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Dare To Be Free: One Of The Greatest True Stories Of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

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UPC:
9780304366392
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2005-01-19
Author:
William B. Thomas
Language:
english
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When the Germans invaded Crete in 1941, Sandy Thomas was shipped to the Greek mainland as one of their prisoners. Despite being severely wounded in the leg he attempted several escapes, including being carried out of his POW camp in a coffin. He finally succeeded in a spectacular escape, and made his way across Greece to Mount Athos, a rocky peninsula populated solely by monks. Here he evaded capture for over a year, before finally stealing a boat and navigating his way through winter seas to freedom in Turkey. This, his story, is one of the great escape narratives of the Second World War.