xvii, 251 pages, illustrated. The front cover suffers from a short closed tear towards the tail of the outer cover, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. "It is 1941, and the German High Command has sent General Irwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps to bolster the faltering Italian ground forces in North Africa and take over the beleaguered fortress of Tobruk. The defenders hang on grimly, but prisoners are taken on both sides in the ebb and flow of battle. Unbroken is the true story of Australian POWs, their capture, their attempted escapes and their ultimate liberation.