Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. These men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety - often across savage terrain - tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.
Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. These men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety - often across savage terrain - tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.
Foreword Preface Abbreviations Part One: The Escape and Evasion Organization 1 Evasion 2 The MI 9 Organization 3 Preventive Training 4 Escape Aids Part Two: North-West Europe 5 Introduction 6 France and Belgium 7 Holland 8 Scandinavia Part Three: The Middle East and Mediterranean 9 Introduction 10 The Western Desert 11 Greece 12 Italy 13 Poland Part Four: The Far East 14 Introduction 15 Environment and Training 16 Burma 17 South-East Asia Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Author's Acknowledgements Index
Foreword Preface Abbreviations Part One: The Escape and Evasion Organization 1 Evasion 2 The MI 9 Organization 3 Preventive Training 4 Escape Aids Part Two: North-West Europe 5 Introduction 6 France and Belgium 7 Holland 8 Scandinavia Part Three: The Middle East and Mediterranean 9 Introduction 10 The Western Desert 11 Greece 12 Italy 13 Poland Part Four: The Far East 14 Introduction 15 Environment and Training 16 Burma 17 South-East Asia Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Author's Acknowledgements Index
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