Captivity, flight, and survival in World War II / / by Alan J. Levine

• Autore: Levine Alan J
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/72
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons; Escapes - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Captivity, Flight, and Survival in World War II -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Flight from the Enemy: Europe and the Mediterranean -- ST. OMER TO GIBRALTAR -- Organizing Escape and Evasion -- Commando Escapers -- ACROSS THE NORTH SEA -- By Air from Denmark -- FLIGHT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN -- Flight from Crete -- Tobruk: The Sea and the Desert -- Flight with the Germans -- 2 Flight before the Enemy: Asia and the Pacific -- BREAKOUT FROM HONG KONG -- FLIGHT FROM SINGAPORE AND SUMATRA -- FROM SUMATRA TO CEYLON: THE SEDERHANA DJOHANIS -- FLIGHT FROM JAVA -- ESCAPE ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN -- Ambon -- ESCAPES FROM THE PHILIPPINES -- From Corregidor to Darwin: The Men of the USS Quail -- Gause and Osborne -- The Guerrillas and Escapes -- Mission from Mindanao: The Voyage of Hamner and the Smiths -- Whitehead's Escape -- NINE MONTHS ON NEW BRITAIN -- 3 Escapes from Prisoner of War Camps in Europe -- LIFE IN THE CAMPS -- MORALE AND DIVISIONS AMONG PRISONERS -- The Mental State of the Prisoners -- THE ESCAPERS -- GERMAN DEFENSES AGAINST ESCAPE -- ESCAPE AIDS -- TYPES OF ESCAPES -- Early Escapes -- TUNNEL ESCAPE -- The Warburg Wire Job -- ESCAPES FROM SALONIKA -- PRISONERS IN ITALY -- Escape by Air -- EAST AND NORTH: ESCAPES VIA THE BALTIC -- ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ CASTLE -- STALAG LUFT III -- The Wooden Horse -- ESCAPE ACROSS THE EASTERN FRONT -- 4 Escapes from Prisoner of War Camps in Asia -- THE JAPANESE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS -- Survival in Japanese Prisoner of War Camps -- RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE -- THE LONGEST ESCAPE -- CABANATUAN TO DAVAO -- HONG KONG -- UNWANTED ESCAPES: THE FIRST OF THE HELL SHIPS -- ESCAPE TO TIBET AND BURMA -- 5 Escape from the Kingdom of Death: Jewish Escapes in Occupied Europe -- ESCAPES FROM GHETTOES -- THE CONCENTRATION CAMP WORLD -- THE LIFE OF THE PRISONERS -- ESCAPES FROM JEWISH PRISONER OF WAR AND LABOR CAMPS. ; ESCAPE FROM LABOR CAMPS -- THE EASTERN EXTERMINATION CAMPS -- TREBLINKA II -- SOBIBOR REVOLT AND ESCAPE -- ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ -- SIEGFRIED LEDERER -- VRBA AND WEXLER -- LATER ESCAPES FROM AUSCHWITZ -- ESCAPES FROM GERMANY -- ESCAPE FROM THE SONDERKOMMANDOS -- Notes -- Bibliography of Published Sources -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of prisoner of war and concentration camp survivor stories from some of the toughest World War II camps in Europe and the Pacific, this book details the daring escapes and highlights the fundamental aspects of human nature that made such heroic efforts possible. Levine takes a comprehensive approach, including evasion efforts by those fleeing before the enemy who never reached formal prisoner of war camps, as well as escapes from ghettoes and labor camps. Levine pays particular attention to dramatic escapes by small boat. Many are not widely known, although some were made over vast distances or in fantastically difficult conditions from enemy-occupied areas. Accounts include attempts at freedom from both German and Japanese prisoner of war camps, stories that reveal much about the conditions prisoners endured. Some of these escapes are far more amazing than the famed Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. German and Austrian prisoners also recount their amazing flights from India to Tibet and Burma. This study challenges some ideas about behavior in extreme situations and casts interesting light on human nature.
• Titolo autorizzato: Captivity, flight, and survival in World War II
• ISBN: 9798400623349; 9780313001413; 0313001413
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957454003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II