Escaping Has Ceased to Be a Sport: A Soldier's Memoir of Captivity and Escape in Italy and Germany by Frank Unwin - 2018

Pen and Sword Military, 2018. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In this memoir, Unwin relates his experiences as a prisoner of war for three years in Italy and Germany during World War II. He joined the British Territorial Army in 1920 and saw action in Libya, Egypt, Greece, and Crete before being captured at Tobruk in 1942. He escaped twice, once for a week and then again for five months. After rejoining the Allied lines, he was recaptured and sent to work in Germany and took part in the Long March in 1945. (2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)