Thompson Antonio S.
Thompson Antonio S. - Axis Prisoners Of War In Kentucky Behind Barbed Wire In The Bluegrass State 1941 - 1946 - Paperback
Thompson Antonio S. - Axis Prisoners Of War In Kentucky Behind Barbed Wire In The Bluegrass State 1941 - 1946 - Paperback
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Description: During World War II Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields leaving agriculture throughout the state - - particularly the lucrative tobacco industry - - without sufficient labor. An influx of Axis prisoners of war made up the shortfall. Nearly 10,000 German and Italian PO Ws were housed in camps at Campbell Breckinridge Knox and other locations across the state. Under the Geneva Convention they worked for their captors and helped save Kentucky's crops while enjoying relative comfort as prisoners - - playing sports performing musicals and taking college classes. Yet friction between Nazi and anti - Nazi inmates threatened the success of the program. This book chronicles the POW program in Kentucky and the vital contributions the Bluegrass State made to Allied victory.
Title: Axis Prisoners Of War In Kentucky Behind Barbed Wire In The Bluegrass State 1941 - 1946
Author(s): Thompson Antonio S.
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476681689
Pages: 226 Pages, 15 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 1/1/2024
Category: Prisoners Of War
Description: During World War II Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields leaving agriculture throughout the state - - particularly the lucrative tobacco industry - - without sufficient labor. An influx of Axis prisoners of war made up the shortfall. Nearly 10,000 German and Italian PO Ws were housed in camps at Campbell Breckinridge Knox and other locations across the state. Under the Geneva Convention they worked for their captors and helped save Kentucky's crops while enjoying relative comfort as prisoners - - playing sports performing musicals and taking college classes. Yet friction between Nazi and anti - Nazi inmates threatened the success of the program. This book chronicles the POW program in Kentucky and the vital contributions the Bluegrass State made to Allied victory.
Title: Axis Prisoners Of War In Kentucky Behind Barbed Wire In The Bluegrass State 1941 - 1946
Author(s): Thompson Antonio S.
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476681689
Pages: 226 Pages, 15 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 1/1/2024
Category: Prisoners Of War
