Yanks behind the Lines - How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation during World War I - Bog af Jeffrey B. Miller - Hardb
More than nine million soldiers died in World War I. At the same time, a US-led effort saved nearly ten million civilians from starvation behind the lines during the German occupation, yet one of AmericaΓÇÖs greatest humanitarian efforts is virtually unknown today. In this gripping book, Jeffrey B. Miller tells the remarkable history of two American and Belgian citizen-created organizations that led a massive food relief program for civilians trapped in German-occupied Belgium and northern France...
Yanks behind the Lines - How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation during World War I - Jeffrey B. Miller
More than nine million soldiers died in World War I. At the same time, a US-led effort saved nearly ten million civilians from starvation behind the lines during the German occupation, yet one of AmericaΓÇÖs greatest humanitarian efforts is virtually unknown today. In this gripping book, Jeffrey B. Miller tells the remarkable history of two American and Belgian citizen-created organizations that led a massive food relief program for civilians trapped in German-occupied Belgium and northern France...