Alistair Urquhart

Alistair Urquhart was among the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore during World War II. He not only survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on the notorious “death railway” and the bridge on the River Kwai, but he was subsequently taken prisoner on one of the Japanese “hellships” which was later torpedoed, killing nearly everyone on board—but not Urquhart. He spent five days adrift on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a Japanese whaling ship. He was then taken to Japan and forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later he was struck by the blast from the atomic bomb—dropped just ten miles away. In late August 1945, now a barely-living skeleton, he was freed by the American Navy and was able to bathe for the first time in three and a half years.This is the extraordinary story of a young man, conscripted at nineteen, who survived not just one but three separate encounters with death—encounters which killed nearly all his comrades. Silent for over fifty years, this is Urquhart’s extraordinary, moving, and inspirational tale as an ex-POW.

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai, but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese ‘hellships’ which was torpedoed. Nearly everyone else on board died and Urquhart spent 5 days alone on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a whaling ship. He was taken to Japan and then forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later a nuclear bomb dropped just ten miles away . . .This is the extraordinary story of a young men, conscripted at nineteen and whose father was a Somme Veteran, survived not just one, but three close encounters with death - encounters which killed nearly all his comrades.2011, Independent Booksellers Award, Short-listed

Prizonier la japonezi. Amintirile unui supravietuitor din Al Doilea Razboi Mondial La cei 90 de ani ai sai, in momentul aparitiei acestei carti, Prizonier la japonezi. Amintirile unui supravietuitor din al Doilea Razboi Mondial, Alistair Urquhart putea fi invidiat de multi. Avusese o viata lunga. Se bucurase de succes, pornind de tanar ca baiat bun la toate in orasul natal, Aberdeen, si ajungand sa aiba propria afacere. Crescuse copii intr-o familie fericita. Si, gratie lui Dumnezeu, pana la adanci batraneti, putuse sa-si urmeze marea pasiune si sa danseze aproape in fiecare seara in salile dedicate special amatorilor acestei arte. Spunea la 90 de ani ca inca isi perfectioneaza foxtrotul lent, dansul pe care il iubise cel mai mult si in care ajunsese sa exceleze. Asta se vedea din afara. Nimeni nu ar fi vrut sa stie insa ce se intampla in mintea lui noaptea, cand incepeau cosmarurile. Jungla birmaneza. Linia Mortii. Foamea. Setea. Razele soarelui lovind trupurile aproape goale ale prizonierilor. Plosnitele. Malaria. Dizenteria. Holera. Bataia salbatica a gardienilor. Torturile inimaginabile. Decapitarea prizonierilor cu sabia. Dezumanizarea. Desi a avut o viata foarte lunga, murind in 2016, la 97 de ani, Alistair Urquhart nu a scapat nicio zi de amintirea iadului prin care a trecut. Este motivul pentru care s-a hotarat, la 90 de ani, sa scrie aceasta carte a prizonierilor uitati, a armatei de fantome de pe raul Kwai, din junglele birmaneze, din maruntaiele vapoarelor iadului, precum Kachidoki Maru. Fiind unul dintre ultimii supravietuitori, a considerat ca este de datoria lui sa spuna ce au indurat el si camarazii sai in prizonieratul japonez. Pentru ca foarte putini au vorbit. Erau asa de traumatizati dupa razboi, ca nu au putut sa spuna nimic, nici macar sotiilor sau rudelor apropiate.

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Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai, but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese 'hellships' which was torpedoed. Nearly everyone else on board died and Urquhart spent 5 days alone on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a whaling ship. He was taken to Japan and then forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later a nuclear bomb dropped just ten miles away . . . This is the extraordinary story of a young men, conscripted at nineteen and whose father was a Somme Veteran, survived not just one, but three close encounters with death - encounters which killed nearly all his comrades.