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Harold John Timperley

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Australian journalist (1898-1954)

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Harold John Timperley (1898-1954) was an Australian journalist, known for reporting in China in the 1930s and writing the book What War Means (1938) based on it. The Japanese historian Hora Tomio described What War Means as "a book which shocked awake Western intellectuals".

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Timperley's telegram regarding the Nanjing Massacre, intercepted and decoded by the Americans on 17 January 1938Timperley's telegram regarding the Nanjing Massacre, intercepted and decoded by the Americans on 17 January 1938

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About this person

Country
Australia
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1954 · aged 56
Written about in
6 languages

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