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Evasion and Escape Devices (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,596
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Evasion and Escape Devices (Hardcover): Phil Froom

Evasion and Escape Devices (Hardcover)

Phil Froom

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This book describes the design, manufacture, covert shipment and use of the many ingenious evasion and escape devices provided to Allied troops during WWII. Following the fall of mainland Europe, hostile Allied actions against land-based Axis forces were generally limited to air attacks. However, as the numbers of those attacks increased, the number of aircraft and crews failing to return grew alarmingly: something needed to be done to provide these air crews with aids to enable them to evade to safe territory or escape captivity, or losses of irreplaceable crews would become critical. Britain's MI-9 and U.S. MIS-X organizations were formed solely to support evaders and prisoners of war in occupied territories. They developed a wide variety of evasion and escape devices that were given to Allied Forces prior to operations in hostile territory or delivered clandestinely to POWs. It worked: the aids facilitated the return of thousands of men to their units.

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Imprint: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2015
Authors: Phil Froom
Dimensions: 279 x 216 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-0-7643-4839-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 0-7643-4839-6
Barcode: 9780764348396

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