More than 130,000 Allied troops were taken prisoner, including 15,000 Australian soldiers and 50,000 ethnic Chinese, though the numbers vary depending on the source.
More than 130,000 Allied troops were taken prisoner, including 15,000 Australian soldiers and 50,000 ethnic Chinese, though the numbers vary depending on the source. Many Allied troops were sent to Japanese prison camps, the vast majority of whom never made it home.