Escaping Hitler : heroic true stories of great escapes in Nazi Europe
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- ISBN: 9781509866014 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 20 cm - Publisher: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published as Escaping Hitler : stories of courage and endurance on the freedom trails: London : Sidgwick and Jackson, 2017. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Part one: The promise of freedom, Pyrenees, France -- Escapers and evaders -- Defying the enemy -- Pat O'Leary -- Surviving the Pyrenees -- The price of freedom -- Part two: Crossing Monte Amaro, Sulmona, Italy -- Campo 78, Sulmona -- Hackney boy -- A wonderful woman -- The run for Monte Amaro -- Part three: Gordon Lett and Operation Galia, Rossano Valley, Italy -- The partisans -- Gordon Lett's international battalion -- The SAS and Operation Galia -- The march over over Monte Altissimo -- Part four: The crow's flight, Slovenia -- The invasion of Yugoslavia -- Prison camp at Maribor -- Failure is not an option -- A traitor in their midst -- A final river to cross. |
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Subject: | Halls, Monty Travel Europe Escaped prisoners of war Europe Prisoner-of-war escapes Europe World War, 1939-1945 Occupied territories World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Europe |
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Stroud Branch | 940.534 Hal | 31681010105435 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |