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Echo Books 11/19/2019 Paperback or Softback New in New jacket Shooting Through: Campo 106 escaped POWs after the Italian Armistice (Paperback or Softback)
ISBN10: 064855404X, ISBN13: 9780648554042, [publisher: ECHO BOOKS] Softcover Special order direct from the distributor [Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2019]
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Shooting Through: Campo 106 escaped POWs after the Italian Armistice. ISBN 064855404x 9780648554042 [GB]
Superscript Publishing 11/19/2019 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Superscript Publishing 11/19/2019 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 064855404X, ISBN13: 9780648554042, [publisher: Echo Books] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In early September 1943, Italy capitulated to the Allies. Australian prisoners of war, POWs, seized this watershed moment and snatched supplies before walking out of Italy's rice farms scattered on the Piedmont plain west of Milan.Escapes were mostly easy but freedom was vexed. The ultimate challenge for escaped POWs was to navigate and to outlive the volatile context of post-armistice Italy beyond their prison camps. Wearing uniforms or a motley clash of civilian cast-off clothing, escapers had a price on their heads as they headed north towards alpine passes and neutral Swiss territory, or as they wandered in search of advancing Allied Lines in south Italy. During their treks through mountains, valleys and 'freedom trails', Australians teamed up with New Zealand, British and South African POWs to dodge German and fascist militia and to take up arms with fledgling Resistance brigades. Not all escaped POWs survived. At its heart, Shooting Through highlights a unique shared history between Australian escapers and the Italians who risked severe retributions to host and guide the POWs. Drawing extensively on first-hand accounts sourced from Australian and British archives, as well as memoirs and oral accounts by ex-POWs and Italian witnesses, Katrina Kittel weaves the stories of thirty escaper groups through time and ...
ISBN10: 064855404X, ISBN13: 9780648554042, [publisher: Echo Books] Softcover Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. 1.32 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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