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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D805.G3 K37 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- 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