Captured Germans - British POW Camps in World War I
$91.41
- Hardcover
360 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2017
Summary
When we consider prisoner of war camps in the First World War, we inevitably think of those on the Continent. We seem to have forgotten that in the UK there were huge numbers of enemy combatants and alien civilians interned in camps right across the realm. By the end of the war there were almost 500 internment camps in England and Wales, with another twenty-five in Scotland, two on the Isle of Man and one each in Ireland and Jersey. Between them they held around 250,000 individuals.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783463480 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783463481 |
| Author: | Norman Nicol |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 774g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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This work, which interesting in its own right, is also a superb reference work for anyone undertaking research into this much overlooked subject.
Norman Nicol’s excellent book puts these camps firmly in mind with a close look at how German POWs were treated and housed during the conflict.– “Books Monthly”This work, which interesting in its own right, is also a superb reference work for anyone undertaking research into this much overlooked subject.–Mark Marsay “The Great War Magazine” (11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)
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