{"product_id":"book-iaay","title":"The Grubby Little Men Who Raped Hong Kong","description":"\"At bayonet point, the tall sister and the short officer headed for the mortuary where the prepared body lay.\u003cbr\u003e“If you lived in England, you should know how civilized people behave,” said Sister Mary Curry.\u003cbr\u003eThe officer looked into the eyes of Sister Curry: “Do English women never cry?”\u003cbr\u003e“Not when we have work to do,” she replied.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a short, sharp, punchy treatment of what happened that dreadful Christmas Day. It touches on expat eccentricities, over-sexed Scottish soldiers, altruistic nurses answering the call of their country, and Japanese infantry caught up in the red mist of battle.\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle for Hong Kong seems lost in the shadow of other battles in Southeast Asia, such as Malaya, Singapore, Burma, and the Philippines. But while the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong Island lasted just one week from 18-25 December 1941, it was highlighted by horrific atrocities involving wounded Allied soldiers, and medical doctors, nurses, orderlies and patients.\u003cbr\u003eNone worse than the massacre at St Stephen's College, which had transformed into a makeshift hospital.\u003cbr\u003eThe Grubby Little Men Who Raped Hong Kong re-opens these wounds and explores who was really responsible for these outrages, and what became of them and their victims.\u003cbr\u003eA surprising twist in the tale links the St Stephen's College Massacre to the Alexandra British Military Hospital in Singapore in a very direct unexpected way.\u003cbr\u003eThe page-turning style of this short ww2 book is full of humanity and human spirit.\u003cbr\u003eKey events, characters and places in this story (in order of appearance):\u003cbr\u003eThe Gin Drinkers Line\u003cbr\u003eTerritorial Army Nursing Service\u003cbr\u003eSt John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003eJapanese 23 Army\u003cbr\u003eWar Memorial Hospital\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Hong Kong Yacht Club\u003cbr\u003e2 Bn Royal Scots\u003cbr\u003eWinnipeg Grenadiers\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Rifles of Canada \u003cbr\u003e229 Tanaka Regiment IJA\u003cbr\u003eVyner Brooke\u003cbr\u003eSS Kuala\u003cbr\u003eMata Hari\u003cbr\u003eMassacre at Radji Beach, Muntok\u003cbr\u003eCapt Orita Masaru\u003cbr\u003eTokyo War Crimes Tribunal 1948\u003cbr\u003eHong Kong War Crimes Trials 1946\u003cbr\u003eIJA 38 Division\u003cbr\u003eVivian Bullwinkel\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49407874564400,"sku":"BDiaay","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/483415-iaay-Square.jpg?v=1735805096","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-iaay","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}