WW2 PoW stuff: - Page 12

Eichhörnchen · 02-25-17, 02:24 PM

My son's artwork (rediscovered in an old scrap book today) on the theme of 'Colditz'

(I'm guessing that's the 'Colditz glider' and a Walther P38? The other two are a bag of golf clubs and one of his school dinnerladies)

August · 02-25-17, 10:50 PM

Got a new POW book I just picked up:

Story of the Palawan massacre and the survivors escape. I just started it. Will report when I finish. So far it's pretty good.

Eichhörnchen · 02-26-17, 05:13 AM

I once lived in a POW camp as a baby, believe it or not. Here's a feature about it by a local history group from my home town. "The Camp", as it was referred to by those who'd stayed there, was apparently built with the help of a Japanese car manufacturer (you'll see what I mean!)

https://tonbridgepeoleandancestry.bl...-homeless.html

Eichhörnchen · 02-26-17, 02:08 PM

Eichhörnchen · 06-18-18, 01:31 PM

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 · 06-18-18, 02:09 PM

Quote:

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 · 07-07-18, 03:12 PM

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 · 07-07-18, 04:12 PM

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 · 07-08-18, 04:43 AM

^ 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 · 07-08-18, 04:11 PM

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 · 07-08-18, 04:26 PM

Quote:

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.

Eichhörnchen · 09-27-18, 05:17 PM

ESCAPE TO FREEDOM (1954, Hutchinson & Co Ltd; no ISBN number given)

The Hon. T.C.F. PRITCHIE and Capt W.EARLE EDWARDS

I came across this by chance today in one of my bookcases... I'd quite forgotten about it (I think it was a gift from a friend who had a second-hand book shop in Boston many years ago)

I don't know whether this is a rare book, but I've not seen or heard anything about it before, and it looks as though it belongs in that canon of fabulous escape books from the post-war period, when the events were still vivid and fresh in the memory

It seems that it will describe experiences and escapes from Warburg Camp, then Spangenburg Castle in Bavaria, by the authors... presumably companions... and I am really looking forward to losing myself in it

Jimbuna · 09-28-18, 06:10 AM

^ Copies available here: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-sear...edwards-earle/

Eichhörnchen · 09-28-18, 10:18 AM

Thanks... it certainly seems like an important addition to the PoW escape book list

Platapus · 09-28-18, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

^ Copies available here: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-sear...edwards-earle/

Abebooks is a dangerous website to visit

Just take all of my money!!!

02-25-17, 02:24 PM	#166
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My son's artwork (rediscovered in an old scrap book today) on the theme of 'Colditz' (I'm guessing that's the 'Colditz glider' and a Walther P38? The other two are a bag of golf clubs and one of his school dinnerladies) __________________

02-25-17, 10:50 PM	#167
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Got a new POW book I just picked up: Story of the Palawan massacre and the survivors escape. I just started it. Will report when I finish. So far it's pretty good. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-26-17, 05:13 AM	#168
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Somer Hill Camp, Tonbridge I once lived in a POW camp as a baby, believe it or not. Here's a feature about it by a local history group from my home town. "The Camp", as it was referred to by those who'd stayed there, was apparently built with the help of a Japanese car manufacturer (you'll see what I mean!) https://tonbridgepeoleandancestry.bl...-homeless.html __________________

02-26-17, 02:08 PM	#169
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	__________________

06-18-18, 01:31 PM	#170
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	'Escape From Colditz' board game 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? __________________

07-07-18, 03:12 PM	#172
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The diary of a German PoW in Tonbridge 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. __________________

07-07-18, 04:12 PM	#173
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

07-08-18, 04:43 AM	#174
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ 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 __________________

07-08-18, 04:11 PM	#175
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

09-27-18, 05:17 PM	#177
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	'Escape To Freedom' ESCAPE TO FREEDOM (1954, Hutchinson & Co Ltd; no ISBN number given) The Hon. T.C.F. PRITCHIE and Capt W.EARLE EDWARDS I came across this by chance today in one of my bookcases... I'd quite forgotten about it (I think it was a gift from a friend who had a second-hand book shop in Boston many years ago) I don't know whether this is a rare book, but I've not seen or heard anything about it before, and it looks as though it belongs in that canon of fabulous escape books from the post-war period, when the events were still vivid and fresh in the memory It seems that it will describe experiences and escapes from Warburg Camp, then Spangenburg Castle in Bavaria, by the authors... presumably companions... and I am really looking forward to losing myself in it __________________

09-28-18, 06:10 AM	#178
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	^ Copies available here: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-sear...edwards-earle/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-28-18, 10:18 AM	#179
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,428 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks... it certainly seems like an important addition to the PoW escape book list __________________