Sean Longden

Sean Longden [http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/books/longden.sean/index.shtml] (born 1965 in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England) is an author and historian who specialises in previously untold stories from World War Two, mostly sourced from interviews with veterans. He was educated at Sharnbrook Upper School and The School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.

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*"To the Victor the Spoils" [To the Victor the Spoils. First published by Arris Books, 2004. Second Edition, Constable Robinson, 2007.] First published in 2004,this book is a social history of the British Army between D-Day and VE Day which covers subjects such as sex and crime in the British Army, revenge attacks, looting and soldier fashions.
*"Hitler's British Slaves" [Hitler's British Slaves. First Published Arris Books, 2006. Second Edition, Constable Robinson, 2007.] First published in 2006, this book deals with the brutal treatment of British POWs who worked in German agriculture and industry during World War Two. The book overturns the "Great Escape Myth" that most prisoners lived in POW camps which were a cross between a harsh boarding school and a holiday camp.
*"Dunkirk, The Men They Left Behind" [Dunkirk, The Men They Left Behind. Published by Constable Robinson, 2008.] Published in 2008, this is the story of the 40,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force who were left behind following the evacuation of the BEF from the port of Dunkirk in France in 1940.

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