WW2 PoW stuff:

[Eichhörnchen]

I saw this in a junk shop the day before yesterday; £14 for this plus some other crappy 1970s game I never heard of. I don't understand why I didn't cough up the 14 quid and chuck the other game in the bin.

I've never played this... is it any good?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I saw this in a junk shop the day before yesterday; £14 for this plus some other crappy 1970s game I never heard of. I don't understand why I didn't cough up the 14 quid and chuck the other game in the bin.

I've never played this... is it any good?

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...itz+board+game

[Eichhörnchen]

http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/a...war-diary.html

This is a fascinating and unique read, for me not least because Tonbridge is my home town. I've mentioned the Somerhill prison camp before... I actually lived there myself for a while:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=168

And I've walked the long and beautiful country lane that is Horns Lodge Road (para.5) many times in summers past and know it well. A friend who was a Lancaster tailgunner during the war lived at the top of the road near to the farm, but Horns Lodge Farm was pulled down in quite recent times. Otherwise this lovely place is unchanged since wartime.

[August]

Thanks Eichhörnchen for the link I will check it out.



I finished As Good as Dead awhile back. I found the stories of survival astounding. What the allied prisoners of war had to go though at the hands of the Japanese was just horrific.


Meanwhile I have two more I just added to the Escape Library:

Escape from Davao



I just started this and so far it is engaging. I'm already familiar with this story having read Melnicks "Philippine Diary".

On deck is this one:
The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw

[Eichhörnchen]

^ I discovered a new softback retrospective on the 'Bulge' by Charles Whiting in a shop the other day, but didn't pick it up. I think now I'll go back for it.

I checked out the photo pages... it being a new book I reckoned there must be new photos rather than the same old ones we're familiar with. And sure, I didn't recognise any of them, but they were pretty mundane looking.

I'll do you a report later

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I've owned "Escape From Davao" for sometime now and it's still one of my favorite reads. I recently picked up
I've also seen the movie but the book is far and away more detailed.

[August]

Originally Posted by Kptlt. Neuerburg

I've owned "Escape From Davao" for sometime now and it's still one of my favorite reads. I recently picked up
I've also seen the movie but the book is far and away more detailed.

I read that one awhile back. I had a difficult time feeling empathy for the main character, at least at first. He was such a miserable little brat when he was a kid.