 Arthur Charles (P)2015 Audible, Inc. Military Veteran War

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loved it . just over an hour long. amazing. easy listen. well written. Great oversight

to the point

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Thank you for sharing your story and the hardship you suffered during WW2, this possibly is just the tip you share but thank you Arthur.

Nice wee life in a prison camp

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A very good and sobering story of life of a prisoner of war. A typical cruel treatment of Japanese soldiers . Pleasant ending

Hard time

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This was an interesting account but I found the narration very annoying. It was either monotonous or had a annoying uplilt in sentences

Interesting but I didn’t like the narration

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brilliant loved it narrator was great really made the story plenty of detail 😀

brilliant

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Short, sweet, candid, and unreservedly, British.
A pleasure to listen to, with no graphic content. If you are worried about that.

Lest we forget

Marvellous

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I listened to the audio version of this book. I found the narrator challenging to listening too. There was a robotic aspect to this speech which was quite disconcerting.

Given the title I was expecting some graphic depictions of torture and maltreatment. But I am happy to report this wasn't the case. Unless those where left out? It all comes across as being very civilised. Ok being 'slapped about the ears', bedbugs and lack of food aren't great but compared to the gas chambers and medical experiments as well as beating and bedbugs it sounds ok. I don't know maybe it was the robotic voice was getting to me.

I can't help but wonder if this accurately captures the horror. Or if it has been edited either by the author or a third party.

Confusing

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A tale of courage and endurance.
Beautifully read. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Can't wait to. Listen again.

A tale of courage and endurance. Beautifully read

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A sobering listen, really makes you take stock of the terrible hardships suffered by our brave troops in World War 2!!

Even if you aren't in to History, you really need to listen to this.

Should never be forgotten!!

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Valuable first hand account of the POW in WWII. Short but well written. Narrator excellent. Straightforward proper narration.

great story

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