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14%OFFPeter Green - The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z - 9780752471259 - V9780752471259
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The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z

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During the final days of the Second World War, for 900 Allied officers, held by the Germans in Oflag IX A/H and Oflag IX A/Z, freedom was still a world away. Marched east by their captors, away from the liberating American forces, March and April 1945 was a time of great trials, at the mercy of vengeful Nazis and Allied air raids. Amongst their number were many men whose names would become well known – Desmond Llewellyn, ‘Q’ in the Bond films, Frederick Corfield, a cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher and Major Bruce Shand, father of Camilla Parker Bowles. The ... Read more draws on official and eyewitness accounts from British, Commonwealth, American and German records, as well as over 30 diaries and memoirs. It reveals the human story that unfolded over two weeks in Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony, and explains how the prisoners lived until their final liberation. Complemented by 100 photographs and illustrations taken and drawn by PoWs, as well as the German instructions for camp evacuation published for the first time in English, this book provides a fascinating insight into the last days of the Second World War.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752471259
SKU
V9780752471259
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Peter Green
Peter Green’s father, Alan Green 1 Border, was imprisoned in Oflag IX A/Z at Rotenburg an der Fulda, after being captured at the end of Operation Market Garden. Cuttings from Illustrated magazine of May 1945 describing the camp’s evacuation featured in the family album kept by his mother. They always fascinated Peter as a child. After the death of his ... Read more

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