Five Years Behind Hitler's Barbed Wire
Subtitle: A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Oct 09, 2015
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780786499809
Description: "On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted, hungry French officers reached Oflag XVIIA in Austria. Prisoners of war, they had arrived at their home for the next five years. In 1943, they executed the largest Allied POW escape of the war. This translation with commentary of two officers' diaries reveals a never before told story of struggle and triumph"--
Notes: Source title: Five Years Behind Hitler's Barbed Wire: A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945