Churchill's Unexpected Guests
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Churchill's Unexpected Guests

Prisoners of War in Britain in World War II

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Churchill's Unexpected Guests

Prisoners of War in Britain in World War II

About this book

During World War II over 400, 000 Germans and Italians were held in prison camps in Britain. These men played a vital part in the life of war-torn Britain, from working in the fields to repairing bomb-damaged homes. Yet despite the role they played, today it is almost forgotten that Britain once held PoWs. For those who worked, played or fell in love with the enemies in their midst, those times remain vivid. Whether they took tea on the lawn with Italians or invited a German for Christmas dinner, the PoWs were a large part of their lives. This book is the story of those men who were detained here as unexpected guests. It is about their lives within the camps and afterwards, when some chose to stay and others returned to a country that in parts had become a hell on earth.

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Information

Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780752455655
eBook ISBN
9780752496801

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. one When the Fighting was Done
  7. two The German Guide Book
  8. three Safer Shores
  9. four Nazi Murder on British Soil
  10. five You Can Work If You Want
  11. six A Girl’s Gotta Do What a Girls Goita Do …
  12. seven And Then There Was Peace
  13. appendix Pow Camp Directory
  14. Bibliography
  15. Photo Section