Medical & POWs
Field surgeons, prisoner-of-war camps, daring escapes, and the human body under extreme duress.
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Medical & POWs
The Surgeon Who Operated by the Light of a Burning Building
A British medic who operated for 72 hours during the Battle of the Bulge, in a tent below zero
Captain Edward Morrison was a field surgeon at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. His field hospital was hit by artillery. Power failed. …
Medical & POWs
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: What Happened to the 73 Men Recaptured
76 men escaped. 73 were recaptured. 50 were executed on direct orders from Hitler
On the night of March 24-25, 1944, 76 Allied POWs escaped through a tunnel code-named Harry from Stalag Luft III, a prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi-occupied Poland…