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Imagine that you are deep behind enemy lines. Your plane was shot down or perhaps you have just escaped from a prisoner of war camp. The enemy is hunting you, seeking to throw you behind barbed wire for the duration of the war. What will you do? Do you have a plan, and the skills, to make it to friendly territory? During World War II, the Germans and Japanese held over 306,000 British and 105,000 U.S. service members as prisoners. The number of successful evaders and escapers, both U.S. and British, exceeded 35,000. Many of these were aircrew, who received intense training because of the high risk that they would have to evade or escape. This book will relate how they fared in enemy hands or managed to remain free. This book provides a complete overview of U.S. and British escape and evasion during World War II. It tells the story of the escape and evasion organizations, the Resistance-operated lines, and the dangers faced by the escapers and the evaders in a logical and compelling narrative. Heroism, betrayal, sacrifice, and cowardice are all elements of this fascinating part of the rich tapestry of World War II.
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- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Allied Escape Organizations
- 3 Essentials and Escape Devices
- 4 POW Camp Organization
- 5 German POW Camps
- 6 Japanese POW Camps
- 7 The Comet Line
- 8 The Rome Escape Line
- 9 The Shelburne Line
- 10 The Indragiri River Line
- 11 China Escape Lines
- 12 Colditz to England-Small Group Assisted
- 13 Corregidor to the US-Single Unassisted
- 14 Singapore to Australia-Mass Escapes/Evasions Assisted
- 15 Corregidor to Australia-Mass Escapes/Evasions Unassisted
- 16 Liberation!
- 17 Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Backcover
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