Hitler's Generals in America [electronic resource] : Nazi POWs and Allied Military Intelligence /
Mallett, Derek R.,1969-
Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky,
2013.
Americans are familiar with prisoner of war narratives that detail Allied soldiers' treatment at the hands of Germans in World War II: popular books and movies like The Great Escape and Stalag 17 have offered graphic and award-winning depictions of the American POW experience in Nazi camps. Less is known, however, about the Germans captured and held in captivity on U.S. soil during the war.In Hitler's Generals in America, Derek R. Mallett examines the evolution of the relationship between American officials and the Wehrmacht general officers they held as prisoners of war in the Unite
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Americans are familiar with prisoner of war narratives that detail Allied soldiers' treatment at the hands of Germans in World War II: popular books and movies like The Great Escape and Stalag 17 have offered graphic and award-winning depictions of the American POW experience in Nazi camps. Less is known, however, about the Germans captured and held in captivity on U.S. soil during the war.In Hitler's Generals in America, Derek R. Mallett examines the evolution of the relationship between American officials and the Wehrmacht general officers they held as prisoners of war in the Unite
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Afrikaner and Französen -- Hitler's generals come to America -- The seeds of the American transformation -- Re-educating Hitler's generals? -- Cold War allies.
Description based on print version record.
Cold War
World War, 1939-1945
Generals
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945