How much do you know about prisoners of war(POW) during WWII, and the chaos and confusion they endured in Europe in the final months on forced marches?
This book focuses on the forced 'death' marches from POW camps during that period. Prisoners and their guards trudged often hundreds of miles on next-to-nothing rations or what they could scavenge on their way. Why? is never clearly explained then, or now. Many fell by the wayside and were either left to die or mercilessly shot.
At Gresse, a column of marching Allied POW's under guard managed to get some Red Cross parcels and was enjoying those when tragedy struck; RAF Tornadoes bore down on them creating carnage — a cruel fate for a serviceman who may have been a prisoner during the previous 4 years. The chaos and confusion of those deplorable marches need to be read to be understood more.
The Last Escape: John Nichol - Amazon
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