P.O.W. "For You the War is Over"

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Plus a free DVD : From Newcastle and Gateshead this DVD is the VE Day Celebrations from 8th - 9th May 1945 and Thankgiving Day May 14th 1945. See how they celebrated in style and the marches. This is a must - have for anyone interested in the war and locally too.

 'For you, the war is over.' These famous words marked the end of the Second World War for nearly half a million allied servicemen, and the beginning of a very different battle in captivity. Waged against boredom, brutality, disease, hunger and despair, it was a battle for survival, fought without the aid of weapons against fully armed enemy captors.

This book reveals from those involved, their capture, what they saw, interrogation, imprisonment, escape, to final liberation and homecoming. POWs and, in particular, those who broke free, have become a post-war cultural icon; a symbol of the will to survive against the odds. Rich with incident and emotion,  P.O.W is a compelling look at the lives of  local soldiers from Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, extraordinary individuals who were trapped behind the wire.