The Great Italian Breakout - Karen Farrington

In 1943, there were more than 60 prisoner of war camps throughout Mussolini's Italy. Behind barbed wire and under the guards' dark gaze were captive Allied soldiers. After the Italian Armistice thousands escaped as guards deserted their posts, but when German forces swept down the peninsula to regain control they were left stranded in enemy territory. The Great Italian Breakout tells the remarkable stories of those men scattered across the Italian countryside, whose experiences have been all but... Zobrazit více