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Greece Crete Stalag Dachau
A New Zealand Soldier's Encounters with Hitler's Army
256 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2014
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May 11, 2021
As part of a proposed television program about WWII POWs, Elworthy shared his recollections: from an eagerness to get to the fight, training, diversion from Egypt to Scotland after Dunkirk, more training once in Egypt, deployment to mainland Greece and the evacuation, the battle of Crete and capture, captivity and liberation, excursions with the U.S. Army, liberation of Dachau, return to England for repatriation and the jaunt around France and Germany and, after 7 years, return to his wife and son.
Elworthy was a professional soldier and top ranked NCO when the war broke out and had cogent remarks about both Allied and Axis soldiers. His observations about good and very bad leadership should make this book required reading at service academies.
Elworthy was a professional soldier and top ranked NCO when the war broke out and had cogent remarks about both Allied and Axis soldiers. His observations about good and very bad leadership should make this book required reading at service academies.
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