The last escape
Subtitle: the untold story of Allied prisoners of war in Germany, 1944-1945
By: John Nichol and Tony Rennell.
Contributors: Rennell, Tony.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.; Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Death marches -- Germany.
Description: This title discusses how World War II ended for a quarter of a million men held in 55 prisoner of war camps and how, in the last months of the war, most of them became caught up in a desperate endgame as they made their way across a Europe in chaos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-462) and index.