As Featured In
Cher Ami, Great War Special Interest Group Newsletter - July 2022
As Featured In
Cher Ami, Great War Special Interest Group Newsletter - July 2022
Article: [link=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/voices/opinions/peter-rhodes/2020/02/25/peter-rhodes-on-a-tingling-sensation-a-french-charmer-and-a-new-book-on-the-midlands-forgotten-prison-camps/]Peter Rhodes on a tingling sensation, a French charmer and a new book on the Midlands' forgotten prison camps[/link] as featured by
Express & Star, 25th February 2020
Article: [link=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/voices/opinions/peter-rhodes/2020/02/25/peter-rhodes-on-a-tingling-sensation-a-french-charmer-and-a-new-book-on-the-midlands-forgotten-prison-camps/]Peter Rhodes on a tingling sensation, a French charmer and a new book on the Midlands' forgotten prison camps[/link] as featured by
Express & Star, 25th February 2020
As thrilling as any novel of adventure.
It is a simple straight forward story wholly deserving of the eulogistic forward written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Old Berkhamstedian
As thrilling as any novel of adventure.
It is a simple straight forward story wholly deserving of the eulogistic forward written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Old Berkhamstedian
The author is well-known for his aviation histories and this book is an interesting departure from his main work, albeit not far from it. As usual, this is a well-researched study of a subject that has received far less than its deserved attention. The two photo-plate sections are well selected – Most Highly Recommended.
Read the complete review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/voices-in-flight-escaping-soldiers-and-airmen-of-world-war-i/#more-4492]here.[/link]
Firetrench
The author is well-known for his aviation histories and this book is an interesting departure from his main work, albeit not far from it. As usual, this is a well-researched study of a subject that has received far less than its deserved attention. The two photo-plate sections are well selected – Most Highly Recommended.
Read the complete review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/voices-in-flight-escaping-soldiers-and-airmen-of-world-war-i/#more-4492]here.[/link]
Firetrench
Gunther Plüschow was the only German Prisoner of War to successfully escape from the British mainland. He was a German aviator who was posted in China before the outbreak of war, and who was captured by the British during his attempt to return to Germany from China. The book falls into three parts. The first looks at the author's time in the German territory of Kiao-Chow in China. This includes a section on his pre-war life in there, with some fascinating insights into the colonial mindset of the period. The main focus here is on the Japanese siege, and the author's one-man aerial war. At the very end of the siege he was ordered to fly out of Tsingtau, starting the second part of the book.... ...This is a classic POW escape story, with the added bonus of being told from the German point of view. In many ways Plüschow's story is very similar to the more familiar British tales. The only significant difference is his attitude to setbacks, which he tends to treat with indignation, not a.. Read more
historyofwar.org
Gunther Plüschow was the only German Prisoner of War to successfully escape from the British mainland. He was a German aviator who was posted in China before the outbreak of war, and who was captured by the British during his attempt to return to Germany from China. The book falls into three parts. The first looks at the author's time in the German territory of Kiao-Chow in China. This includes a section on his pre-war life in there, with some fascinating insights into the colonial mindset of the period. The main focus here is on the Japanese siege, and the author's one-man aerial war. At the very end of the siege he was ordered to fly out of Tsingtau, starting the second part of the book.... ...This is a classic POW escape story, with the added bonus of being told from the German point of view. In many ways Plüschow's story is very similar to the more familiar British tales. The only significant difference is his attitude to setbacks, which he tends to treat with indignation, not a.. Read more
historyofwar.org
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Tracing Your Prisoner of War Ancestors: The First World War
The experience of civilian internees and British prisoners of war in German and Turkish hands during the First World War is one of the least well-known – and least researched – aspects of the history of the conflict. The same applies to prisoners of war and internees held in the UK. Yet, as Sarah Paterson shows in this authoritative handbook, a… Read more...
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Gunther Pluschow
Gunther Plüschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history - during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland. Yet, although his daring break for freedom in 1915 is astonishing in its own right, Plüschow was much more than simply… Read more...
