Kota Kinabalu: Until now, nobody has been able to pinpoint where exactly the Sandakan-to-Ranau Death March ended that sealed the fate of 2,428 Australian and British Prisoners Of War towards the closing stages of the war.
Most assume it is at the War Memorial site in Ranau, at least because that's where the remembrance events are held.
The Daily Express can now reveal where this historic spot is and which had been a best kept secret for 64 years!
The Japanese captors may have intended so in the first place. Because they picked a remote primeval jungle campsite where no Allied bombers can spot them.
Indeed, this mystery spot, called the "Second Jungle Camp" did escape air raids even though Allied planes were bombing Ranau left, right and center by June 1945, including the use of napalm bombs.
The best tip of its whereabouts is at the confluence of the Kenipir tributary and head of the Liwagu River, five miles south of Ranau.
Continue reading (incl. pic) at: Where the Sandakan-to-Ranau Death March ended
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