The Great Italian Breakout: The Most Audacious Escapes of the Second World War
Karen Farrington
In 1943 there were more than 60 prisoner-of-war camps throughout Mussolini’s Italy holding Allied soldiers. This tells the stories of some of those men and the daring escapes they staged after German forces swept through Italy, leaving them trapped behind enemy lines.
Icon Books, £20.00, 21 May 2026, 9781837733736