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The barbed-wire university : the real lives of Allied prisoners of war in the Second World War / Midge Gillies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillies, Midge, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Prisoners of war--Great Britain.
- Prisoners of war.
- Manners and customs.
- Great Britain.
- Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 486 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Aurum, 2011.
- Summary:
- This extraordinary social history will redefine our picture of the POW camps and leave us with renewed admiration for the initiative, creativity and fortitude of men in wartime captivity, men whose whole lives and post-war careers were transformed by their time as POWs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-474) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845136291
- 1845136292
- OCLC:
- 746302050
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