WORLD WAR I HISTORY POW ESCAPES Escapes from World War I prisoner of war Camps in Britain 1914-1920
Colin R Chapman takes a look at successful escapes from World War I POW camps, dispelling the myth that only one such escape was successful During WW1 the Central Powers, Germany and her Empire, with Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, were pitted against the Allied Powers, Britain and her Empire, with France, Belgium, Russia, and America from May 1917, both Powers imprisoning civilians and combatants from the outset.
Escapes, some successful, others resulting in re-capture, from Prisoner of War (POW) camps around the world have been described in a variety of languages by many authors. Not all accounts of escapes have been translated from original texts, rendering them less well-known than others in,…
