The Prisoners of War and German High Command

Download or read book The Prisoners of War and German High Command written by V. Vourkoutiotis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archival research in Germany, Great Britain, the USA and Canada, this study provides the first complete examination of the relationship between the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces High Command), and Anglo-American prisoners of war. German military policy is compared with reports of almost one thousand visits by Red Cross and Protecting Power inspectors to the camps, allowing the reader to judge how well the policies were actually put into practice, and what their impact was on the lives of the captured soldiers, sailors and airmen.