Prisoners of War, Prisoners of Peace
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Prisoners of War, Prisoners of Peace

Captivity, Homecoming and Memory in World War II

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Prisoners of War, Prisoners of Peace

Captivity, Homecoming and Memory in World War II

About this book

Millions of servicemen of the belligerent powers were taken prisoner during World War II. Until recently, the popular image of these men has been framed by tales of heroic escape or immense suffering at the hands of malevolent captors. For the vast majority, however, the reality was very different. Their history, both during and after the War, has largely been ignored in the grand narratives of the conflict. This collection brings together new scholarship, largely based on sources from previously unavailable Eastern European or Japanese archives. Authors highlight a number of important comparatives. Whereas for the British and Americans held by the Germans and Japanese, the end of the war meant a swift repatriation and demobilization, for the Germans, it heralded the beginning of an imprisonment that, for some, lasted until 1956. These and many more moving stories are revealed here for the first time.

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Yes, you can access Prisoners of War, Prisoners of Peace by Barbara Hately-Broad, Bob Moore in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781845201562
eBook ISBN
9781845207243

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Contributors
  3. Glossary
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Foreword
  6. Part I: Introduction
  7. Part II: Prisoners and their Captors
  8. Part III: Re-education
  9. Part IV: Homecoming
  10. Part V: Memory
  11. Notes
  12. Index