Lifeline Across the Sea  -  David Williams

mercy Ships of the Second World War and their Repatriation Missions

KORTE INHOUD

Telling the gripping story of the mercy ships of the Second World War, this is the first book to identify and describe in detail all the ships engaged in the repatriation of wartime diplomats, civilians, and prisoners

Behind the scenes during the Second World War, agreements were negotiated for wounded or gravely ill prisoners and “Protected Personnel”—diplomats, clergy, civilians, and alien internees—to be safely exchanged, a little-known dimension of the war. Conducted under the International Red Cross and...
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2015 Uitgever: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts 160 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 075096135X ISBN-13: 9780750961356