Konan POW camp (Hamhung)
Korea (North) /
Hamgyongnamdo /
Hungnam /
Hamhung
World
/ Korea (North)
/ Hamgyongnamdo
/ Hungnam
World / North Korea / Kangwŏn-do
Second World War 1939-1945, place with historical importance, abandoned / shut down, prisoner-of-war camp
Konan was a WWII Japanese POW camp which housed approximately 350 British and Australian prisoners who were captured during the fall of Singapore. The camp opened on September 14, 1943. They were repatriated (released) in mid-September 1945, approximately a month after Japan surrendered.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°51'10"N 127°35'28"E
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- Battle of Bloody Ridge 180 km
- Taehung Fortress 216 km
- Hwangryong Fortress 223 km
- Ryonggolsan Fortress 260 km
- Namhansanseong 266 km
- Battle of Chemulpo Bay 292 km
- 8 February Vinalon Factory 1.2 km
- Hungnam Pharmaceutical Factory 1.3 km
- Hungnam Fertiliser Complex 3.4 km
- Hamhŭng Choch'ajang (marshalling yard) 4.9 km
- Sapo-il(1)-Dong 6.2 km
- Hŭngnam-guyŏk 6.3 km
- Sapo-sam(3)-Dong 7 km
- Yeokjeon-i(2)-Dong 7 km
- Yeokjeon-il(1)-Dong 7.4 km
- Hamju-gun 20 km