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Hundred Miles As The Crow Flies, A : A Great Escape of WWII

Churches, Ralph

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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY General Military World War II P.O.W.

  • xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. #290924

First hand description of the largest mass breakout of Allied prisoners of war in WWII. One hundred soldiers joined Slovene partisans to travel across mountains and rivers to reach an airfield and be flown to safety in Italy.

It begins with the successful escape of seven men from a work camp. Their leader, the author, decides that it has been too easy and it is unfair no to bring the rest of the work camp with him. So he goes back and gets them, with the help of Slovene partisans.

 

Additional Information

AuthorChurches, Ralph
Number of pages172
PublisherThe Author, Adelaide
Year Published1996
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

AS NEW COPY!

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