PRISONERS OF WAR (blurb)

During the Second World War approximately 9140 New Zealanders were taken prisoner, 194 of them sailors, 8348 soldiers and 598 airmen, including those interned. Of these, 1270 soldiers were wounded when captured, of whom 107 died in captivity. A further 416 soldiers died from sickness, accident, and other causes.

The great majority of the soldier prisoners were captured in the disasters of the first three years, left on the beaches in Greece or Crete, or were members of units overrun by German tanks. The airmen were those who survived after being shot down over enemy territory.

Their record as prisoners is a magnificent one, an honourable chapter in New Zealand's history, carefully and thoroughly related in this volume.

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