During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Although a symbol of military success, these prisoners created a multitude of problems for the authorities throughout the war. This book looks at how the British addressed these problems and turned liabilities into assets by using the Italians as a labour force, a source of military intelligence and as a political warfare tool before their final repatriation in 1946-47.

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Author Kent Fedorowich: Kent Fedorowich is Reader in British Imperial and Commonwealth History at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

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Book Title: The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947
Authors: Bob Moore, Kent Fedorowich
Series Title: Studies in Military and Strategic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230512146
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Bob Moore and Kent Fedorowich 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-73892-4Published: 13 March 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-40926-6Published: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51214-6Published: 13 March 2002
Series ISSN: 2947-2423
Series E-ISSN: 2947-2431
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 329
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, European History, History of World War II and the Holocaust, History of Italy

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