You'll Die in Singapore: The True Account of One of the Most Amazing POW Escapes in WWII
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It is an amazing tale of hardship and endurance that reads like a thriller. It is hard to believe that it is a true story.
—The Asian Review of Books
An amazing story!
—Library Journal
Author: Charles McCormac
Year: December 2015
Buy it here: Amazon, Book Depository
Summary:
Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, author Charles McCormac, then a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With sixteen others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic two-thousand-mile escape from the island of Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. With no compass and no map, and only the goodwill of villagers and their own wits to rely on, the British and Australian POWs’ escape took a staggering five months, and only two out of the original seventeen men survived.
You’ll Die in Singapore is a must-read book before your Singapore Tour. Written by Charles McCormac’s compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance, and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.