'He owed his life to those Chinese fisherman': Dongji Rescue and the true story of a forgotten act of WW2 heroism
- Posted on August 21, 2025
- By BBC News
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'He owed his life to those Chinese fisherman': Dongji Rescue and the true story of a forgotten act of WW2 heroism
A new film dramatises the rescue during WW2 of hundreds of British POWs from the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese cargo liner. The story has not been widely recounted – until now.
