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The Undying Flame: Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War

The Undying Flame: Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War

McCrery, Nigel

Paperback

Sports GeneralDeath & DyingWorld War II

Publisher Price: $29.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 30, 2026

ISBN10: 1399020110
ISBN13: 9781399020114
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: Dec 30 2026
Language: English
Drawing on painstaking research, it traces the lives, achievements, and deaths of nearly five hundred Olympians. 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.

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