How Long to Read The Barbed-Wire University

How Long Does it Take to Read The Barbed-Wire University?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 56 minutes to read The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“A moving and eye-opening account of the lives of second world war PoWs by the daughter of a man who was captured . . . a riveting collection of stories.” —The Guardian Feature films like The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Great Escape have created the stereotype of the Second World War prisoner of war. But, as Midge Gillies shows in this groundbreaking work of social history, the true experiences of nearly half a million Allied servicemen held captive during the Second World War were nothing like the Hollywood myth—and infinitely more extraordinary. The real lives of POWs saw them respond to the tedium of a German stalag or the brutality of a Japanese camp with the most amazing ingenuity and creativity. They staged glittering shows, concerts and elaborate sporting fixtures, made exquisite ornaments—even, amid the terrible privations of the Thailand-Burma railway, improvised daring surgical techniques to save their fellow men’s lives. Whatever skills or hobbies they took with them to captivity they managed to continue and adapt—to the extent of laying out a 9-hole golf course between the huts of one German camp. They took up crafts and pastimes using materials they found around them: even the string from a Red Cross food parcel was used to make cricket balls, football nets and wigs for theatrical performances. Men studied, attended lectures, learned languages, sat for qualifications and exams, on such a scale that one camp was nicknamed “The Barbed-Wire University.” Drawing on letters home, diaries and interviews with redoubtable survivors now into their nineties, Midge Gillies recreates the daily lives of a truly remarkable group of men. “Astonishing tales of improvisation, ingenuity and courage.” —The Spectator

How long is The Barbed-Wire University?

The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies is 585 pages long, and a total of 149,175 words.

This makes it 197% the length of the average book. It also has 182% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Barbed-Wire University Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 35 minutes to read The Barbed-Wire University aloud.

What Reading Level is The Barbed-Wire University?

The Barbed-Wire University is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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