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The Last Escape

The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-1945

» John Nichol

» Tony Rennell

Penguin
Paperback : 04 Sep 2003

Synopsis

Hundreds of thousands of British and American servicemen were held as POWs in camps across Nazi Germany by the time of the Normandy landings in June 1944. As winter settled across Europe and the Allied advance threatened German borders, prisoners were moved away from liberating forces. The POWs were forced to march hundreds of miles in appalling conditions. Hundreds died of disease, starvation and exhaustion. Yet when the war was over those who survived found their extraordinary tale was largely ignored and forgotten.

Now, John Nichol and Tony Rennell bring the survivors’ amazing stories to light, telling one of the most courageous and brutal tales of the final months of the Second World War.

Reviews

Critic Review:

‘Meticulously researched, fascinating, an extraordinary book’ 
Chris Tarrant, Capital Radio

‘Packed with first-hand testimony and impressive scholarship but with all the pace of a novel, this is a superb memorial of those Allied heroes who thought – wrongly – that for them the war was over’ 
Andrew Roberts

‘With admirably dogged research, the authors have delved into recently declassified files and long-hidden diaries to uncover a scandal’ 
Sunday Times

‘Superb, moving. A tale of heroism and sacrifice, told through the stories of those who lived it, and a long overdue contribution to the history of war’ 
Carlo D’Este, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life and Patton: A Genius For War

‘Fascinating, fair-minded, thorough and readable’ 
Daily Telegraph

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