The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru – Britain′s Forgotten Wartime Tragedy

Almost 2,000 British Prisoners of War were aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru when an American submarine torpedoed and sank her in October 1942. This book tells the story of those men, from the fighting in Hong Kong, through the sinking, and - for some - to liberation and beyond.

“'His thorough research enables one to learn about the "hellships" that caused the deaths of almost 20,000 allied POWs overall.' --The Guards Magazine”

a well-composed, far-ranging story, ... a carefully researched book International History Review

Tony Banham is a long-term resident of Hong Kong, having arrived in the 1980s. He has been studying the Battle of Hong Kong for well over a decade and has written on the subject, aided in the production of numerous television documentaries, and helped many children of veterans in their researches into their fathers' war years. His first book on the topic, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, was jointly published by Hong Kong University Press and the University of British Columbia Press in 2003.

Military History / Hong Kong History

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