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

by Nigel McCrery

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526740621
• ISBN13: 9781526740625
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"