Surviving the "Death Railway"
A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2; Hitler's girl guides and the Lake Nyos disaster
The History Hour · BBC World Service
September 1, 201851m 9s
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Show Notes
A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2, plus Hitler's girl guides, how Benidorm became a tourist hotspot, Italian migrant tragedy in post-war Belgium, and the Lake Nyos disaster.
Photo: Allied Prisoners of War in a Japanese prison camp 1945 (British Pathé)