The real Tenko

By Mark Felton

Subjects: War Crimes, History, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of War, World War II, World war, 1939-1945, women, World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, japanese, Weibliche Kriegsgefangene, Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai, Prisoners of war, Military Nursing, Women, Weltkrieg, World war, 1939-1945, japan

Description: "This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volume. It chronicles the massacres of nurses (such as that at Alexandra Hospital, Singapore), disturbing atrocities on both Europeans and Asians, and accounts of imprisonment. It reveals how many ended up in Japanese hands when they should have been evacuated. Also covered are the hardships of long marches and the sexual enslavement of white and native women (so called 'Comfort Women'). The book is a testimony both to the callous and cruel behavior of the Japanese and to the courage and fortitude of those who suffered at their hands."--Publisher's description.