Axis Prisoners Of War In Kentucky
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Author | : Antonio S. Thompson |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2024-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476681686 |
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During World War II, Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields, leaving agriculture throughout the state--particularly the lucrative tobacco industry--without sufficient labor. An influx of Axis prisoners of war made up the shortfall. Nearly 10,000 German and Italian POWs were housed in camps at Campbell, Breckinridge, Knox and other locations across the state. Under the Geneva Convention, they worked for their captors and helped save Kentucky's crops, while enjoying relative comfort as prisoners--playing sports, performing musicals and taking college classes. Yet, friction between Nazi and anti-Nazi inmates threatened the success of the program. This book chronicles the POW program in Kentucky and the vital contributions the Bluegrass State made to Allied victory.
Author | : Antonio Scott Thompson |
Publisher | : Diversion Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
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German Jackboots on Kentucky Bluegrass tells Kentucky's story of housing, working, and entertaining German Prisoners duing the Second World War. It is a must read for anyone interested in the Geneva Convention and humane treatment during a time of great conflict.
Author | : Antonio S. Thompson |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2023-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476648794 |
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During World War II, Axis prisoners of war received arguably better treatment in the U.S. than anywhere else. Bound by the Geneva Convention but also hoping for reciprocal treatment of American POWs, the U.S. sought to humanely house and employ 425,000 Axis prisoners, many in rural communities in the South. This is the first book-length examination of Tennessee's role in the POW program, and how the influx of prisoners affected communities. Towns like Tullahoma transformed into military metropolises. Memphis received millions in defense spending. Paris had a secret barrage balloon base. The wooded Crossville camp housed German and Italian officers. Prisoners worked tobacco, lumber and cotton across the state. Some threatened escape or worse. When the program ended, more than 25,000 POWs lived and worked in Tennessee.
Author | : Antonio Scott Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Prisoners of war |
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Download German Prisoners of War from World War II in America with a Focus on Kentucky and Tennessee Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Janet Altshool |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1983 |
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Author | : Bill Lawrence Lobdill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Prisoners of war |
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Download World War II Axis Prisoners of War in the United States Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2020-09-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1950564088 |
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Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. The experience introduces him to the beautiful and enigmatic Essie Stamper—a young Cherokee woman who is also working at the inn and dreaming of a better life. With World War II raging in Europe, the resort is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. A secret room becomes a place where Cowney and Essie can escape the white world of the inn and imagine their futures free of the shadows of their families' pasts. Outside of this refuge, however, racism and prejudice are never far behind, and when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing, Cowney finds himself accused of abduction and murder. Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social, cultural, and ethnic divides. Betrayed by the friends he trusted, he begins to unearth deeper mysteries as he works to prove his innocence and clear his name. This richly written debut novel explores the immutable nature of the human spirit and the idea that physical existence, with all its strife and injustice, will not be humanity's lasting legacy.
Author | : Rebecca J. Gatewood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Camp Breckinridge (Ky.) |
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Author | : James Ragsdale Howton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Prisoners of war |
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Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Fort Knox (Ky.) |
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