Confronting captivity : Britain and the United States and their POWs in Nazi Germany /

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How was it possible that most of the 300,000 British and US troops who fell into German hands during World War II survived in POW camps and returned home? This behind-the-scenes look at the living conditions in Nazi camps traces the actions taken - and not taken - by the British and US governments t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kochavi, Arieh J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war > Germany.
Prisoners of war > United States.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain.
Prisoners of war > Government policy > United States.
Prisoners of war > Government policy > Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Grande-Bretagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Prisonniers de guerre > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war > Government policy.
History & Archaeology.
History - General.
Germany.
Great Britain.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Whitehall and British POWs
  • Years of long captivity
  • Washington and American POWs
  • Exchanging seriously wounded and sick POWs
  • Long-term POWs kept in abeyance
  • Prisoners' safety and the collapse of Germany
  • Forced marches
  • An Anglo-Soviet bargain
  • A U.S.-Soviet package deal.

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