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History of Japan
History of Japan

Episode 640 - The Great Escape, Part 2

33 min•4 september 2026

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This week: the Cowra breakout seemed, to those who lived through it, like it came out of nowhere. But nothing does, so what factors led to it? How did the breakout itself play out? And what are its legacies, both in terms of Australia-Japan relations and the wider question of Japanese "fanaticism" in WWII?

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