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The Comet Escape Line
- The Inside Story of the Most Successful Escape Line of the Second World War
Engelsk Hardback
The Comet Escape Line
- The Inside Story of the Most Successful Escape Line of the Second World War
Engelsk Hardback

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As German forces took control of their country, a group of young Belgians conceived an audacious plan to smuggle downed Allied airmen and other evaders from Belgium, through France and over the Spanish border. So began the Comet line. Many incredible escapes followed, from safe houses in Brussels, along hazardous train journeys via Lille to Paris, to goat paths through the Pyrenees mountains, evading both German and Spanish border patrols. In this gripping new study, Alexander Stilwell reveals the personalities and motives of the Comet line founders, the British intelligence organization (MI9) that supported it, the campaign by the Gestapo to destroy it, and the work of the Nazi collaborators who infiltrated the Comet line with disastrous results. Above all, this is the story of the incredibly brave civilians who risked their lives to help Allied airmen and other evaders to escape from occupied Europe.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780750997430
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0750997435
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Udg. Dato:
19 sep 2024
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
165mm
Højde:
240mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
19 sep 2024
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