Peter Green

Broschiertes Buch

The March East 1945

The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and IX A/Z

Beschreibung

The March East 1945 draws on official and eyewitness accounts from British, Commonwealth, American and German records, as well as over 30 diaries and memoirs. It reveals the human story that unfolded over two weeks in Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony, and explains how the prisoners lived until their final liberation.

Autor

Peter Green's father, Alan Green 1 Border, was imprisoned in Oflag IX A/Z at Rotenburg an der Fulda, after being captured at the end of Operation Market Garden. Cuttings from Illustrated magazine of May 1945 describing the camp's evacuation featured in the family album kept by his mother. They always fascinated Peter as a child. After the death of his father he discovered his father's POW diary and an album of photographs of the march, and he decided to try and learn more about his life at Rotenburg and the camp's walk eastwards away from the Americans. Like his father, Peter was born in Leicestershire, although the family's roots go back to Nidderdale, in Yorkshire. Following a career in government science and technical public relations, he created and now leads an Internet-based research news service for the world's media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• New ed
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 130mm x 198mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781803999395
• ISBN-10: 180399939X
• Artikelnr.: 72803143