Shelburne escape line

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

Prijs: € 17.95

Rating: 5/5

★

★

★

★

★

Verzending:
Op voorraad. Voor 15:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis

Six decades after the end of World War II, new stories about the conflict continue to emerge. One of these is the subject of this book. Written by an American, Reanne Hemingway-Douglass, and published in the UK by Pen & Sword, it has all the elements of a classic covert adventure tale. As the book explains, the Shelburne was one of the later escape lines that operated within Nazi-occupied Europe. It was established at the end of 1943 by two agents who worked for MI-9, the London-based military intelligence agency responsible for providing assistance to Allied servicemen stranded behind enemy lines. Working with the French Resistance, these agents arranged for groups of Allied airmen to be taken from safe houses in Paris to Brittany, where a Royal Navy motor gunboat picked them up from a secluded beach and delivered them back to England. Eight audacious evacuation operations were conducted between January and August, 1944, without the Shelburne Line ever being infiltrated by the Gestapo. Aspects of the Shelburne story have been told previously in memoirs by several of the participants, including the late MP Airey Neave, who was an MI-9 operative.However, Hemingway-Douglass expands the story to include recollections of some of the local Breton people who were involved with the Line. The second half of the book comprises personal stories of airmen and other individuals who were affiliated with the Shelburne Line or were otherwise caught up in the war in France. A lifelong Francophile, Hemingway-Douglass took eight years to research and write the book. She describes it as a labor of love that pays tribute to the heroism and courage of 'ordinary' people, while reinforcing the fact that war touches everybody.

• Bekijk alle specificaties

Lonely Courage

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 15.99

A fascinating superbly researched and revelatory book told with tremendous pace and excitement william boyd this compelling and complete account of the extraordinarily courageous women of soe is at turns enthralling edge of smart exciting and also heart breaking the way in which they were sen Op voorraad. Voor 15:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

The Enemy Within

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 15.95

To gain the upper hand in conflict the ability to know what your enemy is planning is vital separating myth from reality the enemy within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the cold war and beyond shedding light on the clandestine activi Op voorraad. Voor 15:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Red Tails (Blu-ray)

Rating: 4 / 5 | Prijs: € 9.78

Red tails blu ray Uiterlijk 11 maart in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Uitvoering: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 oktober 2015

Aantal pagina's: 208

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: R�anne Hemingway-Douglass

Tweede Auteur: Don Douglass

Hoofduitgeverij: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Fabrikantgegevens: De informatie van de fabrikant is momenteel niet beschikbaar.

Porno: Nee

Product breedte: 150 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 210 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 161 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 23 mm

Verpakking lengte: 238 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 639 g

EAN: 9781473837782

---