On This Day
On this day: Australia’s biggest prison breakout
On 5 August 1944, more than 500 Japanese prisoners of war launched a violent breakout in Cowra, NSW.
On 5 August 1944, more than 500 Japanese prisoners of war launched a violent breakout in Cowra, NSW.
If it wasn’t for one photographer, the full story of Australia’s German prisoners would’ve never come to light.