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The Junak King - Life as a British POW, 1941-45 (Paperback)
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The Junak King - Life as a British POW, 1941-45 (Paperback)
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Sydney Litherland, at the age of 20, was called up in February
1940. After having been evacuated from Greece, he was among the
30,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers taken prisoner by the
Germans at the fall of Crete in June 1941. This book documents in
fascinating and historically important detail their daily life as
POWs in Germany and encapsulates the experiences of tens of
thousands of ordinary POWs. The German airborne invasion of Crete
and the surrender by the British is still the subject of
controversy. Sydney gives here his own first-hand account of the
event. This is not an account of heroic escapes and derring-do by
dashing officers, but of the day-to-day endurance of the other
ranks, mostly very young men, separated from their officers and
expected to do hard manual labour in working camps. What is
revealed is a different kind of courage: a quiet resilience and
dogged determination not just to endure, but to triumph. Supporting
each other, they never lose hope of eventual victory or let an
opportunity slip to make life more difficult for their captors.
This is an enthralling record of their triumphs and tragedies over
four long years.
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