Prisoners of Britain - German Civilian and Combatant Internees During the First World War

Informationen zum Autor Panikos Panayi is Reader in History at De Montfort University Klappentext During WWI hundreds of thousands of Germans faced incarceration in hundreds of camps on the British mainland. This is the first book on these German prisoners, and covers 3 different types of internees in Britain: civilians already present in the country in August 1914; civilians brought to Britain from all over the world; and combatants. Zusammenfassung During WWI hundreds of thousands of Germans faced incarceration in hundreds of camps on the British mainland. This is the first book on these German prisoners! and covers 3 different types of internees in Britain: civilians already present in the country in August 1914; civilians brought to Britain from all over the world; and combatants. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Forgetting, remembering and the beginnings of a history2. Arrest, transportation and capture 3. The camp system 4. Barbed wire disease and the grim realities of internment 5. Prison camp societies 6. Employment 7. Public opinion 8. Escape, release and return 9. The meaning of internment in Britain during the First World War Bibliography Index

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Panikos Panayi is Reader in History at De Montfort University

Product details

• Authors: Panikos Panayi, Panayi Panikos
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9780719095634
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9563-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Prisoners of War, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I