As a young subaltern in the Coldstream Guards, the author lost his
arm at Dunkirk and was captured but eventually escaped via Lille,
Paris, Marseilles, Spain and Gibraltar. He describes the fierce
fighting outside Dunkirk, his captivity, escape and extraordinary
life in Vichy France, before the Germans controlled it. His fellow
escapees and the French who sheltered them make a rich cast of
characters. On return to London, Langley is recruited into the
Secret Service and told to organise the safe return of allied
soldiers, sailors and airmen who had succeeded in either escaping
from or evading the Germans. He describes the astonishing courage
and sacrifice of the heroic underground operators who ran these
escape lines across Belgium and France. Despite betrayal and
infiltration from Germans, collaborators and traitors, over 3000
men were safely brought back to fight another day. Langley and
Airey Neave, who joined him after his historic home run from
Colditz, had to wrestle with rival secret organisations for
resources to carry out their vital work. All this and more is
brilliantly described in this gripping, beautifully written book.
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