Description:The story of 4,500 British Merchant seamen, survivors of more than 200 ships, illegally taken prisoner in direct contravention of the Hague Convention. Held captive on Commerce Raiders and blockade running supply-ships in airless holds. Dressed in the rags of the clothing they were wearing when they abandoned ship they were glad to be issued with blood-stained Army uniforms.In the camps with the seamen were: P.G, Wodehouse; Henry Mollison (Amy Johnson’s actor brother-in-law); commandos from the Dieppe and St. Nazaire raids; International Brigade volunteers from the Winter War in Finland and men from most Allied nations. Once Italy had surrendered, the Germans even sent their ex-allies to Milag!Contemporary diaries, personal reminiscences and previously unknown extracts from the British Postal Censorship Office provide a unique insight into the private thoughts of these PoWs and their views on the lack of concern that they felt their Government and their employers had for their welfare and that of their dependents.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War. To get started finding Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War
Description: The story of 4,500 British Merchant seamen, survivors of more than 200 ships, illegally taken prisoner in direct contravention of the Hague Convention. Held captive on Commerce Raiders and blockade running supply-ships in airless holds. Dressed in the rags of the clothing they were wearing when they abandoned ship they were glad to be issued with blood-stained Army uniforms.In the camps with the seamen were: P.G, Wodehouse; Henry Mollison (Amy Johnson’s actor brother-in-law); commandos from the Dieppe and St. Nazaire raids; International Brigade volunteers from the Winter War in Finland and men from most Allied nations. Once Italy had surrendered, the Germans even sent their ex-allies to Milag!Contemporary diaries, personal reminiscences and previously unknown extracts from the British Postal Censorship Office provide a unique insight into the private thoughts of these PoWs and their views on the lack of concern that they felt their Government and their employers had for their welfare and that of their dependents.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War. To get started finding Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.