NEW; War Behind the Wire: Experiences in Captivity During WWII - 2000-1st - POW

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2000. Blue bds with gilt in Jacket. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New, light surface markings. First Edition. 25.5 Cm x 19.5 Cm. A selection of first-hand accounts of capture and captivity. Much coverage is given to the Great Escape and life in Colditz Castle. 224 pages. Many b/w photographs. \n\nPublished to coincide with the major 2 part BBC1 series (Autumn 2000) of the same name, War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunnelling, the thrill of life on the run, re-capture and punishment, the joy of liberation. All these experiences and more are vividly described by former POWs of the Second World War and their German camp guards, in War Behind the Wire. Through gripping first-hand accounts enhanced with numerous illustrations, we learn the true story of the ill-fated Great Escape, which ended in the barbaric murder of 50 gallant men of many nationalities. For