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Americans Poland Szubin Biography Prisoner-of-war escapes Poland Szubin History 20th century Prisoners of war Poland Szubin Biography Soldiers United States Biography Sparks, Felix Laurence 1917-2007 United States. Army Officers Biography United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front World War, 1939-1945 Concentration camps Poland SzubinDando-Collins, Stephen
Summary: "Oflag 64, a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based in Schubin, Poland, was speculated to be one of the only POW camps set up exclusively for U.S. Army ground component officers. About 150 American officers lived in the camp in 1943, and by 1945, that number had expanded to 1,500. When the German commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders to march all of his prisoners to west...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 DANKershaw, Alex.
Summary: From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared -- the entire time it took to liberate Europe -- no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio Publishing Group 2012