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Original Title:	The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
ISBN:	0142004472 (ISBN13: 9780142004470)
Edition Language:	English

The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45 Paperback | Pages: 520 pages

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Title	:	The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
Author	:	John Nichol
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 520 pages
Published	:	April 27th 2004 by Penguin Books (first published October 31st 2002)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. War. World War II

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As World War II approached its end, thousands of American and British soldiers languished in German POW camps. With the Russian Red Army closing in from the east and Allied troops advancing from the west, Hitler forced the POWs deeper into the heart of Germany. Over the next several months these prisoners were forced to walk more than 500 miles through the severest of winter conditions, and hundreds died from exhaustion, disease, and starvation. Here—for the first time—interviews with the POWs who survived as well as their diaries and letters bring this astonishing tale of endurance and courage to life.

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Uhm not to sure. One day I am enjoying it and the next I'm not. Good information but a bit repetitive.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.Flight Lieutenant Adrian John Nichol (born December 1963) is a retired Royal Air Force navigator who was shot down and captured during the first Gulf War.

A very well written account of allied POWs in Germany during World War II. Mostly airmen and mostly British but gives a very good picture if what we know about life in a Nazi POW camp.

This is a well written account of the experiences of World War II POWs in Europe. It manages to weave official publications, reports and first hand accounts into a very readable narrative. My only complaint would be that the author's personal thoughts and opinions were often reflected in the writing and I feel they should have remained objective.

The story is not untold, just not heard as often as the stories of the American prisoners held by the Japanese during WWII. The Germans treated prisoners awfully, as illustrated by the true stories in this book.The death marches were unbelievable. Some marched over 400 miles with very little clothing, no food, and the worst winter Germany saw in over 50 years. I found the resolve for these men to survive to be remarkable. The most incredible fact is that more POWs didn't die considering what

Way too many questions hanging, the numbers conflicting and what these soldiers suffered and survived is a disgusting story on humanity. Yalta? the pure winner was Stalin. Simply this, there are no winners in war, everyone loses no matter how they try to paint it. The prisoners lives will never be the same but they endured and will have my respect forever.

This book did gave me for World War 2 what "Look Away" gave me for the USA Civil War. Opened up a totally unknown chapter to me to delve into and add to my knowledge. So many histories add only a few kernels of new knowledge whereas "The Last Escape" explains the who, why, and how of how it all went down. Good Germans and bad Germans, which routes for relocation and why. How history brought happy Army Air Corp pilots for congratulations. Then left them in tears as they found out they fired on