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Cheating Hitler - Allied Airmen Who Evaded Capture in WW2 (Hardcover)
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For most, and particularly the injured and the wounded, being shot
down over Occupied Europe during the Second World War meant that
capture was immediate, that imprisonment was almost inevitable. For
some, evasion was possible, but rarely for long. For a relative
handful, however, their evasion saw them eventually reach home once
again. In this fascinating insight into how some Allied aircrew
achieved the almost impossible and evade capture, the renowned
aviation historian Martin W. Bowman has drawn together a set of
tales of just some of these individuals. They are stories that
illustrate the bravery and resourcefulness that characterized their
experiences. British, American, Canadian and other Allied
testimonies all feature to provide an authentic sense of the times
at hand and the reality of life as an evader during this tumultuous
and incredibly dangerous time. The stories of some Allied airmen,
faced with sudden leaps into that dangerous unknown and their
subsequent attempts at evasion, are retold here, many for the first
time. Those who successfully evaded and were free to fight again'
were few. Some were forced to remain in hiding under the guiding
hands of the likes of the French Resistance or the patriots of the
Com te Line - a few of the many who risked their lives helping
Allied airmen, either to escape or to remain hidden until
liberation, on pain of imprisonment, torture and death by their
Nazi oppressors. Despite the threat of such retaliation, it has
been said that as many as 100,000 people may have assisted evaders
on one or more occasions before the war in Europe was brought to an
end. This series of intoxicating chapters of evasion and life under
the constant threat of recapture by the Nazis goes one step further
in the drama of the war fought in the skies over the Third Reich
and the subjugated countries of France, Belgium and Holland,
revealing the constant nagging, and very real, fear that was
endured by evaders and rescuers alike.
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