Daniel Lee

In August​ 1942 a French farmer called Maurice Courtin was released from the POW camp Stalag I-A in East Prussia, where he had been imprisoned for two years in dire conditions. German guards put him on a train back to France along with 1300 other prisoners from Stalag I-A and Stalag I-B. Courtin was delighted at the prospect of being reunited with his wife, his children and his farm. When...

In June​ 1944, Field Marshal Rommel, widely regarded as Hitler’s most capable military leader, got caught out. Ever since his arrival in France, the Desert Fox had worried about the physical and mental preparedness of his troops. Like other senior military figures, he had criticised the luxurious lifestyle of German officers in Paris: their Etappengeist, the ‘spirit of the rear...