{"product_id":"surviving-the-lisbon-maru-the-story-of-japans-ship-from-hell-told-by-a-survivor-paperback","title":"Surviving the Lisbon Maru: The story of Japan's Ship from Hell, told by a survivor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Salmon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKen Salmon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA forgotten World War II atrocity. A remarkable survival story. A tribute to courage, endurance, and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 1942, the Japanese transport ship \u003cstrong\u003eLisbon Maru\u003c\/strong\u003e carrying 1,816 British prisoners of war from occupied Hong Kong toward forced labour camps in Japan was torpedoed off the coast of China by an American submarine. The POWs were trapped below deck in sealed holds and abandoned to their fate. Hundreds drowned, suffocated, or were machine-gunned as they tried to escape. It is one of the darkest and least-known tragedies of the Pacific War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the survivors was Andrew Salmon - a Cockney boy who joined the British Army at fourteen, served in Hong Kong, and endured the horrors of Japanese POW camps, the sinking of the \u003cstrong\u003eLisbon Maru\u003c\/strong\u003e and the years in labour camps afterwards. Drawing on Andrew Salmon's diaries, letters, and unfinished manuscript, his son Ken Salmon reconstructs an extraordinary story of suffering, survival, comradeship, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSurviving the Lisbon Maru\u003c\/strong\u003e is both a gripping personal memoir and an important historical record. It tells of the terror inside the sinking ship, the bravery of prisoners trying to save each other, and the courage of Chinese fishermen from the Zhoushan islands who risked their own lives to rescue survivors from the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is also the story of what came after: years of slave labour in Japan, the emotional scars carried home by survivors, and one man's lifelong determination to ensure that the dead - and those who saved the living - would never be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45531851849863,"sku":"9789888968152","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/UyR-DBFQJy9789888968152.webp?v=1786665020","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/surviving-the-lisbon-maru-the-story-of-japans-ship-from-hell-told-by-a-survivor-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}