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War Wire
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Author : George Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
War Wire written by George Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Barbed wire categories.
War Wire On The Use Of And A Method Of Destroying Barbed Wire
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Author : George LYNCH (Journalist.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
War Wire On The Use Of And A Method Of Destroying Barbed Wire written by George LYNCH (Journalist.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with categories.
Barbed Wire Disease
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Author : John Yarnall
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-10-21
Barbed Wire Disease written by John Yarnall and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-21 with History categories.
By the time of the Armistice in 1918, around 6.5 million prisoners of war were held by the belligerents. Little has been written about these prisoners, possibly because the story is not one of unmitigated suffering and cruelty. Nevertheless, hardships did occur and the alleged neglect and ill-treatment of prisoners captured on the Western Front became the subject of major propaganda campaigns in Britain and Germany as the war progressed. " Barbed Wire Disease" looks at the conditions facing those British and German prisoners, and the claims and counter-claims relating to their treatment. At the same time, it sets the story in the wider context of the commitment by both governments to treat prisoners humanely in accordance with the recently agreed Hague and Geneva Conventions. The political and diplomatic efforts to abide by the new rules are examined in detail, along with the use of reprisals against prisoners, Britain's voluntary relief effort and the effect of face-to-face negotiations at the height of the war. This comprehensive analysis, using unpublished official files and cabinet papers, concludes by documenting the first ever efforts to bring war criminals to justice before international tribunals.
Cultural Heritage And Prisoners Of War
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Author : Gilly Carr
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2012-04-27
Cultural Heritage And Prisoners Of War written by Gilly Carr and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-27 with History categories.
This book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates, mugs and makeshift stoves, all which have previously received little attention. The authors of this volume show the wide potential of such items to inform us about the daily life and struggle for survival behind barbed wire. Previously dismissed as items which could only serve to illustrate POW memoirs and diaries, this book argues for a central role of all items of creativity in helping us to understand the true experience of life in captivity. The international authors draw upon a rich seam of material from their own case studies of POW and civilian internment camps across the world, to offer a range of interpretations of this diverse and extraordinary material.
The War Behind The Wire Voices Of The Vetrans
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Author : Patrick Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Release Date : 2020-12-19
The War Behind The Wire Voices Of The Vetrans written by Patrick Wilson and has been published by Pen & Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunneling, the thrill of life on the run, re-capture and punishment, the joy of liberation. All these experiences and more are vividly described by former POWs of the Second World War and their German camp guards, in War Behind the Wire.Through gripping firsthand accounts enhanced with numerous illustrations, we learn the true story of the ill-fated Great Escape, which ended in the barbaric murder of 50 gallant men of many nationalities. Former inmates tell what life in Colditz Castle was really like.War Behind the Wire is an inspiring book of memories and experiences of those who never gave up hope. These will be as unforgettable for the reader as they were for those who found themselves in captivity.
The Barbed Wire University
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Author : Midge Gillies
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2011-05-25
The Barbed Wire University written by Midge Gillies and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-25 with History categories.
“A moving and eye-opening account of the lives of second world war PoWs by the daughter of a man who was captured . . . a riveting collection of stories.” —The Guardian Feature films like The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Great Escape have created the stereotype of the Second World War prisoner of war. But, as Midge Gillies shows in this groundbreaking work of social history, the true experiences of nearly half a million Allied servicemen held captive during the Second World War were nothing like the Hollywood myth—and infinitely more extraordinary. The real lives of POWs saw them respond to the tedium of a German stalag or the brutality of a Japanese camp with the most amazing ingenuity and creativity. They staged glittering shows, concerts and elaborate sporting fixtures, made exquisite ornaments—even, amid the terrible privations of the Thailand-Burma railway, improvised daring surgical techniques to save their fellow men’s lives. Whatever skills or hobbies they took with them to captivity they managed to continue and adapt—to the extent of laying out a 9-hole golf course between the huts of one German camp. They took up crafts and pastimes using materials they found around them: even the string from a Red Cross food parcel was used to make cricket balls, football nets and wigs for theatrical performances. Men studied, attended lectures, learned languages, sat for qualifications and exams, on such a scale that one camp was nicknamed “The Barbed-Wire University.” Drawing on letters home, diaries and interviews with redoubtable survivors now into their nineties, Midge Gillies recreates the daily lives of a truly remarkable group of men. “Astonishing tales of improvisation, ingenuity and courage.” —The Spectator
The Wires Of War
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Author : Jacob Helberg
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-10-12
The Wires Of War written by Jacob Helberg and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Computers categories.
