Taiwan's forgotten POW camps: Fall of Singapore 80th anniversary special 被遺忘台灣的戰俘營：新加坡戰役80週年紀念

Taiwan's forgotten POW camps: Fall of Singapore 80th anniversary special 被遺忘台灣的戰俘營：新加坡戰役80週年紀念

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1 影片觀看·2023年12月16日

The story of Taiwan’s POW camps is a story that deserves more attention.
As Singapore commemorates the 80th anniversary of the beginning of its occupation by Japanese Imperial forces on Feb 15th, I visit the site of one of the prison camps that the captured colonial troops were sent to.

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Walter Kirkby POW interview:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2008/11/23/TT-971123-P13-IB.pdf

The Fall of Singapore Ep 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTjTo5MJlE&list=PLWgsI9liDBz4jACR1BCodign245o0ZGMb&index=1&t=294s

Kinkaseki Image Credit:
Special Collections & College Archives, Skillman Library, Lafayette College

Other Images:
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sources:
http://www.powtaiwan.org/index.php
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57465359
https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=1909

If you’d like to find out more about Taiwan’s POW story than check out the very comprehensive website:
http://www.powtaiwan.org/index.php

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