The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947 (Studies in Military and Strategic History) - Hardcover

Moore, B.; Fedorowich, K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333738926 ISBN 13: 9780333738924

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Although a symbol of military success, these prisoners created a multitude of problems for the authorities throughout the war. This book looks at how the British addressed these problems and turned liabilities into assets by using the Italians as a labour force, a source of military intelligence and as a political warfare tool before their final repatriation in 1946-47.

About this title

About the Author:

BOB MOORE is Reader in Modern History at the University of Sheffield. He is author of Victims and Survivors: The Nazi Persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands 1940-45, editor of Resistance in Western Europe and co-editor, with Kent Fedorowich, of Prisoners of War and their Captors in World War II.

KENT FEDOROWICH is Senior Lecturer in British Imperial History at the University of West of England, Bristol.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0333738926
• ISBN 13: 9780333738924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 341