Escaping Hitler : stories of courage and endurance on the freedom trails /

by Halls, Monty.

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BookPublisher: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 2017Description: 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781509865826 (hbk.) :; 1509865829 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5337 HALSubject(s): Halls, Monty -- Travel -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories | Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Europe | Escaped prisoners of war -- Europe | Europe -- Description and travel | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and DefenceSummary: 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.

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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.

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