Eight Hundred Heroes: China's Lost Battalion and the Fall of Shanghai by Stephen Robinson

Author:Stephen Robinson [Robinson, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Published: 2022-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

Three veterans of the Eight Hundred Heroes after being liberated by Australian soldiers in New Britain in 1945. (AWM)

On 10 October 1945, the Chinese soldiers in Rabaul held a ceremonial parade in their new camp and the men marched under two arches displaying victory banners celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Republic of China. General Kenneth Eather, commander of the 11th Australian Division, inspected the guard of honour and received a welcome from Colonel Wu Yien, the senior Chinese officer.25 Afterwards, Captain Gaul set up a wireless that picked up a signal from Chongqing, China’s wartime capital, and the men heard their first news from home in years.26 An Australian reporter also interviewed Colonel Wu:

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