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020    1526740621 |q(hardback)
020    9781526740625 |q(hardback)
035    (OCoLC)on1137737924
035    280864
049    LHMA
040    YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dOCLCQ |dYDXIT |dOCLCO |dYDXIT |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dNZHWP |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dLHM
050  4 D811.A2 |bM33 2021
100 1  McCrery, Nigel, |d1953- |eauthor.
245 10 Undying flame : |bOlympians who perished in the Second World War / |cNigel McCrery.
264  1 Barnsley : |bPen & Sword Military, |c2021.
264  4  |c©2021
300    xii, 258 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
336    still image |bsti |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references.
520    Over 60,000,000 people died worldwide during the course of the Second World War and, in contrast to those slaughtered in The Great War, it was civilian populations that bore the brunt. They perished in the Holocaust, in internment camps, in bombed towns and cities and as 'collateral damage', in war zones, such as the Eastern Front and in Asia. Among this carnage were hundred of individuals of all nations who had competed in Olympic Games. Imagine the loss of so many of the world's greatest sportsmen and women of the present era. The author has painstakingly researched the lives, achievements and circumstances of death of almost five hundred athletes of the period. While many were household names at the time, this exceptional work honours these fallen Olympians and reminds us of the futility and wastefulness of war.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Olympic athletes |xHistory.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
630 00 World War II.
650  6 Athlètes olympiques |0(CaQQLa)000287024 |xHistoire. |0(CaQQLa)201-0378888
650  6 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0056606
650  6 Biographies. |0(CaQQLa)201-0020336
630 07 World War II. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01384721
650  7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00832149
650  7 Olympic athletes. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01764756
647  7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924
648  7 1939-1945 |2fast
655  2 Personal Narrative. |0(DNLM)D062210
655  7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655  7 Personal narratives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423843
655  7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft
655  7 Récits personnels. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000517
852 0   |bscstacks |hD811.A2 |iM33 2021