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The safe exchange of wounded or gravely ill prisoners of war, 'protected personnel' – medical staff and clergy – and diplomats, civilians and alien internees is a little known dimension of the Second World War, yet it was highly dangerous work. Here, David L. Williams tells the gripping story of some fifty mercy ships engaged in these repatriation voyages, each of the exchanges arranged individually between Allied nations and the Axis belligerents, through neutral intermediaries, and often condu
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- Author
- David L. Williams, David L. Williams
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750965514
- Category
- hobbies
- Subjects
- History, Transportation, Stem
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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