More than 170,000 prisoners of war were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Conditions were tough. Rations were meager. The days dragged and there was a constant battle against boredom. Some men were forced to work, often at heavy labor. Utilizing IWM's collections of letters, diaries, memoirs and sound interviews, this gripping and poignant narrative tells the story of what daily life was like for the men who were captured, and photographs from the IWM archive give a rare glimpse inside these infamous internment camps. EPUB3: ReflowableProduktfaktaISBN: 9781912423286Utgivningsdatum: 2021-07-22Språk: EngelskaFörfattare: Anthony RichardsFörlag: Imperial War MuseumLängd: 256 sidor

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