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Behind the wire / by Philip Kaplan.

Title
Behind the wire / by Philip Kaplan.
Author
Kaplan, Philip
Publication
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Currie, Jack.
Description
191 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Vividly describes the conditions experienced by allied airmen who were shot down in WWII and incarcerated behind enemy lines. Details the ways in which prisoners reacted to their predicament and their tales of enterprise, as inmates took it upon themselves to improve their surroundings. Offers a different slant on our understanding of WW2 history." --Publisher description.
Alternative Title
Allied prisoners of war in Hitler's Germany
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
  • Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives – American
  • Personal narratives – British
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Prologue -- Downed -- Interrogation -- Fellow kriegies -- Guards -- Meal times -- Allied camp leaders -- Fun and games -- Red Cross parcels -- Camp commandant -- Escape -- Evaders -- Internees -- How I got through it -- Forced march -- Last days -- Camp Lucky Strike -- Period of adjustment -- Behind the wire -- In the bag.
ISBN
  • 9781781590447 (hbk.)
  • 1781590443 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 811732832
  • SCSB-11528954
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library