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Old 20-03-2008, 11:49 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The Last escape is, indeed, an excellent book. I read it a couple of years ago, and really should go back to it.

Another excellent introduction to the subject is POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe, 1939-45: Adrian Gilbert:. If you are intrested in Bomber Command POWs, then this is a must Footprints on the Sands of Time: RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45: Oliver Clutton-Brock.

I have heard that this is good but have yet to read it We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: The Remarkable Reminiscences of Second World War Evaders and Prisoners of War: Jimmy James,Philip LaGrandeur

And of course there are the classics on Colditz, and the Great Escape (too many books to list) and this is a fine example Lie in the Dark and Listen: The Remarkable Exploits of a WWII Bomber Pilot and Great Escaper: Ken Rees,Karen Arrandale

One shouldn't forget the Far East, of which classics are The Railway Man: Eric Lomax and Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-45: Brian MacArthur
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