They Have Their Exits : The Best-Selling Escape Memoir of World War Two

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neave, Airey.

Series:

Pen and Sword Military Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neave, Airey, 1916-1979.

Neave, Airey.

Imperialism--Social aspects.

Women--Commonwealth countries--History--Sources.

Women--Great Britain--Colonies--History--Sources.

Local Subjects:

Imperialism--Social aspects.

Women--Commonwealth countries--History--Sources.

Women--Great Britain--Colonies--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2013.

Summary:

The Author, who as a senior member of Mrs. Thatcher's Government was tragically assassinated by the IRA, had the most distinguished of war records.Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. There he was to meet the most notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice and, in many cas

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Maps and Diagrams""; ""Foreword""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Chapter I""; ""Chapter II""; ""Chapter III""; ""Chapter IV""; ""Chapter V""; ""Chapter VI""; ""Chapter VII""; ""Chapter VIII""; ""Chapter IX""; ""Chapter X""; ""Chapter XI""; ""Chapter XII""; ""Chapter XIII""; ""Chapter XIV""; ""Chapter XV""; ""Chapter XVI""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781783379439

178337943X

OCLC:

855504471