Krigsfångar

Located by the Baltic near the town of Barth in Western Pomerania, Germany, Stalag Luft I was one of a number of Stammlager Luftwaffe, these being permanent camps established and …

The second instalment in a gripping memoir by Sakine Cansiz (codenamed ''Sara'') chronicles the Kurdish revolutionary''s harrowing years in a Turkish prison, following her arrest …

It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of …

'How does a one-time American farm boy become a Japanese Imperial Army prisoner of war in the Soviet Union after World War-II? Iwao Peter Sano's tale of how this happened to him is …

The mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history. Removed …

The issue of prisoners in war is a highly timely topic that has received much attention from both scholars and practitioners since the start of the military operations in …

Fewer Americans were captured or missing during the Vietnam War than in any previous major military conflict in U.S. history. Yet despite their small numbers, American POWs …

Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within …

This book provides an overview of major legal issues likely to arise as a result of executive and legislative action to close the Guantanamo detention facility. It discusses legal …

Andra världskriget är ökänt för sina fasansfulla krigsläger, och framför allt har nazisternas förintelseläger skakat efterkrigstidens människor. Men några som ofta glöms bort i …