The Duke himself. #johnwayne #theundefeated 1969 #filmmaking #behindthescenes🎬

313 copies of The Undefeated sold.

313 readers who have chosen to discover the stories of the Allied prisoners of war whose experiences have too often been overlooked.

Thank you to everyone who has bought, read, reviewed and recommended the book.

Next stop: 400. 📖
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For Allied prisoners arriving at Stalag XXA, captivity began with shaving, photographs and registration.

Sapper William Holbrow recalled the psychological impact:

‘It made us look like real convicts.’

But this was only the beginning. #WW2 #POW

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My grilling of Jamie Heffer from RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre continues. Here he discusses how reading The Undefeated changed his understanding of the POW experience.
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The drama shows the journey into captivity. The firsthand accounts reveal what it was really like. Those stories are told in The Undefeated: The Untold Lives of Allied POWs in Europe, 1939–45. 📖 #MilitaryHistory #TheUndefeated

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The German newsreel captured their defeat. The firsthand accounts reveal what came next – hunger, thirst, forced labour and the struggle to survive captivity. Their stories are told in The Undefeated. 📖 #MilitaryHistory #TheUndefeated