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Two (OK, three) come to mind:
Railway Man, by Eric Lomax
Railway Man, on Amazon
An American captured by the Japanese in (I think) Indonesia during WWII, and forced with other prisoners to build a railroad, and survive a Death March. He's also tortured for information. The story of his sheer survival is fascinating, but what's really amazing was the surprising forgiveness that emerges.
The Long Walk, by Slavomir Rawicz
The Long Walk, on GoodReads for a change
"The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India." It's also quite moving.
Finally, a more recently written WWII tale (no, I don't have a thing for war stories - these are the ones that occur to me) during the Siege of Stalingrad:
The City of Thieves, by David Benioff (the screenwriter).
City of Thieves
It's really really good!
It's still in copyright, so you'd have to go with one of the paid book services.... Or find it with a less legal service.
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Man-Searing-Brutality-Forgiveness/dp/0393334988