More than sixty years have passed since the end of the Second World War, yet remarkable individual stories continue to emerge. Alfred Nisbetts memoir is not so much a record of conflict as a document of common humanity, linking the individuals of divided nations.

Called up to the Army in June 1940 as a sapper, Alfred soon finds himself in North Africa dodging the bullets from German and Italian planes. The day he is captured by a German tank unit is also the first time he witnesses acts of kindness and decency from his enemy - but not the last. Months of internment follow, always under...