Surviving the Great War

Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front 1916-18

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvAaron Pegram,Aaron (Australian War Memorial) Pegram

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Between 1916 and 1918, more than 3,800 men of the Australian Imperial Force were taken prisoner by German forces fighting on the Western Front. Australians captured in France and Belgium did not easily integrate into public narratives of Australia in the First World War and its commemorative rituals. Captivity was a story of surrender and inaction, at odds with the Anzac legend and a triumphant national memory. Soldiers captured on the Western Front endured a broad range of experiences in German captivity, yet all regarded survival as a personal triumph. Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of the little-known story of Australians in German captivity in the First World War. By placing the hardships of prisoners of war in a broader social and military context, this book adds a new dimension to the national wartime experience and challenges popular representations of Australia's involvement in the First World War.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-11-12
Mått158 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAustralian Army History Series
Antal sidor284
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108486194

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Introduction; 1. Raising the white flag: the capture of Australian troops on the Western Front; 2. The reciprocity principle: respecting and abrogating wartime agreements; 3. Giving the game away: the intelligence value of prisoners of war; 4. Saving lives: patriotic women, prisoners of war and the Australian Red Cross Society; 5. Challenging the Holzminden illusion: myth and reality of escape in the Great War; 6. Well fed and plenty of freedom: autonomy and independence in German captivity; 7. Hun haunted? Repatriation, home and after; Conclusion.

'The book examines capture itself and the treatment that captives received just after they were taken. It examines whether pre-war agreements like the Hague and Geneva Conventions were honoured … This is a very readable book that covers all the bases … Once again, this volume meets the very high standards set in the Australian Army History series published by Cambridge University Press.' Michael O'Brien, Royal United Services Institute of Victoria