My blog post about German prisoners of war in britain during WW2 is now available on the History Press website: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/updates/cat/blogs/post/Hitlers-Last-Army/ Here’s a sample of the text – and on…
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My blog post about German prisoners of war in britain during WW2 is now available on the History Press website: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/updates/cat/blogs/post/Hitlers-Last-Army/ Here’s a sample of the text – and on…
On 21 February 1945 Eberhard Wendler wrote in his diary: ‘Received a letter from Willy and Gertrud posted on 28 November 1944. Bought myself a pair of scissors for 2…
Eberhard Wendler’s wartime diary continues: ‘10 February, 1945: at 2.00 p.m. I received the first parcel from home. It contained skin cream, a mirror, a mouth-organ, a handkerchief, socks, sugar…
Eberhard Wendler was conscripted into the German army in January 1944, at the age of 17. His unit was in combat against American forces in Normandy shortly after D-day, and…
Yesterday I joined Mike Read on his BBC Radio Berkshire show to chat about Hitler’s Last Army. We talked about prisoner of war camps in Berkshire, and I mentioned that German…