This nicely written review of POW escapes during WWI nicely compliments the large number of “Great Escape” books being released for the 75th Anniversary of that POW escape. The WWI escapers received remarkably little coverage at the time and very little in the century since, making this a particularly welcome military history. – Highly Recommended
NAME: Great Escapes of the First World War FILE: R2822 AUTHOR: Rachel Bilton PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword BINDING: hard back PAGES: 208 PRICE: £19.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: WWI, World War I, World War 1, First World War, The Great War, 1914-1918, POW, prison camps, POW escapes
ISBN: 1-47388-773-9
IMAGE: B2822.jpg BUYNOW: tinyurl.com/y2hlbhl8 LINKS: DESCRIPTION: This nicely written review of POW escapes during WWI nicely compliments the large number of “Great Escape” books being released for the 75th Anniversary of that POW escape. The WWI escapers received remarkably little coverage at the time and very little in the century since, making this a particularly welcome military history. - Highly Recommended The British POWs were as active in planning escapes during WWI as their sons were during WWII, making it all the more inexplicable that they did not receive the same level of coverage at the time, and later by historians. The situation was however somewhat different. Germany was surrounded by potentially friendly countries to which escapers could head, where WWII saw POWs held in a Europe where the only potentially friendly nations were Sweden and Switzerland, neither of which were particular friendly with the threat of German invasion hanging over them. German prisoners faced a similar situation in that many were held on the European mainland and those held in Britain had softer borders to face. Nevertheless, any WWI POW who planned and attempted an escape faced many challenges where great courage and determination was required, together with the need to produce clothes, money and documents to aid the escape. The author has assembled the first hand accounts of fifteen soldiers to illustrate the situation. As first hand accounts, they provide unique views from those who were involved. Their accounts are illustrated with plans and maps through the body of text and a photo-plate section with very rare images. A enthralling story with all the emotions, the trials, joys and disappointments