Barbed Wire Disease

Barbed Wire Disease

Author: John Yarnall

Publisher: Pitkin

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780752456904

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The first book to examine treatment of both British and German prisoners of war during World War I.


British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany

British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany

Author: Oliver Wilkinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1107199425

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An original investigation dedicated to the captivity experiences of British military servicemen captured by Germany in the First World War.


In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons

In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons

Author: A. Forder

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-29

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780265946336

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Excerpt from In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons: 1914-1918 Of necessity the personal pronoun will be prominent, but as far as possible it shall be obliterated, lest it jar too much on the reader's ears. Chapters XVIII, XIX, and XX are inserted, to put into permanent form the papers read at a Bible school in Jerusalem, this too at the request of hearers and friends. My incarceration as a political prisoner in Damascus for four years, during the late war, gave me time and opportunity for writing what is herein contained. Any repetitions, errors in dates, names, or such like, must be pardoned by the reader, for the absence of all books and papers to refer to is the cause of any such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

Author: Alexander Watson

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 0465056873

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A prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffered catastrophic losses, and Britain's ruthless blockade brought both nations to the brink of starvation. The Central powers were trapped in the Allies' ever-tightening Ring of Steel. In this compelling history, Alexander Watson retells the war from the perspective of its losers: not just the leaders in Berlin and Vienna, but the people of Central Europe. The war shattered their societies, destroyed their states, and imparted a poisonous legacy of bitterness and violence. A major reevaluation of the First World War, Ring of Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.


Prisoners of the Kaiser

Prisoners of the Kaiser

Author: Richard van Emden

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2009-06-11

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 184468850X

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Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity. Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the Great war, Prisoners of the Kaiser tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily life in imprisonment in German prison camps. Veterans recall work in salt mines, punishments, and escape attempts, as well as the torture of starvation and the relief at their eventual release. With over 200 photographs and illustrations, Prisoners of the Kaiser is filled with vivid, moving eye-witness accounts, almost all of which never been have published before.