{"product_id":"2940044211919","title":"To Sydney by Stealth: Midget Subs Attack Sydney, 1942","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May 1942 provoked real fear of enemy invasion of Australia — particularly following the bombing of Darwin a few months earlier. This book presents the graphic story behind the submarine attack on Sydney from both Australian and Japanese viewpoints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years after the end of World War II, I returned to Japan and met Takeo Yamashita at an official Australian reception in Osaka. I was a former prisoner of war of the Japanese in Singapore, Thailand and Japan and Takeo Yamashita was a former prisoner of war of the Australians in the Celebes. We talked and found we had a mutual agreement on the stupidity of war and a common desire for future friendship between Australia and Japan. Out of that discussion the idea of this book was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWM Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081292169456,"sku":"2940044211919","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044211919_p0.jpg?v=1763661261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044211919","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}