Dimensions
140 x 220 x 20mm
During World War II over 400,000 Germans and Italians were
held in prison camps in Britain. These men played a vital
part in the life of war-torn Britain, from working in the
fields to repairing bomb-damaged homes. Yet despite the role
they played, today it is almost forgotten that Britain once
held PoWs. For those who worked, played or fell in love with
the enemies in their midst, those times remain vivid.
Whether they took tea on the lawn with Italians or invited a
German for Christmas dinner, the PoWs were a large part of
their lives. This book is the story of those men who were
detained here as unexpected guests. It is about their lives
within the camps and afterwards, when some chose to stay and
others returned to a country that in parts had become a hell
on earth.
