World War II Cowra breakout

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World War II event historical event prison escape

The World War II Cowra breakout was a 1944 mass escape attempt by Japanese prisoners of war from a camp near Cowra, New South Wales, and is remembered as one of the largest prison breaks in history.

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Label	Occurrences
Cowra POW breakout	1
World War II Cowra breakout canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II event ⓘ historical event ⓘ prison escape ⓘ
aftermath	improved relations and reconciliation efforts between Australia and Japan in later decades ⓘ inquiries into camp security and POW treatment ⓘ strengthening of POW camp security in Australia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	World War II Cowra breakout ⓘ surface form: Cowra POW breakout Cowra breakout ⓘ
cause	mass escape attempt by Japanese POWs ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Cowra Japanese War Cemetery ⓘ Cowra Japanese War Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Cowra War Cemetery annual remembrance ceremonies in Cowra ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
date	1944-08-05 ⓘ
governingAuthorityOfCamp	Australian Army ⓘ
guardUnit	22nd Garrison Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
hasTheme	Australia–Japan relations ⓘ military history ⓘ prisoner of war experience ⓘ
location	Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site ⓘ surface form: Cowra POW camp Cowra ⓘ surface form: Cowra, New South Wales
method	cutting through barbed wire fences ⓘ frontal charge on camp perimeter ⓘ use of improvised weapons ⓘ
notableAs	largest prison escape in Australian history ⓘ one of the largest prison breaks in history ⓘ
numberOfAustraliansKilled	4 ⓘ
numberOfEscapees	approximately 1100 ⓘ
numberOfJapaneseKilled	231 ⓘ
numberOfJapaneseWounded	108 ⓘ
numberOfPrisonersInCamp	over 2000 ⓘ
participants	Australian Army guards ⓘ Japanese prisoners of war ⓘ
partOf	history of New South Wales ⓘ history of the Australian home front during World War II ⓘ
reason	refusal of Japanese POWs to accept increased security measures and relocation ⓘ
relatedPlace	Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre ⓘ
result	casualties among Australian guards ⓘ hundreds of POWs temporarily escaped ⓘ most escapees recaptured within days ⓘ significant casualties among Japanese POWs ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific War era

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World War II Cowra breakout → alsoKnownAs → World War II Cowra breakout ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cowra POW breakout