WW II POWs in America and Abroad: Astounding Facts about the Imprisonment of Military and Civilians During the War by Gary Slaughter
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Description WW II POWs in America and Abroad by Gary Slaughter
Little has been written about the six million people interned in prison camps around the world between 1939 and 1945. We are aware that the Allies and the Axis powers held one another’s armed forces as military prisoners of war (POWs). The Axis powers also confined millions of civilian prisoners in death or concentration camps. In addition, the Axis imprisoned Russians, Slavs, European Jews, Gypsies, medically or physically handicapped persons, non-Jewish intellectuals, and religious leaders. Even the United States interned its own citizens in camps throughout America. Over 125,000 Japanese Americans and 11,000 German Americans were held in the camps. Most were naturalized U.S. citizens. Like military camps, these civilian sites were also surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers.
In 1944 when a German POW camp was built in his hometown, the author, as a young boy, became fascinated with POWs. During the last two decades, Gary Slaughter has authored five Cottonwood novels set on the American home front during the last five seasons of World War II, each containing POW storylines. Following book talks, most attendees’ questions related to POWs. His extensive research resulted in this captivating book. A largely unknown component of World War II history.
Praise WW II POWs in America and Abroad by Gary Slaughter
Slaughter takes us to a world-wide view of the millions of WWII POWs. Hedetails the astounding difference between Allied-run camps and those of theAxis powers. This informative document sheds light on an area of historybypassed by the conventional WW II histories.– LT Karl (Chuck) Nuechterlein, USNR (Ret.)
WW II POWs is constructed with bites of information, along with anecdotes.The book is an easy read that can be picked up and put down without fear oflosing the thread of the work. Anecdote leave you with a warm feeling aboutAmericans and their conduct, even in those difficult of times when virtuallyevery one had someone fighting in the war.– CDR Andrew A. Bradick, USN (Ret.)
A fascinating collection of facts and narratives related to World War IIincarcerations. Slaughter has researched both civilian and military camps,chronicling experiences on both the Allies’ and the Axis Powers’ sides. There isdefinite relevance, even so many years later. This is not necessarily a book toread straight through, but rather one to leaf through time and again for newperspectives on war captivity.-Ruth Beaumont Cook, Author of Guests Behind the Barbed Wire
About Gary Slaughter
Gary Slaughter is the author of “WWII POWs in America and Abroad” (Fletcher House Publishers, Nov. 11, 2021). He was born and raised in Owosso, Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he served seven years during the Cold War as a Naval officer, principally on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyers. Following a distinguished military career, he became an expert on managing corporate information technology and consulted to clients worldwide. In 2002, Slaughter put his career on hold and began to write the award-winning Cottonwood series of five novels, depicting life on the American homefront during the last five seasons of World War II.
In 2016, his critically-acclaimed memoir, “Sea Stories,” was published. The book’s 60 vignettes recall Slaughter’s life in the Navy. One vignette tells of the once top-secret role he played in avoiding an all-out nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.Al
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