Between 1939 and 1945 almost 200,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen were held as prisoners of war in Germany. This title presents the details of what sort of work they undertook, their living conditions, their relationships with civilian workers, foreign labourers and concentration camp inma...
First class history.’ Tim Newark, author of The Mafia at War and Camouflage ‘Meticulously researched and engagingly recounted, this new work adds considerably to our understanding of a largely forgotten episode in the epic of Dunkirk.’ Jamie Holland, author of Italy’s Sorrow ‘Sean Longden is a ...
That’s mandatory. [It] shows he is not a selfish person, for by not volunteering he leaves room for the keener and more deserving matelots to offer their services.’1 Reg Osborn, who trained at TS Exmouth The boys of the Merchant Navy became the unsung heroes of the Second World War. Whilst war sa...