French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity During World War II

ISBN-13: 9781107692831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 323 str.

Raffael Scheck

Opis

Discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Recenzje

'It is a valuable addition to the literature on POWs during World War II, ranging from Germany's murder of Soviet prisoners to assessments of its more careful treatment of Allied troops.' Norman J. W. Goda, European History Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction: a soldier's story; 1. The start of captivity; 2. The colonial prisoners in Franco–German diplomacy; 3. The German treatment of the colonial prisoners in France; 4. French guards for colonial prisoners; 5. German propaganda for Muslim prisoners; 6. The labor of colonial prisoners; 7. The physical and mental state of the prisoners; 8. Human relations: co-prisoners and civilians; 9. Colonial prisoners and the end of the war; Conclusions.