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In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crewmembers, supplied with "escape kits", knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home. An estimated 12,000 French civilians helped make this possible. More than 5,000 airmen, many of them American, successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the US Underground Railroad. If caught, they risked internment in a POW camp. But the French, Belgian, and Dutch civilians who aided them risked torture and even death. Sherri Ottis writes candidly about the pilots and crewmen who walked out of occupied Europe, as well as the British intelligence agency in charge of Escape and Evasion. But her main focus is on the helpers, those patriots who have been all but ignored in English-language books and journals. She tells of the extreme difficulty they had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime; and of their unflagging spirit and courage in the face of a war fought on a very personal level. Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Sherri Greene Ottis No preview available - 2009 The University Press of Kentucky - About the Book Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground More than 5000 airmen Tales of French underground resistance units are a familiar element of World SILENT HEROES DOWNED AIRMEN AND THE FRENCH UNDERGROUND FRENCH UNDERGROUND SILENT HEROES DOWNED AIRMEN AND THE FRENCH UNDERGROUND - Title Ebooks : - Description : Download free SILENT HEROES DOWNED AIRMEN AND THE FRENCH Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Silent Heroes had been arrested for his efforts to help downed Allied airmen and servicemen evade capture by the Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground More than 5000 airmen Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes has 5 ratings and 1 review Bronwen said: This book was so well written It was easy to read but very informative Between the explanations Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground Silent heroes Lexington downed airmen and the French underground a schema:Book Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen Downed Airmen and the French Underground and over one easier to read books about downed airmen and the French Resistance SILENT HEROES: Downed Airmen and the French Underground German fighters and flak gunners downed hundreds of aircraft and thousands of airmen found themselves hunt Downed Airmen and the French Underground Sherri Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground Buy Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the Downed Airmen and the French Underground and over one easier to read books about downed airmen and the French
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