Prisoners of war

Soldiers' Pay William Faulkner - "e;A deft hand has woven this narrative.

Eingefroren in der Zeit ist ein einzigartiges und wichtiges Zeitzeugnis.

The postcard came with the words ';Imperial Japanese Army' printed at the top.

An extraordinary life in the shadows of war and a Century in the making.

Ever wondered about the untold stories of bravery and resilience during World War II?

This is the story of an ordinary young man, unworldly, untried and patriotic, who enlisted at 18 in 1942 and became an infantryman specialising as a machine gunner with the Middlesex Regiment and later with the Cheshire Regiment.

This book presents one of the most vivid descriptions of day-to-day life in a Japanese POW labour camp to have appeared so far.

This is a new and expanded second edition of the best-selling first edition.

An eyewitness and harrowing account of the brutal life in a Soviet labour camp.

Palestinian prisoners charged with security-related offences are immediately taken as a threat to Israel's security.

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Journey Out of Darkness is a poignant collection of portraits, in words and photographs, of 19 former prisoners of war who bravely endured captivity in Nazi Germany in World War II.

Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity.

Gunther Plschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history-during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland.

This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945, and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945.

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story.

A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.

The second instalment in a gripping memoir by Sakine Cansiz (codenamed 'Sara') chronicles the Kurdish revolutionary's harrowing years in a Turkish prison, following her arrest in 1979 at the age of 21.

The second instalment in a gripping memoir by Sakine Cansiz (codenamed 'Sara') chronicles the Kurdish revolutionary's harrowing years in a Turkish prison, following her arrest in 1979 at the age of 21.

*Highly Commended by the British Records Association for the 2019 Janette Harley Prize*

In September 1943, at the height of World War II, the Aegean island of Leros became the site of the most pivotal battle of the Dodecanese campaign as the British tried, in vain, to retain control of the island.

This is the story of a grandmother, and what happened to her and to Eastern Europe in World War II.

*Highly Commended by the British Records Association for the 2019 Janette Harley Prize*In September 1943, at the height of World War II, the Aegean island of Leros became the site of the most pivotal battle of the Dodecanese campaign as the British tried, in vain, to retain control of the island.

Long a topic of historical interest, wartime captivity has over the past decade taken on new urgency as an object of study.

In this WWII memoir, a Swedish emigre living in Budapest during the war recounts his efforts to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi death camps.

Women throughout the world have always played their part in struggles against colonialism, imperialism and other forms of oppression.

Women throughout the world have always played their part in struggles against colonialism, imperialism and other forms of oppression.

Palestinian prisoners charged with security-related offences are immediately taken as a threat to Israel's security.

As a young man Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived.

As a young man Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived.

This memoir of a Soviet POW's escape from a Nazi concentration camp is a remarkable account of cruelty and courage during WWII.

This memoir of a Soviet POW's escape from a Nazi concentration camp is a remarkable account of cruelty and courage during WWII.

A first-hand account from a British POW, "e;not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it"e; (BiblioBuffet.

In this WWII memoir, a German civilian POW recounts his harrowing experience of survival after escaping a British prison camp in India.

A first-hand account from a British POW, "e;not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it"e; (BiblioBuffet.

In this WWII memoir, a German civilian POW recounts his harrowing experience of survival after escaping a British prison camp in India.

A firsthand account of a World War II crewman in the 427 (Lion) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force who was captured by the Nazis and became a POW.

Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity.

A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II.

Gunther Plschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history-during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland.

Charles Steel took part in two military disasters-the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore.

The author of Guarding Hitler delivers "e;a study revealing the Japanese use of Allied POWs in medical experiments during WWII.

Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces.

John Fancy, who died in September 2008, aged 95, was the most prolific escaper of the Second World War.

The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War.

Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants.

On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam on his 76th mission and listed as killed in action.

Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of German midshipman Erich Killinger.