Escaping Hitler : stories of courage and endurance on the freedom trails
Halls, Monty2017
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Some of the great untold stories of the Second World War concern the freedom trails, the highly dangerous escape routes out of Nazi Occupied Europe. Over 5,000 British, Commonwealth and American servicemen made the journey over the Pyrenees, the Slovenian mountains and the Italian Alps. Many also died en route, killed by the perilous conditions or caught by the German army. Mixing in-depth research, interviews with survivors and his own experience of walking the trails, broadcaster and former Royal Marine Monty Halls brings the past to life in this dramatic and gripping slice of military history.
Main title:
Author:
Halls, Monty, author
Imprint:
London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 2017.
Collation:
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
TV tie-in.
ISBN:
9781509865826 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.547243940.5337940.533940.54
LC class:
D805.G3
Local class:
940.533940.5337
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- EuropePrisoner-of-war escapes -- EuropeEscaped prisoners of war -- EuropeWarfare and DefenceWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territoriesHalls, Monty -- Travel -- EuropeWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, GermanWarfare and DefenceEurope -- Description and travel
BRN:
1987847