The last escape : the untold story of allied prisoners of war in Europe, 1944-45

Nichol, John, 1963- author.

Book 2003

Draws on the testimony of surviving veterans to relate the experiences of American and British prisoners of war who were forced to march hundreds of miles along the Death March in the wake of the D-Day landings.

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Prisoners of war United States History 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German

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ISBN:

9780670032129
0670910945
0670032123

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

xx, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-510) and index

Contents:

The Russians are coming
Abandoned to their fate
Out into the cold
Fears of a massacre
The retreat from Stalag Luft IV
The deadly road to the west
The rivers of humanity
Liberated by the Red Army
Hostages of Stalin
Waiting for Patton
The hell of Fallingbostel
Death by "friendly fire"
A German savior?
Heading for home
Welcome back
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Chronology of the end of the Second World War
Appendix 2. The Yalta Agreement on Prisoners of War, February 1945
Appendix 3. The senior American officer's complaint about conditions at Stalag XIIID, Nuremberg
Appendix 4. The numbers game

LCCN:

2002041191

Control Number:

205889

Other Authors:

Rennell, Tony

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