CAPTIVES COURAGEOUS: SOUTH AFRICAN PRISONERS OF WAR WORLD WAR II

dc.creator	David McLennan
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:58Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/24-1-289
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8247626b332c4bf099f729070a73ab69
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8606
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/8247626b332c4bf099f729070a73ab69
dc.description	<p><em>Captives Courageous; South African prisoners of war in World War II </em>is the ninth work in the<em> </em>South Africans at War series published by<em> </em>Ashanti Press.</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p>Leigh has divided his book into two parts. In the first part, entitled "Into the bag", he details the capture of South Africans in the Western Desert and their rapid transition from efficient fighting men to often sickly and weak prisoners of war (POW). The Western Desert was an unforgiving environment in which to find oneself a prisoner of war. If passing fighters or bombers (of either side) did not "get" you the dysentry invariably did. The heat, lack of water and lack of compassion shown by Axis non-frontline troops towards South African prisoners of war are all documented by Leigh. He also highlights the differences South Africans experienced in the treatment meted out by Italians on the one hand and Germans on the other. Ironically this relationship was to change later in the war, when many South Africans were moved north into Germany after the collapse of Italy in mid-1943. The conditions in POW camps in Germany were much tougher than those experienced in Italy.</p><p> </p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/289
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 24, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Maxwell Leigh
dc.subject	ISBN 1 874800448
dc.subject	South Africans at War series
dc.subject	Ashanti Press
dc.subject	the capture of South Africans in the Western Desert
dc.subject	prisoners of war (POW)
dc.subject	conditions in POW camps
dc.subject	Germany
dc.subject	South African prisoners
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	CAPTIVES COURAGEOUS: SOUTH AFRICAN PRISONERS OF WAR WORLD WAR II
dc.type	Article