German Tommy
How a soldier of German ancestry hid his identity to serve with the British Army . . . [Anderson] has pieced together Schwarz's remarkable story (The Daily Telegraph). It was a time of misguided loyalties. The First World War British Army, in a shameful act of patriotism, was withdrawing from the front line veterans who had a German name and posting them to a non-combatants regiment. At home, anti-German feeling was reaching fever pitch. However, one young man, the son of a German father, conspired to have the Army send him into battle. In doing so he became a hero. This is the story of the German Tommy, Walter Schwarz (alias Lieutenant W…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4738-3458-3
- EAN: 9781473834583
- Produktnummer: 22566951
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'983 KB
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