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Hitler's Digger Slaves tells of the 'Benghazi Handicap' in North Africa, which resulted in the capture of some 200 Australian plus Allied troops, when the Afrika Korps overran them in April 1941.

The Author served with the 2/3LAA Regiment and also became a prisoner. The Australian prisoners were rebellious and gained a reputation as 'troublemakers', which followed them through captivity. In consequence, they were cruelly ill-treated by the Italians.  

With the German take over of the POWs, the mistreatment worsened, with the final result that many Diggers became slave labour.

This book deals with the war crimes of Italian Carabinieri Colonel Calcaterra, deliberate starvation, attempted escapes, the execution of an Australian POW, slave labour in Poland, bashings, a horror forced-march across German territory during the final months of the war and the final rescue by a British armoured Division. This is the dark side of life as a POW, with treatment more in line with concentration camps than the usual prison camps. 

 
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SKU:9781876439737
Quantity:1 item(s) available
Author/s: Alex Barnett
Book Size(cm): 21 x 15
Condition: NEW
Format: Cardcover
Pages: 306
Printing &/or Publishing Information: Australian Military History Publications
Printing Year: 2008 reprint
Military Campaign: World War II (North Africa, Poland)
ISBN: 9781876439737
Weight:0.50 kg
Price:$ 29.95
 
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