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The gripping stories of RAF escapes and evasions as detailed in
Escape and Liberation, 1940-45 illustrate some of the difficulties
and problems facing the prisoners of war. In the first chapter, an
attempt was made to compare the conditions and problems experienced
by prisoners in the 1940 war with those met by prisoners in the
First World War. With the exception of Von Werra's adventure, these
stories were told to the author by the men themselves and prior to
this book no other record existed of their experiences. Included
are descriptions of the escapes of F./Lt. H. N. Fowler, Captain A.
D. Taylor, Private Gordon Instone, Wing-Commander Basil Embry,
F./Lt. W. P. F. Treacy and Pilot Officer B. J. A. Rennie. The
second part of the book looks at 'The Liberation of Westertimke and
Barth', 'Neu Brandenburg' and 'Neu Brandenburg Re-visited'. Escape
and Liberation, 1940-45 chronicles these brave men who attempted
the 'Home Run', the escape from German prisoner of war camps. The
author, Alfred John Evans, fled from a German camp in the First
World War after being shot down over the trenches. In turn, Evans
inspired many prisoners, and he, in turn, took up his pen to
narrate many of the famous escapes of the Second World War,
including prisoners from the notorious Colditz Castle. Escape was
the first problem, the second was to succeed in evasion.
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