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Day: August 16, 2020

Basil Parry Akhurst (‘AKKI’) - Hut construction at Non Pladuk, Thailand, 1943 | Imperial War Museum

Rare World War Two cartoons and more form new digital Cartoon Museum exhibition, “Laughter of our own making: Cartoons from the secret artists of Changi Prison Camp”

By John Freeman on August 16, 2020

An incredible snapshot of POW life in the Far East during World war Two

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