Hitler's soldiers in the Sunshine State : German POWs in Florida /

"In the first book-length treatment of the German prisoner-of-war experience in Florida during World War II, Robert D. Billinger, Jr., tells the story of the 10,000 men who were "guests" of Uncle Sam in a tropical paradise that for some became a tropical hell."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Billinger, Robert D., Jr., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2000.
Colección:Florida history and culture series.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war > Germany.
Prisoners of war > Florida.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Floride.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Prisoners of war
Florida > History, Military.
Floride > Histoire militaire.
Florida
Germany
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • National Context
  • Uncle Sam's Smiling Workers
  • U-boat Men and Other Naval Prisoners: Special Breed, Special Problems
  • When the Afrika Korps Came to Blanding: Riots and Repatriations
  • The "Worst Camp in America": Clewiston Escapes and a Suicide
  • Escapees: The Individualists, the Threatened, and the Alienated
  • MacDill Menus and Belle Glade Beans: The Press and Coddling Charges
  • On the Threshold: Reeducation Efforts in the Blanding and Gordon Johnston Camps
  • The Long Way Home: Repatriation
  • Epilogue: Graves, Alumni, and Memories
  • 1,250 Miles through Florida.

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