From the former news policy lead at Google, an “informative and often harrowing wake-up call” (Publishers Weekly) that explains the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google’s global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in the midst of what can only be described as a quickly escalating two-front technology cold war between democracy and autocracy. On the front-end, we’re fighting to control the software—applications, news information, social media platforms, and more—of what we see on the screens of our computers, tablets, and phones, a clash which started out primarily with Russia but now increasingly includes China and Iran. Even more ominously, we’re also engaged in a hidden back-end battle—largely with China—to control the internet’s hardware, which includes devices like cellular phones, satellites, fiber-optic cables, and 5G networks. This tech-fueled war will shape the world’s balance of power for the coming century as autocracies exploit 21st-century methods to redivide the world into 20th-century-style spheres of influence. Without a firm partnership with the government, Silicon Valley is unable to protect democracy from the autocrats looking to sabotage it from Beijing to Moscow and Tehran. Helberg offers “unnervingly convincing evidence that time is running out in the ‘gray war’ with the enemies of freedom” (Kirkus Reviews) which could affect every meaningful aspect of our lives, including our economy, our infrastructure, our national security, and ultimately, our national sovereignty.
The War Behind The Wire
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Author : John Lewis-Stempel
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-01-30
The War Behind The Wire written by John Lewis-Stempel and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-30 with History categories.
The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another. In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war against the German military, fought with everything from taunting humour to outright sabotage, with a literal spanner put in the works of the factories and salt mines prisoners were forced to slave in. British PoWs also fought a valiant war against the conditions in which they were mired. They battled starvation, disease, Prussian cruelties, boredom, and their own inner demons. And, of course, they escaped. Then escaped again. No less than 29 officers at Holzminden camp in 1918 burrowed their way out via a tunnel (dug with a chisel and trowel) in the Great Escape of the Great War. It was war with heart-breaking consequences: more than 12,000 PoWs died, many of them murdered, to be buried in shallow unmarked graves. Using contemporary records - from prisoners' diaries to letters home to poetry - John Lewis-Stempel reveals the death, life and, above all, the glory of Britain's warriors behind the wire. For it was in the PoW camps, far from the blasted trenches, that the true spirit of the Tommy was exemplified.
Cultural Heritage And Prisoners Of War
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Author : Gillian Carr
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012
Cultural Heritage And Prisoners Of War written by Gillian Carr and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.
This is an essential book for all academics, heritage professionals, collectors and museum curators who seek to understand the range of objects which give testimony to the creativity of prisoners of war. From sheet music and theatre, to painting, embroidery, newspaper articles and metalwork, this book is the first to address creativity behind barbed wire.
The Note Through The Wire
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Author : Doug Gold
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-09-19
The Note Through The Wire written by Doug Gold and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'An unforgettable love story set in perilous times' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz The greatest love blossoms in the darkest hour. In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One is an underground resistance fighter; the other a prisoner of war. A crumpled note passes between these two strangers and sets them on a course that will change their lives forever. The Note Through the Wire is the stunning true story of Josefine Lobnik, a resistance heroine, and Bruce Murray, an imprisoned soldier, as they discover love in the midst of a brutal war. Woven through their story of great bravery, daring escapes, betrayal, torture and retaliation is their remarkable love that survived against all odds.