Other Losses

After World War II, an estimated ten million Germans, both soldiers and citizens, were incarcerated in Allied prison camps. Due to negligence, varying from exposure to starvation, from gunfire to physical abuse, over 1.5 million of these prisoners lost their lives. Little was known of this topic before the initial release of Other Losses in 1989. Based on the testimony of both French and American sources, Other Losses relayed a shocking account of how both the French and American armies had willingly caused the deaths of some 800,000 men, women and children. Although academics challenged author James Bacque with criticism of exaggeration they were unable to provide an explanation for the extensive casualties. Several years following the original release of Other Losses, the KGBs prisoners of war archives were disclosed. Bacques quest for the truth continued as he probed these files and acquired additional statistical evidence from Soviet sources. This additional information contributes to and expands on his original findings. This updated edition presents all the relevant new material concerning the mass deaths of prisoners and the suppression of the evidence by the governments of Germany, the U.S., France and the Soviet Union. A hornets nest.... tells for the first time how.... German soldiers were left to die in American and French camps. John Gellner The Globe Mail Stunning. Time Magazine A great and grim masterpiece of investigative journalism, unmasking one of the most successful coverups in modern history. Independant on Sunday